CV
Education
- M.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, 2025 (GPA: 4.00/4.00, Rank: 1/60)
- Thesis: “Harnessing E. coli for cost effective production and purification of a novel pan-serotype multi-epitope vaccine against dengue virus”
- Supervisor: Professor A.H.M. Nurun Nabi, PhD
- B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, 2023 (CGPA: 3.96/4.00, Rank: 1/60)
Work experience
- May 2026 - Present: Lecturer
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka
- Delivering Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Molecular Biology, and Nutrition-related undergraduate courses; designing laboratory modules; preparing assessments and evaluating exam scripts; mentoring thesis students; and participating in departmental curriculum development.
- Establishing cell culture facilities and optimizing hybridoma-based monoclonal antibody production pipelines.
- Doing multi-omics bioinformatics projects to develop risk prediction models for stomach and bladder cancer.
- Investigating genetic associations underlying non-communicable diseases.
- Collaborating within multidisciplinary research teams, contributing to data analysis, interpretation, and scientific writing.
- Developing research ideas and preparing research proposals and grant applications.
- October 2025 - May 2026: Research Fellow
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b)
- Conducted mammalian cell culture and virus culture under biosafety-compliant conditions.
- Performed immunological and virological assays.
- Contributed to biosimilar potency testing and supported clinical trials of viral vaccines.
- Participated in antiviral drug discovery projects.
- Collaborated in multidisciplinary research teams and contributed to data analysis, interpretation, and scientific writing.
- June 2025 - September 2025: Senior Research Assistant
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b)
- Maintained mammalian cell lines and assisted in virus culture experiments.
- Supported laboratory operations, data collection, and experimental optimization.
- Assisted in training junior researchers and interns in laboratory techniques and safety practices.
- September 2023 - June 2025: MS Thesis Student
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka
- Designed an immunoinformatics-based multi-epitope vaccine targeting all dengue virus serotypes.
- Cloned the vaccine construct gene into an expression vector and expressed it in E. coli.
- Optimized induction conditions and purified the recombinant protein using chromatographic techniques.
- Confirmed protein expression and purity by SDS-PAGE and Western blotting.
Skills
- Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
- DNA and RNA extraction, PCR, qRT-PCR, gel electrophoresis
- Molecular cloning and plasmid handling
- Heterologous protein expression
- SDS-PAGE and Western blotting
- Cell Culture and Virology
- Mammalian cell culture, virus culture
- Plaque assay, pseudovirus neutralization assay (PNA), focus reduction neutralization test (FRNT)
- Biosimilar potency testing, antiviral drug screening
- Immunological Techniques
- Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
- Neutralization assays, immune response testing
- Bioinformatics
- Genomics and transcriptomics data analysis
- Immunoinformatics-based data analysis
- Protein structure prediction and mutation analysis, molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulation
- Machine learning model development
- Programming and Data Analysis
- R (biostatistics, visualization, transcriptomics analysis)
- Python (data processing, machine learning implementation)
- Bash (Linux-based data handling and pipeline execution)
- Research and Academic Skills
- Experimental design and optimization, data interpretation and statistical analysis
- Scientific writing (manuscripts, theses, proposals)
- Research presentation and seminar delivery
- Training and mentoring junior researchers
- Teaching and Academic Instruction
- Undergraduate lecturing, laboratory module design, assessment preparation and examination grading, thesis student mentorship, curriculum review and development
Publications
Alam, M. M., Rahman, M. M., Raj, K. H., Nahid, A. H., Saha, P., Hossain, A., Satter, S. M., Broder, C. C., Hossain, M. E., Rahman, M. Z. (2026). Discovery of Quercetin as a Potential Entry Inhibitor of Nipah Virus: A Path Toward Antiviral Therapy. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 27(18), 8026.
Mowla, A., Mahmud, Z., Raj, K. H., Tamanna, S., Zeba, Z., Ansari, F., & Howlader, M. Z. H. (2026). Genetic association of vitamin D receptor variants and 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels with breast cancer risk and triple-negative phenotype in Bangladesh. Scientific Reports.
Raj, K. H., Hossain, E., Zahin, H., Noman, A. A., Saba, A. A., Sayem, M., Yasmin, T., & Nabi, A. H. M. (2025). A robust comprehensive immunoinformatics approach for designing a potential multi-epitope based vaccine against a reiterated monkeypox virus. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 43, 102075.
Akter, S., Fuad, M., Mahmud, Z., Tamanna, S., Sayem, M., Raj, K. H., & Howlader, M. Z. H. (2025). Comprehensive in silico characterization of nonsynonymous SNPs in the human ezrin (EZR) gene and their role in disease pathogenesis. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 42, 101972.
Teaching
Awards and Fellowships
🏅 National Science and Technology (NST) Fellowship - 2024
🏅 Provost Award - 2023, Amar Ekushey Hall, University of Dhaka
🏅 Provost Award - 2022, Amar Ekushey Hall, University of Dhaka
🏅 Dean’s Award - 2022, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Dhaka
🏅 Dhaka University Honors Scholarship - 2022
References
- A.H.M. Nurun Nabi, PhD
- Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka
| Email: nabi@du.ac.bd | Mobile: +8801914737989 |
- Mohammad Mamun Alam, PhD
- Assistant Scientist, Infectious Disease Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b)
| Email: mamun.alam@icddrb.org | Mobile: +8801713288083 |
