Dorcus Omoga

Innovative Researcher adept at developing probing questions, designing experiments and generating meaningful results. Experienced at identifying and using new technologies and resources. Works effectively and collaboratively with teams and individuals.

• 03/04/19, 12/31/21, PHD SCHOLAR, INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY (icipe), NAIROBI, KENYA, Research proposal development., Arbovirus surveillance in livestock, human and peri-domestic rodents in Baringo and Kajiado counties., Planning for field work activities, sample collection and laboratory reagents and consumable procurement., Organizing and training of fieldwork teams and laboratory personnel., Carry out laboratory based serological, isolation and molecular screening for arboviruses., Metagenomics screening of human, livestock, and rodents for novel viruses., Bioinformatics and statistical data analysis., Project report writing, presentations, planning and participation in stakeholder meetings, and research findings publication., Award: 2021 icipe governing council best poster award.
• 06/02/14, 03/03/15, RESEARCH FELLOW, BECA_ILRI HUB, NAIROBI, KENYA, Capacity building on molecular diagnostics, cloning, sequencing, bioinformatics, and statistical data analysis., Develop a research proposal on molecular diagnostics of Capri poxvirus and genetic analysis., Train and perform molecular virus diagnostics, culture, library preparation, and sequencing., Develop and Optimize LAMP Assay for Capri poxvirus diagnosis for adoption in resource limited laboratories., Train personnel from resource limited Laboratories on the usage and adoption of LAMP assay., Reporting writing to stakeholders and publication of research findings.

• Circulation of Ngari Virus in Livestock, Kenya, Dorcus C. A. Omoga, David P. Tchouassi, Marietjie Venter, Edwin O. Ogola, Georg Joachim Eibner, Anne Kopp, Inga Slothouwer, Baldwyn Torto, Sandra Junglen, and Rosemary Sang, https://doi.org/10.1128/msphere.00416-22
• Molecular Based Detection, Validation of a LAMP Assay and Phylogenetic Analysis of Capripoxvirus in Kenya, D. C. A. Omoga, M. Macharia, E. Magiri, J. Kinyua, J. Kasiiti, and T. Holton, http://dx.doi.org/10.9734/JABB/2016/27178
• Characterization of a novel orbivirus from cattle reveals active circulation of a previously unknown and pathogenic orbivirus in ruminants in Kenya, Dorcus C.A. Omoga, David P. Tchouassi, Marietjie Venter, Edwin.O. Ogola, Solomon Langat, Caroline Getugi, Georg Eibner, Anne Kopp, Inga Slothouwer, Baldwyn Torto, Sandra Junglen, & Rosemary Sang, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36794933
• Divergent Hantavirus in Somali Shrews (Crocidura somalica) in the Semi-Arid North Rift, Kenya, Dorcus C. A. Omoga, David P. Tchouassi, Marietjie Vente, Edwin O. Ogola, Gilbert Rotich, Joseph N. Muthoni, Dickens O. Ondifu, Baldwyn Torto, Sandra Junglen, and Rosemary Sang, https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens12050685
• Jingmen Tick Virus in Ticks from Kenya, Edwin O. Ogola, Anne Kopp, Armanda D. S. Bastos, Inga Slothouwer, Marco Marklewitz, Dorcus Omoga, Gilbert Rotich, Caroline Getugi, Rosemary Sang, Baldwyn Torto, Sandra Junglen, and David P. Tchouassi, https://doi.org/10.3390/v14051041
• Phlebovirus diversity in ticks from livestock in arid ecologies in Kenya, Edwin O Ogola, Anne Kopp, Armanda D S Bastos, Inga Slothouwer, Dorcus C.A Omoga, Josephine Osalla, Rosemary Sang, Baldwyn Torto, Sandra Junglen, and David P. Tchouassi, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.102087
• Transmission dynamics of Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Fever Virus (CCHFV); Evidence of circulation in Humans, Livestock, and Rodents in diverse ecologies in Kenya, Dorcus C.A. Omoga, David P. Tchouassi, Marietjie Venter, Edwin O. Ogola, Josephine Osalla, Anne Kopp, Inga Slothouwer, Baldwyn Torto, Sandra Junglen, & Rosemary Sang, https://doi.org/10.3390/v15091891

• Natasha Tilston-Lunel (Tilston), PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University School of Medicine, 635 Barnhill Drive, MS455 Indianapolis, IN 46202-5120, ntilston@iu.edu
• Prof. Rosemary Sang, Principal Consultant Research Scientist, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772-00100 Nairobi, Kenya, +254 722759492, rsang@icipe.org; rosechepkorir53@gmail.com
• Prof. Marietjie Venter, Distinguished Professor & Research Chair, Emerging viral threats, One Health Vaccines and Surveillance (EViTOH) division, Infectious Disease and Oncology Research Institute (IDORI), South Africa, +278 32930884, marietjie.venter@up.ac.za
• Dr. David P. Tchouassi, Senior Scientist, Human Health Theme, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), P.O. Box 30772-00100 Nairobi, Kenya, +254 718972370, dtchouassi@icipe.org

• 06/19/23, 06/24/23, Summer School for Early Career Scientists, The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) and The German Research Foundation (DFG), Kumasi Centre for Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine (KCCR), Kumasi, Ghana, Assessment on Bunyavirus activity in vertebrate hosts in areas of human/Livestock /Wildlife interphase in selected semi-arid regions in Kenya
• 09/19/22, 09/30/22, Next Generation Sequencing and Bioinformatics Data Analysis: Early Diagnosis and Pathogen characterization, FAO and IAEA, IAEA’s Laboratories–Seibersdorf, Austria
• 10/07/19, 11/08/19, Training on Virological Research Techniques, The German Research Foundation (DFG), Institute of Virology, Charité– Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin Germany
• 11/13/17, 11/17/17, Training for IGAD Member States on Laboratory Diagnostic Techniques, AU-IBAR and European Union, National Animal Disease Diagnostic and Epidemiology Centre Entebbe–Uganda
• 01/09/17, 01/13/17, High-Containment Laboratory Practices and Techniques Professional Seminar, USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Biosecurity Research Institute [BRI] – Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas USA