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4th July, 2008 The last week of April witnessed two  more members in the Forum. They are:Dr. M. Akhter Hossain and Mr. Mahamud Hasan.   Dr. Hossain, an M.Sc in Biochemistry from DU and Ph.D. from Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT). After having done  post doctoral  from TIT, Joseph Fourier University (France) and University of Melbourne  he joined Howard Florey Institute, University of Melbourne as a Senior Research Officer (SRO-4).   Mr. Hasan, an .S. in Biochemistry from BAU is at currently as a Scientific Officer at the National Forensic DNA Profiling Laboratory, Dhaka Medical College. In the first  half of April the members who joined the Forum were Ms. Zannatul Ferdous, an MS in Biochemistry and Mol. Biol. from DU and also an MS in Molecular genetics, University of Leicester, UK; Mr. Kanchan Chakma,  an MS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Chittagong  and Ms. Nazlee Sharmin, an M.S. in Biochemistry and Mol. Biol. (results to be published soon) from DU. While Mr Chakma is working as a scientific officer in the  Tissue Banking and Biomaterial Research Unit, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Savar, Ms Nazlee Sharmin has joined BRAC University in its Life Science Faculty.  Earlier three more new members joined the forum. They were:  Dr. Aminul Haque, Mr Pollob Shil and Syed Murtuza Baker.   Dr. Amin has two Ph.D.s,  one  in Botany from Rajshahi University and  the other  in Agricultural Sciences from the United Graduate School of Kagoshima , Japan. Dr. Amin is currently a professor in Rajshahi University at the Dept of Agronomy,  University of Rajshahi.   Mr. Pollob  Shil is doing Ph.D. in the University of Melbourne, Australia in Veterinary Microbiology (Avian Mycoplasmosis) and Syed Murtuza Baker, an M.Sc. in  Information Technology, DU  is Lecturer in Computer Science and Engineering at East West University. 

May 3rd, 2008. Dr.  Siddiqui  Hasan, a Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati  is working as a post doctoral Researcher at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. Ms. Tania Rahman, an M.Sc. from the Department of Biochemistry and Mol. Biol. was working until recently as an officer in the Immunology unit, ICDDR,B before she moved to the USA to do her Ph.D.  Earlier seven scientists in different disciplines in biotechnology joined the Forum.  The members were: Taher Uddin, Mahamud Hasan,   Ms Nadia Deen,  Mohammad Shoyaib, Dr. ASMG Masum Akond, Sohel Shamsuzzaman,  and Ahmad Ferdous.  Ms Deen, an MSc. in Microbiology from DU is a recipient  of Dean's award and now a lecturer  in the same subject in Stamford University, Dhaka. Dr. Akond who is a Ph.D. from Gifu University, Japan  specializes in the field of Molecular biodiversity analysis and phylogenetics, statistical genomics: gene mapping, QTL analysis,  and plant genetic resources conservation. Apart from an M.Sc. in Biochemistry and Mol. Biol. from DU, Mr. Shamsuzzaman,  a lecturer in the same department  is  also an M. Sc. from London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, University of London , UK . Mr. Shoyaib is an M.Sc. in Computer Science from DU doing bioinformatics  relating to: Protein Protein Interaction, Protein secondary Structure, Prediction and Stress Gene Identification.  Pl click the names of the persons of your choice if you want to know more about them.  he recent members who joined the forum are: Dr. Maqsudul  Alam, Ms. Sharmin Jahan, Mr. KBM Saiful Islam, Mr. Mahfizur  Rahman, Mr. Md. Sazzadur Rahman, Mr. Md. Motaher  Hossain, Mr. Abu Hasan, Mr. Md. Raihan Ali, Mr. Limpon Bora, Mr ANK Mamun, Shuvra Dey, Dr. Sheikh Julfikar Hossain. Among recent members, one has earned international distinction. He is Dr. Maqsudul Alam, Professor and Director Advance Studies of Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics, College of Natural Science, University of Hawai’i, Manoa, Honolulu. He headed a team of 85 scientists who completed construction of genomic library of papaya.  The paper is awaiting publication in Nature. He obtained MS and Ph.D. in Microbiology from Moscow State University and second Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Max-Planck Institute, Germany. We are happy to say that Professor Alam  has shown his interest  in the genomic library construction of jute. Dr.  Sheikh Julfikar Hossain, a Ph.D.  from Yamaguchi University, Japan  is an Associate Professor, Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering Discipline, Khulna University. In 2005 he has been awarded an International Patent on Anti-stress Agent (2005).Among the members who joined the Forum recently are Ms. Arifa Sharmin Muna and Mr. Md Shafikur Rahman. Others are: Dr. Kazi Riaz Fattah, Mr  Md Shafikur Rahman, Mr. Asaduzzaman Khan, Mr. Md. Mahmudur Rahman, Mr. Sarder Nasiruddin Apu, Mr. Sumon Baidya, Dr. Md. Abu RezA, Mr. Md. Maznu Sarker,   Dr Riaz has just finished his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, while Dr. Abu Reza did his Ph.D. from Singapore University in Parallel prothrombin activator systems in Australian Elapids: Their structure, gene organization, evolution and regulation of expression.  You are only one click away to know the  the details of the remaining four members. All the names are linked to their respective CV profile. GNOBB have the pleasure of announcing that during November, the enrollment went up by the joining of six members. They were: Dr. Abul K. Azad,   Dr. Ariful Haque,  Mr. Md. Anowar Hossain,  Mr Anower Jabed (Bappy),  Mr. Shonkor Kumar Das,  Mr. Jayonta Bhattacharjee  and Mr. Mohammad Nazrul Islam. Dr. Azad is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases, The Ohio State University, USA. An M. Sc. in Microbiology from DU, he did his Ph.D.  in Microbiology from the University of Glasgow, UK and postdoctoral for The Ohio State University, Ohio and OmniScience Pharmaceuticals, Arizona, USA. His field of interest is, “Host-pathogen interactions and Disease-susceptibility genes in human.” His future plan is to discover targeted TB-susceptibility genes in Bangladeshi TB patient population by scanning their genetic "single nucleotide polymorphisms". Dr. Azad is also the VP of DUMAA and one of the key figures in raising  sufficient funds to dedicate 2 beds  in memory of  Late Dr. Shahabuddin in the Ahsania Mission Cancer Hospital, Uttara, Dhaka.The past month witnessed a number of new members. First in the archive list is Dr. Ariful Haue. An M.Sc. in Molecular Genetics, Leicester University, UK,  Dr. Ariful Haque did his Ph.D. from Open University, UK. He is currently a Ph.D. Fellow  in Molecular Pathology in ICGEB Science Park, Trieste, Italy, engaged in research in CERES elements in the splicing regulation process of CFTR exon 9 and exon 12.  