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Multidisciplinary scientist | Experimental design, data analysis & scientific writing across plant & life sciences

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Writing Technical Writing
Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting
Data & AI Data Visualization, Data Insights
Product Development Formulation
Work Experience

Postdoctoral researcher

Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics

March 2024 - Present

PhD student

Biological Research Centre

August 2018 - September 2022

Intern/ Trainee

Biological Research Centre

September 2017 - July 2018

Education

Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biological Sciences

University of Szeged

September 2018 - June 2023

PhD. Plant Biology (Doctoral school of Biology)

University of Szeged

September 2018 - September 2022

Bioinformatics Methods II (Coursera (Online course))

University of Toronto

2021 - 2021

Introduction to Genomic Technologies (Coursera (Online course))

John Hopkins Middle School

2021 - 2021

Master's degree of Natural Science

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

September 2014 - June 2017

Masters of Science (Biology) (Wuhan Botanical Garden)

Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing Institutes of Life Science

2014 - 2017

Bsc. Biology (School of Biological Sciences)

University of Nairobi

September 2008 - August 2012

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Publications
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Margaret Mukami Gitau, Prateek Shetty, Gergely Maróti(2023). Transcriptional analysis reveals induction of systemic resistance in tomato treated with Chlorella microalgae . Algal Research. 72. p. 103106. Elsevier {BV}
Margaret Mukami Gitau, Attila Farkas, Vince Ördög, Gergely Maróti (2022). Evaluation of the biostimulant effects of two Chlorophyta microalgae on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) . Journal of Cleaner Production.
Gitau MM, Farkas A, Balla B, &#214;rd&#246;g V, Fut&#243; Z, Mar&#243;ti G(2021). Strain-Specific Biostimulant Effects of <i>Chlorella</i> and <i>Chlamydomonas</i> Green Microalgae on <i>Medicago truncatula</i> . Plants (Basel, Switzerland).
Gitau, M.M., Farkas, A., Balla, B., &#214;rd&#246;g, V., Fut&#243;, Z., Mar&#243;ti, G.(2021). Strain-specific biostimulant effects of chlorella and chlamydomonas green microalgae on medicago truncatula . Plants. 10. (6).
Shetty, P., Gitau, M.M., Mar&#243;ti, G.(2019). Salinity Stress Responses and Adaptation Mechanisms in Eukaryotic Green Microalgae . Cells. 8. (12).
Hu, Z., Liu, A., Gitau, M.M., Huang, X., Chen, L., Fu, J.(2018). Insights into the MicroRNA-regulated response of bermudagrass to cold and salt stress . Environmental and Experimental Botany. 145. p. 64-74.
Li X, Gitau MM, Han S, Fu J, Xie Y(2017). Effects of cadmium-resistant fungi Aspergillus aculeatus on metabolic profiles of bermudagrass [Cynodondactylon (L.)Pers.] under Cd stress . Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB.
Hu, Z., Amombo, E., Gitau, M.M., Bi, A., Zhu, H., Zhang, L., Chen, L., Fu, J.(2017). Changes of antioxidant defense system and fatty acid composition in Bermudagrass under chilling stress . Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 142. (2). p. 101-109.
Gitau, M.M., Fan, J., Xie, Y., Fu, J.(2017). Genetic diversity and association mapping of forage quality in diverse bermudagrass accessions . Euphytica. 213. (10).
Hu, Z., Liu, A., Bi, A., Amombo, E., Gitau, M.M., Huang, X., Chen, L., Fu, J.(2017). Identification of differentially expressed proteins in bermudagrass response to cold stress in the presence of ethylene . Environmental and Experimental Botany. 139. p. 67-78.
Li, X., Gitau, M.M., Han, S., Fu, J., Xie, Y.(2017). Effects of cadmium-resistant fungi Aspergillus aculeatus on metabolic profiles of bermudagrass [Cynodondactylon (L.)Pers.] under Cd stress . Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 114. p. 38-50.
Liu A, Hu Z, Bi A, Fan J, Gitau MM, Amombo E, Chen L, Fu J(2016). Photosynthesis, antioxidant system and gene expression of bermudagrass in response to low temperature and salt stress . Ecotoxicology (London, England).
Hu Z, Fan J, Xie Y, Amombo E, Liu A, Gitau MM, Khaldun ABM, Chen L, Fu J(2016). Comparative photosynthetic and metabolic analyses reveal mechanism of improved cold stress tolerance in bermudagrass by exogenous melatonin . Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB.
Hu, Z., Fan, J., Xie, Y., Amombo, E., Liu, A., Gitau, M.M., Khaldun, A.B.M., Chen, L., Fu, J.(2016). Comparative photosynthetic and metabolic analyses reveal mechanism of improved cold stress tolerance in bermudagrass by exogenous melatonin . Plant Physiology and Biochemistry. 100. p. 94-104.
Zhao, Z., Gitau, M.M., Hu, T., Xie, Y., Hu, L., Fu, J.(2016). Investigation of growth, free amino acids, and carbohydrate concentration in the roots of perennial ryegrass in response to soil salinity at subsurface soil depths . Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 141. (6). p. 539-547.
Liu, A., Fan, J., Gitau, M.M., Chen, L., Fu, J.(2016). Nitric oxide involvement in Bermudagrass response to salt stress . Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science. 141. (5). p. 425-433.
Liu, A., Hu, Z., Bi, A., Fan, J., Gitau, M.M., Amombo, E., Chen, L., Fu, J.(2016). Photosynthesis, antioxidant system and gene expression of bermudagrass in response to low temperature and salt stress . Ecotoxicology. 25. (8). p. 1445-1457.