CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Surname: Tanih

Forename: Nicoline Fri

Place of birth: Nyasoso, Cameroon

Sex: Female

Marital status: Single

Nationality : Cameroonian

: South Africa Permanent Residence

Contact address: Tanih Nicoline Fri

Manager, Molecular Diagnostic Platform/Services

MRC (UK), Laboratories, The Gambia

Banjul, The Gambia

Cell: +2207584124, +27(0)735353797

E-mail: ntanih@mrc.gm, nicofriline@yahoo.com

/ nicofriline94@gmail.com /

PROFILEA highly motivated and purposeful individual with excellent imaginative, analytical and

communication skills. I am capable of working both independently and as part of a team.

I have gained exposure to state- of -the art- molecular experimental techniques. I am

poised to embark on microbial pathogenicity, molecular epidemiology and any molecular

biology related studies.

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KEY SKILLS:

Basic laboratory techniques.

Microscopy

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing.

Serotyping and Biotyping.

DNA extraction and purification.

Gel electrophoresis.

Spectrophotometry.

Cell culture

Working with Animal Model (mouse model)

Immunoblotting

Immunofluorescence assay

Molecular gene cloning

Protein expression and protein purification

Enzyme immunoassays

PCR, DNA sequencing

Pyrosequencing / Metagenomics

Bioinformatics

Data Management

Excellent computer skills. Familiar with MS Word, PowerPoint, Publisher, Excel,

MS Access etc.

Statistical Analysis on SPSS.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:

2008- 2011: PhD in Microbiology, University of Fort Hare, South Africa.

2003-2005: MSc. in Microbiology, 2/1, University of Buea, Cameroon.

1998-2001: BSc. (Hons) in Microbiology, University of Buea, Cameroon.

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1996-1998: GCE ‘A’ levels (3 subjects), St. Bedes College Ashing-kom, N.W.P.

Cameroon.

1991-1996: GCE ‘O’ levels (11papers), Presbyterian Secondary School, Mankon,

Cameroon.

1984-1991: First School Leaving certificate (F.S.L.C.), Government School, Nyasoso,

Cameroon.

PUBLICATIONS

1) DeFrancesco AS, Tanih NF, Samie A, Guerrant RL, Bessong PO, (2016).

Antibiotic resistance patterns and beta-lactamase identification in Escherichia

coli isolated from young children in rural Limpopo Province, South Africa:

The MAL-ED cohort. South African Medical Journal. Accepted for

Publication.

2) Tanih NF, Sekwadi E, Ndip RN, Bessong PO. (2015). Detection of

pathogenic Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus from cattle and pigs

slaughtered in abattoirs in Vhembe district, South Africa. Scientific World

Journal. 2015: 195972

3) Nyenje ME., Tanih NF and Ndip RN. (2014). Comparison of M.I.C.

Evaluator test with the Broth Microdilution method for Antimicrobial

Susceptibility Testing of Enterobacter cloacae Isolated from Cooked Food

Samples” Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences.; 27(1):63-6.

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4) Tanih NF., Roland N. Ndip (2013). Molecular detection of Antibiotic

Resistance in South African Isolates of Helicobacter pylori Gastroenterology,

Research and Practice 2013:259457. doi: 10.1155/2013/259457.

5) Tanih, NF. Roland N. Ndip (2013). The Acetone Extract of Sclerocarya

birrea (Anacardiaceae) possess antiproliferative and apoptotic potential

against Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines (MCF7). Scientific World Journal.

2013;2013:956206. doi: 10.1155/2013/956206

6) Tanih NF., Roland N. Ndip (2012). Helicobacter pylori Prevalence,

Epidemiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy in South Africa: A Critical

Review. African Journal of Microbiology Research. 7(21): 2430-2437

7) Nyenje M.E., Odjadjare CE., Tanih NF., Green E and Ndip RN. (2012)

Current status on Antibiogram of Listeria ivanovii and Enterobacter cloacae

isolated from ready-to-eat foods in Alice, South Africa. International

Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 29;9(9):3101-14.

8) Nyenje M.E., Odjadjare CE., Tanih NF., Green E and Ndip RN. (2012)

Foodborne Pathogens Recovered From Ready-to-Eat Foods from Roadside

Cafeterias and Retail Outlets in Alice, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa:

Public Health Implications. International Journal of Environmental

Research and Public Health. 9(8):2608-19.

