Oluwafemi Ojo
SYS-Life Postdoctoral fellow
oluwafemi.ojo@utu.fi ORCID-tunniste: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9331-396X |
Molecular biology, Biochemical Toxicology, metabolic health, endocrinology
EDUCATIONAL TRAINING
2010, B.Sc., Department of Biochemistry, Babcock University, Nigeria
2015, M.Sc., Department of Biochemistry, Ekiti State University, Nigeria
2020, Ph.D., Department of Biochemistry, University of Ilorin, Nigeria
CURRENT POSITIONS
MSCA SYS-LIFE Postdoctoral Researcher, Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Turku, Finland
Assistant Professor, Biochemistry Programme, Bowen University, Nigeria
University Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, Landmark University, Nigeria
SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS: 3 MSc students supervised.
SCIENTIFIC IMPACT OF THE WORK
Research is mainly focused on metabolic health, endocrinology, and natural products, with total number of citation 1,404 (Web of Science, March 2025) h-index: 21; 2,127 citations h-index: 24 (Scopus, March 2025), and 4047 citations (Google scholar, March 2025) h-index: 33; 260 original peer-reviewed publications.
Metabolic disorders, endocrinology, pharmacology
Teaching experience in Biochemistry, molecular biology, intermediary metabolism, endocrinology
- Beyond traditional medicine: Erythrophyleum suaveolens (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan shows promising antidiabetic activity in experimentally induced type II diabetes (2026)
- Kuwait Journal of Science
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Deciphering the mechanisms underlying the dual-target inhibition of carbohydrate-digesting and neurodegenerative enzymes by Syzygium aromaticum (L.) Merr. & L.M. via molecular docking and dynamics simulations (2026)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Effects of Celosia argentea L. leaf on Monosodium Glutamate (MSG)-Induced Uterine Leiomyoma In Wistar Rats: Experimental and Computational Perspectives (2026)
- Tropical Journal of Natural Product Research
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Emerging trends in cancer biomarkers and their clinical effect on personalized treatment (2026)
- Advances in Cancer Research
(A3 Vertaisarvioitu kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa) - Nrf-2/HO-1 modulatory effects on Ocimum gratissimum flavonoid-rich leaf extract in the livers of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats (2026)
- Nutrire
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Polyphenol-Rich Formulations and Their Multi-Target Interactions With Molecular Pathways in Cancer Cells (2026) Pharmacology, Characterizations, Toxicity, and Herb-Drug Interactions of Herbs in Traditional Medicine Ezenabor, Emmanuel Henry; Afolabi, Aminat Abisola; Ojo, Oluwafemi Adeleke; Adeyemi, Oluyomi Stephen
(A3 Vertaisarvioitu kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa) - Albizia ferruginea (Guill & Perr) Benth leaf abates deregulation of P53, IRS, HsD17β2, FTO, and CYP11a genes in polycystic ovarian syndrome rat (2025)
- Journal of complementary & integrative medicine
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Ameliorative effect of Hibiscus sabdariffa leaf flavonoid extract on the PSA/CEA/AKT/MMP-9 signaling pathway in benign prostatic hyperplasia-induced rats (2025)
- Comparative Clinical Pathology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Anti-breast cancer effects of Pterocarpus soyauxii Taub aqueous extract and its compounds by integrating ADMET, network pharmacology, molecular docking, dynamic simulation, CLC-Pred and pdCSM-Cancer/PPI approaches, and in vitro validation (2025)
- Journal of Ethnopharmacology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Antioxidant and antidiabetic activities of Gossypium barbadense L. leaves using in vitro, and in silico methods (2025)
- Vegetos
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )



