Virginia Kimani
Research Scientist
Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute
Nairobi, Kenya
I am Microbial Biotechnologist with an intrest in fungal biodiversity and isolation of fungal metabolites with applications in food, industry and climate
My organisation
Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute
Kenya Industrial Research and Development Institute
R&D Institution
Nairobi, Kenya
About me
RESEARCH SCIENTIST-KENYA INDUSTIAL RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (KIRDI) : 2008-Date
RESPONSIBILITIES
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Implementation of multi-disciplinary research projects in microbiology.
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Coordinating the activities of multi-disciplinary research projects to ensure effective and efficient project implementation
Education
PhD in Biotechnology
Technische Universität –Dresden (2015-2019)
Thesis: New Secretory Peroxidases and Peroxygenases from Saprotrophic Fungi of Kenyan Forests.
Masters of Science in Biotechnology
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (2013-2015)
Thesis: Isolation and molecular characterization of yeast strains from Kenyan Cheese industries and Their Potential Utilization in Bioethanol Production from Whey
Publications
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Kimani, Virginia, René Ullrich, Enrico Büttner, Robert Herzog, Harald Kellner, Nico Jehmlich, Martin Hofrichter, and Christiane Liers. 2021. "First Dye-Decolorizing Peroxidase from an Ascomycetous Fungus Secreted by Xylaria grammica" Biomolecules 11, no. 9: 1391. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom11091391
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Martin Hofrichter, Harald Kellner, Robert Herzog, Alexander Karich, Christiane Liers, Katrin Scheibner, Virginia Wambui Kimani and René Ullrich (2019) Fungal Peroxygenases: A Phylogenetically Old Superfamily of Heme Enzymes with Promiscuity for Oxygen Transfer Reactions. Springer international.
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Andreas Melzer, Virginia Wambui Kimani, Rene Ullrich (2018), Psathyrella aberdarensis, a new species of Psathyrella (Agaricales) from a Kenyan National Park. Austrian J. of Mycology
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