Contact Details.
School of Agriculture, Veterinary Sciences and Technology.
Department of Agro-Industrial Technology.
Mainde Muliro University of Science and Technology
P.O. Box 190-50100
Kakamega, KENYA
Office no. SPD Room
Kakamega-Webuye Road.
ResearcherID : AAD-1564-2022
Dr. Teddy Amuge
Dr. Teddy Amuge is currently a lecturer at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, in the Department of Agro-Industrial Technology, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology
Academic qualifications:
Dr. Teddy Amuge holds a Doctorate in Plant Science specializing in Molecular Biology and Applied Bioinformatics (https://rb.gy/c5vld8) in the prestigious Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute of the University of Pretoria (South Africa). Previously, she received her Master’s (Crop Science) and Bachelor’s (BSc Agriculture) from Makerere University (Uganda). Her academic research interests are improving crop yield through state-of-the-art climate-smart agricultural technologies and innovations, mentoring the next generation of scientists while actively engaging farmers, the real stakeholders.
Recognition awards
From 2009 when her research won the ‘Best paper, cassava research’ at the 9th African Crop Science Society Conference, September 28th – October 1st, 2009, Cape Town, South Africa, Teddy’s work remained outstanding. She was one among the 80 winners of the 2011 AWARD program (https://rb.gy/pc21kz). In the same year, she was elected to represent AWARD at the IFAD event of the 55th Commission on the Status of Women in New York, USA. She also featured among forty under 40s in the CGIAR’s growing talents (https://rb.gy/fxp33y).
Fast forward to 2014, a proposal she developed was among 15 PEARL (Program for Emerging Agricultural Research Leaders), providing Teddy with an auspicious chance to participate as a panelist for winning proposals, a program organized by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in San Diego, California, USA. Her research on CBSD (cassava brown streak disease) remains key for improving cassava production (https://rb.gy/0noezl).
African Women in Agricultural Research and Development Award . https://rb.gy/ycv5ue.
Work experience:
Teddy served as a Bioinformatics consultant with ICRISAT, where she processed and identified field-based finger millet molecular markers from GWAS data. While in NaCRRI (National Crops Resources Research Institute), she supervised several field- and lab-based projects, besides contributing to local and international institutional proposals and funded projects. Today, she enjoys freelance science publication-editing besides lecturing and mentoring the next generation of scientists.
Some of her major publications:
- Morag E. Ferguson, Rodney P. Eyles, Ana Luísa Garcia-Oliveira, Fortunus Kapinga, Esther A. Masumba, Teddy Amuge, Jessen V. Bredeson, Daniel S. Rokhsar, Jessica B. Lyons, Trushar Shah, Steve Rounsley, Geoffrey Mkamilo. Published in Frontiers in Plant Science on 3rd November 2023. Candidate genes for field resistance to cassava brown streak disease revealed through the analysis of multiple data sources.DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1270963
- Amuge T, Berger DK, Katari MS, Myburg AA, Goldman SL, Ferguson ME. A time series transcriptome analysis of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) varieties challenged with Ugandan cassava brown streak virus. Sci Rep. 2017;7(1):9747.DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-09617-z.
- Lozano R, del Carpio DP, Amuge T, Kayondo IS, Adebo AO, Ferguson M and Jannink J. 2017; Leveraging Transcriptomics Data for Genomic Prediction Models in Cassava bioRxiv. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1101/208181.
- Shi S, Zhang X, Mandel MA, Zhang P, Zhang Y, Ferguson M, Amuge T, Rounsley S, Liu Z and Xiong Z. Variations of five eIF4E genes across cassava accessions exhibiting tolerant and susceptible responses to cassava brown streak disease. PLoS One. 2017;12(8):e0181998. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0181998.
- Kawuki RS, Pariyo A, Amuge T, Nuwamanya E, Ssemakula G, Tumwesigye S, Bua A, Baguma Y, Omongo C, Alicai T and Orone J. 2011. A breeding scheme for local adoption of cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). J Plant Breed Crop Sci Vol. 3(6). https://rb.gy/w3vw8l.
