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    FROM THE FIELD TO THE BOTTLES: WORKS OF THE INVISIBLE CREATURES
    (KWASU Press and Publishing, 2023-05) Sunday Awe
    I give glory, praise and adoration to the Almighty God, the giver of live for the grace and journey so far, and for making me reach this position in my career. I count it a divine privilege and honour to stand before you to deliver the 11th Inaugural lecture of Kwara State University. I am highly delighted to present the story of my research activities over the years to this distinguished audience of town and gown. 2 An Inaugural lecture provides a golden opportunity for a newly/freshly appointed Professor to give an account of his contribution to the pool of knowledge in his area of specialization. This is the first inaugural lecture to be delivered in the Department of Microbiology and second from the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences of this great University. Mr. Ag. Vice Chancellor Sir, I had wanted to study Medicine at the University of Jos in 1988 but was not admitted as a result of federal government policy on admission into its universities. By providence I was offered admission to study B. Sc. Microbiology at University of Ilorin the following year, which I accepted through the wise counsel of my Biology teacher, Mr. Samuel Folorunsho Adebiyi, then of Ilesha Grammar School Ilesha, Osun State. After my first degree, I had a stint in the industry; working as a Quality Control Microbiologist at Unique Pharmaceuticals Nigeria Plc., Sango Ota, from 1996 to 2000. I left the Industry for University of Ilorin to pursue my M. Sc. degree programme in Microbiology between 2000 and 2002. Shortly after completion of my M. Sc. Programme, I was offered appointment as a Part time lecturer under the Science Laboratory Technology Training Programme at the University of Ilorin, and Department of Biology, Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin for a period of four years. Thereafter, I joined Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji Arakeji as one of the foundation staff in 2006, where I lectured for a year before moving to Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo due its proximity to University of Ilorin to enable me complete my PhD programme on time. On completion of my PhD programme in 2009, I was invited to join in the development of Salem University, Lokoja in 2010 where by the grace of God, I rose to the position of a Reader before joining the Department of Microbiology here in KWASU in January 2016, again to help in the development of the Postgraduate programme of the Department and by the grace of God, I was promoted Professor of 3 Microbiology in 2021, which was back dated to 2019 during the tenure of the late Vice Chancellor Professor Muhammed Mustapha Akanbi, SAN. May his soul rest in peace. Mr. Ag. Vice Chancellor Sir, this lecture is coming two years after my promotion to the post of a Professor of Microbiology of this great University. I feel highly honoured and elated today to stand before you and pay my dues by presenting this lecture, which I have titled “From the field to the bottles: Works of the Invisible Creatures”.