About
Positions
Postgraduate Reseacher in Biotechnology Engineering Oct 2021 -
I am working on Development of methods of production, optimization and characterization of recombinant tetrahdrocannabinolic acid (THCA) synthase in different expression systems. I am also using some techniques of protein engineering in other to understand the structure and function of that protein.
Teaching assistant in Biochemistry Nov 2017 - Oct 2021
Assistantships in teaching and practicals in courses including microbiology, Cellular
Physiology, Cellular Biology, Immunology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.
Education
University of Dschang 2015 - 2017
Field of study: Biochemistry (Clinical Biochemistry)
Degree: Master of Sciences
I have worked on "Resistance profile of clinical isolates of Helicobacter pylori circulating in Cameroon and detection of efflux-mediated multidrugresistance in multidrug-resistant isolates"
Place: Laquintinie Hospital, Laboratory of Bacteriology (Douala-Cameroon)
Missions and tasks carried out:
▪ Isolation and characterization of Helicobacter pylori clinical isolates;
▪ Determination of multidrug-resistant (MDR)isolates by performing antibiograms;
▪ Phenotypic characterization of effluxpump mechanism on MDR isolates.
University of Dschang 2012 - 2017
Field of study: Biochemistry (Clinical Biochemistry)
Degree: Bachelor of Sciences
Internships at two hospistals
District Hospital of Dschang, Laboratory of Biochemistry (Dschang-Cameroon) and Bienveillance Hospital, Laboratory of Clinical Biology (Bafoussam-Cameroon)
Missions and tasks carried out:
▪ Collection of blood samples and storage;
▪ Analysis of these samples according to the biological examination requested;
▪ Processing and reporting results
Skills
Microscopy, Antimicrobial testing (Disc diffusion and Microdilution), Antibiotic resistance and related mechanisms determination, biological analyses, Nucleic acids extraction and purification, Agarose and SDS-PAGE electrophoresis, structural bioinformatics, protein engineering ( (Primer X, Autodock 4, Bioedit, NCBI , Gromacs, CASTp, ChemDraw, SwissADME, ProsaWeb, UCSFChimera, BioviaStudio, I-TASSER, and others) designing of experimental methodology and running of a scientific research project.
Keywords: ANTIBACTERIAL, Biochemical assays, Bioinformatics/ Computational Biology, Microbiological assays, molecular docking,, Molecular Dynamic SimulationProfessional interests
Lecturer and researcher in Biotechnology/Bioinformatics
Keywords: Lecturer , research scientistLanguages
French ( Mother Tongue) and English (Level B2)