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
- Lead optimization of Allium sativum L. compounds for PTP1B inhibition in diabetes treatment: in silico molecular docking and dynamics simulation (2025)
- Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Nutritional, antioxidant, enzyme inhibitory and toxicity assessments of an herbal formulation using in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo approaches (2025)
- Journal of complementary & integrative medicine
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Profiling the antidiabetic potential of GC-MS compounds identified from the methanolic extract of Spilanthes filicaulis: experimental and computational insight (2025)
- Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Protective effects of flavonoid-rich extracts from Hibiscus sabdariffa leaves on streptozotocin-induced testicular damage in rats (2025)
- Phytomedicine Plus
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - The Role of Dietary and Lifestyle Factors in the Formation of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (2025)
- Nipes journal of science and technology research
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - The UPR-oxidative stress nexus in diabetes and obesity: Exploring innovative therapeutic approaches for metabolic control (2025)
- Obesity Medicine
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä) - Alkaloid-rich extract of Lannea egregia leaf protect against cardiomyopathy in streptozotocin-induced type 2 diabetic rats (2024)
- Phytomedicine Plus
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Atrazine exposure caused oxidative stress in male rats and inhibited brain-pituitary-testicular functions (2024)
- Journal of Biochemical and Molecular Toxicology
- Attenuation of PI3K/AKT signaling pathway by Ocimum gratissimum leaf flavonoid-rich extracts in streptozotocin-induced diabetic male rats (2024)
- Biochemistry and biophysics reports
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Beta vulgaris L beetroot protects against iron-induced liver injury by restoring antioxidant pathways and regulating cellular functions (2024)
- Scientific Reports



