Boluwatife Ayobami Irewolede is a Research Assistant with extensive expertise in Microbiology. Prior to joining Helix Biogen Institute, he worked as a research intern at the National Food and Drugs Administrative and Control (NAFDAC) where he collaborated with supervisors to conduct appropriate laboratory analysis on drugs, vaccines, biologicals, and medical test kits to ensure their compliance with standard specifications designated and approved by the council for safe consumption of the public. Due to his intrinsic drive to enhance the healthcare delivery system by bringing solutions to the numerous challenges confronting it, he partook in the groundbreaking research and development of the COVID-19 candidate vaccine conducted at the Institute. His responsibilities include conducting laboratory studies and collaborating with members of the team to write scientific reports. He also conducts bioinformatics and genomic research in the field of biomedical sciences, and is responsible for managing, analyzing, and interpreting the genomic data generated from the study. He earned a B. Tech in Pure and Applied Biology from Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (Microbiology).