CURRICULUM VITAE OF AFOLAYAN FUNMILAYO IBITAYO DEBORAH

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name:Afolayan Funmilayo I. Deborah (nee Ifede)

Address:No. 5, Unity street, off Winners’ way, Orita Basorun, Ibadan

Tel:+234-803-5334837

Email:;

Nationality:Nigerian

EDUCATION

2010 – Till dateUniversity of Ibadan

PhD (Cellular Parasitology) in progress

2006- 2008 University of Ibadan

MSc (Cellular Parasitology), PhD grade

1999 - 2004University of Ibadan

BSc(Hons) Zoology, 2.1

EXPERIENCES

2012 – Till date Cell Biology and Genetics Unit, Department of Zoology,

University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Designation……….Assistant Lecturer

2010 -2011 Centre for Traditional Medicine and Drug Research, Kenya

Medical Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.

Position ------PhD Intern

2004 - 2005National youth service corps (NYSC)

Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maiduguri,

Maiduguri, Borno State, Nigeria

Position ------Graduate assistant

Publications

Awobode H. O., Fagbemi F. T. and Afolayan F. I. D. (2015). Antitrypanosomal activity of

Khaya senegalensis and Anogeissus leiocarpus stem bark on Trypanosoma brucei brucei infected rats. African Journal of Biotechnology 14 (6): 525 – 529.

Afolayan F., Anumudu C. I., Adegbolagun O. M., Orwa J. A., Irungu B. N., Kangethe L. N., Mathaura C. N., Nwikwabe M. N., Nyangacha R. M. and Omar S.A. (2014). In vitro Antiplasmodial activity and Cytotoxicity of some Medicinal Plants indigenously used in Nigeria against Malaria. Proceedings of the 4th Walter Sisulu UniversityInternational Research Conference.17 – 19th August 2011. Directorate of Research Development, Walter Sisulu University, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Kinuthia G.K., Afolayan F.I.D., Ngure V., Anjili C.O. (2012): Selected practices among rural

residents versus the prevalence of Amoebiasis and Giardiasis in Njoro District, Kenya. African journal of Health Sciences 20, 11-20

AWARD

  • Best M.Sc student in Cellular Parasitology, University of Ibadan (2008).

HOBBY

Reading

INTERESTS

  • Teaching
  • Research

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

  • Zoological Society of Nigeria
  • Parasitological Society of Nigeria

REFEREES

Prof. A. A. A. UgwumbaDr. O. M. Adegbolagun Professor and Head of Department, Head of Department,

Department of Zoology,Pharmaceutical Chemistry,

Faculty of Science,Faculty of Pharmacy,

University of Ibadan.University of Ibadan.

+234 802 3416143 +234 802 3451393

Dr. H. O. Awobode

Parasitology Unit,

Department of Zoology,

Faculty of Science,

University of Ibadan.

+234 802 6820100

PRESENTATIONS

  1. Title: Stimulation of Early Cytokines against Malaria Infection using Morinda

lucida stem bark extract.

Type of Presentation: Poster Presentation

Name of Organization: 6th MIM Pan African Malaria Conference

Date and Venue: 6 – 11th October, 2013. The International Convention Centre,

Durban, South Africa.

  1. Title: Antitrypanosomal Activity of Khaya senegalensis and Anogeissus leiocarpus stem bark on infected rats.

Type of Presentation: Oral Presentation

Name of Organization: The International Conference on Science and sustainable

Development in Nigeria

Date and Venue: 13 – 17 may, 2013. Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Ibadan Nigeria

  1. Title:In vitro Antiplasmodial activity and Phytochemical screening of some medicinal plants indigenously used in Nigeria against malaria

Type of presentation: Oral presentation.

Name of Organization: 7th Annual Conference of Zoological Society of Nigeria (ZSN), Date and Venue: 4 – 7 December, 2011. Department of Zoology, University of Ibadan.

  1. Title:In vitro leishmanicidal activities of Lawsonia inermis and Tithonia diversifolia against Leishmania major

Type of presentation: Oral presentation.

Name of Organization: 7th Annual Conference of Zoological Society of Nigeria (ZSN),

Date and Venue: 4 – 7 December, 2011. Department of Zoology, University of Ibadan.

  1. Title:In vitro antiplasmodial activity and cytotoxicity of some medicinal plants indigenously used in Nigeria against malaria.

Type of presentation: Poster presentation.

Name of Organization: 2011 Joint Research Conference, 17 - 19 August 2011, East

London, Eastern Cape, South Africa

  1. Title:Prophylactic and Suppressive activities of Nauclea latifolia in mice infected with

Plasmodium berghei Anka

Type of presentation: Poster presentation.

Name of Organization: 2011 Joint Research Conference, 17 - 19 August 2011, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

CONFERENCES ATTENDED

1.9th annual Conference of Zoological Society of Nigeria (ZSN), 30 November – 03 December, 2014, Department of Zoology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

  1. The International Conference on Science and sustainable Development in Nigeria. 13 – 17 may, 2013; Conference Centre, University of Ibadan, Ibadan Nigeria
  1. 1st Kemri Annual Scientific and Health (KASH) Conference, 9-11 February, 2011, Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI), Nairobi, Kenya.

4.7th Annual Conference of Zoological Society of Nigeria (ZSN), 4 – 7 December, 2011, Department of Zoology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

5.6th Annual Conference of Zoological Society of Nigeria (ZSN), 2010, Department of Zoology, University of Ibadan, Nigeria.

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

  1. The role of Pharmacogenetics in Drug Discovery. 23 – 26 March, 2015. Centre for Drug Discovery, Development and Production (CDDDP), Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan.
  1. Workshop Training on laboratory Biosafety in Malaria Research. April 11 – 12, 2012. Institute of Child Health, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

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