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
- Effect of Hibiscus sabdariffa L leaf flavonoid-rich extract on Nrf-2 and HO-1 pathways in liver damage of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats (2024)
- Zeitschrift fur naturforschung section c: a journal of biosciences
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - Energy metabolism and spermatogenesis (2024)
- Heliyon
- Exploring beetroot (Beta vulgaris L.) for diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer's disease dual therapy: in vitro and computational studies (2024)
- RSC Advances
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - In silico modeling revealed phytomolecules derived from Cymbopogon citratus (DC.) leaf extract as promising candidates for malaria therapy (2024)
- Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
- Kigelia africana (Lam.) Benth. fruit inhibits iron-induced lipid peroxidation and ?-amylase enzyme activity (2024)
- Plant Science Today
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä ) - 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 )



