Biosketch<\/strong><\/h2>\nI graduated with a first-class degree in Zoology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, in 2016. \u00a0After the mandatory one-year national service in Nigeria,\u00a0I obtained an M.Sc. in Cell Biology and Genetics at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, in 2021. During my masters in Ibadan, I worked on \u201cGenetics of Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI)<\/em><\/strong> in stroke survivors in Indigenous West Africans at Neuroscience and Ageing Research Unit, College of Medicine, Ibadan under\u00a0Professor Rufus Akinyemi. My interest in understanding the nexus between evolution and complex traits and diseases led to winning the prestigious Erasmus Mundus joint master\u2019s degree award to study Evolutionary Biology in four partner European Institutions. While at the University of Montpellier in France,\u00a0I worked on the propagation of third-generation AMR bacteria in yellow-legged gulls and the genetic adaptation of Anopheles bwambae<\/em>\u00a0in Bwambe County, Uganda under Dr Bedhomme and Prof. Fontaine\u00a0respectively. I rounded up the program at the University of Groningen, where\u00a0I worked with Dr. E. Geuverink and Prof. Leo on sex-determination genes in black soldier flies. I am a Research Assistant in Dr Shyamalika Gopalan\u2019s lab, where\u00a0I will work on understanding the epigenetics and genetic basis of aging in human populations and other closely related species.<\/p>\nResearch Interest<\/strong><\/h2>\nMy broad research interests involve understanding the genetic basis of complex traits including those of clinical importance such as ageing and ageing diseases. I am also interested in evolutionary history, signals of past selection, and life history traits shape human population and their health.<\/p>\n
Conference Posters\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\nAkinade, M. Massot, & S. Bedhomme. Propagation of third-generation cephalosporin resistance genes among yellow-legged gull chicks on Carteau islet, Camargue. Presented at ALignment and PHYlogeny (ALPHY) Conference, Montpellier, France. (5-6 February 2024).<\/p>\n
M.M Coker, A.T Akinade,\u00a0 et al., (2023). Apolipoprotein E and Apolipoprotein L1 SNPs and vascular cognitive impairment in indigenous, west African stroke survivors. Presented at COHORTS FOR HEART AND AGING RESEARCH IN GENOMIC EPIDEMIOLOGY (CHARGE) CONFERENCE 2023, San Antonio, Texas, USA (10-12 October 2023).<\/p>\n
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Graduate Student aakinad@clemson.edu Biosketch I graduated with a first-class degree in Zoology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, in 2016. \u00a0After the mandatory one-year national service in Nigeria,\u00a0I obtained an M.Sc. in Cell Biology and Genetics at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, in 2021. During my masters in Ibadan, I worked on \u201cGenetics of Vascular […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":1604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"[caption id=\"attachment_1604\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"300\"]![\"Adeyemi\"](\"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/chg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/08\/Adeyemi-300x300.jpg\" "\\"Adeyemi\\"")
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Biosketch<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nI graduated with a first-class degree in Zoology at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, in 2016. \u00a0After the mandatory one-year national service in Nigeria,\u00a0I obtained an M.Sc. in Cell Biology and Genetics at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, in 2021. During my masters in Ibadan, I worked on \u201cGenetics of Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI)<\/em><\/strong> in stroke survivors in Indigenous West Africans at Neuroscience and Ageing Research Unit, College of Medicine, Ibadan under\u00a0Professor Rufus Akinyemi. My interest in understanding the nexus between evolution and complex traits and diseases led to winning the prestigious Erasmus Mundus joint master\u2019s degree award to study Evolutionary Biology in four partner European Institutions. While at the University of Montpellier in France,\u00a0I worked on the propagation of third-generation AMR bacteria in yellow-legged gulls and the genetic adaptation of Anopheles bwambae<\/em>\u00a0in Bwambe County, Uganda under Dr Bedhomme and Prof. Fontaine\u00a0respectively. I rounded up the program at the University of Groningen, where\u00a0I worked with Dr. E. Geuverink and Prof. Leo on sex-determination genes in black soldier flies. I am a Research Assistant in Dr Shyamalika Gopalan\u2019s lab, where\u00a0I will work on understanding the epigenetics and genetic basis of aging in human populations and other closely related species.\r\nResearch Interest<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nMy broad research interests involve understanding the genetic basis of complex traits including those of clinical importance such as ageing and ageing diseases. I am also interested in evolutionary history, signals of past selection, and life history traits shape human population and their health.\r\nConference Posters\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\r\nAkinade, M. Massot, & S. Bedhomme. Propagation of third-generation cephalosporin resistance genes among yellow-legged gull chicks on Carteau islet, Camargue. Presented at ALignment and PHYlogeny (ALPHY) Conference, Montpellier, France. (5-6 February 2024).\r\n\r\nM.M Coker, A.T Akinade,\u00a0 et al., (2023). Apolipoprotein E and Apolipoprotein L1 SNPs and vascular cognitive impairment in indigenous, west African stroke survivors. Presented at COHORTS FOR HEART AND AGING RESEARCH IN GENOMIC EPIDEMIOLOGY (CHARGE) CONFERENCE 2023, San Antonio, Texas, USA (10-12 October 2023).","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[14,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1605","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-students","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/ihg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/ihg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/ihg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/ihg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/ihg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/ihg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/ihg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/ihg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/ihg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scienceweb.clemson.edu\/ihg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}