Meet ALLEN OLABODE MICHAEL, an Academic Staff of Lagos State University.
Smooth Muscle/cardiovascular Biology
Lecturer II
Physiology
At the Physiology department office
Appointment on Visitation important
| # | Certificate | School | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ph.D (Smooth Muscle/Vascular Smooth Muscle/Cardiovascular system) | Lagos State University | 2025 |
Cardiovascular and smooth muscle
Experimental cardiovascular researcher with doctoral
training in Physiology and specialist expertise in vascular smooth
muscle biology, cardiovascular pharmacology, endothelial signalling, and
mechanistic investigation of vascular dysfunction using both in vitro and in
vivo rodent models. Current academic specialization is in cardiovascular
biology/smooth muscle, with research focused on defining the vascular actions
and pharmacological mechanisms of bioactive natural compounds relevant to
hypertension, endothelial dysfunction, and cardiovascular disease progression.
Strong laboratory experience includes isolated tissue
pharmacology using force transducer-based organ bath systems, physiological
data acquisition with Ugo Basile instrumentation, biochemical and hormonal
assays, oxidative stress biomarker analysis, receptor pathway interrogation
using pharmacological inhibitors, and experimental animal tissue preparation.
Research has consistently employed mechanistic approaches to determine the
contributions of endothelial and non-endothelial cells to vascular responses,
with direct relevance to cardiovascular pathology, vascular inflammation, and
translational drug discovery. Additional research exposure includes smooth
muscle studies involving corpus cavernosum contractility, metabolic physiology,
and experimental models examining vascular responses under oxidative and
pathological stress conditions.
ALLEN MICHAEL is a Lecturer II at the Department of Physiology
ALLEN has a Ph.D in Smooth Muscle/Vascular Smooth Muscle/Cardiovascular system from Lagos State University
