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Dr. Moses C. Wambulwa

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Dr. Moses C. WambulwaLecturer, School of Science and Computing, Department of Life Sciences
Specialization area is Molecular Biology.

Degrees Awarded:

  • PhD. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (UCAS, Beijing China)
  • MSc. Biochemistry (Egerton)
  • BSc. Biochemistry (Egerton)

Current Professional/Scientific Interests, Memberships, and Activities:
On-going projects:

  1. Climate-driven erosion of plant genetic diversity in the Third Pole.
  2. Genomic approaches to conservation of the endangered Carya sinensis.
  3. Genomic insights into domestication of walnut.
  4. Phylogenomics and species delimitation of Urticaceae.

Research publications:

  1. Wambulwa, M. C., Luo, Y. H., Zhu, G. F., Milne, R., Wachira, F. N., Wu, Z. Y., ... & Liu, J. (2022). Determinants of genetic structure in a highly heterogeneous landscape in southwest China. Frontiers in Plant Science 13, 779989.
  2. Wambulwa, M. C., Fan, P.-Z., Milne, R., Wu, Z.-Y., Luo, Y.-H., Wang, Y.-H., Wang, H., Gao, L.-M., Xiahou, Z.-Y., Jin, Y.-C., Ye, L.-J., Xu, Z.-C., Yang, Z.-C., Li, D.-Z., and Liu, J. (2021a). Genetic analysis of walnut cultivars from southwest China: Implications for germplasm improvement. Plant Diversity 44, 530-541.
  3. Wambulwa, M. C., Meegahakumbura, M. K., Kamunya, S., and Wachira, F. N. (2021b). From the Wild to the Cup: Tracking Footprints of the Tea Species in Time and Space. Frontiers in Nutrition 8, 706770.
  4. Wambulwa, M. C., Milne, R., Wu, Z.-Y., Spicer, R. A., Provan, J., Luo, Y.-H., Zhu, G.-F., Wang, W.-T., Wang, H., Gao, L.-M., Li, D.-Z., and Liu, J. (2021c). Spatiotemporal maintenance of flora in the Himalaya biodiversity hotspot: Current knowledge and future perspectives. Ecology and Evolution 11, 10794–10812.
  5. Wambulwa, M. C., Meegahakumbura, M. K., Kamunya, S., Muchugi, A., Moller, M., Liu, J., Xu, J. C., Li, D. Z., and Gao, L. M. (2017). Multiple origins and a narrow genepool characterise the African tea germplasm: concordant patterns revealed by nuclear and plastid DNA markers. Scientific Reports 7, 4053
  6. Wambulwa, M. C., Meegahakumbura, M. K., Kamunya, S., Muchugi, A., Moller, M., Liu, J., Xu, J. C., Ranjitkar, S., Li, D. Z., and Gao, L. M. (2016c). Insights into the Genetic Relationships and Breeding Patterns of the African Tea Germplasm Based on nSSR Markers and cpDNA Sequences. Front Plant Sci 7, 1244.
  7. Wambulwa, M., Meegahakumbura, M., Chalo, R., Kamunya, S., Muchugi, A., Xu, J., Liu, J., Li, D., and Gao, L. (2016a). Nuclear microsatellites reveal the genetic architecture and breeding history of tea germplasm of East Africa. Tree Genetics & Genomes 12, 11.
  8. Wambulwa, M. C., Wachira, F. N., Karanja, L. S., Kiarie, S. M., and Muturi, S. M. (2013). The influence of host and pathogen genotypes on symptom severity in banana streak disease. African Journal of Biotechnology 12, 27-31.
  9. Wambulwa, M. C., Wachira, F. N., Karanja, L. S., and Muturi, S. M. (2012). Rolling Circle Amplification is more sensitive than PCR and serology-based methods in detection of Banana streak virus in Musa germplasm. American Journal of Plant Sciences 3, 1581-1587.
  10. Liu, J., Magige, E. A., Fan, P. Z., Wambulwa, M. C., Luo, Y. H., Qi, H. L., ... & Milne, R. I. (2023). Genetic imprints of grafting in wild iron walnut populations in southwestern China. BMC Plant Biology 23, 423.
