The Dean, School of Biosciences at CoNAS, Makerere University invites you all to Mr. Paul Akuyenze’s PhD defense scheduled to take place on Thursday, 4^th December 2025 starting at 9:00am in the Chemistry Boardroom.

Title of thesis: Profiling starch properties and their genetic markers in selected East African highland cooking bananas

Supervisors

1. Dr. Jamilu E. Ssenku – Department of Plant Sciences, Microbiology, & Biotechnology, Makerere University
2. Dr. Agnes Nandutu Masawi – Department of Biochemistry & Systems Biology, Makerere University

Discussant: Dr Ephraim Nuwamanya, CAES, Makerere University

Link for online attendance;
https://ultrashort.info/KdoRpJ

Meeting ID: 897 6935 3057
Passcode: 493264

See below to access the abstract.