GLORIA CEASAR MUTWALA

Assistant Lecturer , College Of Natural And Applied Sciences

Education:

BSc. Biotechnology and Laboratory Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture (2011-2014) ,MSc. Molecular Biology, University of Dar es Salaam (2016-2019) •Ongoing with Ph.D. studies

Teaching:

• Introduction to Molecular Biology
• Molecular Biology
• Methods in Molecular Biology I & II

Research:

 

Research Interests: Mosquito-borne viruses and diseases, molecular diagnostics, metagenomics, bioinformatics and plant viruses

Projects:

• Co-investigator: Building resilience to climate-sensitive mosquito-borne viral diseases; preventing hospital-acquired infections and their epidemic through integrated mosquito control and sentinel surveillance in Zanzibar hospitals (Acronym: MBD-Free)

Publications:

• Shirima RR, Wosula EN, Hamza AA, Mohammed NA, Mouigni H, Nouhou S, Mchinda NM, Ceasar G, Amour M, Njukwe E, Legg J.2022. Epidemiological Analysis of Cassava Mosaic and Brown Streak Diseases, and Bemisia tabaci in the Comoros Islands. Viruses, 14, 2165. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14102165
• Shirima RR, Legg JP, Maeda DG, Tumwegamire S, Mkamilo G, Mtunda K, Kulembeka H, Ndyetabula I, Kimata BP, Matondo DG, Ceasar G, Mushi E, Sichalwe K, Kanju E. 2020. Genotype by environment cultivar evaluation for cassava brown streak disease resistance in Tanzania. Virus Research 286, 198017.
• Shirima RR, Maeda DG, Kanju EE, Tumwegamire S, Ceasar G, Mushi E, Sichalwe C, Mtunda K, Mkamilo G, Legg JP. 2019. Assessing the degeneration of cassava under high virus inoculum conditions in Coastal Tanzania. Plant Dis. 103, 2652–2664.
• Shirima RR, Maeda DG, Kanju E, Ceasar G, Tibazarwa FI, Legg JP. 2017. Absolute quantification of cassava brown streak virus mRNA by real-time qPCR. Virological Methods 245, 5–13.