About

A highly meticulous, hardworking, resourceful, and analytical research scientist with hands-on experience performing clerical and laboratory work to advance research goals. Skilled and interested in molecular biology, microbiology, and medical research. An engaging personality with the ability to work efficiently on various tasks, as I have exhibited a strong foundation in nucleic acid extraction, purification, and quantification; nested PCR, RT-PCR, and qPCR; gel electrophoresis; and Sanger sequencing. Moreover, confident research experience in vector parasitology: Schistosomiasis diagnosis and control.

Skills

  • Communication
    10
  • Teamwork
    8
  • Problem-Solving
    8
  • Creativity
    8
  • Leadership
    10
  • Healthcare
    9
  • English and Kiswahili
    10

Experience

Polycup Odongo

Education
  • Graduated with a B.Sc. in Medical Biotechnology with IT (2023).
  • Graduated with a Diploma in Applied Biology (2018)

Polycup Odongo

Work experience
  • November, 2017 - January, 2024
  • Parttime
  • Kenya Medical Research Institute-CGHR (Shisto/NTD)/Kisumu, Kenya
  • ● Performing of molecular assays (qPCR) in snail species identification and pathogen detection.
  • ● Sample reception, verification, and logging into laboratory logbooks and Excel spreadsheets for various studies.
  • ● Snail breeding and maintenance
  • ● Processing of human fecal samples and hatching of eggs obtain miracidia and Infection of raised snails with miracidia
  • ● Recovery of adult Schistosome worms by perfusion method.
  • ● Recovery of adult Schistosome worms by the perfusion method.
  • ● Quantitative Fecal Egg Counts by Modified Kato-Katz Method
  • ● Urine filtration for diagnosis of S. haematobium infection
  • ● Snail infection data entry and record keeping
  • ● Reagent preparation
  • ● Operation and equipment maintenance
  • ● Sample collection from the field
  • ● SOP development for various assays.

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