Area of Specialization : Molecular biology and plant biotechnology
Achievement : After graduation from Bangladesh a second MSc was completed at the University of Edinburgh by securing the British Technical Cooperation Fellowship. In 2004, I received Ph.D. degree from the University of Hannover, Germany.
Future Plan : As a Visiting Fellow at the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada as well as a member of Forest Biotechnology Group at the Pacific Forestry Centre, I am involved in forest biotechnology research to understand host (Douglas-fir) and pathogen (Phellinus sulphurascens) interactions. Proteomics would be the primary device to characterize pathogenesis related proteins, while genomics would be the subsequent technique to identify and clone the genes encoding pathogenesis related proteins through construction of a full-length cDNA library.
Research Interest : Proteomics, Recombinant DNA techniques, Plant Tissue Culture and Transformation
Latest Publications :
Islam, M. A., Kloppstech, K. and Jacobsen, H. J. 2004. Efficient Procedure for In vitro Microrhizome Induction in Curcuma longa L. (Zingiberaceae) – A Medicinal Plant of Tropical Asia Plant Tissue Cult. 14(2): 123-134.
Islam, M. A., Kloppstech, K. and Esch, E. 2005. Population genetic diversity of Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe - a conservation prioritised medicinal plant in Bangladesh. Conservation Genetics : DOI 10.1007/s10592-005-9080-y
Islam, M. A., Meister, A., Schubert, V., Kloppstech, K. and Esch, E. 2006. Genetic diversity and cytogenetic analyses in Curcuma zedoaria (Christm.) Roscoe from Bangladesh. Manuscript accepted by Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution.
Islam, M. A., Kloppstech, K. and Jacobsen, H. J. 2006. High frequency in vitro micropropagation of Curcuma longa var. Shurma and evaluation of genetic instability using molecular marker. Manuscript accepted by Scientia Horticulturae.
Islam, M. A. and AKM Ekramddoullah (2009) Ultrastructural studies of Phellinus sulphurascens
infection of Douglas-fir roots and immunolocalization of host pathogenesis-related proteins. Mycological Research online http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mycres.2009.02.006
