Dr. Dereje Desta
HHMI Postdoctoral Associate
Education
- Ph.D in Biology, Howard University Washington DC, 2007
- Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, UDC, Washington DC, 2001
- Bachelor of Science in Statistics, Addis Ababa University Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1988
Research Interests
I am working with Dr. Best in the Biology department and with Dr. Lee in the Chemistry department. In Dr. Best's lab we are focused in understanding the transcription mechanism of the protist, Giardia lamblia and comparative analyses of microbial genomes linked to wet-lab experimentation. In Dr. Lee's lab, the main focus of my research is to test the anti-parasitic effects of different AT-rich DNA binding drugs synthesized in his lab.
Go to current research projects
Experience
- 2008- present: HHMI postdoctoral fellow at Hope College
- 2002 –2007 Graduate Research Assistant in Animal Parasitology/ Experimental Parasitology Lab at Howard University.
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Drexel University, 2001-2002
- Graduate Teaching Assistant, Howard University, 2002-2007
- 1988-1994: Ministry of Finance Addis Ababa Ethiopia
- July 17 - August 25 2006 Mali Bamako "Activity of Acriflavin in eliminating the wild type Trypanosoma brucei brucei, Trypanosoma vivax and Trypanosoma congolense in infected mice and goat."
- May 10 - August 11 2003: Addis Ababa University Institute of Pathobiology, Addis Ababa Ethiopia. "Testing the efficacy of commercially available anti malarial drugs and their effect on pregnant women using mouse infected with Plasmodium berghi as a model animal."
- May 10 - August 1 2002: Addis Ababa University Institute of Patobiology, Addis Ababa Ethiopia. "Treatment seeking behavior of Ethiopian farmers and rural dwellers on randomly selected rural cities; and anti malarial effect of three locally used herbs."
- June 6 - August 10 2000: Purdue University Department of Chemistry Indiana Purdue. "Degradation Pathways of n- Bromopropane in the atmosphere."
- 2000: University of the District of Columbia (UDC): Washington DC. "Synthesis and studies on dinucleoside monophosphates containing a positive charged base."
- 1999: University of the District of Columbia (UDC): Washington DC. "Synthesis, Characterization of Insecticidal activity of some triorganotin dithiocarbonates."
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