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Dr. Anne Wangari Kairu Publications 

Research publications, reports and briefs

  1. Kairu, A., Kotut, K. Mbeche, R., and Kairo, J. (2021). Participatory Forestry Improves Mangrove Forest Management in Kenya. International forestry review. 23 (1), 41-54.
  2. Kairu, A., Upton, C., Ndambiri, J.K, (March 2021). Forest Alerts: Implementation & Evaluation. Forest 2020, funded by UK Space Agency.
  3. Kairu, A., Upton, C., Huxham, M., Kotut, K., Mbeche, R., & Kairo, J. (2017). From shiny   shoes to muddy reality: understanding how meso-state actors negotiate the implementation gap in participatory forest management. Society & Natural Resources, 31(1), 74-88.
  4. Nunan, F., Kairu, A., Kairo, J., & Wanjiru, C. (2016). Achieving multi-level, integrated governance of coastal ecosystems in Kenya. CESEA Research Policy and practice brief. https://www.academia.edu/30086039/Achieving_multi- level_integrated_governance_of_coastal_ecosystems_in_Kenya.
  5. Kairu, A., Gichuki, N., Kanya, J., & Kindt, R. (2014). Environmental factors influencing structure and distribution of east African green heart (Warburgia ugandensis Sprague) in Mt. Kenya Forest. International journal of biodiversity and conservation, 6(6), 452-458
  6. Kairu, A., Gichuki, N., Kanya, J., & Kindt, R. (2013). Disappearing medicinal plants in Mt. Kenya Forests, Kenya: a case study of east african green heart (Warburgia ugandensis sprague). Topclass Journal of Herbal Medicine, 2(7),159-165.

Conferences, courses and workshops attended

  1. Eleventh Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) Scientific Symposium,1-6 July 2019, Mauritius. Oral presentation, Title: Evolution of forest policies and their implications on mangrove management in Kenya.
  2. The Second Biennial Conference of the Political Ecology Network (POLLEN), Oslo, Norway, from 20  to  22 June 2018.  Oral  Presentation,  Title:  Performing  PFM:  Agency,  Accountability  and Bricolage in Forest Governance.
  3. The international Conference on Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme, 8-9 March 2018, World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in Nairobi, Kenya. Oral Presentation, Title: From Shiny Shoes to Muddy Reality: Understanding how Meso-State Actors Negotiate the Implementation Gap in Participatory Forest Management.
  4. The Tenth Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA) Scientific Symposium, 30th October- 4th November 2017, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Poster presentation, Title: Structure and productivity of mangroves in community and State managed forests in Kwale County, Kenya.
  5. Mangroves and National Determined Contributions (NDCs) National workshop, on 29th -31st October 2019 in Lamu, Kenya.
  6. Training on use of plagiarism detection software September 2018; University of Embu.
  7. Nvivo training by Data Solutions Services, U.K. February 2016. Online.
  8. Stakeholders Workshop on Review of Legal & Institutional Framework governing the coastal zone, 23rd -24th Feb 2016. Bamburi beach hotel, Mombasa.
  9. Ethnographic methods and practice. The London School of Economics and Political Science. 2014.

Dr. Duncan N. Ndegwa Publications

Published:

  • Ndegwa DN, Kundu P, Hostetler JB, Marin-Menendez A, Sanderson T, Mwikali K, et al. (2021) Using Plasmodium knowlesi as a model for screening Plasmodium vivax blood-stage malaria vaccine targets reveals new candidates. PLoS Pathog 17(7): e1008864. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008864

Preprints:

  •  Ndegwa DN, Tuju J, Chepsat E, Mwai R, Mwai K, Nyamako L, Mosobo M, Deme AB, Dieye B, Ndiaye PI, Diedhiou Y, Mbaye AM, Wirth D, Ndiaye D, Osier F, Bei AK. High-throughput profiling of natural acquired humoral immune response to a large panel of known and novel full-length ectodomain  P.  falciparum merozoite vaccine candidates under reduced malaria transmission. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.15.479108  
  • Khadidiatou  Mangou,  Adam J.  Moore, Laty  Gaye  Thiam2,  Aboubacar  Ba, Alessandra da  Silva Orfano, Ife Desamours, Duncan Ndungu Ndegwa, Justin Goodwin, Yicheng Guo, Zizhang Sheng, Saurabh D. Patel, Fatoumata Diallo, Seynabou Diouf  Sene,  Mariama  Nicole  Pouye,  Awa  Thioub  Faye,  Bacary  Djilocalisse  Sadio,  Lawrence  Shapiro,  Ousmane  Faye, Alassane Mbengue, Amy K. Bei1. Identification of novel variants in the vaccine candidate PfRh5 in a highly endemic region of Senegal. doi:https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.03.17.22271950

Publications by:

