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Dr. Rose Nyamao Magoma

Lecturer, Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology

Home School of Health Sciences Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology Dr. Rose Nyamao Magoma

Dr. Rose Nyamao Magoma

Lecturer, Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology

Research Interests

Medical Immunology

Refereed Journal Articles

  1. Rose M. Nyamao , Zipporah O. Lagat, Khayeka W. Christopher, Benard M. Jumba, Rebeccah W. Waihenya, Robert Karanja and Bernard Osero Ong'ondo (2014). Efficacy of glucocorticoids in controlling Leishmania major infecting Balb/c mice. Journal of Infectious Diseases and Immunity 6(2): pp. 10-18
  2. Bernard N. Jumba, Christopher O. Anjili, Judith Makwali, Johnstone Ingonga, Rose Nyamao , Sylvia Marango, Joseph K. Choge and Christopher Khayeka-Wandabwa. (2015) Evaluation of leishmanicidal activity and cytotoxicity of Ricinus communis and Azadirachta indica extracts from western Kenya: in vitro and in vivo assays. Biomed central research notes 8: (650)
  3. Rose N.M., Wu, J., Yu, L., Xiao, X., & Zhang, F.-M. (2018). Roles of DDX5 in the tumorigenesis, proliferation, differentiation, metastasis and pathway regulation of human malignancies. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on cancer
  4. Kosgey JC, Jia L, Fang Y, Yang J, Lei Gao, Wang J, Nyamao R , Cheteu M, Tong D, Wekesa V, Vasilyeva N, Zhang FM (2019). Probiotics as antifungal agents: Experimental confirmation and future prospects. J Microbiol Methods, 162, 28-37
  5. Kosgey, J., Jia, L., Nyamao, R ., Zhao, Y., Xue, T., Yang, J., Fang, Y. and Zhang, F., 2020. RNase 1, 2, 5 & 8 role in innate immunity: Strain specific antimicrobial activity. International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 160, pp.1042-1049
  6. Jia, L., Kosgey, J. C., Wang, J., Yang, J., Nyamao, R. M., Zhao, Y., ... & Zhang, F. (2020). Antimicrobial and mechanism of antagonistic activity of Bacillus sp. A2 against pathogenic fungus and bacteria: The implication on honey's regulatory mechanism on host's microbiota. Food science & nutrition, 8(9), 4857-4867
  7. Wabo, T. M., Wang, Y., Nyamao, R. M., Wang, W., & Zhu, S. (2022). Protein-to-carbohydrate ratio is informative of diet quality and associates with all-cause mortality: Findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2007–2014). Frontiers in Public Health, 10

Conference Papers

  1. Attended and presented a paper at the eighth JKUAT scientific, technological and industrialization conference in AICAD, JKUAT, Nairobi, Kenya. (November 23-25, 2013) Title: Effects of glucocorticoids on chemokine production : a bid to control leishmaniasis
  2. Attended and presented a paper in the first international innovation and research conference of the Mt. Kenya University in Safari Park hotel, Nairobi, Kenya (August 28-30, 2013). Title: Inhibition of Leishmania infection development using glucocorticoid drugs in vitro
  3. Attended and presented a paper in KEMRI (Kenya Medical Research Institute) KASH (KEMRI Annual Scientific and Health) Conference (February 6-8, 2013) Title: Exploring the use of Glucocorticoid Drugs in Prevention of Leishmania Infection: An in vitro study
  4. Attended the sixth JKUAT scientific, technological and industrialization conference (November 23-25, 2011)
  5. Training on tissue culture and monoclonal antibody production in ILRI (International Livestock Research Institute) October 2010 - February2011
  6. Training on data analysis using STATA statistical software (24 th -28 th July, 2017)