Antibiotics, Bacterial Infections & Antimicrobial Resistance

Biography

Alice is currently writing her Theis on Biocontrol of Vibrio cholearae bacteria using bacteriophages to prevent cholera outbreaks in Kenya. She has also been able to isolate Ralstonia solanacearum phages from Kenyan environmental waters that have been used for development of a phage cocktail with other phages isolated from China for biocontrol of potato bacterial wilt. Alice has a  passion and great interest for elimination of foodborne pathogens from the environment . She also workd at Techincal University of Kenya as  Lecturer.

Full name: Alice Nyambura
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Abstract

Abstract : Alice Nyambura is a PhD candidate at the University of Nairobi, Kenya and Faculty member, department of Food Science at Technical University of Kenya. My research focuses on food and water safety where my passion and great interest for elimination of foodborne pathogens from the environment drives me to look for a biocontrol solution such as bacteriophages to control Vibrio cholerae