Boaz Kiptoo Maiyo

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Research Technician

Portrait of a smiling man wearing a light purple button-down shirt standing in a laboratory with glassware on shelves behind him

Boaz is an undergraduate student at the University of Arizona studying physiology. He joined the Doyle lab in the summer of 2021 through the SIMI research program. He is currently researching the effects of stroke on Alzheimer's disease. His hobbies include going out on an evening run and working out with his neighbor in his patio gym.

Publications

Maiyo, Boaz K, Loppi, Sanna H, Morrison, Helena W, Doyle, Kristian P. Assessment and Quantification of Foam Cells and Lipid Droplet-Accumulating Microglia in Mouse Brain Tissue Using BODIPY Staining. Bio Protoc. 2024;14(21):e5107. doi:10.21769/BioProtoc.5107

Loppi, Sanna H, Tavera-Garcia, Marco A, Becktel, Danielle A, et al. Increased fatty acid metabolism and decreased glycolysis are hallmarks of metabolic reprogramming within microglia in degenerating white matter during recovery from experimental stroke. J Cereb Blood Flow Metab. 2023;43(7):1099-1114. doi:10.1177/0271678X231157298

Loppi, Sanna H, Tavera-Garcia, Marco A, Scholpa, Natalie E, et al. Boosting Mitochondrial Biogenesis Diminishes Foam Cell Formation in the Post-Stroke Brain. Int J Mol Sci. 2023;24(23). doi:10.3390/ijms242316632