astronomy

Marycelin Baba

Marycelin Baba is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Marycelin Baba rather than just read about it. In short: Marycelin Baba is a Nigerian virologist. She is currently the Director of the Laboratory, Professor of Medical Virology and lecturer with the University of Maiduguri in Nigeria.

Key takeaways

Marycelin Baba belongs to astronomy; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Marycelin Baba to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Marycelin Baba from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Marycelin Baba is a Nigerian virologist. She is currently the Director of the Laboratory, Professor of Medical Virology and lecturer with the University of Maiduguri in Nigeria. She is also an IIE Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF) alumna. She is most well known for her research that contributed to nearly eliminating wild polio in Nigeria. Nigeria is currently accredited for being polio free.

Education Baba received her Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria. In 1992, she received her Master of Science in Virology and in 2005, she received her PhD in virology at the University of Ibadan. Baba describes her PhD research extending for eight years, from 1996 to 2004, due to the lack of reagents for virological studies in Nigeria and lack of funds to import them into Nigeria. However, with the help of Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World, she was able to finish her program and graduate in 2005.

Career After earning her PhD, Baba became the Head of the Medical Laboratory Science Department at the University of Maiduguri. From 2006 to 2016, she was appointed the Director of the World Health Organization Polio Laboratory in Maiduguri. In 2009, she became the Professor of Medical Virology at Maiduguri University. In 2012, she had to leave Nigeria due to Boko Haram terror attacks. She settled in South Africa and Kenya where she was able to continue her research after being awarded two Institute of International Education Scholar Rescue Fund fellowships. While she was residing in South Africa, she was able to advance her research on enteroviruses and arboviruses. In 2017, Baba returned to Nigeria. She joined the World Health Organization polio laboratory at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital, where she contributed to the near-complete eradication of polio in Nigeria.

Research Baba currently researches arbovirus infections in febrile patients and field-caught mosquitoes in Nigeria. Baba has also contributed to research of COVID and Nigeria's tracking of the COVID virus in Nigeria. She credits her lab being accredited by the World Health Organization for the resources and abilities of the research. She also described how polio and COVID both use RNA extractions for their advances in COVID lab testing compared to other laboratories, and talked about the transmission of COVID in Nigeria during the COVID-19 pandemic. Recently, she was appointed as Technical Officer for Environmental Surveillance on Polio eradication program at Congo-Brazzaville by the World Health Organization. While Nigeria is nearly polio-free, Baba states the importance of constantly surveilling to make sure there is no repeated outbreaks

Selected publications Jenkins, Helen E.; Aylward, R. Bruce; Gasasira, Alex; Donnelly, Christl A.; Mwanza, Michael; Corander, Jukka; Garnier, Sandra; Chauvin, Claire; Abanida, Emmanuel; Pate, Muhammad Ali; Adu, Festus; Baba, Marycelin; Grassly, Nicholas C. (2010-06-24). "Implications of a Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus in Nigeria". New England Journal of Medicine. 362 (25): 2360–2369. doi:10.1056/NEJMoa0910074. ISSN 0028-4793. PMID 20573924. Baba, Marycelin; Masiga, Daniel K; Sang, Rosemary; Villinger, Jandouwe (2016). "Has Rift Valley fever virus evolved with increasing severity in human populations in East Africa?". Emerging Microbes & Infections. 5 (1): e58. doi:10.1038/emi.2016.57. ISSN 2222-1751. PMC 4932650. PMID 27329846. Baba, Marycelin M.; Yahaya, Khalid M.; Ezra, Emmanuel M.; Adamu, Musa; Kulloma, Bulama M.; Ikusemoran, Mayomi; Momoh, John P.; Oderinde, Bamidele S. (2021). "Assessment of immunity against Yellow Fever virus infections in northeastern Nigeria using three serological assays". Journal of Medical Virology. 93 (8): 4856–4864. doi:10.1002/jmv.26978. ISSN 0146-6615. PMID 33783842.

Honors and awards On June 19, 2023, Baba was awarded a Special Tribute of the L'Oreal-UNESCO's For Women in Science International Award due to her contributions of nearly eliminating polio.

References

External links Official website Marycelin Baba publications indexed by Google Scholar

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Marycelin Baba

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Marycelin Baba claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Marycelin Baba before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Marycelin Baba ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Marycelin Baba

In research: Marycelin Baba appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Marycelin Baba in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Marycelin Baba is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Ahmadu Bello University alumni, L'Oréal-UNESCO Awards for Women in Science laureates, Living people, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Marycelin Baba outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

Affiliate

Preply — study more efficiently by working with a personal tutor. 50% off.

How to study Marycelin Baba in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Marycelin Baba means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Marycelin Baba out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Marycelin Baba in simple terms?

Marycelin Baba is a Nigerian virologist. She is currently the Director of the Laboratory, Professor of Medical Virology and lecturer with the University of Maiduguri in Nigeria.

Why does Marycelin Baba matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Marycelin Baba?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Marycelin Baba.