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I have made advancements in scientific research and I am a determined woman who thinks about the progress that will be made when scientists come together to solve global problems. I have presented my work at 8 international conferences and currently working on pharmacovigilance/post-market surveillance research on drugs affecting the brain.

I am a widow and live with my 16-year-old daughter who has gained admission to study Aerospace Engineering at San Diego State University 2022/2023 incoming Freshman, hence I am able to relate to adolescents combined with previous experience working as an integrated science teacher and a UNICEF volunteer. I have lived in England since 2013 when my Doctorate Career started at the University of Leicester. I am currently rounding up a Doctorate degree in healthcare management that focused on telemedicine and COVID-19 Pandemic at California Intercontinental University. I travel a lot and take my daughter with me whenever I relocate to keep a close eye on her.

I am a member of the British Pharmacological Society, American College of Healthcare Executives and Society For Neuroscience (America), amongst others. I won an education award for pharmacology at the pharmacology conference in December 2019 in Scotland. I am happy to be able to get funding for childcare from my society, the British Pharmacological Society to enable me to travel for the presentation of my work and get feedback from established researchers.

My research interests are in Trauma, Brain repair, Anaesthesia and Pain Management. My major research skills are in Cell Culture of Brain cells (Cortical), Immunocytochemistry, Microscopy, High-Performance Liquid chromatography, recruiting patients for scientific research.

Nitric oxide is my major research molecule. It has been used in mice as an anaesthetic and I will like to test it in humans due to currently available anaesthetics having unwanted side effects. Nitric oxide is a gas occurring in nature and made up of one Nitrogen and one Oxygen molecule that has effects on several parts of the body especially the brain and the heart.

However, too much of everything is bad so I need to know how much of Nitric Oxide is too much concentration, so that the drug can be monitored when produced. I cannot administer the drug to humans until tested in the laboratory, so I need a little portion of a mammalian brain cell and grow it in the incubator for 14 days. I make use of the cerebral cortex a part of the brain responsible for information processing. That way I add various concentrations of Nitric oxide and subtract some nitric oxide from the cells while they are growing in the incubator.

The major effect of this drug has been in Neurotransmission which implies that messages may be sent faster in the brain or slowly depending on the concentration of the drug used. It has also been found that the Nitric Oxide already present in human brain cells decreases gradually from birth, hence it is prominent in newborns leading to their rapid brain development from age 0 to 2 years. A picture of my research work is presented here

Cortical Neuron from 14 Day old Brain in Incubator

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(1) Picture of a 14 day old in vitro rat brain cell (Cortex) showing effects of nitric oxide on neurotransmission.

I work as an advisory consultant where I give advice to clients on how to carry out experiments and how to develop new drugs, cosmetics and foods for better profit. I also serve in human rights roles where I ensure that the right to health is not abused.

My day involves reading and writing whenever I am not in the laboratory.

A typical laboratory day as a neuroscientist involves, dissection of rat mammalian brain, cell culture in an incubator, immunocytochemistry experiments, Taking pictures of brain cells in a dark room with a special microscope called Epifluorescence microscope.

A combination of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics is highly required in the Neurosciences discipline.

I have to ensure that my discovery is made known to other researchers to help them in their research work so I attend conferences to present my work and this also serves as my holiday from work. I have met military researchers who work as biologists and neuroscientists. The usefulness of my research is that I can grow mammalian cells that may be used in transplant technology and conquer the problems of finding a transplant donor in medicine. Military men also tend to have head injuries easily and this research can go a long way to bring development.

As a Neuroscientist, I served in the Royal Voluntary Service as an NHS COVID-19 Responder. For Check-in and Chat Volunteer during the COVID-19 Pandemic by speaking with people who were lonely from isolation.

My first Conference as a Scientist, San Diego, California 2014.

Myself in the middle with 4 US ARMY researchers at the Experimental Biology Conference in San Diego, California 2014.

I (Right) and a classmate (Left) carrying out a biochemistry experiment. I am sensitive to flashlight, so don’t mind that my eyes were closed in the picture.

COVID-19 Responder for Royal Voluntary Service-National Health Service, England.

I produced this magazine last year in June/July for my 40th Birthday Celebration. It is available at Lulu Bookstore with global distribution for Teenagers and their parents/guardians who need more information on choosing science careers. The movie will be out soon and I am currently recruiting teenagers for the Science Movie. However, I need support financially and will use the prize money to produce the Science-Fiction Movie by Scientists and Science Students to improve performance in science subjects. Hollywood has done well with science fiction, but having real-life scientists direct, act and produce science fiction, movies will portray the true nature of current and future science.

Life of a Scientist Magazine for Teenagers

My daughter, Miss Abidoba Oyekenu 16, is one of my teenage STEM ambassadors and has now gained admission to San Diego State University to study Aerospace Engineering. I will like to help more teenagers.

Other teenagers from Summer Camp 2021

Master Iwuagwu 15

Miss Iwuagwu 12