Juliet Obanda Makanga
Born (1985-02-19) 19 February 1985
Kenya
NationalityKenyan
CitizenshipKenya
Alma materAlliance Girls High School
(High School Diploma)
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
(Japanese Language Course)
Kanazawa University
(Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
(MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences)
(PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Occupation(s)Nuroscientist, Academic, Medical Researcher
Known forNeuroscience Research

Juliet Obanda Makanga (née Juliet Obanda) is a Kenyan pharmacologist,[1] neuroscientist[2][3] and medical researcher,[4] who works as a Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology, at the School of Pharmacy of Kenyatta University, in Kahawa, Nairobi.[5]

Background and education

Juliet Obanda was born in Vihiga County in the south-western part of Kenya, on 19 February 1985. She attended Alliance Girls High School in the town of Kikuyu, in Kiambu County, in the central part of Kenya, where she obtained her High School Diploma, in 2002.[6]

In 2003, she was awarded the Japanese Government Monbukagakusho Scholarship (MEXT Scholarship), to study pharmacy in Japan. She spent her first year in Japan at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, where she obtained a certificate of proficiency in the Japanese language.[6]

She then transferred to Kanazawa University in the city of Kanazawa, in the Ishikawa Prefecture, in Chūbu region, on the Honshu Island (Main Island) of Japan. She spent the next eleven years at the university's Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, in 2008, an MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2010 and a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences in 2015.[6][7]

Career

While pursuing her doctorate in Japan, between 2010 and 2015, she worked as a teaching assistant and research associate at the College of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Ritsumeikan University, at the Biwako-Kusatsu Campus, in the town of Kusatsu, in Shiga Prefecture, Japan.[6]

Upon her return to Kenya in 2015, she was hired by Kabarak University, in Nakuru, where she served as the founding head of department of pharmacy and was a key figure in the establishment of the university's Bachelor of Pharmacy programme. In October 2017, she transferred to Kenyatta University as a lecturer at their School of Pharmacy.[6][7]

Her area of research interest is stem cell research. It is her goal to generate a uniquely "Kenyan" stem cell line.[8]

Other considerations

In 2018, Business Daily Africa, a Kenyan daily English newspaper named Makanga, one of the Top 40 Under 40 Kenyan Women for the year 2018.[7] Makanga is a married mother with one daughter, born c. 2011.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Makanga, Juliet O.; Kobayashi, Misa; Ikeda, Hiroki; Christianto, Antonius; Toyoda, Hidenao; Yamada, Mitsunori; Kawasaki, Toshisuke; Inazu, Tetsuya (2015). "Generation of rat induced pluripotent stem cells using a plasmid vector and possible application of a keratan sulfate glycan recognizing antibody in discriminating teratoma formation phenotypes". Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 38 (1): 127–133. doi:10.1248/bpb.b14-00697. PMID 25744468.
  2. ↑ Yoneyama, Masanori; Nakamichi, Noritaka; Fukui, Masaki; Kitayama, Tomoya; Georgiev, Danko D.; Makanga, Juliet O.; Nakamura, Nobuhiro; Taniura, Hideo; Yoneda, Yukio (2008). "Promotion of neuronal differentiation through activation of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptors transiently expressed by undifferentiated neural progenitor cells in fetal rat neocortex". Journal of Neuroscience Research. 86 (11): 2392–2402. doi:10.1002/jnr.21696. PMID 18431812. S2CID 10172769.
  3. ↑ Nakamichi, Noritaka; Yoshida, Kohei; Ishioka, Yukichi; Makanga, Juliet O.; Fukui, Masaki; Yoneyama, Masanori; Kitayama, Tomoya; Nakamura, Nobuhiro; Taniura, Hideo; Yoneda, Yukio (2008). "Group III metabotropic glutamate receptor activation suppresses self-replication of undifferentiated neocortical progenitor cells". Journal of Neurochemistry. 105 (5): 1996–2012. doi:10.1111/j.1471-4159.2008.05289.x. PMID 18266930. S2CID 205618948.
  4. ↑ Dorothy Kweyu (14 October 2018). "Experts warn about perils of morning-after pills". Daily Nation. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  5. ↑ Kenyatta University (3 December 2018). "Kenyatta University School of Pharmacy: Faculty Profiles: Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy: Dr Juliet Makanga". Nairobi: Kenyatta University School of Pharmacy. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Kenyatta University (3 December 2018). "Curriculum Vitae of Juliet Obanda Makanga, PhD" (PDF). Nairobi: Kenyatta University School of Pharmacy. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 Gitagama S, Mshindi T, Rapuro O, Mwango D, Pereruan J, Ngila D, Njau S, Awino G, Manthi S (September 2018). "Top 40 Under 40 Women In Kenya, 2018" (PDF). Business Daily Africa. Nairobi, Kenya. Retrieved 27 February 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. 1 2 Okech, Anjeline (21 October 2018). "For an even playing field, be fully qualified first". Daily Nation Mobile. Nairobi. Retrieved 3 December 2018.
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