OWSD PhD Fellowship
OWSD Early Career
2020
Akhwale Juliah
August 2020
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Biocontrol of soft rot causing pectinolytic strains of Erwinia and Pseudomonas bacteria on fruits and vegetables using bacteriophages, to mitigate post-harvest losses for food security.
March 2020
Juliah Akhwale > Other Awards
Evaluation of bacteriophages for biocontrol of tomato bacterial wilt disease
December 2017
Juliah Akhwale > Other Awards
Evaluation of bacteriophages for biocontrol of tomato bacterial wilt disease
July 2017
Juliah Akhwale > Other Awards
Bioprospecting for bioactive metabolites and biological control agents from soil and aquatic habitats in Kenya.
December 2013
Juliah Akhwale > Other Awards
Doctoral (PhD) research in Germany
Full Member
Dr. Juliah Akhwale
Membership since:
2020
Field of activity:
Awards
Other Memberships/Affiliations
International Society of Viruses of Microbes
American Society of Microbiology
Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD)
Degrees:
2015
Doctorate
Biological Systems and Organisms
2011
Master
Biological Systems and Organisms
2006
Undergraduate
Biological Systems and Organisms
Publications resulting from Research
i) Ngetha E, Akhwale JK, Mwirichia R (2019). Phylogenetic and morphological diversity of culturable cyanobacteria from Lake Magadi in Kenya. African Journal of Biological Sciences. 01: 24. doi.org/10.33472/AFJBS.1.4.2019.24-31
ii) Akhwale JK, Rohde M, Rohde C, Boyke B, Spröer C, Klenk H-P, Boga HI, Wittmann J (2019). Isolation, Characterization and analysis of Bacteriophages from the Haloalkaline Lake Elmenteita, Kenya. PLoS One. 2019;14(4):1–19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215734
iii) Akhwale JK, Rohde M, Rohde C, Boyke B, Spröer C, Klenk H-P, Boga HI, Wittmann J. (2019). Comparative genomic analysis of eight novel haloalkaliphilic bacteriophages from Lake Elmenteita, Kenya. PLoS One 14(2): doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212102
iv) Akhwale JK, Göker M, Rohde M, Spröer C, Schumann P, Boga HI, Klenk H-P (2016) Nocardiopsis mwathae sp. Nov., isolated from the haloalkaline lake Elmenteita, in the African Rift Valley. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek Journal,09(3):421-430.doi:10.1007/s10482-016-0647-z.
v) Akhwale JK, Göker M, Rohde M, Spröer C, Schumann P, Klenk H-P, Boga HI (2015). Streptomyces alkaliphilus sp. nov., isolated from sediments of lake Elmenteita in the Kenyan Rift Valley. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek Journal, 107(5):1249-1259. doi:10.1007/s10482-015-0418-2.
vi) Akhwale JK, Göker M, Rohde M, Schumann P, Klenk H-P, Boga HI (2015). Belliella kenyensis sp. nov., isolated from the haloalkaline lake Elmenteita in the African Rift Valley. International Journal of Systematics and Evolutionary Microbiology, 65(2): 457-462. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.066951-0.
ii) Akhwale JK, Rohde M, Rohde C, Boyke B, Spröer C, Klenk H-P, Boga HI, Wittmann J (2019). Isolation, Characterization and analysis of Bacteriophages from the Haloalkaline Lake Elmenteita, Kenya. PLoS One. 2019;14(4):1–19. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0215734
iii) Akhwale JK, Rohde M, Rohde C, Boyke B, Spröer C, Klenk H-P, Boga HI, Wittmann J. (2019). Comparative genomic analysis of eight novel haloalkaliphilic bacteriophages from Lake Elmenteita, Kenya. PLoS One 14(2): doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0212102
iv) Akhwale JK, Göker M, Rohde M, Spröer C, Schumann P, Boga HI, Klenk H-P (2016) Nocardiopsis mwathae sp. Nov., isolated from the haloalkaline lake Elmenteita, in the African Rift Valley. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek Journal,09(3):421-430.doi:10.1007/s10482-016-0647-z.
v) Akhwale JK, Göker M, Rohde M, Spröer C, Schumann P, Klenk H-P, Boga HI (2015). Streptomyces alkaliphilus sp. nov., isolated from sediments of lake Elmenteita in the Kenyan Rift Valley. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek Journal, 107(5):1249-1259. doi:10.1007/s10482-015-0418-2.
vi) Akhwale JK, Göker M, Rohde M, Schumann P, Klenk H-P, Boga HI (2015). Belliella kenyensis sp. nov., isolated from the haloalkaline lake Elmenteita in the African Rift Valley. International Journal of Systematics and Evolutionary Microbiology, 65(2): 457-462. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.066951-0.
Phages for Global Health, 2nd East Africa Phage Laboratory Training Workshop
2025
Pwani University, Kilifi, Kenya.
DAAD DIES ProGRANT Training on writing research proposals for grants
2025
Karatina University, Kenya and Ruiru Resort, Kenya.
Advanced genomics and bioinformatics training
2025
BeCa-ILRI Hub, Nairobi Kenya
German Language Course
2025
Goethe Institute-Nairobi, Kenya (3 months) and InterDaf-Leipzig, Germany (3 months)