The 3rd Africa International Biotechnology and Biomedical Conference (AIBBC 2017) Oral Presentation Program Thursday, September 14th (DAY 1) Time Activities (CONFERENCE HALL) Talk title/Others Announcements (Dr. Eddy Odari, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and 08:00-08:15 Technology -JKUAT, Kenya) Opening Remarks 08:15-08:30 Prof. Collins Ouma ( Maseno University, Kenya) Session1: Fighting infections and diseases: Opportunities, challenges and strategies Rapporteur: Josiah Kuja (JKUAT) 08:30-10:20 Chair: Dr. Lucy Ochola (Institute of Primate Research, Kenya) 08:30-09:00 KN1 Keynote Presentation 1: Prof. Kevin Marsh (Oxford Univertiy, UK) THE FIGHT AGAINST MALARIA: PROGRESS AND CHALLENGES SELECTIONS, FRAMESHIFT MUTATIONS, AND COPY NUMBER VARIATION DETECTED ON THE 09:00-09:20 ST1 Jesse N. Gitaka (Nagasaki University, Japan) SURF4.1 GENE IN THE WESTERN KENYAN PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM POPULATION 09:20-09:40 ST2 Naomi W. Maina (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology) TOXOPLASMOSIS: THE FORGOTTEN THREAT IN KENYA Winnie Akoth Okeyo TEMPORAL GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION IN GLOSSINA PALLIDIPES TSETSE FLY POPULATIONS IN 09:40-10:00 ST3 (Yale University, USA/ Biotechnology Research Institute, KALRO-Kenya) KENYA Julius Oyugi HUMAN HERPES VIRUS 7 DOWN-REGULATES EXPRESSION OF HIV-1 RECEPTORS ON 10:00-10:20 ST4 (University of Nairobi Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases, Kenya) THE T-HELPER CELLS OF DISCORDANT COUPLES OF PUMWANI, KENYA 10:20-10:40 TEA BREAK Session 2: Advances in low cost diagnostics Rapporteur: Josiah Kuja 10:40-12:30 Chair: Dr.Steven Ger Nyanjom (JKUAT, Kenya) 10:40-11:10 KN2 Keynote Presentation 2: Prof. Ola Söderberg (Uppsala University, Sweden) DNA-BASED MOLECULAR TOOLS FOR SINGLE CELL ANALYSIS USE OF OCCULT BLOOD DETECTION CARDS FOR REAL-TIME PCR-BASED DIAGNOSIS OF 11:10-11:30 ST5 Ahmed Zeynudin Kasim (Jimma University, Ethiopia) SCHISTOSOMA MANSONI INFECTION 11:30-11:50 ST6 Aman Russom (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) MICROFLUIDICS BASED POINT OF CARE DIAGNOSTICS AT RESOURCE LIMITED SETTINGS 11:50-12:10 ST7 Jacqueline C. Linnes (Purdue University, USA) TOOLS TO BRING MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTICS OUT OF THE LAB AND INTO THE FIELD 12:10-12:30 ST8 Masood Kamali-Moghaddam (Uppsala University, Sweden) ADVANCED MOLECULAR TOOLS FOR PARALLEL PROTEIN ANALYSES, IMAGING AND DIAGNOSTICS 12:30-13:30 LUNCH Session 3 POSTER SESSION 1 ALL POSTER PRESENTATIONS FOR DAY 1 13:30-14:30 Multidisciplinary topics by young investigators Session 4 Chair: Dr. Maryanne Mureithi Rapporteur: Goreti Omolo (JKUAT) & Lucy Wanjeri Kamau (IPR) 14:30-16:30 (KAVI-Institute of Clinical Research/ University of Nairobi) Keynote Presentation 3: Prof. Walter Jaoko 14:30-15:00 KN3 (University of Nairobi School of Medicine and KAVI-Institute of Clinical BIOMEDICAL RESEARCHERS AT A CROSS ROAD – UPHOLDING ETHICAL PRINCIPLES Research) PREVALENCE, VIRULENCE GENES AND ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE OF SHIGA-TOXIGENIC E.COLI IN 15:00-15:12 ST9 Rael Too (Kenya Medical Research Institute-KEMRI, Kenya) DIARRHOEA PATIENTS FROM KITALE, KENYA SYNERGISTIC, ATTENUATIVE AND MODULATORY ACTIVITY IN DIMETHYLNITROSAMINE (DMN)- 15:12-15:24 ST10 Usunobun Usunomena (Edo University Iyamho, Nigeria) INDUCED FIBROTIC RATS TREATED WITH VERNONIA AMYGDALINA AND ANNONA MURICATA LEAVES THE BABOON MODEL OF PLACENTAL MALARIA IS IDEAL FOR EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTIC 15:24-15:36 ST11 Faith Onditi (Institute of Primate Research, Kenya) MANAGEMENT OF MALARIA IN