Name: AKUA KOASO YALLEY
Staff ID: 25671
Unit: Pathology
Position: Senior Member
Grade: Senior Lecturer
Mobile: +233(0)273029767
Email: Akyalley@ug.edu.gh
Office Location: College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Korle-Bu Campus
Education: (B.Sc: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, USA; PhD: University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA; Postdoctoral fellowship: Medical College of Wisconsin, USA)
Primary research interests: Molecular Biology and Molecular diagnostics. Other research interests includes but are not limited to Cancer, infectious diseases, developmental delays and women’s health
Selected Publications
Yalley AK, Ahiatrogah S, Kafintu-Kwashie AA, Amegatcher G, Prah D, Botwe AK, Adusei-Poku MA, Obodai E, Nii-Trebi NI. A Systematic Review on Suitability of Molecular Techniques for Diagnosis and Research into Infectious Diseases of Concern in Resource-Limited Settings. Curr Issues Mol Biol. 2022 Sep 21;44(10):4367-4385. doi: 10.3390/cimb44100300. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36286015/
Tetteh-Quarcoo PB, Dayie NTKD, Adutwum-Ofosu KK, Ahenkorah J, Afutu E, Amponsah SK, Abdul-Rahman M, Kretchy JP, Ocloo JY, Nii-Trebi NI, Yalley AK, Hagan OCK, Niriwa BP, Aghasili CC, Kotey FCN, Donkor ES, Ayeh-Kumi PF, Udofia EA. Unravelling the Perspectives of Day and Night Traders in Selected Markets within a Sub-Saharan African City with a Malaria Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Survey. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Mar 26;18(7):3468. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18073468. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33810537/
Guillen-Ahlers H, Rao PK, Levenstein ME, Kennedy-Darling J, Perumalla DS, Jadhav AY, Glenn JP, Ludwig-Kubinski A, Drigalenko E, Montoya MJ, Göring HH, Anderson CD, Scalf M, Gildersleeve HI, Cole R, Greene AM, Oduro AK, Lazarova K, Cesnik AJ, Barfknecht J, Cirillo LA, Gasch AP, Shortreed MR, Smith LM, Olivier M. HyCCAPP as a tool to characterize promoter DNA-protein interactions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Genomics. 2016 Jun;107(6):267-73. doi: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2016.05.002. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27184763/
Yalley A, Schill D, Hatta M, Johnson N, Cirillo LA. Loss of Interdependent Binding by the FoxO1 and FoxA1/A2 Forkhead Transcription Factors Culminates in Perturbation of Active Chromatin Marks and Binding of Transcriptional Regulators at Insulin-sensitive Genes. J Biol Chem. 2016 Apr 15;291(16):8848-61. doi: 10.1074/jbc.M115.677583. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26929406/
Oduro AK, Fritsch MK, Murdoch FE. Chromatin context dominates estrogen regulation of pS2 gene expression. Exp Cell Res. 2008 Sep 10;314(15):2796-810. doi: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2008.07.006. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18662686/
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Orcid profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7429-1707