Just after our 4th-year examination in the university, my best companion, ‘Tope” was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and after a few months of pain and trauma, she gave up the ghost. This left me with moments of emotional trauma losing such a perfect, gentle, and promising lady. This ugly experience activated my interest in cancer biology to study the mechanisms involved in the uncontrollable growth/invasiveness of cancer cells. Strikingly alarming reports suggest that metastases are responsible for 90% of cancer deaths. I was particularly motivated to undergo my graduate studies in cell and molecular biology at the University of New Haven (UNH) when I saw the research interests of the faculty which coincide with my research interest. Dr. Michael. Rossi who is probing the roles of protein expression and activities in the cell in response to extracellular matrices in epithelial to mesenchymal transition and Dr. Christiana Zito working on signaling pathways in cancer will be a good role models in my endeavors. Furthermore, the subject areas packaged into the program such as biochemistry, genomics, molecular biology, etc. will be a good platform to lay a formidable foundation for my career aspirations. Thus, my career objective is to accumulate myriads of skills, knowledge, and expertise in molecular biology, genomics, and biochemistry at the University of New Haven (UNH) to gain more understanding of the events that lead to uncontrolled cellular growth and metastases and develop a model that can alt this processes and reduce this mortality rate by at least 30% in the long term.
In preparation for my graduate studies, I volunteered as a research assistant at the Centre for human virology and Genomics, Nigerian Institute of Medical Research, Yaba, Lagos early in 2020 which has allowed me to learn real-time molecular techniques such as electrophoresis, RT-qPCR protocols, and DNA sequencing. I have also joined teams in facilitating many community health outreaches. The recent one was held on February 8th, 2019 where we did free breast cancer screening for 220 women in the community at Idi-Araba, Lagos
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Passion and determination are my biggest strengths, one which I developed during my undergraduate studies, especially for biology-based courses such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Immunology, bioinformatics, etc. I also have an avid curiosity for delving deep into these subjects, and this has motivated me to pursue a Master's degree in cell and molecular biology
My greatest academic honors and awards are coming top of my class at all levels of my education from elementary school to my undergraduate degree manifested by my recent performances in my undergraduate program graduating with the overall best results (GPA 4.11/5.00). I equally won an award for the best GPA results in 2007 (GPA 3.73/4.00) at Federal Polytechnic, Ede despite having had to combine a full-time job with my studies as a result of the limited fund I received from home. What looks like my weakness is a financial challenge but has turned out to be a source of motivation because, despite the fact that I had to combine full-time work with my studies at the university, I still graduated with the overall best results as a result of determination and hard work.
I strongly believe that I deserve to be on the list of successful applicants for this great university.
Kindly accept my profound appreciation and gratitude for your further assessment and consideration.
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