Member Profile
Membership type: full
Christiana Omowunmi Shobo
Country of origin: Nigeria Currently in: South Africa, Durban General field of specialization: Structural, Cell and Molecular Biology-
Degrees
2016 Master Biological Systems and Organisms2008 Undergraduate Biological Systems and Organisms -
Current Research Activities
Medical and Health Sciences incl Neurosciences
Campylobacter species isolate from clinical samples from private sectors in South Africa
Publications resulting from Research:
Christiana O Shobo, Linda Antoniette Bester, Sooraj Baijnath, Anou Somboro, Abdool K C Peers, Sabiha Essack (2016), Antibiotic resistant profiles of Campylobacter species in the South African private health care sector. J Infect Dev Ctries 2016; 10(11):1214-1221.
doi:10.3855/jidc.8165.
Christiana O. Shobo, John Osei Sekyere, Linda A. Bester, Chetna N. Govind, Sabiha Y. Essack (2017), Tetracycline resistance in Campylobacter Coli Isolated from clinical sample in South Africa is mediated by novel tetO variants. Submitted to South Africa Journal of Infectious
Diseases.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:Higher Education StudyPhD student working on bacteria dissemination and molecular surveillance in different level of healthcare in South Africa, thereby questioning the effectiveness of Infection, Prevention and Control policies.
Workshop and Conference Attended
2017 University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. Realtime- Polymerase Chain Reaction Quant-studio 5 (qPCR QS 5) training and software tutorial2017 University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. Hands on training on Whole Genome Sequencing bioinformatics trainingAffiliations
Nigerian Institute of Science Laboratory Technology -
Other Awards
May 2014Student scholarshipNational Reasearch Fund student linked bursaryMay 2015Student schoarshipSchool of Health Sciences stipend ScholarshipApr 2017College of Health Science -Young Researchers competitive grant
