2nd Africa International Biotechnology and Biomedical Conference 17-18th September 2015 at the Africa Population & Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenya CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Wednesday, September 16th, 2015 Category

Time

Activity

14:00-17:00

Arrival of Participants and registration at the meeting venue (APRH campus)

Code

Location APHRC Lobby

Posters/Exhibition set up.

Break out Room 1

Thursday, September 17th, 2015 (APHRC Auditorium) Category

Time

Activity

7:30-8:00

Registration/Announcements staff.

Location/ Code Talk title by

site

Dr. Grace Murilla, OGW. 8:15-9:00

KEYNOTE 1 09:00-09:35

(Biotechnology Research Institute, Kenya)

Prof. Colins Ouma (APHRC/Maseno University, Kenya)

APHRC APHRC Auditorium

Opening/Welcome Remarks

KN1

Ethical Principles in Biomedical Research

Cellular and Molecular mechanisms of infections & disease (Chair: Dr. Steven Nyanjom, JKUAT, Kenya) 09:35-09:55 Session 1 09:55-10:15

Ramadhan S. Mwakubambanya (Egerton University, Kenya)

OP1

Ectopic Expression of a Neospora caninum Kazal Type Inhibitor Triggers Developmental Defects in Plasmodium

OP2

Common polymorphisms in toll like receptor 9 are not associated with endemic burkitt’s lymphoma

David Hughes Mulama (Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kisumu, Kenya)

Jackson M. Muema

10:15-10:35

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture OP3 and Technology, Kenya)

10:35-11:00

COFFEE/TEA BREAK

KEYNOTE 2 11:00-11:35

Prof. Masood KamaliMoghaddam

KN2

(Uppsala University, Sweden)

Modulation of Glutathione Pathway for enhanced protection against Schistosomiasis

Advanced Molecular Tools for Large-Scale, Parallel Analyses and Imaging of Proteins

Cellular Imaging, Genomic & Proteomic-based technologies (Chair: Prof. J Paul Robinson, Purdue University, USA) 11:35-11:55 Session 2

11:55-12:15

12:15-12:35 12:35-13:40 13:40-14:40

KEYNOTE 3 14:40-15:15

Koichi Watanabe (Hitachi Ltd., Japan)

OP4

High-speed mode development in multiplex CARS for non-invasive measurement of single cell

OP5

Establishment and evaluation of a loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay (lamp) for the semi-quantitative detection of hiv-1 group m virus in blood and plasma

OP6

Non-invasive cellular-level imaging of cultured tissue by high resolution optical coherence tomography

Eddy Odari (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya)

Kentaro OSAWA (Hitachi Ltd., Japan)

LUNCH POSTER SESSION (DAY 1)

ODD NUMBER Posters

POSTER VIEWING - Terrace

Prof. Aman Russon (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden)

KN3

Microfluidics based Point of Care Diagnostics at Resource Limited Settings

Emerging trends in clinical diagnosis and drug development (Chair: Prof. Collins Ouma, APHRC/Maseno University, Kenya) 15:15-15:35 Session 3 15:35-15:55 15:55-16:15 16:15-16:40

Marcia Apiyo Obondi (Maseno University, Kenya)

Hiroko Hanzawa (Hitachi Ltd., Japan)

Kennedy O. Okeyo (The University of Tokyo, Japan)

OP7

Evaluation of m-Health sensing programs in addressing the plight of HIV in Africa

OP8

Biomarker Discovery and Evaluation for Atherosclerosis: Disease-StageDependent Differential Proteomics by Using Atherosclerosis Mouse Model

OP9

Lab-on-a-CD Device for Rapid Sorting of Blood Cells for Real Time Analysis: Toward Early Detection of Malaria

COFFEE/TEA BREAK Food and environmental biotechnology (Chair: Dr. Eddy Odary, JKUAT, Kenya)

16:40-17:00 Session 4 17:00-17:20

17:20-17:40

Kyalo S. KANYIVA (Waseda University, Japan)

OP10

Expedient Synthesis of Cyclopentenones and iso-Hajos-Parrish Ketones; Applications in Natural Product Synthesis

