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Hire Dr. Christopher K K.
Switzerland
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PhD, Bio-Engineering Sciences | MSAT Process Scientist | Molecular biologist | Consultant

Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing Non-Medical Regulatory Writing, Technical Writing
Research Scientific and Technical Research
Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting, Manufacturing Consulting
Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Image Processing, Image Analysis, Data Processing
Product Development Product Evaluation, Manufacturing
Work Experience

Life Sciences Consultant

SThree

April 2025 - Present

Post-doctoral Scientist

Janssen (Belgium)

October 2022 - Present

Assistant research Scientist

Institute of Primate Research

August 2007 - Present

Post-doctoral researcher

KU Leuven

September 2021 - October 2022

Teaching Assistant (AAP) in the Inter-University Programme for Molecular Biology

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

August 2016 - June 2022

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Bio-engineering Sciences (Bioengineering Technology)

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

August 2014 - June 2022

Master of Science in Molecular Biology (Bioengineering)

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

September 2012 - June 2014

Certifications
Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Mandeep Kaur Mann, Yanting Yin, Simone Marsili, Jiexiong Xie, Jordi Doijen, Robyn Miller, Madison Piassek, Nick van den Broeck, Christopher Kinyanjui Kariuki, Heidi L. M. de Gruyter, et al. (2025). Structural insights into MERS and SARS coronavirus membrane proteins . Communications Biology.
Gerald Waweru, Ruth Nyakundi, Bernadette Kutima, Sharon Owuor, Gloria Konyino, John Gitonga, Doreen Lugano, Angela Maina, Jennifer Musyoki, Lucy Ochola, et al. (2025). Assessing the Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Mutations on Antibody Binding: A Comparative Assessment of the Wuhan and JN.1 Variants’ Full-Length Spikes in a Multiplex Luminex Assay . Viruses.
Waweru, G., Nyakundi, R., Kutima, B., Owuor, S., Konyino, G., Gitonga, J., Lugano, D., Maina, A., Musyoki, J., Ochola, L., et al.(2025). Assessing the Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Spike Mutations on Antibody Binding: A Comparative Assessment of the Wuhan and JN.1 Variants’ Full-Length Spikes in a Multiplex Luminex Assay . Viruses. 17. (9).
Yannick Debing, Hannah Vanrusselt, Lars Degrauwe, Daniel Apolônio Silva de Oliveira, Christopher Kinyanjui Kariuki, Ebanja Joseph Ebwanga, Shahbaz Bashir, Wouter Merckx, Santhosh Kumar Thatikonda, Vivek Rajwanshi, et al. (2024). An in vivo duck hepatitis B virus model recapitulates key aspects of nucleic acid polymer treatment outcomes in chronic hepatitis B patients . Antiviral Research.
Debing, Y., Vanrusselt, H., Degrauwe, L., Silva de Oliveira, D.A., Kariuki, C.K., Ebwanga, E.J., Bashir, S., Merckx, W., Thatikonda, S.K., Rajwanshi, V., et al.(2024). An in vivo duck hepatitis B virus model recapitulates key aspects of nucleic acid polymer treatment outcomes in chronic hepatitis B patients . Antiviral Research. 224.
Fanos Tadesse Woldemariyam, Christopher Kinyanjui Kariuki, Joseph Kamau, Annebel De Vleeschauwer, Kris De Clercq, David J. Lefebvre, Jan Paeshuyse(2023). Epidemiological Dynamics of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in the Horn of Africa: The Role of Virus Diversity and Animal Movement . Viruses. 15. (4). p. 969. {MDPI} {AG}
Woldemariyam, F.T., Kariuki, C.K., Kamau, J., De Vleeschauwer, A., De Clercq, K., Lefebvre, D.J., Paeshuyse, J.(2023). Epidemiological Dynamics of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in the Horn of Africa: The Role of Virus Diversity and Animal Movement . Viruses. 15. (4).
Christopher K. Kariuki, Stefan Magez(2021). Improving the yield of recalcitrant Nanobodies® by simple modifications to the standard protocol . Protein Expression and Purification. 185. p. 105906. Elsevier {BV}
Kariuki, C.K., Magez, S.(2021). Improving the yield of recalcitrant Nanobodies® by simple modifications to the standard protocol . Protein Expression and Purification. 185.
Christopher K. Kariuki, Benoit Stijlemans, Stefan Magez (2019). The Trypanosomal Transferrin Receptor of Trypanosoma Brucei—A Review . Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease.
Kariuki, C.K., Stijlemans, B., Magez, S.(2019). The trypanosomal transferrin receptor of Trypanosoma brucei—a review . Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease. 4. (4).
Kamuyu, G., Tuju, J., Kimathi, R., Mwai, K., Mburu, J., Kibinge, N., Chong Kwan, M., Hawkings, S., Yaa, R., Chepsat, E., et al.(2018). KILchip v1.0: A Novel Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Protein Microarray to Facilitate Malaria Vaccine Candidate Prioritization . Frontiers in immunology. 9. p. 2866.
Christopher Kariuki, John M. Kagira, Victor Mwadime, Maina Ngotho(2015). Virulence and pathogenicity of three <i>Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense</i> stabilates in a Swiss white mouse model . African Journal of Laboratory Medicine. 4. (1). {AOSIS}
Nyawira Maranga, D., Kagira, J.M., Kinyanjui, C.K., Muturi Karanja, S., Wangari Maina, N., Ngotho, M.(2013). IL-6 is upregulated in late-stage disease in monkeys experimentally infected with trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense . Clinical and Developmental Immunology. 2013.
Ngotho, M., Kagira, J.M., Kariuki, C., Maina, N., Thuita, J.K., Mwangangi, D.M., Farah, I.O., Hau, J.(2011). Influence of trypanocidal therapy on the haematology of vervet monkeys experimentally infected with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense . Acta Tropica. 119. (1). p. 14-18.