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Rapporteur: Dr Eunice Githae, SEUCO09:00-09:30 Key Note: Microbial Diversity of the Red Sea Prof. Dr. Ulrich Stingl, KAUST, SaudiArabia09.30-10.00 Environmental Impact Assessment Process for Biodiversity Conservation Projects inKenyaProf. Jacob Kibwage, South EasternUniversity College10:00-10.30 Strategies and Incentives for Promoting Excellence in Research at JKUAT Prof. Mabel Opanga, Vice-Chancellor,JKUAT10.30-10.45 Tea Break10:45-11.3011.00-11.30The future of Science and Technology in KenyaFormal Closing CeremonyProf. Chrispus Kiamba, PS Ministry ofHigher Education, Science andTechnology12.00-13.00 Early Lunch and Departure by Bus to Voi Town HM Mruttu & TeamPosters1. Enhancing the Mkilua utilisation through value addition to indigenous knowledge, Dr Najya Mohammed, Pwani University College2. Knowledge, Attitude and Perceptions on malaria by the brick makers on Nyabondo Plateau, Imbahale S., ICIPE and KPUC3. Relating maize yields with vegetative index and meteorological drought in Ruvu Basin, Tanzania, Dr. Deogratius Mulungu4. The growth, seed yield and oil content of Linseed (Linum usitatissimum L.) as influenced by variety and nitrogen Dr Peter Masinde,JKUAT5. Litterfall in a peri-urban mangrove receiving raw domestic sewage, Mombasa, Kenya? Mohamed Omar Sai, Kenya Widldlife Service.6. Are mangroves sustainable as peri-urban forests? A Case Study of Mombasa, Kenya. Mohamed Omar Said, Kenya Wildlife Service
Day 2Keynote: Microbial Biodiversity and Bioressources - Challenges, approaches andperspectivesJörg OvermannLeibniz – Institut, DSMZ-Deutsche,Sammlung von Mikroorgaismen und Zellkulturen, InhoffenstraBe 7B38124 Braunschweig, GermanyCurrent estimates of prokaryotic diversity on the planet amount to values between 10 6 to 10 17different species. Whatever the species number might be, it has major implications for (1)functional studies, (2) species concepts, (3) cultivation and collection, and (4) thebiotechnological exploitation of microbial diversity. Microbial ecology studies revealed thatmicrobes dominating natural communities often exhibit previously unknown physiologicalproperties, as exemplified by the extremely low maintenance energy requirements of bacteria inthe deep biosphere, or the high substrate affinities of soil methanotrophs. In fact, entire phylawithin the bacterial radiation that have been defined based on their 16S rRNA gene sequenceshave so far largely escaped cultivation. Next generation high throughput sequencing technologymeanwhile provides a comprehensive insight into the diversity of natural microbial communities.Comparative analyses are beginning to identify patterns of distribution and interdependencieswith abiotic and biotic factors. Together with functional measurements, this approach bears thepotential to reveal how microbes control soil fertility, element cycling and climate. While anincreasing number of microbial species become accessible, cultivation efforts intrinsically lagdramatically behind culture-independent surveys of microbial diversity, and typically yieldisolates that are closely related to previously described species. Collecting and archiving noveltypes of microbes represent major future tasks of biological ressource centers that can only beaccomplished, however, by establishing improved and high throughput cultivation methods andin a concerted effort worldwide. These novel approaches will help to improve our understandingof microbial diversity and at the same time are indispensable for an improved bioeconomicalexploitation.Microbial Ecology of Soda Lakes of the Kenyan Rift ValleyRomano Mwirichia 1 , Anne Kelly Kambura 1 , Odilia Salano 1 , Francis Ndwiga 2 , Anne Muigai 2 , Erko Stackebrandt andHamadi Iddi Boga 1, 21Institute for Biotechnology Research, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya2Botany Department, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenyahboga@fsc.jkuat.ac.ke
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