Mr. Anwar Hossain,  an Assistant Professor at the Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Rajshahi, is currently doing his Ph. D. at Okayama University, Japan. Mr Anower Jabed (Bappy), an M.Sc. from Dong-Eui University, Busan, Republic of Korea is  a Ph.D. Fellow  doing his higher studies in Mol. Biology at  the University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Mr.  Shonkor Kumasr Das, an M.S. in Veterinary Science from Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), is at present doing his  Ph.D. in the Dept. of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, University of Fukui, Japan. Mr. Jayonta Bhattacharjee, an MS in  Theriogenology, BAU is currently doing his Ph.D.  in Reproductive Biology in the Division of IRP, the Department of Physiology, University of Siena, Italy. Mr. Mohammad Nazrul Islam, an M.S. in Biotechnology from BAU, is currently working as a Research Associate, in the BAU-Seed Wing/MoA-Characterization and Documentation Project.  The latest two new members in September are: Mr. SM Lutful Kabir and  Mr. Md. Nurul Matin.  An M.S. from BAU in Veterinary Public Health and Food Hygiene  from  BAU, Mr. Lutful Kabir, an Assistant Professor in the Dept of Microbiology and Hygiene, BAU is doing Ph.D. in molecular epidemiology in poultry science in Osaka Prefecture University, Japan.  As a lead author Mr. Matin has  published a paper in  Intl. J. Poultry Sci. Mr. Nurul Matin, an M.S. from Yeungnam University, S. Korea is continuing Ph.D. study in the same Academic Institution, his area of specialization being Proteomics. As a second author he has published in Proteomics during the current year. Two distinguished biotechnologists have recently joined the forum. Earlier the month of September witnessed enrollment of two members: Dr. Hasna Hena Begum and  Mr. Shuvra Kanti Dey. An An M.S. in Soil Science from BAU, Ms Hasna obtained her Ph.D. in Agric. Chemistry from Hokkaido University and at present employed as  a post doctoral Fellow in National Agric. Res. Center, Hokkaido Region, Japan.  As a lead author she has published in international journals such as J. Plant Nutrition, Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, Biotechnology. Mr. Dey, an MPH from BAU is doing Ph.D. in Tokyo University in Public and Health and Health Management system. We presented an illustrious account of  Dr. Firdausi Qadri  and Professor Alimul Islam. We have now another medical doctor, Dr. Sania Ayesha in our Forum. She earned the distinction of being one of the participants of a six-member Bangladeshi team to meet Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany. She is a Research Associate in ICDDR,B.   Two new Forum members Mr. Abul Kalam Azad and  Mr. Abuhena mostafajamal are from the Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Islamic University, Kushtia. While Mr. Azad is the   Chairman, Mr Mostafajamal  is a Research Fellow.  The latest member is Mr. Khondokar Nasirujjaman who is working in the Faculty, Dept. of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Rajshahi University. The three weeks in June witnessed enrolment of six  members. The recently enrolled members are: Ms. Sadia Deen M.S. from Dhaka and Hannover University (Lecturer, School of Environmental Science and Management, Independent University), Mr. G. M. Al-Amin  M.S. (Res. Fellow, Plant Breed and Biotech Lab, DU), Mr. Md Mominul Islam M.S. (Res. Fellow, Genetic  Engineering Lab, Islamic University, Kusthia), Ms. Bithi Eshaque M.S. from the University of Waterloo (Research Associate in the same University), Mr. Shathi Eshaque (M. S. in the same University as Ms. Bithi Eshaque). Austin Sep. 01, '07. Recently enrolled members are Mr. Khondokar  Nasirujjaman, an M.Sc. from the Department of Genetics and Breeding, Rajshahi University. He is currently  a Ph.D. student in Osaka University, Japan doing research in the area of Mammalian Developmental Biology. His ambition is to establish a new research group in his alma mater in the area of his present research interest. We have now another medical doctor, Dr. Sania Ayesha in our Forum. She earned the distinction of being one of the participants of a six-member Bangladeshi team to meet Nobel Laureates in Lindau, Germany. She is a Research Associate in ICDDR,B.   Two new Forum members Mr. Abul Kalam Azad and Mr.  Abuhena mostafajamal are from the Department of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Islamic University, Kushtia. While Mr. Azad is the   Chairman, Mr Mostafajamal  is a Research Fellow.  The latest member is Mr. Khondokar Nasirujjaman who is working in the Faculty, Dept. of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Rajshahi University. The three weeks in June witnessed enrolment of six  members. The recently enrolled members are: Ms. Sadia Deen M.S. from Dhaka and Hannover University (Lecturer, School of Environmental Science and Management, Independent University), Mr. G. M. Al-Amin  M.S. (Res. Fellow, Plant Breed and Biotech Lab, DU), Mr. Md Mominul Islam M.S. (Res. Fellow, Genetic  Engineering Lab, Islamic University, Kusthia), Ms. Bithi Eshaque M.S. from the University of Waterloo (Research Associate in the same University), Mr. Shathi Eshaque (M. S. in the same University as Ms. Bithi Eshaque).eight members having done recently Masters in Botany, five (Ms. Mahmuda Begum,  Ms Sultana Razia,  Ms. Setara Begum, Ms. Sabrina Yesmin  and Ms. Khaleda Islam from DU,  Ms. Kanak Sarker & Mr Md. Mashiar Rahman from Rajshahi University and  Mr. Golam Azam from Islamic University, Kusthia. Most of them are working as Research Fellows in the University they graduated from, exception being Ms. Sabina Yesmin  working in NIB as Scientist in plant Division, Ms Mahmuda Begum in BCSIR as a Research Fellow and Setara Begum as an Administrative Officer in Open University.  Pl click highlighted names  to know details about them. Earlier Dr. Lamia Sharmeen, a brilliant product of  the Department of Biochemistry and Mol. Biol., DU joined the Forum. She is a Ph.D. from Sydney University, Australia and a postdoctoral Fellow  in  the Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia. After serving for 12 years in Pfizer global R & D and Warner Lambert company in anti-infective, inflammation and central nervous system diseases, she has recently started her own company called Nanoderm therapeutics, Inc. GNOBB members will be pleased to know that she  is traveling to Dhaka  on an invitation by the organizers of the  upcoming Dhaka conference   in April  6-8 on the theme: Promotion of Biotechnology in BD: National and International Perspectives and present an interesting paper on drug development unifying theory and practice in her talk.The two  recent forum members. are: Dr. Abul Faiz Md. Jamal  Uddin  and Mr. M.R.M. Mashkurul Islam.  A graduate in Horticulture from BAU,   Dr. Jamal Uddin  did his Ph. D.  in Horticulture from Kagoshima University , Japan and postdoctoral from Molecular Biology lab., River basin Research Center , Gifu University, Japan. Currently he is  an Assistant Professor, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, while the other member Mashkurul Islam graduated in biotechnology from Khulna Univ. and obtained an M.S. in biotechnology from BAU.