9) Tanih NF and Ndip RN. (2012). Evaluation of the Acetone and Aqueous

Extracts of Mature Stem Bark of Sclerocarya birrea for Antioxidant and

Antimicrobial Properties. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative

Medicine doi: 10.1155/2012/83415

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10) Tanih NF, Ndip LM, Ndip RN. (2011). DNA sequence analysis of South

African Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin gene virulence genes

(vacA). International Journal of Molecular Science. 12(11):7459-68.

11) Tanih NF, Ndip LM, Ndip RN. (2011). Characterization of metronidazole

(rdxA and frxA) and clarithromycin resistance (23SrRNA) genes in South

African Helicobacter pylori strains. Annals of Tropical Medicine and

Parasitology. 105: 251 – 259.

12) Tanih NF, McMillan M, Naidoo N, Ndip LM, Weaver LT, Ndip RN.(2010)

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori vacA, cagA and iceA genotypes in South

African patients with upper gastrointestinal diseases. Acta Tropica.

116(1):68-73.

13) Tanih NF, Benjamin I. Okeleye , Green E, Mkwetshana N, Clarke AM , Ndip

LM, Ndip RN (2010). Helicobacter pylori prevalence in dyspeptic patients in

Eastern Cape Province: race and disease status. South African Medical

Journal. 100(11):734-737.

14) Tanih NF, Benjamin I. Okeleye, Green E, Mkwetshana N, Clarke AM , Ndip

LM , Ndip RN.(2010). Marked susceptibility of South African Helicobacter

pylori strains to ciprofloxacin and amoxicillin: clinical implications. South

African Medical Journal. 100(1):49-52.

15) Tanih NF, Ndip LM, Clarke AM, Ndip RN (2010). An overview of

Pathogenesis and epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection. African

Journal of Microbiology Research. 4(6):426-436.

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16) Buta N., Tanih NF and Ndip RN (2009). Increasing trend of metronidazole

resistance in the treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection: A global

challenge. African Journal of Biotechnology (9(8):1115-1121.

17) Tanih NF, Dube C, Green E1, Mkwetshana N, Clarke AM, Ndip LM, Ndip

RN. (2009). An Africa perspective on H. pylori prevalence of human

infection, drug resistance and alternative approach to treatment. Annals of

Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. 103(3):189-204.

18) Dube C, Tanih NF, Clarke AM., Mkwetshana N., Green E. and Ndip RN.

(2009) Helicobacter pylori infection and transmission in Africa: Household

hygiene and water sources are plausible factors exacerbating spread. African

Journal of Biotechnology. 8 (22): 6028-6035.

19) Ndip RN Ajonglefac AN, Wirna T., Ngwa F., Mbullah SM, Tanih NF,

Akoachere J-F TK, Ndip LM, Luma HN, Wirmum C, Efange SMN(2009). In-

Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Cameroonian Medicinal Plants on Clinical

isolates Helicobacter pylori: Ageratum conyzoides. Scientia

Pharmaceutica.77:267.

20) Jane-Francis T. K. Akoachere, Tanih NF., Lucy M. Ndip, and Roland N Ndip

(2009). ‘Salmonella typhimurium isolated from food-producing animals and

abattoir drains in Buea, Cameroon: Phenotypic characterization of isolates’.

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 27(5): 612 – 618.

21) Tanih NF, Clarke AM, Mkwetshana N, Green E, Ndip LM, Ndip RN (2008).

Helicobacter pylori infection in Africa: Pathology and microbiological

diagnosis. African Journal of Biotechnology. 7(25): 4563 – 4662.

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22) Dube C, Tanih NF and Ndip RN (2008). Helicobacter pylori in Water

Sources: a Global Environmental Health Concern. Reviews on

Environmental Health. 24(1): 1-14.

23) Ndip RN, Ajonglefac AN, Mbullah SM, Tanih NF, Akoachere J-F TK, Ndip

LM, Luma HN, Wirmum C, Wirna T , Efange SMN(2008). In-Vitro anti-

Helicobacter pylori activity of Lycopodium cernuum (Linn) Pic. Serm. .

African Journal of Biotechnology. 7(22): 3989 – 3994.

Contributions to Genbank, Tanih NF et al. (25 sequences)

Sequences from primary isolates of South African Helicobacter pylori strains

• Bankit 1483184 (JN848469-JN848474) (6 Helicobacter pylori vacAm1

partial nucleotide sequences, South Africa).

