Hilary Edema

Research advisor: Professor Mikhail Gelfand

Program entry year: 2018

Previous education: Studied Molecular Biology and biotechnology from Makerere University (2016-2018), Uganda. Studied Agricultural Sciences from Gulu University (2012-2016), Uganda. Worked as a research technician at Gulu University Biosciences Research Laboratories, Gulu University Uganda (2016-2018).

Research project: Comparative genomic analysis of lignin degradation and Transcriptional regulation in Streptomyces bacteria

Research interests: Bio-remediation, Bacterial genome mining for useful products and Aromatic metabolism in bacteria

Industry Immersion:

Company: EFKO Group of companies, Innovation center in Biruch

Project: Generation of Kluyveromyces lactis Pmr1 gene knockout strains for increased production and secretion of chymosin protein for cheese production

Publications:

1. Brent Kalish, Jianhou Zhang, Hilary Edema, James Luong, Jenna Roper, Chad Beaudette, Richard Echodu, and Hideaki Tsutsui (2019). Distance and Microsphere Aggregation-Based DNA Detection in a Paper-Based Microfluidic Device. SLAS Technology. https://doi.org/10.1177/24726303198876

2. Echodu, R., Edema, H., Malinga, G.M., Hendy, A., Colebunders, R., Moriku, J.K., Ovuga, E., Geert, H. (2018). Is nodding syndrome in northern Uganda linked to consumption of mycotoxin contaminated food grains?, BMC Research Notes, 11:678. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-018-3774-y

3. Emmanuel Achol, Stephen Ochaya, Geoffrey M. Malinga, Hillary Edema & Richard Echodu (2019). High prevalence of Pfmdr-1 N86 and D1246 genotypes detected among febrile malaria outpatients attending Lira Regional Referral Hospital, Northern Uganda. BMC Res Notes 12,235 (2019) doi:10.1186/s13104-019-4269-1

4. Wokorach Godfrey, Hilary Edema, Dennis Muhanguzi & Echodu Richard (2018). Prevalence of sweetpotato viruses in Acholi sub-region, northern Uganda. Current Plant Biology, 17(42-47) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2019.03.001

5. Echodu, R., Edema, H., Wokorach, G., Zawedde, C., Otim, G., Luambano, N., Ateka, E.M., Asiimwe, T. (2018). Farmers’ practices and their knowledge of biotic constraints to sweetpotato production in East Africa, Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmpp.2018.07.004