Dr. George Fredrick Opondo Obiero

Profile

Academic position	Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fields	General Genetics, Functional Genome Research,Medical Informatics and Medical Bioinformatics
Keywords	Genomics and Molecular Evolution, Bioinformatics, Eusocial and Solitary wasps, Entomology, Chemosensory genes
Honours and awards	2016: Alexander von Humboldt Georg Forster Research Fellowship, Post-doctoral research fellowship 2015: Degree: PhD. (Bioinformatics), University of Western Cape, South Africa. 2011: DAAD PhD Scholarship - African region ARPPIS program, icipe, Doctoral research scholarship 2011: Degree: MSc. (Cell and Molecular Biology), Maseno University, Kenya 2009: BecA - Masters Research Scholarship Award (ILRI, Nairobi), Research fellowship 2001: Degree: BSc. (Agricultural Education and Extension), Egerton University, Kenya

Current contact address

Country	Kenya
City	Nairobi
Institution	Technical University of Kenya
Institute	Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Host during sponsorship

Dr. Ewald Große-Wilde	Abteilung Evolutionäre Neuroethologie, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Ökologie, Jena
Prof. Dr. Bill Hansson	Abteilung Evolutionäre Neuroethologie, Max-Planck-Institut für Chemische Ökologie, Jena
Start of initial sponsorship	01/11/2016

Programme(s)

2016	Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2020	Gikonyo, J.N. and Mbatia, B. and Okanya, P.W. and Obiero, G.F.O. and Sang, C. and Steele, D. and Nyangao, J.: {Post-vaccine rotavirus genotype distribution in Nairobi County, Kenya}. In: International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 100, 2020, 434--440
2019	Keesey, Ian and Zhang, Jin and Depetris-Chauvin, Ana and Obiero, George F and Knaden, Markus and Hansson, Bill: {Evolution of a pest: towards the complete neuroethology of Drosophila suzukii and the subgenus Sophophora}. In: bioRxiv, 2019, 1--16
2019	Keesey, Ian W and Grabe, Veit and Gruber, Lydia and Koerte, Sarah and Obiero, George F and Bolton, Grant and Khallaf, Mohammed A and Kunert, Grit and Lavista-llanos, So and Valenzano, Dario Riccardo and Rybak, J{\"{u}}rgen and Barrett, Bruce A and Knaden, Markus and Hansson, Bill S: {Inverse resource allocation between vision and olfaction across the genus Drosophila}. In: Nature Communications, 10, 2019, 1--16
2019	Gikonyo, Joshua and Mbatia, Betty and Okanya, Patrick and Obiero, George and Sang, Carlene and Nyangao, James: {Rotavirus prevalence and seasonal distribution post-vaccine introduction in Nairobi county Kenya}. In: Pan African Medical Journal, 33, 2019, 269
2019	Zhang, Jin and Bisch-Knaden, Sonja and Fandino, Richard A. and Yan, Shuwei and Obiero, George F. and Grosse-Wilde, Ewald and Hansson, Bill S. and Knaden, Markus: {The olfactory coreceptor IR8a governs larval feces-mediated competition avoidance in a hawkmoth}. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116, 2019, 21828--21833
2018	Nyanjom, Steven Ger and Tare, Cyrus and Wamunyokoli, Fred and Obiero, George Fredrick: {Expression Levels of Odorant Receptor Genes in the Savanna Tsetse Fly Glossina morsitans morsitans}. In: Journal of Medical Entomology, 55, 2018, 855--861
2018	Kinyanyi, Dickson and Obiero, George and Obiero, George FO and Amwayi, Peris and Mwaniki, Stephen and Wamalwa, Mark: {In silico structural and functional prediction of African swine fever virus protein-B263R reveals features of a TATA-binding protein}. In: PeerJ, 6, 2018, 1--18
2014	Masiga, Daniel and Obiero, George and Macharia, Rosaline and Mireji, Paul and Christoffels, Alan: {Chemosensory receptors in tsetse flies provide link between chemical and behavioural ecology}. In: Trends in Parasitology, 30, 2014, 426--428
2014	{International Glossina Genome Initiative (IGGI)}: {Genome Sequence of the Tsetse}. In: Science, 344, 2014, 380--389
2014	Obiero, George F O and Mireji, Paul O and Nyanjom, Steven R G and Christoffels, Alan and Robertson, Hugh M and Masiga, Daniel K: {Odorant and Gustatory Receptors in the Tsetse Fly Glossina morsitans morsitans}. In: PLOS NTDs, 8, 2014, 1--8