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Omonhinmin Asotie Conrad

Contents

  1. College
  2. School
  3. Department
  4. Programme
  5. Research Interests
  6. Teaching Areas
  7. Current Postgraduate Supervision
  8. Selected Publications (12)
  9. Collaboration/Linkages
  10. Conferences Attended
  11. Summary of Profile
  12. Curriculum Vitae

Professor, Asotie Conrad Omonhinmin

B.Sc (Hons.), M.Sc. Ph.D (Benin)

College

College of Science and Technology

School

Departments

Department

Biological Sciences

Programme

Applied Biology and Biotechnology

Research Interests

  1. Proteomic Analysis of Indigenous Plants species
  2. Molecular Genetic Diversity Assessment of Under-Utilized African Plant Species
  3. Life Cycle Assessment of Biofuels and package materials
  4. Open Access, Open Educational Resources Development and Open Administration

Teaching Areas

Undergraduate Level

Cell Biology and Living Processes, Genetics and Evolution, Plant Diversity, Fundamentals of Ecology, Introduction to Biotechnology, Biosystematics, Biotechnology (Plant, Agricultural, Pharmaceutical, Environmental), Pharmacology and Medicinal Biology, Recombinant DNA Technology, Methods in Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics, Molecular Forensic Science, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Functional Genomics, Biotechnology in Sustainable Energy, Bio-ethic, Bio-safety, Patents and Regulations in Biotechnology, Economic Botany, Bioresources Management.

Postgraduate (M.Sc & Ph.D)

Applied Bioresources Management, Biotechnology Applications in Sustainable Energy, Molecular methodologies, Molecular Plant Systematics, Advanced Microbial genetics, Advanced Biostatistics, Bioinformatics and Protein Structure Analysis, Medicinal Plants and Cosmetics.

Current Postgraduate Supervision

1. Ethnobotany, Genetic Diversity and In Vitro Studies of Moringa oleifera Lam., in Nigeria. Ph.D Thesis, POPOOLA J. O.

2. Less Valued Oils To Biodiesel: Production And Life Cycle Assessments. Ph.D Thesis, AYOOLA, A.A.

Selected Publications (12)

1. Comparative Germination Studies of Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata Linn. Walp) and Soy bean (Glycine max Linn. Merr) on Whole and Water Saturated Fractions of Hydrocarbon (Hexane)

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2. Ethnobotanical of Dacryodes edulis In Southern Nigeria 2: Practices and Applications amongst the Igbos.

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3. Systematics Value of Stomata in Some Nigeria hardwood Species of Fabaceae

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4. Seed Morphology of Some Taxa of Asteraceae

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5. Evaluating the Relationship Between Running Times and DNA Sequence Sizes using a Generic-Based Filtering Program.

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6. Morphological Characterization of Two Species of Abelmoschus: Abelmoschus esculentus and Abelmoschus caillei

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7. Ethnobotany of Dacryodes edulis (G.Don) H.J. Lam in SOuthern Nigeria 1: Practices and Applications Among the Yoruba Speaking People.

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8. Genetic Diversity, Domestication and Conservation Implications of Fruit Morphometric data Analyses for Dacryodes edulis in Southern Nigeria.

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9. Assessment of In vivo Antioxidant properties of Dacryodes edulis and Ficus exasperata as Anti-Malaria Plants

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10. In vivo antioxidant assessment of two antimalarial plants-Allamamda cathartica and Bixa orellana

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11. Genetic diversity, taxonomy and legumins implications of seed storage protein profiling in Fabaceae

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12. Implications of seed ergastic substance–based diversity in some polygonaceae taxa

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Collaboration/Linkages

1. Botanical Society of Nigeria (BOSON)
2. Systematics Association (SA-UK)
3. Biotechnology Society of Nigeria (BSN)
4. American Society of Microbiology (ASM)
5. International Organization For Biotechnology & Bioengineering (IOBB)
6. International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)
7. International Society of Experimental Biology (ISEB)
8. International Association of Impact Assessment (IAIA)
9. Botanic Garden Conservation International (BGCI)

Conferences Attended

1. Omonhinmin, C.A. 2017. AO2020 – Agenda: The Reality of Open Access Engagement in Developing Countries. 13th Berlin Open Access Conference. Building Capacity for The Transformation. 21–22 March 2017, Berlin, Germany.

2. Omonhinmin, C.A.; Agbaike, E.; Atayero, A.A., 2014. "Implementing open access in a private nigerian university: A case study of covenant university” International Conference on Web and Open Access to Learning (ICWOAL), November 25th – 27th 2014., Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
3. Omonhinmin A.C., Saidi O. O., and Oyeka U. 2014. Host-Parasite Relationship and Genetic Diversity of Mistletoe (Phragmanthera usuiensis Schum.) and Tree Hosts Using SDS-PAGE Analysis. International Biotechnology Symposium. June 9-11, 2014, Covenant University, Ota,, Nigeria.
4. Ekhaese E. N. & Omonhinmin A. C. 2013. Sick buildings syndrome, health issues and life expectancy of residents in Nigerian cities In: Laryea, S. and Agyepong, S. (Eds) Procs 5th West Africa Built Environment Research (WABER) Conference, 2-14 August 2013, Accra, Ghana, 993-1007.

