Professor Samuel A. ONASANWO

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NAME: ONASANWO Samuel Adetunji

EDUCATION/TRAINING INSTITUTION AND LOCATION

DEGREE
(if applicable)
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria B.Sc. Physiology (Hons.)
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria M.Sc. in Physiology
University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria Ph.D. in Physiology
Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India Post-Doctoral Training
Positions and Honors
Positions
(a)As Time-Table Coordinator (2001-2004).
(b)Assistant General Course Coordinator for the Department (2000-2005).
(c)Physiology Courses Coordinator for the Department (2005 - 2006)
(d)Assistant Physiology Courses Coordinator for the Department (2007 – 2008)
(e)Sub-Dean (B.Sc. Programmes), Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Ibadan, Ibadan,
Nigeria (August 2006 – To date)
(f)Member, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences (Finance Sub-Committee), University of Ibadan, Ibadan,
Nigeria (August 2006 – To date)
(g)Member, Admission Committee, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria (2006/2007
Session – To date).
(h)Member, Post-graduate Committee, Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University
of Ibadan, Nigeria (2009/2010 Session – To date)
                                                                                                    

Honors and Other Experiences
(a)Awards for the Best Student in Physiology; University of Ibadan, Ibadan (1997)
(b)Federal Government of Nigeria Postgraduate Scholarship Award (2002)
(c)Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)/Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
Postgraduate Fellowship at Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow,
Uttar Pradesh, India (2004).
(d)Award of INSA-JRD-TATA Fellowship at Regional Research Laboratory (RRL), Jammu-Tawi,
India (2006).  
(e)Award for the 2nd best scientific presentation at the 9th Annual Scientific Conference of the
Society for the Study of Pain (2006).
(f)Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)/Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS)
Post-Doctoral Fellowship  at Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
(2008).
(g)Research Training Fellowship for Developing Country Scientists ( RTFDCS) at the Central Drug
Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, and National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and
Technology (NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerela, India under RTFDCS-CCSTDS (CICS) Fellowship
(2011).
Skills and expertises
(a.)   Animal Handling: Works with rat, mice and guinea pigs; Dosing routes: oral, i.p, s.c. & i.m;
Collection of blood by cardiac puncture, blood plasma and serum separation, perfusion methods.
(b.)   Development of animal models: Induction of various models inflammation and nociception;
induction of various models of gastric (cold restraint, alcohol, aspirin and pyloric ligation) and duodenal
(Histamine induced duodenal) ulcer in rats and guinea pigs; Acetic acid induced chronic gastric ulcer
model in rats; Experimental Reflux Oesophagitis in rats.
(c.)    Surgical procedures: General surgical procedures of dissection of the major biological systems in
mammalian and non-mammalian species.
(d.)   Tissue processing: Membranous fraction, cytosolic fraction and nuclear fraction preparation.
Homogenisation and sonication procedure for tissue disruption and sample preparation, gastric
microsome preparation.
(e.)    Molecular Biology Techniques:RNA isolation, cDNA synthesis, Agarose gel electrophoresis and
software based densitometric analysis of PCR products.

(f.)    Biochemical analysis:Isolation of gastric microsomes and estimation of inorganic phosphate from
gastric microsomes; Isolation of gastric mucosal cells; Enzymatic assays like COX-1 & 2 activity assay,
H + K + -ATPase activity; in vitro antioxidants assays.
      (g)Histological techniques:Formalin fixation, block preparation, sectioning using microtome,
paraffin embedding, HE staining & mounting. Visualization and image capturing in bright field
microscope.
Professional Associations
(a)Member, Physiological Society of Nigeria (P.S.N.)
(b)Member, Society for the Study of Pain, Nigeria (S.S.P.N.)
(c)Member, International Association for the Study of Pain. (I.A.S.P.)
(d)Member, West African Society for Pharmacology (W.A.S.P.)

Researches

RESEARCH SUPPORT

  (a)Federal Government of Nigeria Postgraduate Scholarship Award (2002)

     (b)Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)/Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Postgraduate Fellowship (2004).

       (c)Award of INSA-JRD-TATA Fellowship (2006).  

      (d)Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)/Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) Post-Doctoral Fellowship (2008).

     (e)Research Training Fellowship for Developing Country Scientists ( RTFDCS) under RTFDCS-CCSTDS (CICS) Fellowship (2011).

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