In the preceding week, Messrs N. M. Rubaiyath (M.Sc., Botany), Md Mizanur Rahman (M.Sc., Genetics and Plant Breeding, RU) and Md. Mahabub Hossain Khan Khan (M.Sc. Biochemistry and Mol. Biol., DU)  joined the Forum. All the three hold the post of assistant professor in the Dept. of Biotech & Genetic Engineering, Islamic University, Kushtia. Two other members who joined recently are: Ms Nazma Ali and Mr. Krishnendu Kumar  Paul. While Ms. Ali (M.Sc., Entomology)y is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Science and Technology, Northern University, Dhaka, Mr Paul (M.Sc. Ag., Genetics & Pl. Breeding, BAU) is a lecturer in Agricultural Science, currently on deputation in the Ministry of Education

The Forum has three medical doctors, Muhammad Zaman, Dr. Md. Arifuzzaman at USTC, Chittagong and Dr. Fatima Ashrafi working as a specialist in a New Zealand Hospital.  Dr. Md. Zaman is a Senior Scientific Officer, Columbia University Arsenic and Health Research Project in Bangladesh. His research interest is in the field of Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. We cordially welcome recently enrolled members, Mr. Ahmad Humayan Kabir, an M.Sc. in Botany from Rajshahi University. His research interest is in wood preservation by use of chemicals derived from plants and in the micro- propagation of endangered medicinal plants through tissue culture. The day before, the Forum was enriched by the membership of Dr. Abul Hussam. An M.Sc. in physical and analytical chemistry from Dhaka University,  he did his Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh, also in analytical chemistry. On February first, The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) awarded him One million worth USA dollar, being  2007 Grainger Challenge Prize for Sustainability in recognition of his outstanding invention of SONO filter, which removes all traces of arsenic from drinking water. We cordially welcome Dr. Hussam (cf. achievement) to our forum, sincerely hoping that his will be an inspirational role  in the promotion of GNOBB activities.Prof. Dr. SAM Khairul Bashar, Pro-Vice chancellor NSU  and Dean of Faculty  of Applied Science   and  Dr. Abul Hussam - inventor of arsenic filter have further strengthened our team.  The recent member was Mr. A. Gaffar  Miah, Associate Professor of genetics and animal Breeding at Dinajpur Government Veterinary College. Currently he is on leave to do his Ph.D. in animal biotechnology at Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka Univ., Japan. Artificial insemination and Animal Biotechnology is his special field. Earlier Ms. Rozalynne Samir enrolled herself as the member. She is currently a Lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, University of Science and Technology, Chittagong (USTC).  She is an M.Sc. in Biotechnology from Banglalore University, India, her research interest being  in "Plant Molecular Breeding". During this week, we welcomed two other members: Dr. M. Fida Hasan and  Dr.  Sheikh Shamimul Alam. Dr.  M. Fida Hasan is an M. Sc. in Applied Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Rajshahi University and  a Ph.D. in   Molecular Science and Material Engineering, Kobe University, Japan. He is continuing as a postdoctoral  Fellow in  the field of Process Engineering and Applied Science in Dalhousie University, Canada. His  specialty is in  the field of Bioprocess, Biochemical and Genetic Engineering.  Dr. S. Alam,  an M. Sc. in Botany, DU and Ph.D. from Hiroshima University, Japan  is a Professor of Botany, Dhaka University.  His research interest is in the elucidation of genomic relationships in higher plants through chromosome studies applying molecular tools. Mr. Mohammad Khairul Alam, an M.Sc in Agronomy from BAU has joined our forum bringing the total now to 201. He is doing Ph.D. in Science of Bio-production, mainly focusing on nutrition of ruminants. Our 200^th member is Dr. Ashfaque Hossain. He is an M.Sc. in Microbiology from DU and  a Ph.D. in the same subject from the University of Glasgow, UK. He is currently employed as a Senior Scientist, Molecular Biology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA. Some of his publications are in the Journal of Virology and Journal of General Virology. Based on his finding, Invitrogen has developed and marketed a kit.  His research interest is in molecular and cellular microbiology of host pathogen interaction. The previous day witnessed Dr. Mohammed Mottaleb, Research Scientist, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, Waco,  joining the forum. He is an M.Sc. in Applied Chemistry from Rajshahi University and a Ph.D. from Strathclyde University, UK in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry. For his brilliant scientific achievements, he obtained two American awards in 2005: one is Scientific and Technological Achievement Award  (STAA) and the other Science Achievement award (SAA). His research interest is in the area of hemoglobin and DNA bound or adducts of nitroaromatics e.g., nitro musks, TNT etc. as biomarkers of exposures to aquatic organisms. The 198^th member is Professor Dr. SAM Khairul Bashar, Pro-Vice Chancellor, North South University and Dean of applied Science. In his message expressing his desire to join our Forum he writes, "It would be my pleasure to join the group and help build up this emerging cutting edge science and its applications in Bangladesh." He is one of the most brilliant products of  the Dept of Biochemistry & Mol. Biol., Dhaka University. Before joining North South University as Pro-VC, he spent a number of years mainly in two universities in North America  (as Chairman and Professor of Biological Sciences in Southern University and A & M College, Baton Rouge, LA, USA; and Professor of Biochemistry and Chairperson (Dean), Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics  at the University of Alabama - Miles College, Birmingham, AL.  During this period, he along with his associates piloted several externally funded projects, in human health, nutrition including toxic effects of the presence of arsenic in drinking water (cf. his profile). A couple of days earlier Dr. M. Nasir Uddin enrolled himself as a forum member. He is an Associate Professor in Biochemistry & MOL. Biol. in DU and  currently on leave doing  Postdoctoral Research as an Associate in the Division of Hypertension and Nephrology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Temple, TX 76508. His field of specialization is Molecular Medicine. 
