DR GRACE WAIRIMU GITAU :: :: STAFF EPORTAL - THE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF KENYA

Faculty:	Applied Sciences and Technology
School:	Biological and Life Sciences
Department:	Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Current Designation:	Lecturer, BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY (DBB)
Office Telephone:	+254(020) 2219929, 3341639, 3343672
Official Email:	ggitau@tukenya.ac.ke
Consultation Hours:	8AM-5PM MON - FRI

Level	Qualification Name	Institution	Year
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)	BIOCHEMISTRY	UNIVERSITY OF ZULULAND(South Africa)	2014
Masters of Science (M.Sc.)	PHARMACOLOGY	NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY(United Kingdom)	2009
Bachelor of Science (BSc)	BIOCHEMISTRY	UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI(Kenya)	2007
O level/Equivalent	KCSE	St. Joseph's Girls High School(Kenya)	2003

Period	Institution	Position
November 2023 - To present	Kenya Institute of Primate Research (KIPRE)	Research Associate Scientist
November 2014 - To date	Technical University of Kenya	Lecturer
February 2012 - June 2012	University of Zululand (South Africa)	Assistant Lecturer

University lecturer and researcher on phages and their derived molecules as potential antibacterial agents against antimicrobial and multi-drug resistance bacteria (AMR and MDR). Other research interests include; genetic engineering of improved effective phage technologies for pathogen detection, diagnostic tools and phage display vaccine development studies

Title	Link to publication	Year
Characterisation of the Plasmodium falciparum Hsp70-Hsp90 organising protein (PfHop)	View online
Role of heat shock proteins in the development and pathogenicity of Plasmodium falciparum.	Plasmodium falciparum: Morphology, Life Cycle and Health Impact (pp. 57-76) Nova Science Publishers. ">View online
Plasmodium falciparum Hop (PfHop) interacts with the Hsp70 chaperone in a nucleotide-dependent fashion and exhibits ligand selectivity	View online
Molecular characterization of group A rotaviruses in Mukuru slums Kenya: detection of novel strains circulating in children below 5 years of age	View online
Coenzyme Q10 Ameliorates potassium cyanide-induced toxicosis in a mouse model	View online
In silico exploration of Lycoris alkaloids as potential inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2 main protease (Mpro)	View online
Alcohol spiked with zolpidem and midazolam potentiates inflammation, oxidative stress and organ damage in a mouse model.	View online	2023

Name	Project Title	Period
Biwott Kipchumba	PUTATIVE IMPACT OF ALCOHOL INTOXICATION WITH ZOLPIDEM AND MIDAZOLAM INDUCED INFLAMMATION AND OXIDATIVE STRESS IN MURINE MODEL	2016-2018
Francis Gitonga	AMELIORATIVE EFFECT OF Co-Q10 ON POTASSIUM CYANIDE INDUCED TOXICOSIS IN MURINE MODEL	2016-2018

Title	Institution
Member	Biochemistry and Biotechnology Professionals Society of Kenya
Member	European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)

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