PREGNANCY BIOCHEMICAL, HORMONAL AND HISTOLOGICAL CHANGES IN PROSTATE OF WISTAR RATS 15:36-15:48 ST12 Popoola Bosede Oluwaseun (University of Ibadan, Nigeria) FOLLOWING LONG TERM STREPTOZOTOCIN-INDUCED DIABETES MELLITUS COMPUTATIONAL IDENTIFICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TRICORN PROTEASE INTERACTING 15:48-16:00 ST13 Florence Ng'ong'a (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology) FACTOR 3 IN TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI 16:00-16:12 ST14 Seera Georgina (Kyoto University, Japan) HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION AND HIGH BODY MASS INDEX (BMI) IN URBAN UGANDA 16:12-16:30 INDUSTRIAL PRESENTATION (AFRICA BIOSYSTEMS) 16:30-16:40 TEA BREAK Session 5 Advances in cellular-based biomedical technologies Rapporteur: Goreti Omolo & Lucy Wanjeri Kamau 16:40-18:30 Chair: Dr. Bhavna Chohan (KEMRI/University of Washington U.S.A) 16:40-17:10 KN4 Keynote Presentation 4: Paul Robinson (Purdue University, USA) THE FRONTIERS OF CYTOMETRY: SPECTRAL, HIGH THROUGHPUT AND EXOSOME ANALYSIS TOPOGRAPHICAL SYSTEMS FOR SINGLE-CELL MIGRATION ANALYSIS TO DISTINGUISH NORMAL 17:10-17:30 ST15 Keiichiro Kushiro (The University of Tokyo, Japan) AND CANCEROUS CELL TYPES TOWARD A PHYSICAL UNDERSTANDING OF THE CELL DIVISION MACHINERY FROM THE 17:30-17:50 ST16 Makito Miyazaki (Waseda University, Japan) COMBINATION OF SINGLE-MOLECULE AND IN VITRO RECONSTITUTION EXPERIMENTS CHANGE IN THE INTRANUCLEAR DNA ORGANIZATION DURING HUMAN MESENCHYUMAL STEM 17:50-18:10 ST17 Hiromi Miyoshi (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) CELL DIFFERENTIATION OPTIMIZING IN VIVO GENERATION OF ENGRAFTABLE MURINE HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS FROM 18:10-18:30 ST18 Satoshi Yamazaki (The University of Tokyo, Japan) PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS THROUGH HEMOGENIC ENDOTHELIUM IN TERATOMAS. 18:30 END OF FIRST DAY, DINNER ON YOUR OWN Friday, September 15th (DAY 2) Time Activity Talk title/others 08:15-08:30 Announcements (Dr. Benson Nyambega, Maseno University) Session1: Emerging trends in drug research and development Rapporteur: Vicky Gent (IPR/JKUAT) 08:30-10:00 Chair: Ms. Dawn Maranga (Institute of Primate Research, Kenya) OPTIMIZATION OF PHARMACODYNAMICS AND PHARMACOKINETICS PROPERTIES OF DRUGS USED 08:30-09:00 KN5 Keynote Presentation: Prof. Bernhards Ogutu (CREATES-Strathmore Univ. kenya) IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DISEASES ENDEMIC IN RESOURCE CONSTRAINED SETTINGS PROTECTIVE AND CURATIVE ROLE OF CITRUS SINENSIS ZEST IN RAT MODEL-INDUCED TESTICULAR 09:00-09:20 ST19 Akunna Godson Gabriel (Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Nigeria) NEOPLASM: A MORPHOMETRIC AND IMMUNOHISTOCHEMICAL EVALUATION USING KI-67 AND PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN DETERMINATION OF THE ANTIMYCOPLASMAL ACTIVITY TESTS OF COMPOUNDS FROM THE Francisca Kama-Kama 09:20-09:40 ST20 BERRIES OF SOLANUM ACULEASTRUM AND THE STEM BARK OF PILIOSTIGMA THONNINGII USING (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology -JKUAT, Kenya) FLOW CYTOMETER METHYL JASMONATE AMELIORATES TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE-INDUCED PROSTATIC 09:40-10:00 ST21 Olubukola Oyebimpe Akanni (University of Ibadan, Nigeria) HYPERPLASIA IN CASTRATED WISTAR RATS 10:00-10:20 TEA BREAK Session 2: Multidisciplinary topics in science and technology Rapporteur: Vicky Gent 10:20-12:10 Chair: Dr. Stephen K. Kyalo (Waseda University, Japan) 10:20-10:50 KN6 Keynote Presentation 2: Prof. Takanori Shibata (Waseda University, Japan) ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS OF VARIOUS AMINO ACIDS INITIATED