Mr. Mohammad Khairul Alam, an M.Sc in Agronomy from BAU has joined our forum bringing the total now to 201. He is doing Ph.D. in Science of Bio-production, mainly focusing on nutrition of ruminants. Our 200^th member was Dr. Ashfaque Hossain. He is an M.Sc. in Microbiology from DU and  a Ph.D. in the same subject from the University of Glasgow, UK. He is currently employed as a Senior Scientist, Molecular Biology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA. Some of his publications are in the Journal of Virology and Journal of General Virology. Based on his finding, Invitrogen has developed and marketed a kit.  His research interest is in molecular and cellular microbiology of host pathogen interaction. The previous day witnessed Dr. Mohammed Mottaleb, Research Scientist, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Baylor University, Waco,  joining the forum. He is an M.Sc. in Applied Chemistry from Rajshahi University and a Ph.D. from Strathclyde University, UK in Analytical and Environmental Chemistry. For his brilliant scientific achievements, he obtained two American awards in 2005: one is Scientific and Technological Achievement Award  (STAA) and the other Science Achievement award (SAA). His research interest is in the area of hemoglobin and DNA bound or adducts of nitroaromatics e.g., nitro musks, TNT etc. as biomarkers of exposures to aquatic organisms. The 198^th member is Professor Dr. SAM Khairul Bashar, Pro-Vice Chancellor, North South University and Dean of applied Science. In his message expressing his desire to join our Forum he writes, "It would be my pleasure to join the group and help build up this emerging cutting edge science and its applications in Bangladesh." He is one of the most brilliant products of  the Dept of Biochemistry & Mol. Biol., Dhaka University. Before joining North South University as Pro-VC, he spent a number of years mainly in two universities in North America  (as Chairman and Professor of Biological Sciences in Southern University and A & M College, Baton Rouge, LA, USA; and Professor of Biochemistry and Chairperson (Dean), Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics  at the University of Alabama - Miles College, Birmingham, AL.  During this period, he along with his associates piloted several externally funded projects, in human health, nutrition including toxic effects of the presence of arsenic in drinking water (cf. his profile). A couple of days earlier Dr. M. Nasir Uddin enrolled himself as a forum member. He is an Associate Professor in Biochemistry & MOL. Biol. in DU and  currently on leave doing  Postdoctoral Research as an Associate in the Division of Hypertension and Nephrology, Texas A&M University Health Science Center, Temple, TX 76508. His field of specialization is Molecular Medicine.   On of the members during January is Mr. Md. Anowar Hossain,  a Ph.D. student  in Molecular Biotechnology under TIGP program, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. He is on study leave from Rajshahi University, where he is an Assistant Professor in the Dept Biochemistry and Mol. Biol.  The last to join  in December was Mr. Shaibur Rahman Molla, an M.Sc. in Soil Science from Dhaka University and an M. Ag. from Iwate  University, Japan in Agro-bioscience. He maintains a personal website. He is at present doing Ph.D. in the same University. His area of interest is Science of the Biotic Environment and at present engaged in determining the mechanism causing arsenic-induced Fe chlorosis in some cereals such as rice, barley and sorghum. Earlier to join the Forum was Ms Shamsun Nahar. An M.Sc. in Botany from Jahangirnagar University, Ms Nahar is currently employed as a Senior Lecturer in Northern University, Bangladesh. The  two latest members are: Dr. Shoaib Chowdhury , a Ph.D. from the  Department of Molecular Biology, Kumamoto University, Japan is now serving as a Research Associate at the Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Shoaib's group have published recently two  papers in the prestigious journal, "Neuron" (Neuron 52, 445–459 and 475–484, November 9, 2006). In one paper he is the lead author and in the second he is a  coauthor. The other member is Abdur Rahman Sikder, a Doctoral Candidate in the School of Information Technologies, the University of Sydney.  His latest paper entitled, "Improving the performance of Domain Discovery of protein domain boundary assignment using inter-domain linker index BMC Bioinformatics 2006, 7(Suppl 5):S6". can be viewed online. Earlier Dr. Md. Manjurul Karim and Dr. Gazi Sakir Hossain joined the Forum
We heartily welcome all of them and hope their active participation will enrich the Forum Among  recent members are  Dr. Ismail Meraz   and Mr. Faizur Rahman. Both are M. Sc. in Microbiology from Dhaka University. After finishing his Ph.D. from Osaka City University  Dr. Meraz is now employed as a postdoctoral fellow researching on infectious diseases at University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston.   Based in Goran, Dhaka, Mr. Faizur Rahman is a Director in RIFA Enterprise,  which supplies equipment and reagents to local Pharmaceutical Companies.  Mr. Shamim Reza,  Reserach Officer, RDA Division of BETS Consulting Services (formerly Bangladesh Engineering and Technological Services enrolled himself in the Forum.  Before that  Mr. Mohammad Khan, a Ph.D. student pursuing his studies at the University of Mie, Japan on seaweed biotechnology and Dr. Siddique Ali Miah, who was until recently a coordinator of Advanced Studies and Research in BRRI joined the Forum. Other recent members are Abu Hashem, Junior Scientist, NIB working on enzyme technology.   