5. Omonhinmin, A.C. 2013. Berlin Open Access Conference. 10th Anniversary of the Berlin Declaration, 19 - 20 November 2013, Max Planck Institute, Berlin, Germany.
6. Omonhinmin, A.C. 2012. Open Access in Africa –Issues and Questions. Open Access Africa, 2012; 04 - 05 November 2012, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
7. Omonhinmin, A.C. & Ogunbodede, O.O. 2012. New Industrial and Nutritional Products Search: The Place of Proteomic Analysis of Fabaceae Seeds. In: "Biotechnology as a Tool for National Peace & Development" Biotechnology Society of Nigeria 25th Annual National Conference, 27th – 31st 2012, Abuja, Nigeria.

8. Omonhinmin C.A & Idu, M. 2012. Seed Ergastic Analysis – Diversity and Prospective Starch Sources for Nutritional and Industrial Applications. In: “Plants; Conserve to Use, Use to Conserve”. 21ST Annual Conference of the Botanical Society of Nigeria (BOSON) 3rd - 7th June, 2012, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

9. Popoola J.O., Adegbite A.E. & Omonhinmin A.C. 2012. Genetic diversity and Ethnobotany of Moringa oleifera in Nigeria: Morphometric evaluation of some accessions. In: “Plants; Conserve to Use, Use to Conserve”. 21ST Annual Conference of the Botanical Society of Nigeria (BOSON) 3rd - 7th June, 2012, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.

10. Taiwo S.O, Omonhinmin A.C., Oranusi S.U, Abah, S.E. 2011. Antimicrobial resistance and susceptibility profiling of four pathogenic organisms using UV irradiation. 19th Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology and 10th European Conference on Computational Biology 2011 (ISMB/ECCB), 17 - 19 Jul 2011, D13.

11. Omonhinmin, A.C. 2011. Improving the Benefits of the Open Access Platform for African Researchers: The Awareness Factor. Open Access Africa 2011, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana, 25 - 26 October 2011.

12. Osamor, V.C., Adebiyi, E.F., Omonhinmin, A.C., Dike, I.P. 2010. Standard PCR-Based Detection of Malaria Infection at The Liver Stage. 2nd International Biotechnology Symposium, Book of Proceedings, 23rd – 26th March 2010, Covenant University Canaan Land, Ota, Nigeria 2010. pp. 72.

13. Eni, A. O, Dike, I.P, Omonhinmin, A.C., Chinedu, S. N, Ogunlana, O. O, Fatumo, S. A, Adebiyi, E. F, Adebayo A. 2009. In-silico development of PCR primers for detection of endogenous para-retroviruses & episomal viral sequences. 17th Annual international conference on the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) and 8th European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB) 27th June – 2nd July 2009 Stockholm, Sweden 2009 http://www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2009/poster_list.php?cat=D

14. Dike, I.P., Omonhinmin, A.C., E. F. Adebiyi, A.O. Eni, S. N. Chinedu, F. Ibikunle, I. Ekwejobi, O.O. Ogunlana 2009. In-silico analysis of prospective African strains of algae for bio-diesel production. 17th Annual international conference on the Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) and 8th European Conference on Computational Biology (ECCB) 27th June – 2nd July 2009 Stockholm, Sweden 2009 http://www.iscb.org/ismbeccb2009/poster_list.php?cat=J

15. Omonhinmin, A.C., I.P. Dike, P.C. Ekenna, E.F. Adebiyi, S. Chinedu, O.O. Omotosho, A.O. Eni. 2009. In-silico prediction and analyses of anti-fungal PR-5 thaumatin-like proteins in Thaumatococcus daniellii. 1st International Biotechnology Symposium, 28th – 30th April 2009, Covenant University Canaan Land, Ota, Nigeria 2009. pp. 28

16. Chinedu S. N., Omonhinmin, A. C., Dike I, Omotosho O, Osamor V, Oyelade O, and Adebiyi E. 2008. Species Level Characterization of Thaumatococcus daniellii: Reevaluating Morphological evidences via In-Silico Studies. Poster Proceedings. International Society for Computational Biology, ISMB conference, Toronto, Canada. July 18 - 23, 2008.

Summary of Profile

Conrad A. Omonhinmin is a Molecular plant systematist and biostatician with special interest in under-exploited African species. He is senior faculty with Covenant University, Nigeria and he is at the forefront of driving products relevant researches and currently leading genetic diversity study and germplasm collection of indigenous economic plant species in Nigeria. He is actively involved in Open access advocacy for better African contribution and he is the Co-ordinator of Open Access Nigeria aimed at improving the awareness and productive participation of researchers and institutions in Nigeria.

Curriculum Vitae

Omonhinmin A.C - CV.pdf 342.44 kB
 
 
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