IKPEGBU EKELE

A: PERSONAL PROFILE

1.         Sex:                                                                Male

2.         Nationality:                                                    Nigerian

3.         Current Contact Address:                           Department of Veterinary Anatomy

College of Veterinary Medicine, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State

                                                                                    Umuahia South LGA. Abia State

 
B: INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED     QUALIFICATIONS OBTAINED                                 DATE

The University of Edinburgh        Ph.D. (Developmental Biology)                                    2018

University of Nigeria,Nsukka       M.Sc. (Veterinary Anatomy)                                      2013

University of Nigeria,Nsukka        Doctor of Veterinary Medicine                                  2003

C: PUBLICATIONS

Ikpegbu E., Ezearsor D.N., Nlebedum U.C., Nwogu C., Nnadozie O. And Agbakwuru I.O. (2012). Morphology of the oropharyngeal cavity and oesophagus of the farmed adult African catfish (Clarias gariepinus Burchell, 1822). Analecta Veterinarian. 32(2): 17-23
Ikpegbu E, Ezeasor D.N, Nlebedum U.C, and Nnadozie O. (2013). Morphological and histochemical observations on the oesogaster of the domesticated African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus Burchell, 1822). Bulgerian Journal of Veterinary Medicine, 16(2): 88−95.

Staines, K. A., Javaheri, B., Hohenstein, P., Fleming, R., Ikpegbu, E., Unger, E., Hopkinson, M., Buttle, D. J., Pitsillides, A. A. and Farquharson, C. (2017). Hypomorphic conditional deletion of E11/Podoplanin reveals a role in osteocyte dendrite elongation. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 232:3006-3019. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcp.25999.

Ikpegbu E, Basta L., Clements D.N., Fleming R., Vincent T.L, Buttle D.J., Pitsillides A.A., Staines K.A., Farquharson C. (2018). FGF-2 promotes osteocyte differentiation through increased E11/podoplanin expression. Journal of Cellular Physiology, 233(7):5334-5347,doi: 10.1002/jcp.26345.

 
10.       REFEREES

Prof. Colin Farquharson                                         Dr. Katherine Staines

The Roslin Institute                                                    School of Applied Sciences

The University of Edinburgh                                   Edinburgh Napier University

Colin.farquharson@roslin.ed.ac.uk                         K.Staines@napier.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0)131 651 9176                                         Tel: +44 (0)7525 477786