Apolinaire Djikeng

**Appolinaire Djikeng** masanin ilimin halittu ne ɗan ƙasar Kamaru  kuma Farfesa kuma Shugaban harkar Noma na wurare masu zafi da ci gaba mai ɗorewa kuma Darakta na Dabbobin  Dabbobi da Lafiya a Jami'ar Edinburgh. An ba shi lambar yabo ta Cibiyar Zaman Lafiya ta UNESCO ta shekarar 2020 ta Nelson Mandela don girmama aikinsa na zaman lafiya na duniya.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi

Djikeng ɗan  ƙasar Kamaru ne.  Ya sami digirinsa na farko da na biyu a fannin ilmin Halittu a Jami'ar Yaoundé I.  Djikeng ya sami digirinsa na digiri na uku a Jami'ar Brunel London inda ya karanci kwayar halittar *Trypanosoma brucei*. Bayan samun digiri na uku, a shekarar 1999 Djikeng ya koma Amurka. A nan ya shiga Jami'ar Yale inda ya yi aiki a Cibiyar J. Craig Venter akan maganganun kwayoyin halitta, jerin tsararraki na gaba da tsoma baki na RNA.  Yayin da yake aiki a Jami'ar Yale, Djikeng ya fara aikin sa kai a Cibiyar Zaman Lafiya ta UNESCO.

## Bincike da aiki
A cikin shekarar 2009 Djikeng ya koma Cibiyar Nazarin Dabbobi ta Duniya a Nairobi, inda ya taimaka wajen kafa shirin Biosciences a gabas da tsakiyar Afirka (BecA).  A shekarar 2013 an naɗa shi Daraktan BecA.    A cikin wannan damar Djikeng ke da alhakin gina ƙarfin bincike na ƙungiyoyin binciken kimiyyar halittu a duk faɗin Afirka.   Ya sa ido kan yadda za a samar da sabon haɗin gwiwa, gami da gano sabbin masu ba da gudummawa, masu haɗin gwiwar jami'a da shirye-shirye a ƙasashe masu tasowa.  A BecA ya kware a fannin ilimin halittar dabbobi da lafiyar dabbobi. 

A cikin shekarar 2017 Djikeng ya shiga Cibiyar Roslin a Jami'ar Edinburgh, inda yake aiki a matsayin masanin kimiyyar halittar dabbobi.   Ya yi fatan samar da mafita mai dorewa don inganta yawan aiki, dorewa da juriya na dabbobi a kasashe masu ƙaramin karfi.   An naɗa shi Daraktan Cibiyar  Dabbobi da Lafiya (CTLGH). Anan yana aiki akan dabbobi masu jure wa cututtuka, ta yadda noma zai iya samun lafiya da wadata.   A ranar 19 ga watan Janairu 2023, an naɗa shi Babban Darakta na ILRI da Babban Darakta na Tsarin Dabbobi na CGIAR. 

An ba shi lambar yabo ta Cibiyar Zaman Lafiya ta UNESCO ta shekarar 2020 Nelson Mandela don girmama aikinsa na zaman lafiya na duniya.  Chris Van Hollen ne ya sanya hannu kan lambar yabo, kuma a lokacin gabatar da shi, Djikeng ya bayyana yadda CTLGH ke ba da gudummawa ga ci gaba da ci gaba mai dorewa.

## Zaɓaɓɓun wallafe-wallafe

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* Djikeng, A.; Shi, H.; Tschudi, C.; Ullu, E. (2001-11-01). "RNA interference in Trypanosoma brucei: cloning of small interfering RNAs provides evidence for retroposon-derived 24-26-nucleotide RNAs". RNA. 7 (11): 1522–1530. ISSN 1355-8382. PMC 1370195. PMID 11720282.

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