TITLE (PROF/DR/): DR.

NAME:IMADE YOLANDA

POSITION: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR       SPECIALISATION:MOLECULAR BIOTECHNOLGY, BIOINFORMATICS & GENOMICS

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Personal Statement

Joined the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Science in January, 2014. My fields of interest include Environmental Science, Microbial Genomics & Bioinformatics and Plant Virology. My current research focus area is on environmental impacts of discharged textile effluents and the disposal of coal discards; with a keen interest on the annexation of microbial communities that are associated with receiving environments for bioremediation purposes. Previous research focus was on circadian clocks, specifically uncovering a new slave oscillator in the model organism, the orange bread mould, Neurospora crassa using genetic approaches.

Positions, Scientific Appointments, and Honours

• Faculty of Science Christian Students Award for Teaching Excellence 2014
• Genetics Society of America’s Journal Editor’s Selection January 2015 Highlights. Nsa,I.Y., Karunarathna, N., Liu, X. Huang, H., Boetteger, B., Bell-Pedersen, D. (2015). A novel cryptochrome-dependent oscillator in Neurospora crassa. Genetics 199(1): 233-45. doi: 10.1534/genetics.114.16944
• Best Researcher Award (2^nd place) Faculty of Science, 11^th Annual Unilag Conference 2016
• Reviewer, Covenant Journal of Physical and Life Sciences
• Reviewer, for Bioengineered (Taylor & Francis online)
• Reviewer, Nigerian Journal of Biotechnology
• Public Relations Officer, Society for Fibre Crop Development

 Selected Most Recent Publications /Contributions to Knowledge 

1. Nsa, I.Y. and Kareem, K.T. (2015). Additive interactions of unrelated viruses in mixed infections of cowpea. Frontiers in Plants Science 6(812): 1-13.
2. Nsa, I.Y., Kareem, R.O. Aina, O.T., and Akinyemi, B.T. (2020). Isolation of an Emerging Thermotolerant Medically Important Fungus, Lichtheimia ramosa from soil. African Journal of Microbiology. 14(6): 237-241.
3. Nsa, I.Y, Oyebanji, O.O., Egbe, E.E., and Odunsi A.A. (2021) Floristic Distribution of a Sub-bituminous Coal Dumpsite in Enugu, Nigeria. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. doi: 10.3389/fevo2021.649954.
4. Nsa, I.Y. and Omolere, B.M. (2022). Draft Genome Sequence and Annotation of Priestia aryabhattai BD1 Isolated from a Dye Sediment. Microbiology Resource Announcements 10.11.28/mra00908-22.
5. Nsa, I.Y., Odunsi, A.A. Bamisaye, S.D, Kamselem, H.J, Abidoye, S.O, Jegede, A.C., Ayodele, J.O., University of Lagos SEA-PHAGES Annotators, Egwuatu, T.O, Oyetibo, G.O, Ilori, M.O. Complete genome Sequence of Cluster A Mycobacteriophages Kenmech and Peterson and Cluster F Mycobacteriophage Rockne (2022). Microbiology Resource Announcements 10.11.28/mra00908-22

 Collaborators/ Networks (International inclusive)

1. Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and The University of Pittsburgh Science Education Alliance Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (SEA-PHAGES)
2. Rasheed Adeleke (North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa)
3. Kehinde T. Kareem (Institute of Agricultural Training & Research and Training, OAU, Ibadan)