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https://biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/student-stories/jeff-ojwach-reflects-on-his-pips-experience-down-under/

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Scopus Author ID: 57218629278

Keywords

Organosulfur cycling, Environmental Microbiology, Dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP), Biocatalysis, Oligosaccharides, Dimethyl sulfide (DMS), one-carbon (C1) compounds

Countries

South Africa, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Kenya

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Employment (5)

Griffith University: Brisbane, AU

2023-09-01 to 2033-12-04 | Professional Internships for PhD Students (PIPS) (Clem Jones Center for Neurobiology and Stem Cell Research)
Employment
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Jeff D Ojwach

University of East Anglia: Norwich, GB

2021-11-01 to 2025-10-31 | PhD Candidate (School of Biology)
Employment
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Jeff D Ojwach

Freie Universität Berlin: Berlin, DE

2021-05-01 to 2021-10-01 | Einstein Fellow (Department of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Immunology)
Employment
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Jeff D Ojwach

University of Glasgow: Glasgow, GB

2019-01-01 to 2019-04-05 | Visiting Scholar (Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation)
Employment
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Jeff D Ojwach

GSK plc: Naiobi, Nairobi, KE

2014-10-01 to 2016-07-10 | Laboratory Analyst (Quality Control)
Employment
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Jeff D Ojwach

Education and qualifications (3)

University of East Anglia: Norwich, GB

2021-11-01 to 2025-10-31 | PhD (School of Biology)
Education
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Jeff D Ojwach

University of KwaZulu-Natal: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

2016-07-21 to 2018-12-14 | Researcher (Microbiology)
Qualification
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Jeff D Ojwach

Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology: Nairobi, Nairobi, KE

2010-04-08 to 2013-12-14 | Bachelor of Science Microbiology (Biochemistry and Microbiology)
Education
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Jeff D Ojwach

Professional activities (3)

South African Society for Microbiology: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

2017-04-04 to present (Microbiology)
Service
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Jeff D Ojwach

Microbiology Society: London, GB

2024-01-01 to 2029-12-31 | Student Member UK and Ireland (Microbiology)
Membership
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Jeff D Ojwach

University of KwaZulu-Natal: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, ZA

2019-04-07 | MSc Cum Laude (Microbiology)
Distinction
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Jeff D Ojwach

Funding (2)

Spinal Injury

2023-09 to 2033-12 | Contract
Menzies Health Institute Queensland (QLD, QLD, AU)
URL: https://biodtp.norwichresearchpark.ac.uk/student-stories/jeff-ojwach-reflects-on-his-pips-experience-down-under/
Source: Self-asserted source
Jeff D Ojwach

Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership

2020-09-30 to 2028-09-29 | Grant
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (Swindon, GB)
URL: https://app.dimensions.ai/details/grant/grant.9289254
GRANT_NUMBER: BB/T008717/1
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Jeff D Ojwach via DimensionsWizard

Works (4)

Oligosaccharides production from coprophilous fungi: An emerging functional food with potential health-promoting properties

Biotechnology Reports
2022-03 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.btre.2022.e00702
Part of ISSN: 2215-017X
Contributors: Jeff Ojwach; Adegoke Isiaka Adetunji; Taurai Mutanda; Samson Mukaratirwa
Source: Self-asserted source
Jeff D Ojwach

Fructooligosaccharides synthesized by fructosyltransferase from an indigenous coprophilous Aspergillus niger strain XOBP48 exhibits antioxidant activity

Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary Fibre
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcdf.2020.100238
EID:

2-s2.0-85089850941

Part of ISBN:

22126198
Contributors: Ojwach, J.; Kumar, A.; Mukaratirwa, S.; Mutanda, T.
Source: Self-asserted source
Jeff D Ojwach via Scopus - Elsevier

Fructosyltransferase and inulinase production by indigenous coprophilous fungi for the biocatalytic conversion of sucrose and inulin into oligosaccharides

Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology
2020 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcab.2020.101867
EID:

2-s2.0-85096662146

Part of ISBN:

18788181
Contributors: Ojwach, J.; Kumar, A.; Mutanda, T.; Mukaratirwa, S.
Source: Self-asserted source
Jeff D Ojwach via Scopus - Elsevier

Purification and biochemical characterization of an extracellular fructosyltransferase enzyme from Aspergillus niger sp. XOBP48: implication in fructooligosaccharide production

3 Biotech
2020-10 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1007/s13205-020-02440-w
Contributors: Jeff Ojwach; Ajit Kumar; Samson Mukaratirwa; Taurai Mutanda
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