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Mamun, A A

Mamun, A A

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Bangladesh
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Bangladesh
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Mamun obtained his BSc (Honours) and MSc (Thesis) from Jahangirnagar University, and secured 1st class 1st position in both the examinations. He received his PhD degree from the University of St. Andrews (UK) under the Commonwealth Scholarship. Mamun was awarded the Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (Germany), the Commonwealth Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (UK), the Max Planck Research Fellowship (Germany), among others. Mamun received the AvH the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award in 2009. He was awarded the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences Gold Medal in 2004, the TWAS Prizes for Young Scientists in Developing Countries in 2006, among other recognitions. He has published over 400 research articles in peer-reviewed international journals, and has written a textbook published by the Institute of Physics (London).
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Department of Physics, Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
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Last updated on 02/05/2025

Raqib, Rubhana

Raqib, Rubhana

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Bangladesh
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Bangladesh
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Raqib, received her MSc degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from Dhaka University and her degree of Doctor of Philosophy, Faculty of Medicine from Karolinska Institute, Sweden (1990-1995). She then returned to Bangladesh in 1995, to join as assistant scientist the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), where she was promoted associate scientist and then scientist in 2002 and 2006, respectively. Raqib received post-doctoral fellowship award from the Ellison Medical Foundation in 2005. She was appointed as the head of the Nutritional Biochemistry Lab in 2008 and was promoted to senior scientist in 2010, and to international senior scientist the next year. Raqib developed an immunological method to diagnose active tuberculosis which was patented in the USA (co-inventor David Sack). Her work on host directed therapy in infectious diseases with Agerberth and Guðmundsson generated first human data of successful clinical recovery, leading to two patents. Her studies on arsenic-mediated immune modulation generated new human data. She has published over 153 peer reviewed articles and mentored several MSc, PhD and post-doctoral students.
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icddr,b, 68 Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmed Sarani, Mohakhali, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
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Last updated on 12/07/2023

Seraj, Zeba Islam

Seraj, Zeba Islam

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Bangladesh
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Bangladesh
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Seraj has been teaching molecular biology and working on ways for producing salt tolerant rice for Bangladesh using molecular biological and biotechnological approaches. Along with the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI), she helped fine-map salt tolerant loci from Pokkali for introgression in a marker-assisted backcrossing approach into commercial rice. She has characterized many Bangladeshi rice landraces as salt tolerant and elucidated the mechanism of Horkuch, whose loci are being introgressed into commercial rice using fluorescent markers. She is working on the only halophyte which can set rice-like grains and which is endemic to the whole coastline of Bangladesh. Several genes from this Oryza coarctata have been cloned into salt sensitive rice. In addition several regulatory genes known to confer salt tolerance have been cloned into sensitive rice. She is the founder director of a center under Dhaka University for conduction of online bioinformatics classes from January 2017. She has supervised 11 PhD students and over 70 Masters students. She has organized many conferences and workshops in Molecular Biology.
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(+880) 2966-1920 ext.7647
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Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
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Last updated on 12/07/2023

Choudhury, Tasrina Rabia

Choudhury, Tasrina Rabia

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Bangladesh
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Bangladesh
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Tasrina Rabia Choudhury is a Bangladeshi chemist with a PhD (2015) and a MSc (2005) in applied chemistry and chemical engineering, both from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. From the same university she also earned a BSc with honors (2003) in applied chemistry and chemical technology. She is currently working as a principal scientific officer and technical manager in analytical chemistry laboratory (accredited on ISO/IEC 17025:2005), Chemistry Division, Atomic Energy Centre, Dhaka, and is involved in the development, validation and accreditation of methods for the analysis of major, minor, trace essential and toxic elements in different environmental, food and biological samples and the impact of these elements on human health and diseases. Other interests involve non-communicable diseases and analysis of trace/heavy metals in samples for regular monitoring purposes using ICP-MS, ICP-OES, Flame-AAS, Graphite Furnace-AAS, Hydride Generation-AAS, and UV-Visible techniques. She is also a member of OWSD, INGSA-ASIA, Bangladesh Chemical Society and NITUB. Among her awards: BAS Gold Medal Award in Physical Sciences group (2018) from Bangladesh Academy of Sciences.
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(+880) 17151-32599
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Analytical Chemistry Laboratory,Chemistry Division,
Atomic Energy Centre, Dhaka, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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Last updated on 16/01/2024

TWAS-CAS Young Scientists Award for Frontier Science

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Former CAS and TWAS President Bai Chunli played a central role in creating the award.

The recipients receive USD10,000.

The subject rotates among the following fields of science: physical sciences (including physics and chemistry); astronomy and cosmology; earth sciences; mathematics and Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Life Sciences. 

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Jahiruddin, M

Jahiruddin, M

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Bangladesh
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Bangladesh
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Jahiruddin (PhD, 1986, Aberdeen University) is a Professor of Soil Science, former Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture and former Associate Director of Central Laboratory at Bangladesh Agricultural University. He obtained BAS Gold Medal Award 2009, Global Research Impact Award 2017, BAAG Gold Medal Award 2018 and Soil Care Award 2018. He is a Fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS). Professor Jahiruddin has a very high record of research publications in relation to Micronutrient problems, arsenic contamination and conservation agriculture. He worked as a team leader for research priority setting in agriculture and development of vision document -2030 and beyond in Bangladesh: Land and Soil Resource Management.
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Professor, Department of Soil Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh. BANGLADESH.
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Last updated on 12/07/2023

Adnan, Nihad

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Bangladesh
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Bangladesh
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Adnan is a researcher and academician from Bangladesh, with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in microbiology from the University of Dhaka, where he studied antibiotic pollution and resistance mechanisms. He earned his PhD at Tokyo Institute of Technology (2016), Japan, in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. During his PhD, he designed and developed fusion polypeptides he used to carry out lineage specific differentiation from stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells. His developed matrices are currently being used by various groups for in vivo studies. In Bangladesh, he set up a molecular biotechnology lab, a biotech farm, and the Bangamata National Cellular and Molecular Research Center (BNCMRC). Today, he is developing affordable point-of-care diagnostic devices, collaborating with locals and foreign groups to develop seed clones for biosimilar and biologic drugs. His also aims to establish a national cell bank and conduct research by mapping the genetic diversity of HLA haplotypes in the Bangladeshi population. He received research grants from: Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science and Technology, and University Grant Commission of Bangladesh.
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Last updated on 29/01/2025
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