Priscilla Kolibea Mante

Wɔakyerɛw nsɛm yi wɔ Akuapem kasa mu

Priscilla Kolibea Mante yɛ Ghana neuropharmacologist, nhwehwɛmufo ne ɔkyerɛkyerɛfo a ofi Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, mprempren ɔte Kumasi sukuupɔn no mu. Ne nhwehwɛmu adwuma no twe adwene si akwan foforo a wɔfa so sa yare a egyina afifide so de adi akisikuru a nnuru ntumi nnye ne yare a ɛwɔ ɔhyew mu a wobu ani gu so a wɔfrɛ no neurocysticercosis . Wɔ n’adwuma mu no, ɔhwehwɛ afifide mu alkaloid cryptolepine ne ne solid-lipid nanoparticles dwumadi a ɛko tia akisikuru mu kɛse wɔ neurocysticercosis a ɛma akisikuru no di mu. Ne botae ne sɛ obehu ɔkwan bi a ɔbɛfa so aboa cryptolepine ma akɔ ntini a ɛwɔ mfinimfini no mu yiye na ama asiane a ɛwɔ hɔ sɛ wɔbɛtwetwe wɔn ho no so atew, na aboa ayarefo ma wɔadi wɔn tebea no ho dwuma yiye sɛnea wobetumi. Sɛ Mante adesua a ɛfa akisikuru ho no da nkyɛn a, wayɛ adwuma nso de anya ayaresa foforo a ɛbɛma ɛyaw, dadwen, ne adwenemhaw so atew.

Wɔ afe 2019 mu no, ɔno nko ara ne Afrikani a ɔnyaa L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Rising Talent Award, na ne nyinaa yɛ dunum mu baako. Ɔsan nso yɛ obi a wanya 2018 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Sub-Saharan Africa sub-doctoral fellowship. Ɔsan nso kɔɔ so dii nkonim wɔ 2019 OWSD Early Career Fellowship mu.

Nwomasua

Mante wiee ne ntoaso sukuu wɔ Wesley Girls’ Senior High School, Cape Coast, Ghana. Ɔnyaa PhD wɔ Nnuruyɛ mu wɔ Kwame Nkrumah Suapɔn a ɛhwɛ Nyansahu ne Mfiridwuma so wɔ afe 2013 mu. Mante oduruyɛfo nhwehwɛmu no twee adwene sii Antiaris toxicaria a wɔde di dwuma sɛ aduru a ɛko tia akisikuru, titiriw wɔ Ghana. Wɔ saa bere koro no ara mu no ɔsan yɛɛ nhwehwɛmu wɔ ayaresa a egyina afifide so ma ntini a ɛwɔ nipadua no mfinimfini no mu. Mante nyaa ne oduruyɛfo akyi ntetee wɔ Michigan Sukuupɔn Aduruyɛ Sukuu a ɛwɔ USA, faako a na onya Michigan Sukuupɔn STEM Aba mmoa no.

Adwuma

Mante yɛ nnuruyɛfo a wɔakyerɛw ne din wɔ Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana. Efi afe 2010 kosi afe 2014 no, ɔyɛɛ adwuma sɛ nnuruyɛfo wɔ Constant Pharmacy. Efi afe 2013 no, Mante ayɛ adwuma wɔ Pharmacology Department a ɛwɔ Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology a ɔyɛ ɔkyerɛkyerɛfo panyin. Ɔyɛ Pharmacist a wɔakyerɛw ne din na mprempren ɔyɛ Ghana Young Academy no guamtrani. Wonim Mante nso sɛ n’ani gye nhomasua ho na odi mmea anim wɔ nyansahu mu ma wɔtoa wɔn adwuma so.

"Wiase no bɛma yɛn kwan." Dodow a mmea piapia dibea akɛse no, dodow no ara na ɛbɛyɛ den sɛ wobebu wɔn ani agu so." —Oduruyɛfo. Mante, ɛfa mmea a wɔrenya nkɔanim wɔ nyansahu mu ho.