• Bankit 1406573 (HQ650801- 650806) (6 Helicobacter pylori vacAm2

partial nucleotide sequences, South Africa).

• Bankit 1415699 (HQ709109- 709115) (7 Helicobacter pylori vacAs1 partial

nucleotide sequences, South Africa)

• Bankit 1482051 (JN848463-JN848468) (6 Helicobacter pylori vacAs2

partial nucleotide sequences, South Africa

SUBMITTED MANUSCRIPTS

1. Prevalence of virulence genes in enteroaggregative Escherichia coli

isolates from young children from rural South Africa: The Mal-ED

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Cohort. America Journal of Tropical Medicines and Hygiene. American

Journal of Tropical Medicines and Hygiene

BOOK CHAPTERS

Roland N. Ndip, Nicoline F. Tanih, Victor Kuete (2013). Anti-diabetes activities

of African medicinal plants. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative

Medicine

Amidou Samie, Nicoline F. Tanih and Roland Ndip (2013). Helicobacter pylori

Infection: Challenges of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and Emergence of

Alternative Treatments. INTECH open science

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY:

Good command of written and spoken English, with excellent level of listening

comprehension.

Working knowledge in the French language

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Manager, Molecular diagnostic Services/Platform. Medical Research Council,

The Gambia unit. Scientific and administration management of development,

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evaluation and implementation of molecular assays for pathogen detection and

genotyping as well as host genetics. Supporting research programmes on Vaccine

and Immunity, Nutrition Child Survival and Disease Control and Elimination.

May 2015- Present

National Research Foundation (NRF) Innovation postdoctoral fellow, University

of Venda/University of Virginia, South Africa. Working under the MAL-ED

network project funded by Bill and Melinda Foundation through the Foundation

for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH)/ Fogarty International Center through

the University of Virginia. February 2015 - April 2015.

Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH)/ Fogarty International

Center postdoctoral Research fellow, University of Venda/ University of Virginia,

South Africa/USA, working under the MAL-ED network project funded by Bill

and Melinda Foundation through the Foundation for the National Institutes of

Health (FNIH)/ Fogarty International Center through the University of Virginia.

July 2013 –December 2014.

Postdoctoral Research fellow, University of Pretoria, South Africa, January 2013

- June 2013. Research related to pyrosequencing and metagenomics of clinical

samples (sputum) from HIV /AIDS kids.

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Postdoctoral Research fellow, University of Fort Hare, South Africa, 2011- 2012,

working on tissue/cell culture. Testing in-vitro activity of potent plant extracts on

various cell lines.

Successfully setup a tissue culture lab in the Department of

Biochemistry/Microbiology, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of

Fort Hare, 2011- 2012.

Tutor in Molecular Biology, information flow and bioinformatics, University of

Fort Hare, South Africa, 2010.

Tutor in information flow and bioinformatics, University of Fort Hare, South

Africa , 2009

Tutor in Molecular biology, University of Fort Hare, South Africa, 2008.

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Life Sciences (Microbiology

program), University of Buea, Cameroon, August 2004-July, 2005.

Laboratory technician in Good Shepherd Clinic, Molyko –Buea, Cameroon.

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CONFERENCES/ WORKSHOPS ATTENDANCE AND SCIENTIFIC

EXPERIENCE GAINED

Ion Torrent World Tour organized by Thermo fisher Scientific (Presenting state –

of-the- art equipment and new technology under Thermo fischer banner) in

Pretoria, South Africa. 5-6th October 2015

Training on Genome wide association study (GWAS) organized by Wellcome

Trust Advanced Courses in Africa, 21-26 June 2015, Durban, South Africa.

Nicoline Tanih, David T. Bolick, Phetole W. Mahasha, Amidou Samie, Emanuel

Nyathi, Relana Pinkerton, James P. Nataro, Araceli Santiago, Richard L.

Guerrant, Pascal O. Bessong (2014). Prevalence of enteroaggregative Escherichia

coli virulence genes in young children from rural South Africa and pathogenesis

of potential virulence markers in a Mouse Model: The Mal-ed Cohort. Paper

presented at the 64th Annual conference of the America Society for Tropical

Medicine and Hygiene, New Orleans Marriott, LA, USA, November 2th to 6th,

2014.

Postdoctoral fellowship training, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA. 1st

March 2014- 14th June 2014 (Working with in vivo models (mice), Biostatistics,

Responsible conduct in biomedical Research, Biosafety protocols, IRB and

working human subjects).