Mr. Azharul Islam and Dr. Md. Monirul Islam. Mr. Azhar is an M.Sc. in Applied Microbiology and biotechnology from the University of Westminster, London, his area of specialization being plant polysaccharides. Dr Monirul is an M.Sc. in Biochemistry from DU; he did his Ph.D.  from Medical Faculty, University of Nagoya, Japan and postdoctoral from Japan, USA and Australia. He is at present employed as Senior Molecular Biologist, Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Lab, University of Ballarat, Australia. His area of research is Ageing, Langerhans Cell Histeocytosis. Members enrolled recently are shown below each with a hyperlink.  Mr. Richard Malo joined the Forum early last month. He is an M.Sc. from DU and currently employed as Research Associate, Plant Biotech Lab, DU.  Recently we have a few more members: Dr. Sadiqur R. Talukder, a Ph.D. from Tokushima University in Japan, currently doing his post doctoral in Molecular Enzyme Chemistry; the other is Mr. Mazharul Aziz,  an M.S. in agriculture for BAU and currently a Ph.D. Fellow  in BSMRAU. We have now a second associate member, Phi Luong. He is a graduate student in Dr. Enamul Huq's lab working on light signaling. Some recent members are:  Habibul Bari, a Ph.D. student, Dr. Samsul Alam, Professor of  Fisheries Biology and Genetics, Bangladesh Agriculture University, Mymensingh,  Md. Jamal Uddin  (dairy microbiology),  Md. Rashedul Islam (animal biotechnology), Keshob Chandra Das (Mol Biol. of salt tolerance)   and Md. Rashedul Kobir Mondol (Fish biotechnology).  Another recent member was Dr. Reza Haque. He is at present employed  as Sr. Director and Head of Medical Affairs, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care. An MS from Mymensingh Medical College, he did his Ph.D.  in Ocular Pharmacology from Gifu University, Japan. Before he joined his present position, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow in National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD.  Earlier   Dr. Arifa Ahamed,  joined.  She is working as a postdoctoral research associate in the Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts, USA. An M.Sc. in Biochemistry from Dhaka University, she earned her doctorate degree from Graduate school of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Japan.   More recent list witnessed four members. One distinguished member is Dr. Rafiqur Rahman, Professor of Biochemistry and Mol. Biol., who has just retired from Dhaka  University (Pl see the news item at the top of the homepage). The other distinguished member is Dr. K. Sultanual Aziz, who retired as Associate Director,  Cholera Research Laboratory (presently) ICDDR,B, Dhaka. Besides being a scientist,  well-known for his contribution in the field of diarrheal diseases, Dr. KMS Aziz is an excellent scientific administrator and organizer of technical meetings. GNOBB feel further strengthened   by the joining of the two stalwarts in the field of biotechnology. With their and your help we will march forward to achieve our goal that is to earn for our beloved mother country a coveted place in this region.  Two other members in above  list are: Dr. M. Liakat Ali and Dr. Partha  Samadder. While Dr. Ali is at present a Research Associate in Nebraska University, Linclon, Dr. Samadder holds the position of  a Research Associate (postdoctoral) in North Carolina State University. Ali did his  Ph.D. in molecular fingerprinting of wheat from Texas Tech University, Lubbock and postdoctoral  from the Univ. of Guelph, Canada.  Mr Samadder's doctoral degree is  in Fungal Mol. Genetics from Gifu Univ., Japan.  and post doctoral experience in the University where he is working now as a research associate. We have one more distinguished member but we are awaiting his confirmation before he is enrolled. In the immediate previous  list there were three: Mr.  Md.  Nuruzzaman,  Mr. Sajjad Hossain and Dr. Zahid Hossain.  Other recent members are Dr. Md. Abul Hossain Molla, Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering, BMSMR Agriculture University, Gazipur. An M.Sc.  from BAU he did his Ph.D. from Malaysia. His special field of interest is,  "Bioremediation and Recycling of Wastewater Sludge." For his valuable contribution to environmental science, he received several international awards from UK, USA, Malaysia etc. We do hope that he will strengthen the Forum by his write-ups in this less frequented but extremely important area of biotechnology. May we suggest that The Ministry of Forestry and Environment, GoB utilize his services to take up projects to make Dhaka and other  cities of Bangladesh free from pollutants accumulating  in Metropolises  at a phenomenal rate. 

"Two more recent members are Dr. Mohammed Serajul Islam, Research Consultant , National Institute of Biotechnology and Dr Badal Roy, a Ph.D. from the School of Medicine, Osaka Univeristy and now a postdoctoral fellow in the University of Tokyo. Dr. Serajul Islam is well known for his work  in microbial genetics.  Here are some of his achievements. He biochemically characterized  SEX PHEROMONES (sex and fertility inducing substances) in Neurospora crassa and succeeded in bringing about genetic improvement  of citric acid fermenting strains of Aspergillus niger.
The special field of Dr. Badal Roy  is cancer Biology. Dr. Zahid Hossain,   a Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii has applied for membership (#159). Dr. Hossain is requested to provide  his email address and the place where he is employed now to make his CV complete.