  1. Prof. Eucharia Kenya Publications
  2. Prof. Kiplagat Kotut Publications
  3. Prof. Nancy Budambula Publications
  4. Prof. Romano Mwirichia Kachiuru Publications
  5. Dr Jamleck Muturi Publications
  6. Dr. Justin Nyaga Publications
  7. Dr. Hannah Karuri Publications
  8. Dr. Michael Njoroge Githaiga Publications
  9. Dr. Franklin Nyabuga Publications
  10. Dr. Rossa N. Nyoike Publications
  11. Dr. Josephine Ngunjiri Publications
  12. Dr. Julius N. Mugweru Publications
  13. Dr Sarah Naulikha Kituyi Publications
  14. Alex Cherutic Kipnyargis Publications
  15. Dr. Daniel Mutiso Nthiwa Publications
  16. Dr. Duncan N. Ndegwa Publications
  17. Dr. Joshua Kiilu Muli Publications
  18. Dr. Anne Wangari Kairu Publications

Alex Cherutic Kipnyargis Publications

 

  • Kenya, E., Kinyanjui, G., Kipnyargis, A., Kinyua, F., Mwangi, M., Khamis, F., & Mwirichia, R. (2022). Amplicon-based assessment of bacterial diversity and community structure in three tropical forest soils in Kenya. Heliyon, e11577. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11577
  • Kiplimo D., Mugweru J., Kituyi S., Kipnyargis A., Mwirichia R. (2019). Diversity of esterase and lipase producing haloalkaliphilic bacteria from Lake Magadi in Kenya. J Basic Microbiol. 2019;1–12. DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201900353
  • Kipnyargis, A.C., Khamis, F.M. Kenya, E. U., Ekesi, S. & Fiaboe, K.K.M. (2018) Genetic diversity of aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) species attacking amaranth and nightshades in different agro-ecological zones of Kenya and Tanzania African Entomology 26(2): 407–421 (2018) DOI: https://doi.org/10.4001/003.026.0407 ISSN 1021-3589 [Print]; 2224-8854 [Online]

Presentation of Papers at Academic and Professional Conferences

  • Kipnyargis, A. C., Khamis, F. M., Kenya, E. U. and Fiaboe, K. M. (2017). Genetic diversity of aphid (Hemiptera: Aphididae) species attacking amaranth and nightshades in different agro-ecological zones of Kenya and Tanzania. Presented during the ICIPE international Science Week (2015)

Dr. Joshua Kiilu Muli Publications

  1. Muli, J. K., Neondo, J. O., Kamau, P. K., Michuki, G. N., Odari, E., & Budambula, N. L. (2022). Genetic diversity and population structure of wild and cultivated Crotalaria species based on genotyping-by-sequencing. Plos one, 17(9).
  2. Wasonga, M. A., Arunga, E. E., Neondo, J. O., Muli, J. K., Kamau, P. K., & Budambula, N. L. (2021). A hybridization technique for orphan legumes: development of an artificial interspecific pollination protocol for Crotalaria spp. Journal of Crop Improvement, 35(2), 264-275.
  3. Muli, J. K., Neondo, J. O., Kamau, P. K., Odari, E., & Budambula, N. L. (2021). Phenomic characterization of Crotalaria germplasm for crop improvement. CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2(1), 1-15.
  4. Muli, J. K., Neondo, J. O., Kamau, P. K., & Budambula, N. L. (2020). Genetic diversity and use of African indigenous vegetables especially slender leaf. International Journal of Vegetable Science, 1-19.
  5. Mwakha, F. A., Gichimu, B. M., Neondo, J. O., Kamau, P. K., Odari, E. O., Muli, J. K., & Budambula, N. L. M. (2020). Agro-Morphological Characterization of Kenyan Slender Leaf (Crotalaria brevidens and C. ochroleuca) Accessions. International Journal of Agronomy, 2020, 1–10.
  6. Mwangangi, I., Kiilu Muli, J., & Neondo, J. (2019). Plant Hybridization as an Alternative Technique in Plant Breeding Improvement. Asian Journal of Research in Crop Science, 4(1), 1-11.
  7. Muli J.K., N. L. M. Budambula, C. Mweu, and S. E. Anami (2018). Drought Response in Selected Tropical Inbred Maize Lines and Relative Expression of PARP2 Gene Under Limited Water Conditions. Plant 6(1):8-15
  8. Bashiloni Naaty, Cecilia Mweu Mbithe, Aggery Bernard Nyende, Peter Njenga, Joshua Kiilu Muli (2017). In Vitro Regeneration via Somatic Embryogenesis of Schizozygia coffeoides. balli (Mpelepele). American Journal of Plant Biology 2(2): 66-72.
  9. Muli J. K. (2017). Competence of Tropical Maize Lines to Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation and the Expression of Maize Poly (ADP-Ribose) Polymerase (PARP2) Gene under Drought Stress. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
  10. Muli J.K., N. L. M. Budambula, C. Mweu, and S. E. Anami (2017). Yeast Extract Peptone based Co-cultivation Media Promotes Transient GUS Expression in Tropical Maize Genotypes. Asian journal of crop science 9(3):71-81.
  11. Imbo M.C., N. L. M. Budambula, C.M. Mweu, J. K. Muli and S. E. Anami (2016). Genetic Transformation of Sweet Potato for Improved Tolerance to Stress: A Review. Advances in Life Science and Technology 49:67-76
  12. Muli J.K., N. L. M. Budambula, C. Mweu, M. C. Imbo and S. E. Anami (2016). Genetic Improvement of African Maize towards Drought Tolerance: A Review. Advances in Life Science and Technology 48: 1-9

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