Biography:
Nkechi V. Enwuru is a senior lecturer in department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Lagos, Nigeria. She studied applied Microbiology in BSc, Medical Microbiology at University of Lagos, Nigeria and graduated as MS in 1999. She received her PhD degree in 2015 at the same institution. Her research interest is to develop alternatives to the currently failing classes of conventional antibiotics marred by multiple antimicrobial resistance; specifically using microbial-based (Bacteriophage and Probiotic) application therapy to control bacterial infection in human and livestock, using probiotic as drug supplement in HIV and cancer care in patients.
Title : Microencapsulation of lactobacillus plantarum probiotic and evaluation for viability, antimicrobial property and cytotoxic activities of its postbiotic metabolites on mcf-7 breast cancer cell line.