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Department of Medical Laboratory Science
School of Public Health Biomedical Science and Technology (MMUST)
P.O. Box 190-50100
Kakamega, KENYA
Office no. ABA ROOM 101
Kakamega-Webuye Road
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DR. SABELLA KIPRONO.
Dr. Sabella Kiprono is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Medical Laboratory and holds a Doctorate Degree in Microbiology. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fogarty Global Health Fellow; under Havard University, Boston University, Northwestern University and University of New Mexico (HBNU) Consortium. Her areas of research interest are in designing a targeted delivery system by encapsulation of probiotics for oral delivery of beneficial biotherapeutics (antioxidants, vitamins, proteins);Biomaterials-Bacterial cellulose production and its biomedical application;Ethno medicinal uses of medicinal products (stingless bee honey) and it antimicrobial profiles.
She has further published several manuscripts in peer reviewed refereed journals. She was formerly the School's Postgraduate Studies Co-ordinator and currently serves as the Research and Innovation Co-ordinator at the department.Some of her key published works include: -
Some of her Key publications:
- Christine Chepkemoi, Timothy K Bett, Elias Mandela, Sabella Kiprono, Jared Onyancha, Sammy Kimoloi: In-vitro Antimicrobial Effects and PhytochemicaContents of Stingless Bee Meliponula beccarii Honey and Pollen from Baringo County, Kenya: The Journal of Phytopharmacology 2023; 12(6):366-376. DOI: https://doi.org/10.31254/phyto.2023.12603
- Sabella J.Kiprono, Gladys Mengich, Jackline Kosgei, Charles Mutai, Sammy Kimoloi. Ethnomedicinal uses of stingless bee honey among native communities of Baringo County, Kenya.Scientific African. Available online 21 July 2022, e01297.In Press, Journal Pre-proof. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2022.e01297
- Sabella J. Kiprono, Gladys Mengich, Bartholomew N. Ondigo, Charles Mutai and Sammy Kimoloi; Therapeutic uses of stingless bee honey by traditional medicine practitioners in Baringo County, Kenya: Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytotherapy 2022. https://rb.gy/wsts3y
- W. Ullah, S. Manan, Sabella J. Kiprono, G.Yang, Synthesis, structural, and physico-mechanical characteristics of bacterial cellulose In: Nanocelluose: From Fundamentals to Advanced Materials, First Edition. Edited by Jin Huang, Alain Dufresne, and Ning Lin © 2019 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH& Co. KGaA. Published 2019 by Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH& Co. KGaA.
- Sabella J. Kiprono, M.W. Ullah & G. Yang: Encapsulation of coli in biomimetic and Fe3O4-doped hydrogel: structural and viability analyses; Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2018) 102:933–944. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-017-8625-6)
- Sabella J. Kiprono, M.W. Ullah & G. Yang: Surface engineering of microbial cells: Strategies and applications: Engineered Science; (2018), 01, DOI: 10.30919/es.180325