Dr. Willam Boadi


Dr. BoadiProfessor, Biochemistry
Department of Chemistry

 

 

 

Tennessee State University
Boswell Science Complex, Room 209
3500 John A. Merritt Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37209
Tel: (615) 963-5330
Email: wboadi@tnstate.edu

 

 

Skills
Drug Interaction with DNA
Assays with several radioactive isotopes
Spectrometry (AAS, UV-VIS, EMS, LC/MS, GC/MS)
TLC, HPLC equipped with a Flow through radiomatic detector)
Multi-Step Organic Synthesis
Purification of DNA Restriction Fragments by IEC

 

Education & Training
Post.doc. 10/97- 99 Toxicology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, Method Development, Oxidative DNA Damage, Drug Metab.
D.Sc. 10/88-11/91 Toxicology, Technion-IIT, Haifa, Israel - Food Engineering & Biotechnology
M.Sc. 10/85-09/88 Toxicology, Technion-IIT, Haifa, Israel - Food Engineering & Biotechnology
B.Sc. 01/79-06/82 University of Science & Technology, Dept. of Agric., Kumasi, Ghana

 

Teaching Experience
General Biochemistry I (CHEM 3410 & CHEM 3411)
General Biochemistry II (CHEM 3420 & CHEM 3421)
Biochemical Analysis (CHEM 4700 & CHEM 4701)
and General Chemistry (CHEM 1110 & CHEM1111)
Advanced Biochemistry (CHEM 542-01)
Undergraduate and graduate courses in Toxicology, Food Chemistry, Food Analysis at Israel Institute of Technology

 

Awards & Honors
2006 Faculty Development Award for Summer Research - Tennessee State University
2005 Faculty Development Award for Summer Research - Tennessee State University
2002 AACR-HBCU Faculty Scholar Award in Cancer Research
2002 Society of Toxicology Travel Award for Undergraduate Program for Minority Students
2001 AACR-HBCU Faculty Scholar Award in Cancer Research
2000 AACR-HBCU Faculty Scholar Award in Cancer Research
Letan Prize awarded by the Oil Foundation for Outstanding Postgraduate Thesis
Lady Davis Fellowship Trust Fund for Graduate Studies, Jerusalem, Israel
Chair, Local Section Leader – American Chemical Society

  Recent Publications

  1. Boadi W.Y., Garcia A.S., Myles E.L. (2020). Phospho Tensin Homolog (PTEN) in cancer cells and lipid peroxides in peripheral blood mononuclear Cells (PBMCs) following exposure to flavonoids. J. Am. Nutr. 39:135-146.
  2. Alhamdi H., Boadi W.Y., Tiriveedhi V., Garcia A., Driggins, S.N., and Myles E.L. (2019). Investigating the anti- tumor potential Psidiumguajava extracts on PC-3, and BT-549. MOJ Cell Sci. Rep. 6(1): 10-15.
  3. Boadi W.Y., and Lo A. (2018). Effects of quercetin, kaempferol and exogenous glutathione on

phospho- and total-Akt Levels in 3T3-L1preadipocytes. J. Diet Suppl. 15:814-828.

  1. Beni R., Boadi W.Y., Karim K., Alnakhli J., and Alhamed A. (2019). Synthesis and antiproliferative activities of triphenylmethanol conjugates of leuprorelin. Open J. Med. Chem. 9:37-47.
  2. Alhamed S., Alnakhli J., Boadi W.Y., and Beni R. (2019). Triphenylmethanol conjugates of triptorelin as antilipid peroxidation prodrugs. Open J. Med. Chem. 9:49-62.
  3. Beni R., Boadi W.Y., Alnakhli J., Alhamed S., Robinson T., Mootry M., Iyob N., Jackson J., Spicer N., Harris A. Bamidad I., Antwi, R., Richardson S., and Williams T. (2019). Triphenylmethanol and tris(2-hydroxymethyl)phenol) derivatives: synthesis and application as indicators for acid-base volumetric titration. J. Anal. Sci. Met. Inst. 9:13-21.
  4. Albaqami J., Myles L.E., Tiriveedhi V., Boadi W.Y., and Driggins N.S. (2018). The effect of Onosma bracteatum in cancer cells. MOJ Bioequivalence & Bioavailability 5:321-325.
  5. Islam Md. S. Karim M. R., Boadi W.Y., Falekun S. and Mirza A. H. (2016). Biological evaluation of new Schiff bases: synthesized from 4-amino-3,5-dimethyl-1,2,4-triazole, phenathroline and bipyridine dicarboxaldehydes. Adv. Biol. Chem. 6:180-192.
  6. Boadi W.Y., Amartey P. and Lo A. (2016). Effects of quercetin, genistein and kaempferol on glutathione and glutathione-redox cycle enzymes in 3T3-L1 preadipocyte cells. Drug Chem. Toxicol. 39:239-347.
  7. Boadi W.Y. and Parchman K. (2015). Analysis and Detection of Some Organic Pollutants: Water Samples from the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky; Harpeth and Cumberland Rivers in Tennessee. Curr. Top. Toxicol. 11:67-87.

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