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Tommy Karikari published papers
Tommy, a member of the Warwick 2013 cohort, has had numerous papers published over the last year as a result of his research:
- Karikari TK*, Turner A, Stass R, Lee LCY, Wilson B, Nagel DA, et al. 2017. Expression and purification of tau protein and its frontotemporal dementia variants using a cleavable histidine tag. Protein Expression and Purification.130: 44–54.
- Karikari TK*. 2015. Bioinformatics in Africa: the rise of Ghana? PLoS Computational Biology 11(9): e1004308 [Cover article; part of the “Developing Computational Biology” collection]
- Quansah E§, Karikari TK§. 2015. Motor neuron diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: the need for more population-based studies. BioMed Research International 2015; e298409
- Quansah E§, Karikari TK§. 2016. Potential role of metabolomics in the improvement of research on traditional African medicine. Phytochemistry Letters 17:270-277 [Invited mini-review]
- Karikari TK*, Aleksic J. 2015. Neurogenomics: an opportunity to integrate neuroscience, genomics and bioinformatics research in Africa. Applied & Translational Genomics 5:3-10
- Sarpong E, Quansah E§, Karikari TK§. 2016. Disregard of neurological impairments associated with neglected tropical diseases in Africa. eNeurologicalSci 3:11-14.
- Karikari TK§, Quansah E§. 2015. Neurogenomics: challenges and opportunities for Ghana. Applied & Translational Genomics 5:11-14.
- Quansah E§, Karikari TK§. 2016. Neuroscience-related research in Ghana: a systematic evaluation of direction and capacity. Metabolic Brain Disease. 31(1): 11-24.
- Karikari TK*, Quansah E, Mohamed, W. 2015. Widening participation would be key in enhancing bioinformatics and genomics research in Africa. Applied & Translational Genomics 6:35-41.
- Karikari TK*, Cobham AE, Ndams IS. 2016. Building sustainable neuroscience capacity in Africa: the role of non-profit organisations. Metabolic Brain Disease 31(1): 3-9.Karikari TK*, Quansah E, Mohamed, W. 2015. Developing expertise in bioinformatics for biomedical research in Africa. Applied & Translational Genomics 6:31-34.