Dr. Selorme Adukpo

Academic Qualifications

• Ph.D (Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen)
• M.Phil. Parasitology (Zoology) (University of Ghana)
• B.Sc. Zoology (University of Ghana) 

Dr. Selorme Adukpo is a Lecturer with Department of Pharmaceutics and Microbiology and an affiliate of Noguchi Memorial Institute For Medical Research (NMIMR), University of Ghana. Before joining Department of Pharmaceutics and Microbiology, he worked as an M.Phil. Research student between 2004 and 2006 after which he was retained as Senior Research Assistant in the same department from 2007 to 2012. He left NMIMR in 2012 for the Eberhard Karls University of Tuebingen where he obtained his Ph.D. in 2017. He also has a B.Sc. (2001) degree in Zoology and M.Phil. (2006) degree in Parasitology (Zoology) from the University of Ghana. Dr. Adukpo specializes in immunology and molecular biology, and his research focuses on immunological and genetic bases of infectious diseases. In addition to research activities, he currently teaches parasitology and immunology in the Department of Pharmaceutics and Microbiology.

Research Interests 

• Humoral and cellular immunology of infectious diseases.
• Identification and evaluation of biomarkers of disease progression.
• Development of immunological and molecular assays for the evaluation of biomarkers of infectious disease

Projects

• Immunological correlates of protection against pregnancy associated malaria.
• Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 1 (TREM-1) and malaria.

Recent Publications

1. Adedoja, A., N. X. Hoan, T. H. Van, S. Adukpo, D. B. Tijani, A. A. Akanbi, C. G. Meyer, O. Ojurongbe, and T. P. Velavan. 2018. Differential contribution of interleukin-10 promoter variants in malaria and schistosomiasis mono- and co-infections among Nigerian children. Trop. Med. Int. Health 23: 45-52.
2. Lucas, S. T., S. Adukpo, D. P. Giang, C. N. Nguetse, A. F. Antunes, H. V. Tong, N. L. Toan, L. H. Song, P. Elumalai, K. Thangaraj, V. L. Valluri, F. Ntoumi, C. G. Meyer, M. R. Jose de, I, P. G. Kremsner, and T. P. Velavan. 2017. Geographical distribution of complement receptor type 1 variants and their associated disease risk. PLoS. One. 12: e0175973.
3. Adukpo, S., B. A. Gyan, M. F. Ofori, D. Dodoo, T. P. Velavan, and C. G. Meyer. 2016. Triggering receptor expressed on myeloid cells 1 (TREM-1) and cytokine gene variants in complicated and uncomplicated malaria. Trop. Med. Int. Health 21: 1592-1601.
4. Amoako-Sakyi, D., S. Adukpo, K. A. Kusi, D. Dodoo, M. F. Ofori, G. O. Adjei, D. E. Edoh, R. H. Asmah, C. Brown, B. Adu, D. Obiri-Yeboah, G. Futagbi, S. B. Abubakari, M. Troye-Blomberg, B. D. Akanmori, B. Q. Goka, J. Arko-Mensah, and B. A. Gyan. 2016. A STAT6 Intronic Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism is Associated with Clinical Malaria in Ghanaian Children. Genet. Epigenet. 8: 7-14.
5. Ennin IE, F. K. Adzaku, D. Dodoo, S Adukpo, S. Antwi-Boasiako and D. A. Antwi  2015. A Study of Lung Function Indices of Woodworkers at the Accra Timber Market in Ghana. Donnish Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences, 2: 120-124
6. Port, J. R., C. Nguetse, S. Adukpo, and T. P. Velavan. 2014. A reliable and rapid method for molecular detection of malarial parasites using microwave irradiation and loop mediated isothermal amplification. Malar. J. 13: 454.
7. Adukpo, S., K. A. Kusi, M. F. Ofori, J. K. Tetteh, D. Amoako-Sakyi, B. Q. Goka, G. O. Adjei, D. A. Edoh, B. D. Akanmori, B. A. Gyan, and D. Dodoo. 2013. High plasma levels of soluble intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 are associated with cerebral malaria. PLoS. One. 8: e84181.
8. Adu, B., D. Dodoo, S. Adukpo, B. A. Gyan, P. L. Hedley, B. Goka, G. O. Adjei, S. O. Larsen, M. Christiansen, and M. Theisen. 2011. Polymorphisms in the RNASE3 gene are associated with susceptibility to cerebral malaria in Ghanaian children. PLoS. One. 6: e29465.
9. Adu, B., D. Dodoo, S. Adukpo, P. L. Hedley, F. K. Arthur, T. A. Gerds, S. O. Larsen, M. Christiansen, and M. Theisen. 2012. Fc gamma receptor IIIB (FcgammaRIIIB) polymorphisms are associated with clinical malaria in Ghanaian children. PLoS. One. 7: e46197.