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Awards

August 2020 Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD), 2020 OWSD Early Career Fellowship

March 2020 International Foundation for Science (IFS), Individual Research Grant

December 2017 The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) TWAS Research Grant in Basic Sciences (Individuals)

July 2017 National Research Fund (NRF) Kenya Multidisciplinary (collaboration) Research Grant

December 2013 The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
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Other Memberships/Affiliations
International Society of Viruses of Microbes
American Society of Microbiology
Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD)

Degrees:

2015
Juliah Akhwale > Degrees
Biological Systems and Organisms
2011
Juliah Akhwale > Degrees
Biological Systems and Organisms
2006
Juliah Akhwale > Degrees
Biological Systems and Organisms

Publications resulting from Research
i) Ngetha E, Akhwale JK, Mwirichia R (2019). Phylogenetic and morphological diversity of culturable cyanobacteria from Lake Magadi in Kenya. African Journal of Biological Sciences. 01: 24. doi.org/10.33472/AFJBS.1.4.2019.24-31

ii) Akhwale JK, Rohde M, Rohde C, Boyke B, Spröer C, Klenk H-P, Boga HI, Wittmann J (2019). Isolation, Characterization and analysis of Bacteriophages from the Haloalkaline Lake Elmenteita, Kenya. PLoS One. 2019;14(4):1–19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215734

iii) Akhwale JK, Rohde M, Rohde C, Boyke B, Spröer C, Klenk H-P, Boga HI, Wittmann J. (2019). Comparative genomic analysis of eight novel haloalkaliphilic bacteriophages from Lake Elmenteita, Kenya. PLoS One 14(2): doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212102

iv) Akhwale JK, Göker M, Rohde M, Spröer C, Schumann P, Boga HI, Klenk H-P (2016) Nocardiopsis mwathae sp. Nov., isolated from the haloalkaline lake Elmenteita, in the African Rift Valley. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek Journal,09(3):421-430.doi:10.1007/s10482-016-0647-z.

v) Akhwale JK, Göker M, Rohde M, Spröer C, Schumann P, Klenk H-P, Boga HI (2015). Streptomyces alkaliphilus sp. nov., isolated from sediments of lake Elmenteita in the Kenyan Rift Valley. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek Journal, 107(5):1249-1259. doi:10.1007/s10482-015-0418-2.

vi) Akhwale JK, Göker M, Rohde M, Schumann P, Klenk H-P, Boga HI (2015). Belliella kenyensis sp. nov., isolated from the haloalkaline lake Elmenteita in the African Rift Valley. International Journal of Systematics and Evolutionary Microbiology, 65(2): 457-462. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.066951-0.

Phages for Global Health, 2nd East Africa Phage Laboratory Training Workshop
2025
icon-pin-location Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya.
DAAD DIES ProGRANT Training on writing research proposals for grants
2025
icon-pin-location Karatina University, Kenya and Ruiru Resort, Kenya.
Advanced genomics and bioinformatics training
2025
icon-pin-location BeCa-ILRI Hub, Nairobi Kenya
German Language Course
2025
icon-pin-location Goethe Institute-Nairobi, Kenya (3 months) and InterDaf-Leipzig, Germany (3 months)