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
- Mitophagy and spermatogenesis: Role and mechanisms (2024)
- Biochemistry and biophysics reports
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Network Pharmacology, Molecular Dynamics and In Vitro Assessments of Indigenous Herbal Formulations for Alzheimer's Therapy (2024)
- Life
() - Ocimum gratissimum L. leaf flavonoid-rich extracts reduced the expression of p53 and VCAM in streptozotocin-induced cardiomyopathy rats (2024)
- Phytomedicine Plus
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Oxidative Stress-induced Hormonal Disruption in Male Reproduction (2024)
- Reproductive Sciences
- Petiveria alliacea L. extract protects against streptozotocin-induced type-2 diabetes by modulating the cAMP/PKA/CREB/cFOS pathway (2024)
- Phytomedicine Plus
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Preclinical antidiabetic and antioxidant effects of Erythrophleum africanum (benth.) harms in streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy (2024)
- Journal of complementary & integrative medicine
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Production, acceptability, nutritional and pasting properties of orange-flesh sweet potato, cowpea and banana flour mix (2024)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Spilanthes filicaulis (Schumach & Thonn) C D Adam leaf extract prevents assault of streptozotocin on liver cells via inhibition of oxidative stress and activation of the NrF2/Keap1, PPARγ, and PTP1B signaling pathways (2024)
- PLoS ONE
- Spilanthes filicaulis (Schumach. & Thonn.) C. D Adam leaf extract prevents assault of streptozotocin on liver cells via inhibition of oxidative stress and activation of the NrF2/Keap1, PPARγ, and PTP1B signaling pathways (2024)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Spilanthes filicaulis (Schumach & Thonn) CD Adams leaves protects against streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy (2024)
- PLoS ONE
- Spilanthes filicaulis (Schumach. & Thonn.) CD Adams leaves protects against streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy (2024)
- PLoS ONE
- Studies on melatonin intervention in reactive oxygen species-linked autophagy of neocarzinostatin-induced varicocele infertility in male Swiss Albino mice (2024)
- Phytomedicine Plus
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Antidiabetic properties of Dioscoreophyllum cumminsii (Stapf) Diels stem bark on streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats (2023)
- Comparative Clinical Pathology
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Antispasmodic Effect of Alstonia boonei De Wild. and Its Constituents: Ex Vivo and In Silico Approaches (2023)
- Molecules
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Apoptosis, inflammation, and oxidative stress in infertility: A mini review (2023)
- Toxicology Reports
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Application and Acceptability of Microbiomes in the Production Process of Nigerian Indigenous Foods: Drive towards Responsible Production and Consumption (2023)
- Preventive nutrition and food science
- Beet leaf (beta vulgaris L.) extract attenuates iron-induced testicular toxicity: Experimental and computational approach (2023)
- Heliyon
- Computational and Preclinical Prediction of the Antimicrobial Properties of an Agent Isolated from Monodora myristica: A Novel DNA Gyrase Inhibitor (2023)
- Molecules
- Diabetes mellitus: From molecular mechanism to pathophysiology and pharmacology (2023)
- Medicine in Novel Technology and Devices
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä) - Fermented Gluten-Free Multi-Grain Cereal Paste Development: The Role of the Orange-Fleshed Sweet Potato (OFSP) as a Dietary Supplement (2023)
- Nutrition and metabolic insights