Dr George Githinji
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George Githinji
Postdoctoral research scientist
I hold a bachelor’s degree in biomedical science and technology and a PhD from the Open University (UK) in collaboration with KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme. During my PhD programme, I investigated the extent of sequence and epitope diversity from a short region of the PfEMP1 molecule that is associated with characteristic expression patterns in severe and non-severe malaria cases. Thereafter I joined the Virus Epidemiology and Control Group lead by Prof James Nokes as an early career postdoctoral fellow with funding support from IDeAL. At VEC group, I utilise computational approaches to study RSV virus diversity and transmission patterns during outbreaks. I am interested in virus epidemiology, transmission and evolution and in developing computational methods for processing large-scale genomic data and exploring biological sequence diversity.
Recent publications
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The utility of Escherichia coli as a contamination indicator for rural drinking water: Evidence from whole genome sequencing
Nowicki S. et al, (2021), PLOS ONE, 16, e0245910 - e0245910
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Epidemiological and evolutionary dynamics of influenza B virus in coastal Kenya as revealed by genomic analysis of strains sampled over a single season
Nyasimi FM. et al, (2020), Virus Evolution, 6
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Genomic analysis of respiratory syncytial virus infections in households and utility in inferring who infects the infant.
Agoti CN. et al, (2019), Scientific reports, 9
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Exploring Plasmodium falciparum Var Gene Expression to Assess Host Selection Pressure on Parasites During Infancy.
Kivisi CA. et al, (2019), Frontiers in immunology, 10
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Scalable Workflows and Reproducible Data Analysis for Genomics.
Strozzi F. et al, (2019), Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 1910, 723 - 745