American society for microbiology: 114th general meeting held at the Boston

Convention. Full attendee and no paper was presented May 17-21, 2014.

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Consortium of Universities for Global Health: Fifth Annual CUGH conference.

Advancing Global Health in the Post-MDG Era. May 10-12, 2014 | The

Washington Hilton, Washington DC

Nicoline Tanih, Amidou Samie, Emmanuel Nyathi, Leah Barrett, Richard

Guerrant and Pascal Bessong (2014). Prevalence of diarrheagenic Escherichia

coli in young children from rural South Africa: The Mal-ED Cohort. Paper

presented at the 16th International Congress on Infectious Diseases, April 2nd to

5th, 2014

International Symposium on opportunistic infections, parasitological and

medicinal plants used in the fights of HIV and AIDS. University of Venda 21 st

November2013

Nicoline Tanih, Pascal Bessong, Amidou Samie, Rebecca Dillingham, Richard

Guerrant. (2013). Genotypes of Enteropathogens in Rural South Africa: Impact on

Child Growth. Paper presented at the 63rd Annual conference of the America

Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Marriott Park, Washington DC,

USA, November 13th to 17th, 2013.

Workshop organized by Roche applied Science: Next generation sequencing

featuring 454 pyrosequencing. 3th March – 4th March 2013, Pretoria, South Africa.

Nyenje ME, Tanih NF, Green E and Ndip RN (2012). Phenotypic

Characterization of Bacterial Pathogens Recovered From Ready-to-Eat Foods

From Roadside Cafeterias and Retail Outlets in Alice, Eastern Cape Province,

South Africa. Paper presented at the 64th Annual conference of the German

Society of Microbiology and Hygiene, Hamburg International Convention Centre,

Germany, September 30th to October 3rd, 2012.

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Tanih NF, Ndip LM, Ndip RN. (2011). DNA sequence analysis of South African

Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin gene virulence genes (vacA). Paper

presented at the Walter Sisulu University (WSU) 5 th Conference International

Research Conference (Implementing Science in green economy) 2012,

International Convention Center, East London. South Africa, 21 – 24 August

2012.

Abelson symposium "Microbiomes and 21st Century Medicine", held in

Washington DC, USA. June 26-27th 2012.

Tanih NF. McMillan Martin, Naidoo Nathan, Ndip Lucy M, Weaver Lawrence

T, Ndip RN (2011). Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori vacA, cagA and iceA

genotypes in South African patients with upper gastrointestinal diseases. Paper

presented at the SASM (South Africa Society for Microbiology) 2011

Conference, Southern Sun, Cape Sun, Cape Town, South Africa, 6 – 10

November 2011.

SASBMB symposium 2010. The Eastern Cape symposium of South Africa

Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology held in Port Elizabeth, South

Africa, November 2010.

Tanih NF, Okeleye BI, Clarke AM , Naidoo N , Mkwetshana N, Green E, Ndip

LM, Ndip RN (2009). Helicobacter pylori prevalence in dyspeptic patients in the

Eastern Cape province of South Africa: an analysis of ethnicity and disease

status. Paper presented at the Bio2Biz SA 2009 and SASM 09 Conference, ICC,

Durban, South Africa, 20 – 23 September 2009.

Nkomo LP, Tanih NF, Sibanda T, Green E, Clarke AM, Mkwetshana NT, Ndip

RN (2009). In vitro antimicrobial activity of two South African honeys and their

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synergistic effect with some antibiotics on bacteria of medical importance. Paper

presented at the Bio2Biz SA 2009 and SASM 09 Conference, ICC, Durban, South

Africa, 20 – 23 September 2009

Okeleye BI, Tanih NF, Naidoo N, Clarke AM, Mkwetshana N, Green E, Ndip

LM, Ndip RN (2009). Helicobacter pylori strains recovered from dyspetic

patients in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa: antibiogram of isolates.

Paper presented at the Bio2Biz SA 2009 and SASM 09 Conference, ICC, Durban,

South Africa, 20 – 23 September 2009

Tanih NF, McMillan M , Naidoo N, Clarke AM., Mkwetshana N , Ndip L M ,

Weaver LT , Ndip RN (2009). Prevalence of helicobacter pylori vaca and caga

genotypes in South African dyspeptic patients. Paper presented at Bio2Biz SA

2009 and SASM 09 Conference, ICC, Durban, South Africa, 20 – 23 September

2009.

