College of Biological and Physical Sciences

Ms. Jane Akinyi Aduda presented her PhD dissertation on the “Application of Multivariate Volatility Models in Estimating Optimal Dynamic Hedge Ratios for Crack Spreads with Volatility Spillovers in Energy Market”.

The following three(3) PhD students and five(5) Masters students are scheduled to defend their research proposals on Wednesday October 18, 2017 at 12noon in CEBIB Lecture Room;

PHD in Bioinformatics

1. Genetic Diversity, Genomic Distribution and Distribution of CCR5-Delta32 Resistance Allele in Highly Populated Countries of South America, Africa, Former Soviet Union and Asia. Presenter: ONGADI Beatrice Atieno.

PhD in Biotechnology

1. Establishment of a Genome Editing Tool for Yam (Dioscorea spp.). Presenter: SYOMBUA Easter David.
2. Molecular Epidemiology of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus Circulating in the African Buffalo and Cattle Population in Eastern Rwanda.

​Presenter: UDAHEMUKA Jean Claude.

ICCA Masters and PhD Students during a forum organised by the Institute and Red Cross on Food Security, held at Millenium Hall, Chiromo Campus in 2017.

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The Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation population stands at 211 since its inception in the year 2011.