 The links will take them to their respective CV stored in the  GNOBB database. Earlier members were Mr. M. Kamruzzaman Munshi who is due to submit his Ph.D. thesis shortly from Kyushu University Japan and Mr. Mohummad Rahman who recently joined the Forum is doing his Ph.D. in Lund University, Sweden. Mr M. Rahman is on study leave from the University of Development Alternative, Dhaka. The other new member, Dr. Mohammad Abdus Salam turned into an immunologist and vaccine biotechnologist  after his graduation from Dhaka Dental College. He is now employed as a postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of microbiology University of Alabama at Birmingham, Alabama, USA.   Two more members joined the Forum earlier. They are Sujit Das  and Mohammed Shafi Ullah Bhuiyan Ani. While Mr. Das did his M.S.  in Aquaculture from BAU,  Mr.  Bhuiyan  is a Ph.D. student in Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea. Earlier Mr. Bhuiyan did his MS from the same University  majoring in Plant Cell Biotechnology. A couple of days previous to that period, Dr. Talat Nasim and  Mr. Imtiaz Khan joined the Forum. Both Dr Nasim and Mr. Khan are at present employed at the U.K.  GNOBB feels stronger and stronger that BB of such outstanding qualifications such as Dr. Nasim and Mr. Khan  have decided to join the forum.  Dr Nasim is an M.Sc. in Botany from Rajshahi Universty. Thereafter he did his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Applied Molecular Biology from the Institute of Science and Technology, University of Manchester. Currently, he is employed in the  Division of Genetics and Molecular Medicine at the Guy's Hospital King's College London, London. For the past five years he has been working on genes underlying genetic disorders including muscular dystrophy and pulmonary arterial hypertension.  Recently he co-developed a technique for measuring protein-protein interactions in mammalian cells. His work was published in the  recent issue of Nucleic Acids Research [Vol. 33, No. 7, 2005]. The findings  may have application in the area of drug discovery. Earlier this Month, Dr.  Nasim was interviewed by the representative of   Cell-Based Assay News. The latter published the  interview in its 2^nd May edition  (pp. 12-14) (http://ww.cba-news.com).  Forum members will be interested to read his interview with "Prothom-Alo".
The second member in the most recent list is Mr. Imtiaz Khan. He did his M.Sc. in  Bioinformatics.  from Northeastern University, Boston, USA. Later he received his post graduate degree in bioinformatics and thereafter successfully completed an internship at Hewlett Packard, USA.   He is at present employed as a Research Fellow in Bioinformatics, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Unit, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK. Mr.  Khan has been active in the fields of bioinformatics and computational biology for quite sometime. His current research focuses on encoding time-lapse microscopic images into numbers which invoke novel software development, data structure implementation and algorithm generation.  He has also been involved with the research focused on neighboring nucleotide effect on functionality of SNPs in the human promoter region.  He has developed a number of web based and stand-alone bioinformatics tools.  He has an excellent interdisciplinary team work experience with a strong biomedical science background. The latest paper entitled, "A Simple Web-Based Application for Interaction Analysis of Case-Control Data." of which he is a coauthor has been published in BMC Medical Genetics 2006, 7:34. Part of the month of May saw the enrollment of  Professor Dr. Naiyyum Choudhury, the former Chairman of Bangladesh Atomic  Commission and now heading the Department of Biotechnology at BRAC university; Mr.  A. K. M Abdul Baten, an M.S. in Bioinformatics from the University of Melbourne, Australia and currently doing Ph.D. in the same University, Mr. Md. Altaf Hossain Hossain, an MS in Horticulture from BAU and at present employed as Senior Scientist in the Potato section of Tuber Crops Res. Center, BARI, Joydebpur.
A few days earlier  four senior scientists  from  Biotechnology Laboratory, BRAC Research Center at Joydebpur joined the Forum. They are  Dr. Abdur Razzaque Shah,  Tissue Culture Specialist and In charge of the Center, Mr. M. Jalaluddin Bhuiyan, Ms Shahana Akter and Ms Maksuda Khatun. The Biotechnologist community of Bangladesh owe to Dr. Abdur Razzaque Shah for his valuable contribution, demonstrated that micro-propagation of vegetable-, horticultural and medicinal plants via tissue culture is feasible commercially. He uses indigenous material and cheap glass wares to cut the cost of operation to the minimum. After meeting local demands of disease-free potato seeds, BRAC is now exporting micro- propagated material of other crops also.
Among other recently enrolled  members are  Dr. A. N. M. Fakhruddin,  Senior Scientific Officer, Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission. Dr Fakhruddin did his masters in Microbiology from D. U. and Ph.D. in Environmental Biotechnology from Dublin City University, Ireland. The other is  Ms Fahmina Akhtar, Lecturer Dept. of Biotechnology, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh. She has an M.S.  in Animal Breeding & Genetics from the same University.  The latest members  are Mr. Md. Shahidul Islam M.S. (Fisheries), Lecturer Department of Biotechnology, BAU and  Mr. Sharif Ar-Raffi M.Sc. (Genetics and Plant Breeding), Assistant Professor,  Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding, BAU.  The last four  members to our Forum are Ms. Fahmida Khatun,  Mr. Jakir Hasan,  Nityananda Chowdhury and  Nagib Ahsan.  Ms.  Khatun  and Mr. Hasan passed out MS in Biotechnology  from BAU and are serving the same University as Lecturers in the Department of Biotechnology.  Mr. Chowdhury, an M.Sc. in Biochemistry is doing his Ph.D. at the International Prevention of Epidemics Laboratory, Osaka Prefecture University, Japan. Mr. Nagib is doing his Ph.D. in the Department of Animal Science and Biotechnology,  Kyungpook National University, South Korea. During his Ph.D. study he has been able to  clone the PGIP gene sequence from Brassica campestris.  The base sequence of the gene under reference has been deposited with NCBI (Accession number: AY964100). Mr Ahsan has already five publications and a website: http://www.nagibahsan.tripod.com. 
