About

I am Research Assistant under Human Health Department( Emergence and Infectious Diseases-EID) at ICIPE; I have a vast knowledge of Biomedical Research; this includes molecular biology techniques (PCR, DNA&RNA extraction, molecular identification of mosquitoes), Cell Culture (ELISA, viral culturing). Analysis of qPCR data., relative and absolute quantification. Morphological identification of mosquitoes, dissections of mosquito gonads. Microscopy; preparation of slides for real-time imaging of microsporidia in the mosquito reproductive organs. Sample preparation for processing, data entry... Insect rearing; feeding and collecting of pupae. Fiel work, including mosquito collection. The tubing of field female gravid mosquitos for egg collection. Isolation of microsporidia spores using parcol from dead and live F1 offsprings obtained from positive Iso-female lines Microscopy, hemolymph extraction, mosquito dissection, for (microbe tissue tropism, pulling the midgut and reproductive organs, etc), slide preparation, staining, FISH and slide visualization. Micro-injection; the use of Nanoject ii for injection of Insect Specific viruses and microsporidia spores into the adult mosquitoes.

Skills

  • biomedical research
  • PCR
  • MICROSCOPY
  • INSECTARY
  • FISH
  • qPCR
  • Micro-injection
    10
  • English
    10
  • English and Kiswahili
    10

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Experience

Fidel Gabriel

Education
  • Medical Microbiology

Fidel Gabriel

Work experience
  • Collection of field mosquito mothers from Mwea and Ahero.
  • Screening of positive microsporidia from the gravid mothers.
  • Raising of microsporidia positive colony using female lines.
  • Raising of negative laboratory mosquito colonies
  • Microscopy; dissection of mosquito gonads, slide preparation, staining, and viewing of the slides for the presence of microsporidia.
  • Application of molecular techniques; DNA and RNA extraction, cDNA synthesis, amplification of extracted samples through PCR, and their purification for sequencing.
  • Microscopy; morphological identification of field-collected (mosquitoes, ticks, tsetse flies, and sandflies) and their dissection. Rearing of mosquitoes, staining, and slide preparation for visualization and FISH.
  • Data; data entry of samples after collection, recording, and updating their information. This included updating the catalog.
  • Preparation of samples for the experiment, recording the results, and data presentation for analysis by the supervisor.
  • Cell culture, virology (cell revival, spitting, inoculation, checking of CPE, etc.), and Elisa test.

Fidel Gabriel

Education
  • September, 2016 - September, 2020
  • Fulltime
  • Microbiology and Biotechnology

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Brian mumba fereji

3/24/2026
Provided a score of  
10
  for Fidel Gabriel