OP11

Progress towards development of aflatoxin resistant maize using host induced gene silencing technology in Kenya

OP12

Africa is Ready for Genetically modified Crops: Lessons from Kenya

Amos E. Alakonya (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya)

Richard Oduor (Kenyatta University, Kenya)

Friday, September 18th, 2015 (APHRC Auditorium) Category

Time

KEYNOTE 4 09:00-09:35

Activity

Code

Talk title

Prof. Hidetoshi Kotera (Kyoto University, Japan)

KN4

Importance of substrate for culturing cells and realizing nano-human

Fighting infections and disease: Opportunities, Challenges and biotechnological options (Chair: Meshack Obonyo, Egerton University, Kenya) 09:35-09:55 Session 5 09:55-10:15

10:15-10:35 10:35-11:00 KEYNOTE 5 11:00-11:35 SPONSOR 11:35-11:45 11:45-13:00

Fauzia K Musasia (Egerton University, Kenya)

Sex-specific induction of CYP6 cytochrome P450 genes in cadmium and lead tolerant Anopheles gambiae

OP14

Development and evaluation of a loop mediated isothermal amplification (lamp) technique for the detection of hookworm (necator americanus) infection in fecal samples

OP15

Characterization of the reaction of hydrogen peroxide with Anabaena sp. strain PCC7120 DyP-type peroxidase: the influence of distal residues mutation on catalysis

KN5

Implementing Antimicrobial Stewardship Program with Limited Diagnostic Support

S1

Sponsor presentation

Robert Mugambi MURIUKI (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya)

Henry Joseph Oduor Ogola (Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Kenya)

COFFEE/TEA BREAK PROF. GUNTURU REVATHI (Agha Khan University Hospital, KENYA)

Africa Biosystems Limited, Kenya LUNCH POSTER SESSION (DAY 2)

13:00-14:00

KEYNOTE 6 14:00-14:35

OP13

EVEN NUMBER Posters

Dr. MICHAEL J. DONOVAN KN6 (Sansure Biotech, CHINA mainland)

POSTER VIEWING - Terrace

Nucleic Acid Modalities: Advancing Diagnostics and Personalized Therapy

Analytical/ Diagnostics & Therapeautic Approaches I (CHAIR:Dr. Bhavna Chohan, KEMRI, Kenya) 14:35-14:55 Session 6 14:55-15:15

Steven Nyanjom (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya)

OP16

Olfaction in Tsetse fly – Role of Olfactory Proteins

OP17

Hyperlactatemia in a group of HIV patients living in Yaounde-Cameroon

OP18

Haplotype within NFKB1 promoter is associated with risk of severe malaria anaemia and changes in levels of circulating IL-17 in children with P. falciparum malaria

Corinne Tchoula Mamiafo (Yaounde University Teaching Hospital, Cameroon)

15:15-15:35

Elly O. MUNDE (Maseno University, Kenya)

15:35-16:00

COFFEE/TEA BREAK Analytical/ Diagnostics & Therapeautic Approaches II (CHAIR: Dr. Benson Nyambega, Maseno University, Kenya)

Session 7 16:00-16:20 16:20-16:40 KEYNOTE 7 16:40-17:15

Meshack A Obonyo

OP19

Demystifying Mycotoxin for Their Management: A Kenyan Perspective

Joseph M. Ochieng’ ODUOR (Kenyatta University, Kenya)

OP20

Safety and therapeutic efficacy of Staphylococcus aureus bacteriophage against methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in BALB/c mice

Prof. Paul Robinson (Purdue University, USA)

KN7

The complexity of advanced Cell Analysis

(Egerton University, Kenya)

CONFERENCE BANQUET (19:00~22:00) VENUE: Hotel Royal Orchid Azure

Saturday, September 19th, 2015 Time

Activity

Venue

Remarks

08:00-14:00

Discussions on biodiversity and environmental conservation

Nairobi National Park

Departure time, 7 am

Networking and cross-culture exchanges

Lunch discussions (14:00~ with lunch boxes) THE BOMAS OF Traditional dances (15:30~) KENYA Dinner discussions (17:00~)

Free discussions and 15:30-19:00 networking session 19:00

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