Earlier  Dr. Nurun Nahar Gazi, Senior Scientist, Center of Excellence, University of Dhaka  and her husband Dr. Chowdhury Faiz Hossain joined the Forum. Dr. Gazi is an M. Sc. from Dhaka University; She did her Ph.D. from the United Graduate School of Agriculture, Ehime University. Japan; and postdoctoral at the Department of Pharmacognosy, School of Pharmacy,  and at the National Center for Natural Products, the University of Mississippi. Among Dr. Gazi's achievements  that deserve special mention is her ingenuity  that enabled her develop a High throughput bioassay for selective anti-cyanobacterial agents from plants and marine organisms. GNOBB have briefly reported that Dr. Gazi will be operating the DNA Sequencer machine,  which the Center of Excellence, Dhaka University has recently acquired.  
Dr. Hossain did both his M. Sc. in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Ph.D. in Bioactive Natural Products from Chiba University, Japan. He enjoyed postdoctoral fellowship at two places: National Institute of Health Science, Japan and the University of Mississippi. Until recently he held the position of Associate Research Scientist at the School of Pharmacy, University of Mississippi. Among many outstanding achievements, the one that deserves special mention is that Dr Hossain isolated and characterized  (a) most potent bioactive small molecules, known to date, from aquatic plants that inhibit hypoxia-induced HIF-1 activation through bioassay guided separation; (b) active metabolites from marine organisms that inhibit multi-drug resistance efflux pumps in resistant fungi. In recognition of his outstanding achievements he was awarded the Jack L. Beal Award. One of his papers (see Member's Profile)  was adjudged by the American Society of Pharmacognosy to be the best among those published in Journal of Natural Products during the period between January - June 2005. Along with three of his colleagues, Dr. Hossain has been awarded a patent for inventing an anti-cancer drug; i.e., Saururus cernuus compounds that inhibit cellular responses to hypoxia.
Those of you interested to know the details  about Dr. Gazi and Dr. Hossain are referred to their  website: http://home.olemiss.edu/~faiz/gazi/. 
Another new member to join the Forum is Mr. Ehsanul Haque. A graduate in Marine Science from Chittagong University, he is doing his Ph. D. in bioinformatics at UT, El Paso. TX and is expected to finish his degree by the end of the year. 
Austin Feb 1,  '06.  Dr. Aminul Islam, an M.Sc. from University of Edinburgh, UK  did his Ph.D from Hannover University, Germany. Currently he is a Visiting Fellow at the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada. His research interest covers a wide field of biotechnology, namely, proteomics, recombinant DNA techniques, plant tissue culture and transformation. Dr. Bhadra is currently Professor of Botany, Chittagong University (CU).  Dr Shafiqur Rahman, a Ph.D. in Microbiology from CU is an Assistant Professor there and chairs the Department of Microbiology. Mr. Shaheen is  an M.Sc. from  CU and  did another M.S. from McGill University, Canada where he is at present employed as a Research Scientist in the Department of  Microbiology and Immunology. While Dr. Masud Karim is a Ph.D. from Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea,  Mr. Bhuiyan  and Mr. Nuruzzaman are  Ph.D. students in Seoul, Korea and Huazhaong Agricultural University, Wuhan, PR China, respectively. At the end of today's list (January 31) we have Dr. Zakaria Ahmed who is working as a postdoctoral fellow at the Enzyme Laboratory, Biological Function Division, National Food Research Institute, Ibaraki, after having done his Ph.D. at  the United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Ehime University (UGASEU) of tropical and subtropical agriculture. 

GNOBB looks forward to receiving  valuable suggestions from the members who have recently joined the Forum to enrich the site. With so many distinguished biotech scientists in our forum,  there is every reason to be optimistic in the bright future of Biotechnology in Bangladesh. Click below to know more about  the new member(s) of your choice.

	Professor Dr. Naiyyum Choudhury	Mr.  A K M Abdul Baten
Mr. Md. Altaf Hossain Hossain	Dr. Abdur Razzaque Shah	Mr. M. Jalaluddin Bhuiyan
Ms Shahana Akter	Ms Maksuda Khatun	Dr. A N M Fakhruddin,
Ms Fahmina Akhtar	Md. Shahidul Islam	Mr. Sharif Ar-Raffi
Nagib Ahsan.	Nityananda Chowdhury	Ms. Fahmida Khatun,
Dr. Chowdhury Faiz Hossain	Dr. Nurun Nahar Gazi,	Mr. Jakir Hasan,
Md. Aminul Islam	Satyajit Bhadra	Mr. Ehsanul Haque
Md. Shafiqur Rahman	Shaheen  Sarker Md.	Masud Karim
Md. Iqbal Hossain Bhuiyan	Md. Nuruzzaman	Zakaria Ahmed
Dr. Nurun Nahar Gazi	Dr. Chowdhury Faiz Hossain	Mr. Ehsanul Haque

Members enrolled until the End  of January '06
Mr.  M. Saydmohammad   is about to finish his Ph.D.  in microbial genetics from Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala.  A. Ph.D. from Tokyo University of agriculture and Technology, Dr. Ms Meher Parveen is working as a postdoctoral in  the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology (AIST), Japan. In the same Center working as a postdoctoral is  Dr. Kamrul Hasan. Dr. Hasan did his Ph.D. from Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Japan.  A Ph.D. in Biology from  Kansan State University, Dr Ms Laila Farzana has moved to North Carolina  State University as Postdoctoral Research Associate. romis now working. in Biology.  Dr. is a Ph.D. from Tohoku University, Japan and a postdoctoral from The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, TX , USA. He is now  continuing in the same Center as a postdoctoral fellow. Next in the present list is Dr. Md Hasanuzzaman working as a postdoctoral fellow in Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, USA. Dr. Zaman did his Ph.D. from Hokkaido University, Japan.

