Idah Sithole-Niang
Idah Sithole-Niang (amụrụ 1957) bụ onye na-ahụ maka biochemist na onye nkuzi. Ebe kacha eme nchọcha ya bụ nje na-awakpo cowpea, otu n'ime ihe ọkụkụ bụ isi nri nke Zimbabwe.
Akụkọ ndụ
dezieA mụrụ Idah Sithole na Hwange, Zimbabwe, na 2 Ọktoba 1957. Ọ gara Mahadum nke London, na agụmakwụkwọ, nweta BS na biochemistry na 1982. [1] Mgbe e nyere ya USAID Fellowship na 1983, Sithole họọrọ ịga n'ihu agụmakwụkwọ ya, na-amụ ihe ọkụkụ na mkpụrụ ndụ ihe nketa nje. O nwetara PhD na 1988 na Michigan State University (MSU) na Lansing, Michigan.. [1] Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ post-doctoral fellowship na Plant Research Laboratory na MSU na-eme nchọpụta banyere mkpụrụ ndụ ihe nketa nke photosynthesis na cyanobacteria [1] na William L. Brown Fellowship mbụ, nke Resources Development Foundation nyere. [2] Mgbe ọ laghachiri na Zimbabwe, ọ ghọrọ onye nkuzi na Mahadum Zimbabwe na 1992 maka nje virus na-ebute ihe ọkụkụ. Isi ebe nyocha ya bụ potyvirus, nke na-awakpo cowpea, ahịhịa bụ isi nri nke Zimbabwe.1] N'otu afọ ahụ, ọ lụrụ Sheikh Ibrahima Niang, onye Senegalese prọfesọ nke anthropology, onye ọ zutere na Michigan State University. Ha nwere alụmdi na nwunye na-aga njem, ka ọ na-arụ ọrụ na Mahadum Cheikh Anta Diop dị na Dakar, Senegal. Enyere ya otu Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship maka ọrụ na Biotechnology n'etiti 1992 na 1995. Ọ gara n'ihu na-akụzi na nyocha, na-ebipụta ọtụtụ akwụkwọ. N'afọ 2006, e mere ya osote prọfesọ na Mahadum Zimbabwe.[2]
Sithole-Niang na-akwado mgbanwe mkpụrụ ndụ ihe nketa iji mee ka cowpeas na-eguzogide ọrịa ma kwenyere na ụdị GMO nke ihe ọkụkụ ọdịnala bara uru maka mba ndị na-emepe emepe. Na-arụ ọrụ na Network for the Genetic Improvement of Cowpea for Africa (NGICA) dị ka onye nhazi, ya na ndị ọkachamara mba ụwa ndị ọzọ gakwuuru, [3] Ọ jere ozi dị ka onye otu na onye isi oche nke ọtụtụ òtù gụnyere: Onye Nlekọta Kọmitii na-ahụ maka Ụlọ Ọrụ Na-ahụ Maka Ụmụ nwanyị Africa maka Agriculture na Research and Development (AWARD), American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society for Virologists, Oversight. Kọmiti nke ọka ọka maka ala Africa (IMAS), Onye isi oche Kọmitii Nhọrọ nke Scholarships Joshua Nkomo, New York Academy of Sciences, Onye isi oche nke Council Research of Zimbabwe, Kọmitii Nhọrọ maka Scholarships Rhodes na Zimbabwe na Zimbabwe Academy of Sayensị. Sithole-Niang bụ onye ndụmọdụ nka na ụzụ na Mmemme maka Sistemụ Biosafety maka Sub-Saharan Africa.[1]
Ọrụ ndị a họọrọ
dezie- Sithole-Niang (October 2001). "Future of plant science in Zimbabwe". Trends in Plant Science 6 (10): 493–494. DOI:10.1016/s1360-1385(01)02091-x. PMID 11590069.
- Mlotshwa (August 2002). "Transgenic Plants Expressing HC-Pro Show Enhanced Virus Sensitivity While Silencing of the Transgene Results in Resistance". Virus Genes 25 (1): 45–57. DOI:10.1023/a:1020170024713. PMID 12206307.
- Mlotshwa (October 2002). "Subcellular Location of the Helper Component-Proteinase of Cowpea Aphid-Borne Mosaic Virus". Virus Genes 25 (2): 207–216. DOI:10.1023/a:1020122104651. PMID 12416684.
- Eicher (2005). Biotechnology and the African Farmer. Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press.
- Sithole-Niang (2004). "Putting GM technologies to work: public research pipelines in selected African countries". African Journal of Biotechnology 3 (11): 564–571.
- Eicher (2006). Crop Biotechnology and the African Farmer. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute.
- (2013) in Sithole-Niang: Genetic engineering. Rijeka, Croatia: InTech. ISBN 978-9-535-11099-6.
Ihe odide
dezie- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Idah Sithole-Niang. African Agricultural Technology Foundation (2012). Archived from the original on 20 November 2015. Retrieved on 11 November 2015.. Nairobi, Kenya: African Agricultural Technology Foundation. 2012. Archived from on 20 November 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ↑ Cunningham (1992). "William Lacy Brown 1913-1991: Scientist, Executive & Mentor: He Left a Lasting Legacy to Global Agriculture". Diversity 8 (2). ISSN 0744-8163. Retrieved on 11 November 2015.
- ↑ Tsiko. "Support for science vital", The Southern Times, 25 September 2015. Retrieved on 11 November 2015.
Akwụkwọ
dezie- Yount (2007). A to Z of Women in Science and Math. New York, New York: Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-0795-0.