Member Profile
Membership type: affiliate
Olayemi Ayepola
Country of origin: Nigeria Currently in: Nigeria, Ota General field of specialization: Biological Systems and Organisms-
Degrees
Biological Systems and Organisms -
Current Research Activities
Biological Systems and Organisms
1. Phenotypic and molecular characterization of pathogenic bacteria isolated from clinical and environmental sources. 2. Epidemiology of multidrug resistant bacterial isolates. 3. Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity of indigenous medicinal plants.
Publications resulting from Research:
1. Adeniyi B.A and O.O. Ayepola, 2008. The Phytochemical Screening and Antimicrobial Activity of Leaf Extracts of Eucalyptus camaldulensis and Eucalyptus torelliana (Myrtaceae). Res. J. Med. Plants 2(1): 34-38.
2. Ayepola O.O and B.A. Adeniyi, 2008. The Antibacterial Activity of Leaf Extracts of Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Myrtaceae). J. Appl. Sc. Res. 4(11): 1410-1413.
3. Ayepola O.O., 2009. Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Activity of Root and Leaf Extracts of Terminalia glaucescens. Adv. Nat. Appl. Sc. 3(2):188-91.
4. Ayepola O.O. and R.O. Ishola, 2009. Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activity of Anacardium occidentale (Linn.) Advances in Dental and Medical Sciences. 3(1): 1-3.
5. Ajayi, A.A., Yah, S.C., Olasehinde, G.I. and Ayepola, O.O. (2010). Studies on microorganisms associated with pre-harvest deterioration of guava (psidium guajava linn) fruits. Scientific Research and Essays. 5(17): 2400-2403.
6. Amy R Sapkota, Morenike E Coker, Rachel E Rosenberg Goldstein, Nancy L Atkinson, Shauna J Sweet, Priscilla O Sopeju, Modupe T Ojo, Elizabeth Otivhia, Olayemi O Ayepola, Olufunmiso O Olajuyigbe, Laura Shireman, Paul S Pottinger and Kayode K Ojo (2010). Self-medication with antibiotics for the treatment of menstrual symptoms in southwest Nigeria: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 2010, 10:610
7. Abiodun Humphrey Adebayo, Amos Olalekan Abolaji, Roseline Kela, Olayemi Oluseun Ayepola, Titilayo Banwo Olorunfemi and Olugbenga Samson Taiwo. Antioxidant activities of the leaves of Chrysophyllum albidum G. Pak. J. Pharm. Sci., Vol.24, No.4, October 2011, pp.545-551
8. Odesanmi OS, Ayepola Olayemi, Omotosho OE, Ogunlana OO, Frank Onwuka, Nwankpa Promise (2013). Effects of combinations of ethanolic extracts of Blighia sapida and Xylopia aethiopica on progesterone, estradiol and lipid profile levels in pregnant rabbits. Scientific Research and Essays 8(22):969-972.
9. Olayemi O. Ayepola, Nurudeen A. Olasupo, Louis O. Egwari, Frieder Schaumburg (2014). Antibiotic susceptibility pattern and biofilm formation in coagulase negative staphylococci. J Infect Dev Ctries. 8(12):1643-1645.
10. Bolanle Alake Adeniyi, Olayemi Oluseun Ayepola and Festus Doyin Adu (2015). The Antiviral Activity of Leaves of Eucalyptus camaldulensis (Dehn) and Eucalyptus torelliana (R.Muell). Pak. J. Pharm. Sci.. 28 (5) 1773-1776.
11. Olayemi O. Ayepola, Nurudeen A. Olasupo, Louis O. Egwari, Karsten Becker, Frieder Schaumburg (2013). Molecular Characterization and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Clinical Infection and Asymptomatic Carriers in Southwest Nigeria. PLoS ONE 10(9): e0137531. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0137531.
Current profession
Workshop and Conference Attended
2015 Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Molecular epidemiology and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus from clinical and asymptomatic carriers. ISCB Africa ASBCB Conference on Bioinformatics.2014 Cape Town, South Africa 16th International Congress on Infectious Diseases2013 Las Vegas, USA 2nd International Conference on Clinical Microbiology & Microbial Genomics2013 Osogbo, Nigeria Humboldt Kolleg “Osogbo 2013” International conference and Workshop2013 Blantyre, Malawi Wellcome Trust Advanced Course on Molecular Approaches to Clinical Microbiology in Africa -
Other Awards
Feb 2015International Society for Computational Biology Travel Fellowship Award to attend the ISCB/ASBCB Conference on Bioinformatics in Dar es Salaam, TanzaniaA travel award to make a poster presentation on a paper titled "Molecular epidemiology and characterization of Staphylococcus aureus from clinical and asymptomatic carriers".Apr 2013Wellcome Trust Travel Fellowship Award participate in the Wellcome Trust Advanced Course on Molecular Approaches to Clinical Microbiology in Africa held in Blantyre, Malawi.The course involved the following: 1. Basic molecular biology techniques including preparing, handling, and storing DNA. 2. PCR, including real-time PCR, methods and applications. 3. Bioinformatic analysis of molecular and genomic data, particularly the exploitation of web-based tools.Feb 2011European Molecular Biology Organization Pre-doctoral Fellowship Grant at the Institute for Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Münster Germany.A pre-doctoral award to carry out molecular characterization of 300 S. aureus isolates collected from Nigeria. This research fellowship was supported by the European Molecular Biology Organization and the DFG-funded German-African cooperation on S. aureus and staphylococcal diseases.