  11. Li, M. M., Meegahakumbura, M. K., Wambulwa, M. C., Burgess, K. S., Möller, M., Shen, Z. F., ... & Gao, L. M. (2023). Genetic analyses of ancient tea trees provide insights into the breeding history and dissemination of Chinese Assam tea (Camellia sinensis var. assamica). Plant Diversity. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pld.2023.06.002
  12. Ogoma, C. A., Liu, J., Stull, G. W., Wambulwa, M. C., Oyebanji, O., Milne, R. I., ... & Wu, Z. Y. (2022). Deep insights into the plastome evolution and phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Urticeae (Family urticaceae). Frontiers in Plant Science 13, 870949.
  13. Liu, J., Milne, R. I., Zhu, G. F., Spicer, R. A., Wambulwa, M. C., Wu, Z. Y., ... & Li, D. Z. (2022). Name and scale matters: Clarifying the geography of Tibetan Plateau and adjacent mountain regions. Global and Planetary Change 215, 103893.
  14. Magige, E. A., Fan, P. Z., Wambulwa, M. C., Milne, R., Wu, Z. Y., Luo, Y. H., ... & Liu, J. (2022). Genetic diversity and structure of Persian walnut (Juglans regia L.) in Pakistan: Implications for conservation. Plants 11, 1652.
  15. Sun, Z.-Y., Liu, J., Wambulwa, M. C., Li, Z.-H., and Wu, Z.-Y. (2021). The complete chloroplast genome sequences of an endemic species of Urticaceae (Debregeasia hekouensis). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 6, 3300-3302.
  16. Liu, J., Milne, R., Moller, M., Zhu, G., Ye, L., Luo, Y., Yang, J., Wambulwa, M., Wang, C., Li, D., and Gao, L. (2018). Integrating a comprehensive DNA barcode reference library with a global map of yews (Taxus L.) for forensic identification. Mol Ecol Resour 18, 1115-1131.
  17. Meegahakumbura, M. K., Wambulwa, M. C., Li, D. Z., and Gao, L. M. (2018). Preliminary investigations on the genetic relationships and origin of domestication of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis (L.)) using Genotyping by Sequencing. Tropical Agricultural Research 29 230 – 240.
  18. Meegahakumbura, M. K., Wambulwa, M. C., Li, M. M., Thapa, K. K., Sun, Y. S., Moller, M., Xu, J. C., Yang, J. B., Liu, J., Liu, B. Y., Li, D. Z., and Gao, L. M. (2017). Domestication origin and breeding history of the tea plant (Camellia sinensis) in China and India based on nuclear microsatellites and cpDNA sequence data. Front Plant Sci 8, 2270.
  19. Meegahakumbura, M. K., Wambulwa, M. C., Thapa, K. K., Li, M. M., Moller, M., Xu, J. C., Yang, J. B., Liu, B. Y., Ranjitkar, S., Liu, J., Li, D. Z., and Gao, L. M. (2016). Indications for three independent domestication events for the tea plant (Camellia sinensis (L.) O. Kuntze) and new insights into the origin of tea germplasm in China and india revealed by nuclear microsatellites. PLoS One 11, e0155369.
  20. Muturi, S., Karanja, L., Wachira, F. N., and Wambulwa, M. C. (2013a). Ten (10) M Ammonium acetate is an efficient molecular concentration for the extraction of genomic DNA from small insects used for rolling circle amplification. African Journal of Biotechnology 12, 5790-5798.
  21. Muturi, S., Wachira, F. N., Karanja, L., Wambulwa, M. C., and Macharia, E. (2013b). Paracoccus burnerae (HOMOPTERA; PLANOCOCCIDAE) AS A VECTOR OF Banana streak virus. Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences 1.

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Email: mcwambulwa@seku.ac.ke