Member Profile
Membership type: full
Jedida Kongoro
Country of origin: Kenya General field of specialization: Biological Systems and Organisms-
Degrees
Biological Systems and Organisms -
Current Research Activities
Biological Systems and Organisms
Interaction of tsetse midgut-secreted biomolecules and trypanosomes, their effect on the vector susceptibility and competence in parasite transmission. Work so far has been on effects of trypsins and lectins on tsetse susceptibility and similarstudies are planned on the effects of similar molecules and Plasmodium.Affiliations
Biochemical Society of Kenya (BSK)Society of Cell and Developmental Biology, KenyaEntomological Society of Kenya (ESK)African Biotechnology Stakeholders Forum (ABSF)