Ndip RN, Ajonglefac AN, Wirna T, Ngwa F, Mbulla SM, Tanih NF, Akoachere

JF, Ndip LM, Luma HN, Wirmum C, Efange SMN. In vitro antimicrobial activity

of Cameroonian medicinal plants on clinical isolates of Helicobacter pylori:

Ageratum conyzoides.  Paper presented at the 21st Scientific Congress of the

Austrian Pahrmaceutical Society, April 16-18, 2009, Vienna, Austria

Ndip RN, Ajonglefac AN, Wirna T, , Mbulla SM, Tanih NF, Akoachere JF,

Ndip LM, Luma HN, Wirmum C, Efange SMN. Potent in vitro antimicrobial

activity of two Cameroonian medicinal plants on clinical isolates of Helicobacter

pylori. Paper presented at the 6th International conference of the Pan-African

Environmental Mutagen Society, 2nd- 5th November 2008, Cape Town, South

Africa.

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Grant proposal writing workshop organized by Prof Gideon de Wets (the Dean of

Research, University of Fort Hare) at University of Fort Hare, 30th August 2010

Research collaboration visit to the Department of Pathology, University of Texas

Medical Branch, Galveston, USA. 1st April 2010- 31st May 2010 to learn

molecular biology techniques (ELISA, immunoblotting, immunofloresence assay,

cell culture, protein expression and purification, etc)

Wellcome Trust Advanced Courses: Working with Pathogen Genomes 30th

November – 4th December 2009, Kilifi, Kenya.

Wellcome Trust Advanced Courses: Molecular Approaches to Clinical

Microbiology in Africa 25-29 May 2009, Blantyre, Malawi.

Research collaboration visit to the Department of Child Health, University of

Glasgow, UK on Genotyping and sequencing of Helicobacter pylori strains.

February to April 2009.

Jane-Francis T. K. Akoachere, Tanih NF., Lucy M. Ndip, and Roland N Ndip

(2009).‘Salmonella typhimurium isolated from food-producing animals and

abattoir drains in Buea, Cameroon: Phenotypic characterization of isolates’.

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 27(5): 612 – 618. 7th International

Symposium on invasive Salmonellosis, Kilifi, Kemri-Welcome Trust, Kenya.

24th-29th January 2009.

6th Pan African Environmental Mutagen Society Conference (PAEMS), Cape

Town International Convention Center, South Africa, 3-5 November 2008

Library Database Training course at University of Fort Hare, South Africa, 2008

Bioinformatics Course, University of Buea, Cameroon, 13th-18th June 2005

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Workshop on parasitological techniques in malaria field research organized by

WHO/TDR/RCS (project number 990965) at University of Buea, Cameroon,

2002

MEMBERSHIP OF ACADEMIC SOCIETIES

Society for Applied Microbiology (SFAM) May 2014- Present

American Society for Microbiology (ASM) 2008-Present

South African Society for Microbiology (SASM) 2009-Present.

African Scientific Institute (ASI) 2012- Present

International Society for Infectious Diseases March (ICID) 2014- Present

SHORT COURSES WITH CREDITS EARNED

Biomedical responsible conduct of research

IRB (Institutional Research Board) for Health Sciences Research (IRB-HSR).

Working with Mice in Research

TRAINING RELATED TO WORK UNDER QUALITY STANDARD

Good Clinical Practice (GCP)

Good Clinical and Laboratory Practice (GCLP)

Health and Safety in Laboratories

Working in ISO15189 Laboratories

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ADHOC REVIEWER FOR PEER REVIEWED SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS

Functional Foods in Health and Diseases, April 2012

Current Bioactive Compounds, May 2012

International Journal of Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Annual Research & Review in Biology

AWARDS AND GRANTS

Travel grant awarded by Wellcome Trust to attend the Advanced Course on

Genomic Epidemiology in Africa 21-26 June 2015, K|RITH Kwazulu- Natal

Research Institute For Tuberculosis and HIV, South Africa.

National Reseaarch foundation (NRF) Innovation Post-doctoral fellowship award

to conduct research in the University of Venda/Virginia, South Africa /USA

respectively. February 2015.

Vice Chancellor’s postdoctoral award to conduct research in the University of

Pretoria as a postdoctoral Research fellow, January 2013- December 2014

Best oral presenter at 5th Walter Sisulu University (WSU) International Research

Conference (Implementing Science in green economy) 2012, International

Convention Center, East London. South Africa, 21 – 24 August 2012.