The Forum members who joined  in November were: Mr. Kamruzzaman and Ananda Mustafiz (both M.Sc.s from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, D. U. They are doing their Ph.D.s in Kyoto University, Japan and ICGEB, New Delhi Campus, respectively.  It goes to the credit of Mr.  Kamruzzaman that even before his Ph.D,  he has  recently published two papers in the prestigious journal, "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" as a co-author. GNOBB take this opportunity to congratulate him heartily on his achievement.  Pl click his name below to know the details  of  the two papers.  The third member Mr. Sk. Amir Hossain,  a graduate  in Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering from Khulna University is a Junior Lecturer at the University of Development Alternative, Dhaka, Bangladesh. We also welcome to our group Dr. A. K. M. Rafiul Islam, Professor of Botany, Rajshahi University. An M. Sc and M. Phil. from Rajshahi University, he did his Ph.D. from the Punjab University. His post-doctoral experience is very impressive with his visit to five  different research institutes: CIMMYT, ICRISAT, Southampton Univ., U.K., CBNU, Korea and HAU, China. GNOBB sincerely believe that under his leadership the Biotech section of Botany Dept will carry out high quality research bringing name and fame to Bangladesh. The 99th member to join is Mr. Lutful Kabir, Senior  Research Assistant, Immunology Laboratory, ICDDR,B. Click the names below to know more about  the person(s) of your choice. Recent members to join the Forum raising our total to 110 are  Dr. Md.  Ahsan Habib,   Dr. Md. Tofazzal Islam, Eunus Ali, and Shah M. Faruque. While Dr. Habib is currently  an assistant Professor in Chemistry, Dhaka University, Dr. T. Islam is working  as an Associate Professor in the School of Agriculture and Rural Development, Bangladesh Open University, Gazipur. Mr Eunus Ali has recently joined National Forensic DNA Profiling Laboratory as a Scientific Officer. We have also in our Forum Dr. Shah M. Faruque, Head, Molecular Genetics Unit, ICDDR,B. In Dr Faruque, GNOBB has high hopes.  GNOBB expects him to be in the forefront in their campaign to establish state of the art biotech labs in the country and to engage researchers of high caliber with salaries matching their qualifications and experience.  GNOBB  also welcome most cordially the next four  members shown in the list below. They are: Dr. Nazmul Ahsan,  Dr. Abu Selim, Mr. Nurul Khan and  Mr.  Khademul Islam. Dr. Nazmul Ahsan , a Ph.D. from Hokkaido University in virology and cancer genetics has joined the Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (GEB), Dhaka University as a lecturer. Mr Khademul Islam, an M. Sc. in Microbiology from DU has also joined GEB in DU. Mr Nurul Khan is currently a Ph.D. student in Tokyo University in Microbial Ecology, while Dr. Abu Selim, a Ph.D. from Hokkaido University in applied microbiology is an Assistant Professor in the School of Agriculture in Bangladesh Open University. We welcome Mr. Azharul Islam and Dr. Rajib Kumar Paul  who have joined the forum recently.  Mr. Azharul Islam is about to complete his Ph.D.  in applied Microbiology and Biotechnology from the  University of Westminster, London. Dr. Rajib Paul has recently joined  Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH as a postdoctoal fellow.   The next two  in the list are Dr. A. B. M. Rafiqul Islam and A. M  Shohael. After doing his Ph. D. in Environmental Science and Engineering at Kanazawa University, Japan,  Dr. Rafiqul Islam is  now serving as  a Visiting Researcher at The University of Tokyo. His is a very important field in biotechnology, namely, study of microbes in the heavy metal polluted geo-aquatic environment and that of Environmental health of rural population. After doing his Ph.D. from Hort Tech Center, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea, Dr. Shohael is  now working as a Research Fellow at the same Institute. His research interest covers a wide range of disciplines, namely, Endangered medicinal plants and their secondary metabolism, Genetic transformation, Different molecular techniques, Functional genomics, Environmental Stress Physiology, Plant Molecular and Cellular Biology. While  warmly welcoming both of them to the forum, we expect that GNOBB's scientific contribution in their specific areas will be  substantially enriched through their ingenious contributions. 

What a Joy to Welcome  Twenty-five New Forum Members in the Recent Past
October 12-17, 2005. Recently twelve Bangladeshi scientists have joined the Forum. A week earlier Dr. G. P. Das became our member. The names of new members are shown below with a  link (Click the name to go to the  Member's Profile section. Most recently  we have six more members:  Mr.  Muhammed Zahed, a  Ph.D.  student in the Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Japan,   Dr. Ms Salina Parveen, Assistant Professor, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore, USA, and Dr. Md. Hafizur Rahman, Postdoctoral Fellow at BIRDEM, Dhaka; Dr. Shakhawat Hossain Bhuiyan, University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, USA; Dr. Uttam Kumar Chowdhury, Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Arizona. USA; Mr. Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman, SSO, Health Care Development Project, Texas, Dr. Masudul Haque, Postdoctoral Fellow at Louisiana State University, USA and Dr. Abu B. Siddique, Senior Research Toxicologist, Merck Research Laboratories, PA; Dr. Asadul Ghani, Research Associate, Frontier Science Research Center, University of Miyazaki, Japan; Ms. Shifat Rehnuma, Lecturer in Zoology, Dhaka University and Mr. Hossain Mohammad Belayat, Lecturer in Biochemistry and Molecular Biol., Chittagong University. Both Mr. and Mrs. Hossain are doing their Ph.D. in the field of immunology in Chiba University, Japan. The last to join during the last week of October is Dr. M. Nazmul Huda, Postdoctoral Fellow at Indiana University School of Medicine, USA.

GNOBB heartily congratulate each and every member and hope with their co-operation, GNOBB will grow from strength to strength and serve the cause of the community by widening the horizon of this science and bringing home to the policy makers the powerful role this organization can play in realizing our dream to harness biotechnology to the economic benefit of the country.