Staff Profile: Dr. Julius N. Mugweru .

Abstract

Julius N. Mugweru is the Chair of the Department/Lecturer. Department of Biological Sciences, School: Pure and Applied Sciences (SPAS). Area of Specialization: Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, Immunology and Microbiology. Dr. Mugweru Holds a PhD in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry from the State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health, Chinese Academy of Sciences and a Master of Science degree in Immunology from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. He has been a Research Fellow at the Okayama University’s Institute of Plant Sciences and Resources Japan, and a postdoctoral fellow at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.

Research Interests: Recombinant DNA techniques, Bacteria prospecting studies, In vitro drug testing assessment studies, In vivo vaccine testing studies using mouse models, Development of molecular markers, Metagenomics