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Travel grant awarded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to attend the Abelson

symposium "Microbiomes and 21st Century Medicine", held in Washington DC,

USA. June 26-27th 2012

Research Project (Co- PI): In-vitro investigation of the biological action of plant

extracts and purified compounds. Grant obtained from the University of Fort

Hare, South Africa, 2011 and 2012

Travel grant awarded by Wellcome Trust to attend the Advanced Course on

Working with Pathogen Genomes 30th November – 4th December 2009, Kilifi,

Kenya.

Travel grant awarded by Wellcome Trust to attend the Advanced Course on

Molecular Approaches to Clinical Microbiology in Africa 25-29 May 2009,

Blantyre, Malawi

Travel grant awarded by World Health Organization/Kemri Wellcome Trust to

attend the 7th International Symposium on invasive Salmonellosis, Kilifi, Kenya.

24th-29th January 2009.

PhD Study bursary awarded by the Govan Mbeki Research and Development

Center, University of Fort Hare, South Africa, 2008-2010.

Academic excellence award of 100,000 CFA from the Government of Cameroon

(2000 - 2001) to encourage hardworking female students.

THESES

1.) Biochemical and phenotypic characterization of Salmonella typhimurium

isolated from slaughtered animals: cattle and pigs in the Buea abattoir. MSc

thesis, University of Buea, Cameroon, 2005.

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2.) Molecular and phenotypic characterization of Helicobacter pylori isolates

from dyspeptic patients in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. PhD

thesis University of Fort Hare, South Africa, 2011Year??

POSTGRADUATE STUDENT SUPERVISION EXPERIENCE

Master of Science

Salaudeen Rasheed, 2016, Medical Research Council. Comparison of ddPCR and qPCR

in quantitative detection of Streptococcus pneumoniae, Staphylococcus aureus, and RSV

Bachelor of Science (Honours)

Eunice Sekwadi, 2014, University of Venda. Detection of pathogenic bacteria from cattle

and pigs carcasses in abattoirs in the vhembe district of Limpopo Province, South Africa

Solize Vosloo, 2013, University of Pretoria. Bacterial population associated with

childhood (non-CF) bronchiectasis.

Sivenathi Mbebe, 2012, University of Fort Hare. Prevalence and antimicrobial

susceptibility of Proteus mirabilis isolated from cooked food sold in Alice, Eastern Cape

Province.

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Motaung, Bongani, 2012, University of Fort Hare. Identification and antimicrobial

susceptibility profile of Klebsiella oxytoca from prepared food sold in Alice.

Nazo, Babalwa, 2012, University of Fort Hare Molecular detection and phenotypic

characterization of Aeromonas hydrophila isolated from ready to consume food in Alice

ADMINISTRATION /LEADERSHIP POSITION

Laboratory manager, Microbial Pathogenicity and Molecular Epidemiology

Research Group, University of Fort Hare, South Africa, 2008-2012.

Reading Room leader in St. Bedes College Ashing-Kom, Cameroon.

Girls’ Education Prefect and dormitory Head, Presbyterian Secondary School

Mankon, Cameroon.

Head Girl, Government School Nyasoso, Cameroon

HOBBIES

Reading

Gardening

Playing Handball and Football

Cracking Jokes

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REFEREES:

Professor Roland N. NDIP, PhDRegistrar of the University of BueaProfessor of Microbiology,Department of Microbiology and Parasitology,Faculty of Science, University of Buea, Box 63, Buea, Cameroon.Tel: +237 33323349  +237 33323349  (office)+ 237 76558872  + 237 76558872  (cell)

Adjunct Professor of Microbiology,Faculty of Science and Agriculture,University of Fort Hare,P/Bag X1314, Alice 5700,Republic of South Africa.Email: rndip@ufh.ac.za; ndip3@yahoo.com

Professor Graeme BradleyDirector, School of Biological and Environmental SciencesDepartment of Biochemistry and Microbiology,Faculty of Science and Agriculture,University of Fort Hare, PB X1314,Alice 5700,Republic of South AfricaEmail: gbradley@ufh.ac.za Tel: +27 (0) 406022173 (office)

Professor. Akoachere Jane-FrancisVice Dean, Faculty of ScienceDepartment of Microbiology and Parasitology,University of Buea,P.O box 63 Buea, Republic of Cameroon,Email: jakoachere@yahoo.comTel: + (237)7753749

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