Lecturer I, Biochemistry Department

Dr Mrs Onuoha C. Henrietta


Dr Mrs Onuoha Chinyere Henrietta

Lecturer I

Ph.D. (Witten/Herdecke), M.Sc. (Leicester), and B.Sc. (IMSU)
Email: chinyere.onuoha@futo.edu.ng

 

Biography

I am a research-oriented and result-driven academic with over 10 years of experience in teaching, communication, project initiation and management, scientific research, data analysis and administration (2009 to 2020). I am a competent and hardworking personality with varied work and life experience from three countries (Nigeria, Germany and England). Eight publications in international and national peer-review journals are to my credit. I have a genuine aspiration to work in innovative basic scientific research in the life sciences.

 

Honours/Awards

Studentship award from the EU-Marie-Curie Network funded PRO-NEST Fellowship program (2009 – 2012) (www.pro-nest.org).

Membership of Professional Bodies

  • Member, Nigerian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NSBMB)
  • Affiliate member, Marie Curie Fellows Association (MCFA) worldwide.
  • Fellow, Member and Alumnus of the Prostate Research Organization – Network Early-Stage Training (PRO-NEST), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  • Member of the European Association of Urology (EAU) Section of Urological Research (ESUR).
  • Associate member, The Society of Oncology and Cancer Research of Nigeria (SOCRON).

Course code and Courses assigned to teach:

Harmattan Semester (2018/2019 Session)

  1. BCH 511 – Plant Culture Techniques
  2. *BCH 507 – Pharmacological Biochemistry
  3. BCH 405 – Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering
  4. *BCH 309 – Introduction to Immunology
  5. BCH 601/701 – Research Methods and Biostatistics
  6. BCH 613/713 – Environmental Pollution and Management
  7. BCH/PD 601 – General Metabolism and Regulation
  8. *BCH/PD 605 – Membrane and Tissue Biochemistry
  9. BCH/PD 609 -Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology

Rain Semester (2018/2019 Session)

  1. BCH 512 – Xenobiotics and Forensic Biochemistry
  2. *BCH 504 – Biochemical Reasoning
  3. BCH 304 – Biophysics
  4. BCH 310 – Cell and Tissue Biochemistry
  5. *BCH 614/714 – Biochemistry of Parasitic diseases
  6. *BCH 606/706 – Biochemical Control Mechanisms
  7. BCH/PD 602 – Enzymology and Protein Chemistry
  8. *BCH/PD 608 – Industrial Biochemistry

Harmattan Semester (2019/2020 Session)

  1. BCH 511 – Plant Culture Techniques
  2. *BCH 507 – Pharmacological Biochemistry
  3. BCH 201 – Biochemistry of Carbohydrates and Lipids
  4. *BCH 613/713 – Environmental Pollution and Management
  5. BCH 615/715 – Industrial Quality Control/Advanced industrial Quality Control
  6. BCH/PD 601 – General Metabolism and Regulation
  7. *BCH/PD 605 – Membrane and Tissue Biochemistry

Research Interest

Molecular Biology and Molecular Medicine, Genomics, Cancer research, Chemoprevention, Genotoxicity and Mutagenicity.

Publications

  1. Onuoha C. &Ikimi C. G. (2019) Induction of Apoptosis by selected diet-derived phytochemicals on LNCaP cell line. International Journal of Basic Science and Technology.Vol. 5 (2), 85-89.
  2. Ibeawuchi-Onuoha C. &Anyiam I. V. (2017) cell cycle distribution response of human lymph node prostate carcinoma (LNCaP) cell line to selected diet-derived agents. Biokemistri. Vol. 29 (4), 146-150.
  3. Anyiam I. V. &Ibeawuchi-Onuoha C. (2017) Effect of metronidazole and amoxicillin on Bacteroides species isolated from surgical wounds of patients attending Christiana specialist hospital Owerri and Braithwaite memorial specialist hospital Port Harcourt, Nigeria. International Journal of Basic Science and Technology. Vol. 3 (1), 47-52.
  4. Ibeawuchi-Onuoha C. & Teichert F. (2017) Metabolomic analysis of epigallocatechin-gallate (EGCG) – treated human lymph node prostate carcinoma (LNCaP) cell line. Biokemistri. Vol. 29 (1), 12-18.
  5. Ibeawuchi-Onuoha, C. (2016) Combinations of selected diet-derived agents show enhanced growth inhibition of LNCaP cell lines. International Journal of Basic Science and Technology. Vol 2, 20-25
  6. Ibeawuchi, C. et al. (2015) Exploring Prostate Cancer Genome Reveals Simultaneous Losses of PTEN, FAS and PAPSS2 in Patients with PSA Recurrence after Radical Prostatectomy. International Journal of Molecular Science. Vol. 16, 3856-3869.   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4346930/
  7. Ibeawuchi, C. et al. (2013) Genome-Wide Investigation of Multifocal and Unifocal Prostate Cancer-Are They Genetically Different? International Journal of Molecular Science Vol. 14, 11816-11829. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3709757/
  8. Ibegbulem, C. O.; Agomuo, E. N.; Ibeawuchi, C. H. (2005) The Effect of Nescafe Brand of Coffee on the Fermentative Activity of Baker’s Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) On Sucrose. Global Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences. Vol. 11(2): 217-219.