University of Ibadan Holds Inaugural Lecture On Microbes

Nigeria's premier university, the University of Ibadan has announced that its eighth inaugural lecture holding this Thursday 30 May, 2013, will be focusing on microbes.

According to the university, the lecture will be delivered by  Prof. Bolanle A. Adeniyi of the department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology.

Prof. Adeniyi would be speaking on the title "Microbes; Culprits And Their Attackers On Natures Field" at the Trenchard Hall, University Of Ibadan by 5pm.

In a statement signed by the registrar of the university, Olujimi Iretola Olukoya MNIM, FPA, the university said the lecture will be chaired by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole, FAS and is open to the general public.

The lecturer holds a BSc and MSc from the University of Ilorin and a PhD from the University of Ibadan. She is a professor of pharmaceutical microbiology and has published extensively in the field. Some of her published works as highlighted by University of Ibadan's website are listed below.

  1. Lajubutu, B.A. (1994). Antibacterial activity of diosquinone isolated from Diospyros tricolor. Planta Medica. Vol. 60: 477-478
  2. Lajubutu, B.A., Pinney, R. J., Roberts, M. F.,  Odelola, H. A. . and Oso, B. A. (1995). Antibacterial activity of diosquinone and plumbagin from the Root of Diospyros mespiliformis (Hostch) [Ebenaceae]. Phytotherapy Research. Vol. 9: 346-350.
  3. Adeniyi, B. A., Fong, H.H.S.,  Pezzuto, J.M. . Luyengi, L.  and Odelola, H.A. (2000). Antibacterial activity of diospyrin, isodiospyrin, and bisisodiospyrin from Diospyros piscatorial (Gurke) [Ebenaceae]. Phytotherapy Research .Vol 14 :112-117.http://pharm.ui.edu.ng/sites/default/files/Antibacterial activity of methanolic extract of Garcinia kola_0.pdf">Read Abstract
  4. Adeniyi, B. A., Robert, M. F. , Chai, H. and Fong, H.S.S. (2003). In-vitro cytotoxicity of diosquinone, a naphthoquinone epoxide. Phytotherapy Research. Vol. 17: 282-284. Read Abstract
  5. Adeniyi, B. A., Grooves, M. J. and Gangadharam, P. R. J. (2004). In-vitro anti-mycobacterial activities of three species of Cola plant extracts (Sterculiaceae). Phytotherapy Research (18): 414-418. 
  6. Adeniyi,B. A.  and Anyiam, F. M.  (2004). In-vitro Anti-Helicobacter pylori potential of methanol extract of Allium ascalonicum Linn. (Liliaceae) leaf: Susceptibility and effect on urease activity. Phythotherapy Research. Vol. 18: 358-361.Read Abstract
  7. Mahady, G. B., Bhamarapravati, S., Adeniyi, B. A., Doyle, B. J., Locklear, T. D.  Slover C. and Pendland, S. L. (2006). Traditional Thai medicines inhibit Helicobacter pylori in-vitro and in-vivo: support for ethno medical use. Ethnobotany Research and Applications (4): 159-165.
  8. Soge, O.O.  Adeniyi, B. A. and Roberts, M. C. (2006). New antibiotic resistance genes associated with CTX-M plasmids from uropathogenic Nigerian Klebsiella pneumoniae. Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (58): 1048-1053.
  9. Adeniyi, B. A., Lawal, T. O.,and Mahady, G. B. (2009). In vitro susceptibility of Helicobacter pylori to extracts of Eucalyptus camaldulensis and Eucalyptus torelliana.Pharmaceutical Biology 47(1):99–102
  10. Gaus,K., Huang,Y., Israel, D. A., Pendland, S. L., Adeniyi, B. A., and Mahady, G. B. (2009). Standardized ginger (Zingiber officinale) extract reduces bacterial load and suppresses acute and chronic inflammation in Mongolian gerbils infected with cagA+ Helicobacter pylori. Pharmaceutical Biology ; 47(1): 92-98.
  11. Ayeni, F. A., Adeniyi, B. A., Ogunbanwo, S. T, Tabasco, R., Paarup T., Peláez C., Requena T. (2009). Inhibition of uropathogens by lactic acid bacteria isolated from dairy foods and cow's intestine in western Nigeria. Archives of Microbiology. Vol. 191:639-648.
  12. Lawal, T. O., Adeniyi, B. A., Wan, B. Franzblau, S. G. and Mahady, G.B. (2010). In-vitro susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv to extracts of Uvaria afzelli Scott Elliot   and Tetracera alnifolia Willd. African Journal of Biomedical Research. Accepted
  13. Ayeni, F. A., Adeniyi, B. A., Ogunbanwo, S. T., Nader-Macias M. E. and Ruas-Madiedo, P. (2011).  Survival of Weissella confusa and Lactobacillus paracasei strains in fermented milks under cold storage and after freeze-drying. Milk Science 66 (1) 61-64.

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