BY C-H BOND ACTIVATION CATALYTIC REGIOSELECTIVE AND STEREOSPECIFIC RING-OPENING CROSS-COUPLING OF 10:50-11:10 ST22 Youhei Takeda (Osaka University, Japan) AZIRIDINES: USEFUL TOOLS TO BUILD BIOLOGICALLY RELEVANT AMINE SCAFFOLDS MOLECULAR SENSITIVITY CHARACTERIZATION OF STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS BIOFILMS TO 11:10-11:30 ST23 Charles O. Olwal (Maseno University, Kenya) PHYSICO-CHEMICAL STRESS AGENTS IN KISUMU COUNTY, KENYA PRODUCTION OF 2-DIMENTIONAL NANOCARBONS FROM NATURAL GRAPHITE, AND THEIR 11:30-11:50 ST24 Yuta Nishina (Okayama University, Japan) APPLICATIONS USE OF AMINO ACIDS AS BUILDING BLOCKS FOR EFFICIENT SYNTHESIS OF POTENTIALLY BIOACTIVE 11:50-12:10 ST25 Stephen Kyalo Kanyiva (Waseda University, Japan) COMPOUNDS EARLY DETECTION AND CONCENTRATION DETERMINATION OF HIV-1 BASED ON THE ASSOCIATED 12:10-12:30 ST26 Ben Otange (Egerton University/ University of Nairobi) SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPIC PEAKS OF INFECTED HUMAN PLASMA 12:30-13:30 LUNCH Session 3 POSTER SESSION 2 ALL POSTER PRESENTATIONS FOR DAY 2 13:30-14:30 Session 4 Agricultural and environmental biotechnology Rapporteur: Erick Awuoche 14:30-16:20 Chair: Dr. David Mulama (MMUST, Kenya) Keynote Presentation 3: Mary Abukutsa-Onyango GLOBALLY REPOSITIONING AFRICAN INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES FOR SUSTAINABLE 14:30-15:00 KN7 (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya) DEVELOPMENT EFFECT OF SEASONAL VARIATION ON THE SECONDARY METABOLITES AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY Larayetan Rotimi 15:00-15:20 ST27 (VOLATILE OILS) OF CALLISTEMON CITRINUS (CURTIS) SKEELS (MYRTACEAE) FROM EASTERN CAPE (University of Fort Hare, South Africa/ Kogi State University (Nigeria) OF SOUTH AFRICA Josiah Ochieng Kuja CYANOBACTERIA SPECIES DOMINATE THE RAPIDLY MELTING TROPICAL 15:20-15:40 ST28 (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya) LEWIS GLACIER OF MOUNT KENYA 15:40-16:00 ST29 Egwim Evans (Federal University of Technology, Nigeria) PRODUCTION AND PARTIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF XYLANASE FROM TERMITE GUT ISOLATE 16:00-16:20 INDUSTRIAL PRESENTATION (HITACHI HIGH TECHNOLOGIES) 16:20-16:30 TEA BREAK Session 5 Current topics in biotechnology Rapporteur: Erick Awuoche (Maseno) 16:30-18:40 Chair: Dr. Kennedy O. Okeyo (Kyoto University, Japan) 16:30-17:00 KN8 Keynote Presentation 4: Hidetoshi Kotera (Kyoto University, Japan) A ROLE OF MICRO FLUIDIC DEVICES IN FUTURE 17:00-17:20 ST30 Masahiro Takei (Chiba University, Japan) DIELECTIRC PROPERTIES OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM-INFECTED ERYTHROCYTES 17:20-17:40 ST31 Katsuo Mogi (Advanced Industrial Science and Technology-AIST, Japan) A STUDY OF EFFECTS OF ION-DEPLETION ZONE ON BIO-SUBSTANCES FOR SMART HANDLING 17:40-18:00 ST32 Yi Sun (University of California Los Angeles, USA/Tongji Hospital, China) USING SINGLE CELL TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSES TO STUDY NEURAL DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHLY STERILE, COMPLETELY CLOSED AUTOMATED CELL CULTURE 18:00-18:20 ST33 Hiroko Hanzawa (Hitachi Ltd, Japan) EQUIPMENT FOR WIDER ADOPTION OF REGENERATIVE MEDICINE 18:20-18:40 AWARD PRESENTATION and a Vote of Thanks (Dr. Eddy Odari - JKUAT) 18:40-23:00 BANQUET AND AFRICAN DANCE UTALII COLLEGE & HOTEL Time Saturday, September 16th (DAY 3) 6:00 Gathering and departure Group discussions on biodiversity and environmental biotechnology 10:00-16:00 Post-conference meeting in Nakuru Venue: Sarova Lions Hills Lodge (Nakuru, Kenya) 19:00 Return to Nairobi and breakup/ END OF AIBBC 2017 (see you in September 2019) (approx.).