PROGRAMME

DAY ONE (21ST March 2012)                            

8:00 - 9:00 a.m.           Arrival and Registration of Participants

Session 1:                    OPENING CEREMONY

MCs:                              Dr. Millicent Cobblah and Dr. Vincent Von Vodzogbe

9:00 a.m.                      Formal Call to Order   -   Faculty Officer

9:00 -9:05 a.m.            Opening Prayer            -   Rev. Dr. Gbewonyo

9:05 -9:15 a.m.            Welcome Address       -   Dean of Science

9:15 -9:25 a.m.            Introduction of Chair and Other Guests        -   Vice-Dean of Science

9:25 -9:35 a.m.            Chair’s Remarks          -   Vice-Chancellor

9:35 -9:55 a.m.            Guest of Honour         -   Minister, Min. Environment, Science & Tech.

9:55 -10:10 a.m.          Keynote Address        -   Director-General, Council for Scientific & Industrial Research 

10:10 -10:25 a.m.        Special Guest              -   H.E. French Ambassador to Ghana                                                               

10:25 -10:45 a.m.        Announcement/Snack Break    

Session 2:                    PLENARY PRESENTATIONS

10:45 -11:45 a.m.        Plenary Presentations                                        

                                                       
11:45 -12:15 p.m.        Discussion 

12:15 -12:25 p.m.        Chair’s Closing Remarks

12:25 -12:35 p.m.        Taking of Photographs

12:25 -13:25 p.m.        Lunch Break  

Session 3:                    Scientific Presentations: AGRICULTURE, FOOD SECURITY, NUTRITION AND HEALTH

13:30 – 13:35              Introduction of Chair. Chairperson – Prof J. K. A. Amuzu

13:35 – 13:50              Bio – efficacy of some indeginous Ghanaian plants againstProstephanus truncatus (Horn) (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) and Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae). Buxton T., Eziah V. Y. and Owusu E. O.

13:50 – 14:05              Changes in chemical composition, physico-chemical and rheological properties during fermentation of tiger nut (Cyperus esculentus) milk and cow’s milk into yoghurt. E. Ohene Afoakwa, A. Simpson Budu, S. B. Battutaand D. T. Amanquah

14:05 – 14:20              Dietary supply of iodine for adolescents in three residential care orphanages in southern Ghana. D. Adotey, Y. Serfor-Armah, B. Nyarko, V. Stibilj, A. Osterc

14:20 – 14:35              Evidence of a displacement trend of native Ceratitis species by the Africa invader fly, Bactrocera invadens in three mango varieties in the coastal zone of Ghana. H. N. Ngantu,  M. K. Billah, and K. Afreh-Nuamah

14:35 – 14:50              Influence of natural plant products on some aspect of the life cycle of the two Phytophthora species causing the black pod disease of cocoa. M. Wiafe-Kwagyan, and G. T. Odamtten

14:50 – 15:05              Parasitism of Plutellaxylostella (L.) (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae) populations on cabbage Brassica oleracea var. capitata (L.) by Cotesiaplutellae (Kurdjumov) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) in Ghana. M. A. Cobblah, K. Afreh-Nuamah, D. Wilson, M. Y. Osae

15:05 – 15:30              Coffee Break

15:30 – 15:45              Physicochemical characteristics of Shagari reservoir and its fisheries potentials. I. M. Magami, M. L. Balarabe, T. Adamu, I. Magawata, H. M. Bandiya, and M. U. Ladan

15:45 – 16:00              Risk assessment for Listeria monocytogenesin hot-smoked fish in Madina, Accra. K. Bomfeh K. Tano-Debrah, F. K. Saalia, B. Bediako-Amoa

16:00 – 16:05              Introduction of Chair.  Chairperson – Prof D. Atta - Peters

16:05 – 16:20              DNA barcoding of life: applications of DNA barcoding. G. K. Ameka

16:20 – 16:35              Genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex isolates from Ghana, based on the mycobacterium interspersed repetitive unit-variable number of tandem repeats (MIRU-VNTR) M. S. Nyaho, A. Asante-Poku, Y. D. Osei, J. P. Adjimani, S.Gagneux, D. Yeboah-Manu.

16:35 – 16:50              Herb - drug interaction: effect of Cryptolepis sanguinolenta on the pharmacokinetics and metabolism of chloroquine and artesunate. M. Sakyiamah, A.Ocloo,  J.P. Adjimani, and A. Sittie,

16:50 – 17:05              Identification and characterization of Theobromine-degrading yeast strain isolated from tomato fruit. N.A. Adamafio, O.M. Kolawole  and D. Oduro-Mensah

DAY TWO (22ND March 2012)

Session 4:                   Scientific Presentations: (Cont’… BIOMEDICAL AND BIOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN AGRICULTURE, MEDICINE AND HEALTH)

8:30 – 8:35                  Introduction of Chair.   Chairperson – Prof. Y. Serfor - Armah

8:35 – 8:50                  Molecular based survey of Peste des Petit Ruminants virus and Rinderpest virus in small ruminants in Dangme west district of Ghana. M. Ayim-Akonor , H. R. Otsyina, F. Y. Obese, D.  Owusu-Ntumy and C. Arthur.

