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Maryrose Kithinji

Membership since: 2025
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Africa
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CONNECTED (Community Network for African Vector-Borne Plant Viruses)

Degrees:

2012
Master     Agricultural Sciences
i have interests in Food security and Climate Change , Applied molecular biology and microbiology, Promotion of indigenous and underutilized food crops through bio-resource (germplasm) collection, conservation, characterization, breeding and improvement, documentation of indigenous knowledge and Plant disease and control. my Masters included aspects of molecular biology where i was looking at the genetic diversity of the dry bean of Kenya. i am currently a pHD student in crop protection.
2008
Undergraduate     Other
I pursued education sciences option, that equipped me with teaching skills to handle teaching biology and chemistry in secondary schools of Kenya.

Molecular marker technology for plant analysis and breeding- training
2025
icon-pin-location Bangor University, United Kingdom
Client oriented breeding workshop
2025
icon-pin-location Golf hotel kakamega
Participatory plant breeding workshop
2025
icon-pin-location Kenyatta university
Scientific Writing Course workshop
2025
icon-pin-location Mt. Zion Hotel, Kampala uganda
Statistics course Workshop
2025
icon-pin-location Kenlon hotel, Kampala
Oxford Nanopore training Workshop
2025
icon-pin-location Biosciences eastern and central Africa - International Livestock Research Institute (BecA- ILRI hub)
Vector and Virus Diagnostic Course
2025
icon-pin-location Biosciences eastern and central Africa - International Livestock Research Institute (BecA- ILRI hub)