Priscilla Abena Akyaw (E01A-74E8-254F)

Curriculum Vitae

Priscilla Abena Akyaw

Priscilla Abena Akyaw. Works in the area(s) of Natural sciences with emphasis on Biological Sciences with emphasis on Evolutionary Biology.

Identification

Ciência ID: E01A-74E8-254F
Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&view_op=list_works&gmla=AJsN-F6y17Emhu5OEIEXCAwbxpxM9QAL29jIzB6dxiP6WyUyQopnEZ8F3YlIoos82dHzyLJJnGVMd86hK8ixS8aLeDp9Y8AiTvWGjlMwbNSTJcKvs_81fHo&user=tzZ5vaQAAAAJ

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Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Rua da Quinta Grande 6, 2780-156, Oeiras, Cascais, Portugal (Professional)

Language	Speaking	Reading	Writing	Listening	Peer-review
English	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)	Advanced (C1)
French	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)	Beginner (A1)

Education

	Degree	Classification
2020/09/01 - 2024/08/31 Ongoing	Integrative Biology and Biomedicine (Doutoramento) Major in Evolution and development Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal
2015/08/08 - 2017/07/31 Concluded	Molecular Biology (Master) Major in Molecular Biology University of Ghana College of Basic and Applied Sciences, Ghana "Genetic association and gene-gene interaction analysis of APOL1, MYH9 and G6PD variants in patients with chronic kidney disease of unknown etiology" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2009/08/15 - 2013/07/31 Concluded	Chemistry (Bachelor) Major in Chemistry University of Ghana, Ghana "Analysis of some foreign and Local Rice marketed in Ghana" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)

Affiliation

	Category Host institution	Employer
2013/09/01 - 2019/08/31	Research Assistant (Research)	University of Ghana Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ghana
	University of Ghana, Ghana

Projects

	Designation	Funders
2022/01 - Current	Mechanisms of life and death of infected flies Provided by PTCRIS: PTDC/BIA-BIO/4693/2021	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing
2012/08/15 - Current	H3Africa Kidney Disease Research Network info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/NIH/NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE/3U54HG006939-02S1/US University of Ghana Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Ghana University of Ghana School of Medicine and Dentistry, Ghana	National Institutes of Health Ongoing

	Designation	Funders
2022/01/01 - Current	Mecanismos de vida ou morte em moscas infectadas PTDC/BIA-BIO/4693/2021 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Portugal Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, Portugal	Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Ongoing

Outputs

Conference abstract	Priscilla Abena Akyaw. "GENETIC ASSOCIATION AND GENE-GENE INTERACTION ANALYSIS OF APOL1, MYH9 AND G6PD VARIANTS IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE.". Paper presented in WACCBIP RESEARCH CONFERENCE, ACCRA, 2017. Accepted
Conference poster	Priscilla Abena Akyaw; Amos-Abanyie, Ernestine Kubi; Dr. Dwomoa Adu; Alexander Nyarko; Dr. Anita Ghansah; Barbara Mensah; Nana Yaa A. Karikari; et al. "Sickle Cell Trait and Chronic Kidney Disease". Paper presented in 11th Conference of African Society of Human Genetics, 2018. Priscilla Abena Akyaw. "Ligation Detection Reaction: The New Age For Genetic Disease Research". Paper presented in African Society of Human genetics conference, Kigali- Rwanda, September 2018- poster presenter, 2018.
Journal article	Obirikorang, Christian; Acheampong, Emmanuel; Quaye, Lawrence; Yorke, Joseph; Amos-Abanyie, Ernestine Kubi; Akyaw, Priscilla Abena; Anto, Enoch Odame; et al. "Association of single nucleotide polymorphisms with dyslipidemia in antiretroviral exposed HIV patients in a Ghanaian population: A case-control study". PLOS ONE 15 1 (2020): e0227779. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227779. 10.1371/journal.pone.0227779

Activities

	Presentation title	Event name Host (Event location)
2017/07/21	Genetic Association And Gene-Gene Interaction Analysis Of Apol1, Myh9 And G6pd Variants In Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease.	WACCBIP Research Conference West African Centre for Cell biology of infectious Pathogens, University of Ghana (Acc, Ghana)

Distinctions

2019	The Jackson Laboratory and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Travel scholarship to attend the 60th Mckusick Short Course in Human and Mammalian Genetics, Bar Habor-Maine, USA July 2019 Howard Hughes Medical Institute - The Jackson Laboratory, United States
2018	Travel fellowship awarded for 12th H3Africa consortium meeting and 11th African society of human genetics conference in Kigali-Rwanda, September 2018
2016	WACCBIP scholarship for graduate studies in Molecular Biology, Accra- Ghana, August 2015
2015	Travel fellowship awarded for Trend in Africa course in neuroscience and animal model studies, Kumasi-Ghana, November 2015