Dr Sephra Rampersad
Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry
Natural Sciences Building, Old Wing, Room 319
Department of Life Sciences
The University of The West Indies
St. Augustine
Trinidad and Tobago
Telephone: 868-662-2002 ext 83109
Fax: 868-663-5241
Email: Sephra.Rampersad@sta.uwi.edu
Publications
Qualifications
- Ph.D. University of The West Indies (2004)
- B.Sc. (Hons) General with a major in Biochemistry (1997) UWI.
Fellowships and Training
- University of Oxford, UK. Short Course in (i) Immunology: A pathway through the maze and (ii) Quality assurance in the laboratory - 2006.
- Postdoctoral fellow at ICGEB, Ca’ Tron, Italy. Short Stay – 2005.
- Scientific Officer for EU-sponsored project in Department of Life Sciences, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine – 2002-2003.
Research Interests
- Application of molecular ecology tools for studying population genetics and genetic diversity
- The innovation, development and assessment of molecular approaches for pathogen characterization
- The innovation and development of biochemical methods for bioactive compound screening
- Characterization of plant diseases and pathogen profiling and identification of epidemic-associated factors affecting plant diseases
Featured Work
- Ramdial, H., De Abreu, K. and Rampersad, S.N. 2017. Fungicide sensitivity among isolates of Colletotrichum truncatum and Fusarium incarnatum-equiseti Species Complex infecting bell pepper in Trinidad. Plant Pathology Journal – In Press.
- Ramdial, H., Hosein, F.N., Rampersad, S.N. 2016. Detection and molecular characterization of benzimidazole resistance among Colletotrichum truncatum isolates infecting bell pepper in Trinidad. Plant Disease. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-15-0995-
- Rampersad, K., Ramdial, H., Rampersad, S.N. 2016. Utility of internally transcribed spacer region of rDNA (ITS) and β-tubulin gene sequences to infer genetic diversity and migration patterns of Colletotrichum truncatum infecting Capsicum spp. Ecology and
- Ramdial, H., Hosein, F.N. and Rampersad, S.N. 2016. First report of Fusarium incarnatum associated with fruit rot of bell peppers in Trinidad. Plant Disease. 100: 526. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-05-15-0550-PDN. IMPACT FACTOR in 2015: 3.02.
- Ramdial, H., Rampersad, S.N. 2014. Characterization of Colletotrichum spp. causing anthracnose of bell pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) in Trinidad. Phytoparasitica 43: 37-49. DOI: 10.1007/s12600-014-0428-z. IMPACT FACTOR in 2015: 0.901. Cited in 11 publicatio
- Rampersad, S.N. 2014. ITS1, 5.8S and ITS2 secondary structure modelling for intra-specific differentiation among species of the Colletotrichum gloeosporioides sensu lato species complex. SpringerPlus 3:684. DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-3-684. IMPACT FACTOR in 2