Dr Isaac Njaci
Faculty of Science,
School of Biology & Environmental Science
Biography
Isaac Njaci is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the School of Biology and Environmental Science. He was a holder of Australia Awards Scholarship for his PhD studies at QUT. Dr Njaci has been working on generation of genomic resources and agricultural crops improvement focussing on abiotic/biotic stress tolerance, and enhanced carbon capture on various plant species including Tripogon loliiformis, taro, pigeonpea, grasspea, African yam bean, and lablab. His research focusses on using advanced technologies including 3rd generation sequencing, bioinformatics, Agbiotech including genome editing. He has established international collaboration with researchers and laboratories in Africa and Europe. He has associate supervisory roles to HDR students.Personal details
Positions
- Visiting Fellow
Faculty of Science,
School of Biology & Environmental Science
Qualifications
- PhD (Queensland University of Technology)
Professional memberships and associations
International Society for Computational Biology (ISMB)
Publications
- Njaci, I., Sarkar, A., Jiang, Z., Kaithakottil, G., Moore, C., Cheema, J., Stevenson, C., Rejzek, M., Novák, P., Vigouroux, M., Vickers, M., Wouters, R., Paajanen, P., Steuernagel, B., Moore, J., Higgins, J., Swarbreck, D., Martens, S., Kim, C., Weng, J., Mundree, S., Kilian, B., Kumar, S., Loose, M., Yant, L., Macas, J., Wang, T., Martin, C., Emmrich, P. & Edwards, A. (2023). Genomics and biochemical analyses reveal a metabolon key to ß-L-ODAP biosynthesis in Lathyrus sativus. Nature Communications, 14. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/239443
- Njaci, I., Waweru, B., Kamal, N., Muktar, M., Fisher, D., Gundlach, H., Muli, C., Muthui, L., Maranga, M., Kiambi, D., Maass, B., Emmrich, P., Domelevo Entfellner, J., Spannagl, M., Chapman, M., Shorinola, O. & Jones, C. (2023). Chromosome-level genome assembly and population genomic resource to accelerate orphan crop lablab breeding. Nature Communications, 14. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/239444
- Matchawe, C., Machuka, E., Kyallo, M., Bonny, P., Nkeunen, G., Njaci, I., Esemu, S., Githae, D., Juma, J., Nfor, B., Nsawir, B., Galeotti, M., Piasentier, E., Ndip, L. & Pelle, R. (2022). Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance, Pathogenicity, and Virulence Potentials of Non-Typhoidal Salmonella Isolates at the Yaounde Abattoir Using Whole-Genome Sequencing Technique. Pathogens, 11(5). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/235682
- Ngugi-dawit, A., Njaci, I., Higgins, T., Williams, B., Ghimire, S., Mundree, S. & Hoang, L. (2021). Comparative TMT Proteomic Analysis Unveils Unique Insights into Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) Resistance in Cajanus scarabaeoides (L.) Thouars. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(11). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/211060
- Njaci, I., Dawit, A., Oduor, R., Kago, L., Williams, B., Hoang, L., Mundree, S. & Ghimire, S. (2021). Comparative analysis delineates the transcriptional resistance mechanisms for pod borer resistance in the pigeonpea wild relative cajanus scarabaeoides (L.) thouars. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(1). https://eprints.qut.edu.au/207203
- Okemo, P., Rupasinghe, T., Moghaddam, L., Njaci, I., Roessner, U., Mundree, S. & Williams, B. (2019). Roots of the resurrection plant Tripogon loliiformis survive desiccation without the activation of autophagy pathways by maintaining energy reserves. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/128816
- Njaci, I., Williams, B., Castillo-Gonzalez, C., Dickman, M., Zhang, X. & Mundree, S. (2018). Genome-wide investigation of the role of MicroRNAs in desiccation tolerance in the resurrection grass Tripogon loliiformis. Plants, 7(3), 1–13. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/121434
- Thanh, N., Jung, H., Lyons, R., Njaci, I., Yoon, B., Chand, V., Nguyen, V., Thu, V. & Mather, P. (2015). Optimizing de novo transcriptome assembly and extending genomic resources for striped catfish (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus). Marine Genomics, 23, 87–97. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/87260
- Williams, B., Njaci, I., Moghaddam, L., Long, H., Dickman, M., Zhang, X. & Mundree, S. (2015). Trehalose accumulation triggers autophagy during plant desiccation. PLoS Genetics, 11(12), 1–17. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/93941
QUT ePrints
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