8:50 – 9:05                  Phylogenetic and variability studies in Arachis hypogaea L. (cultivated groundnut) and its wild relatives using 18 SSR primers. L. Aidoo, R. Akromah and P. Twumasi

9:05 – 9:20                  Processing of chlorophyll extract for use as a phyto-nutraceutical. A. Lawer, S. Graham-Acquaah, G. Sodah Ayernor, B. Bediako-Amoa

9:20 – 9:35                  Rosmarinic acid content in antidiabetic aqueous extract of Ocimum canum Sims grown in Ghana. M.  A. Berhow, A.  Obeng Affum and B.  Gyan

9:35 – 9:50                  Sexually dimorphic anthropometric measurements and testosterone/oestrogen ratios in young adult Ghanaians. E. Boateng, F. K.  Addai, B. A. Hottor,

Session 5:                    Scientific Presentations: CLIMATE CHANGE, BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION

9:50 – 9:55                    Introduction of Chairperson.   Chairperson – Prof M. Steiner - Asiedu

9:55 – 10:10                Macrobenthic faunal composition within the Tema port of Ghana 50 years after construction. L. Allotey, E. Nyarko, E. Lamptey, F. K. E. Nunoo, B. O. Botwe

Session 6:                    Scientific Presentations: NUCLEAR SCIENCE, COMPUTATIONAL AND MATHEMATICAL APPLICATIONS .  Chairperson – Prof. M. Steiner - Asiedu

10:10 – 10:25              Experimental neutron attenuation measurements in shield materials in Kamini reactor.  M. Nyarku, D.V. Subramanian, R.S. Keshavamurthy, A. Haridas

10:25 – 11:00              Coffee Break 

11:00 – 11:15              Improving the validity of paired comparison discrete choice models employing complete rank-order data. I. Baidoo

11:15 – 11:30              Ising models on static inhomogeneous random graphs. K. Doku-amponsah

11:30 – 11:45              Scientific computing with open source tools: Python, Ipython, Spyder Numpy, Sage, Scipy, Chaco, Mayavi, Matplotlib. E. Schwinger

11:45 – 12:00              Speciation of AS(iii) and AS(v) in water and sediment using reverse phase ion-pair HPLC- (UV)-INAA after solid phase extraction. Delali Tulasi, Dennis K. Adotey, Andrews Affum, Derick Carboo, Yaw Serfor-Armah

12:00 – 12:15              Stochastic time series analysis of major trading currencies in Ghana. E. N. N. Nortey and E. Osei-Asibey

12:15 – 12:30              The use of wireless local area network to physically locate mobile users by signal strength mapping. R. D. Appiah, S.L. Hill

12:30 – 13:30              Lunch Break

Session 7:                   Scientific Presentations: ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, WATER RESOURCES AND WETLANDS MANAGEMENT

13:30 – 13:35              Introduction of Chair.  Chairperson – Prof R. Kinsford - Adaboh

13:35 – 13:50              A comparison of metal levels in cocoa beans and cocoa products. E. Dankyi, D. Carboo, Y. Serfor-Armah, S. Lowor, N. P. Sugri

13:50 – 14:05              Assessment of groundwater quality through the partitioning of ions and trace elements due to migration of leachate from Abloradjei waste disposal site, Ghana to water in the unsaturated zone. C. Egbi, T.T Akiti, S. Osae, S. Dampare

14:05 – 14:20              Elevated arsenic and iron concentrations endanger rice production and human health in the Anum valley of Ghana. E. E. Adomako, and A. A. Meharg

14:20 – 14:35              Hepatotoxic-microcystins in two drinking water reservoirs in the central region of Ghana. L. Lawton, C. Edwards, G.N.D. Addico

14:35 – 14:50              Studies on the contribution of fertilizers to heavy metal levels in soils and cocoa from some cocoa farms in the Western Region of Ghana. V. K. Nartey, M. Haizel, L.K. Doamekpor, E. Dankyi

14:50 – 15:05              POSTER SESSION

15:05 – 15:30              Coffee Break

Session 8:                    Scientific Presentations: SCIENCE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

15:30 – 15:35              Introduction of Chair.  Chairperson – Prof. I. K. Asante

15:35 – 15:50              Dietary practices, nutritional status and non-communicable diseases among commercial long distance drivers in Accra, Ghana. D. Achulo, E. Colecraft, G. Otoo

15:50 – 16:05              Physicochemical characterization of the Jubilee crude oil. M. K. Appenteng, A. A. Golow, D. Carboo, M. S. Hayford, D. Saka, E. Kaka

16:05 – 16:20              Synthesis and characterization of CuO nano particles. A. A. Yankson , A. Kuditcher and K.G. Adanu

16:20 – 16:35              Synthesis and characterisation of large area graphene produced by catalytic chemical vapour deposition. D. Dodoo-Arhin, M. Fabiane, N. Manyala

16:35 – 16:50              Textural and structural characteristics and implications of sulphide-gold mineralization in the Konongo district of the Ashanti belt. J. M. Kutu

16:50 – 17:05              POSTER SESSION