Research





Alternate Project Manager in a research project funded by **WORLD BANK** through **University Grant Commission of Bangladesh (UGC)** as academic innovation fund (AIF) in Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project.
 * 1) **__ Project Title: __** “Establishment of PhD program in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jahangirnagar University"; ( **CP358/JU/W2/ST(BIOCHEM)/2010)**
 * 2) **__ Implementation Period __****__:__** January 2011 to December 2013.

**Associate Researcher** in a research project funded by **TWAS (Third world academy of science).**
 * 1) **__ Project Title: __**Effects of Syzygium cumini seed extract on the memory loss of Alzheimer's Disease model rats **__(10-030 RG/BIO/AS_I; UNESCO FR: 3240245999).__**

Principal Investigator in three research projects funded by **University Grant Commission of Bangladesh (UGC)** through **Jahangirnagar University.**
 * 1) **__ Project Title __** : Relative antioxidative study of Guava (//Psidium guajava//) and Jam (//Syzygium cumini//) fruits extracts in comparison to standard antioxidant vitamins (A, C, and E). **__Implementation Period:__** July, 2010 - June, 2011.
 * 2) **__ Project Title: __** Antioxidative and Anti-Lipidemic Effects of //Syzygium jambolanum// seed-extract in alcohol administered rats; **__Implementation Period:__** July, 2009 - June, 2010
 * 3) **__ Project Title __** : //In vitro// antibacterial activity of //Hibiscus rosa-sinensis;// **__Implementation Period__****:** July, 2008 - June, 2009

**__Scientific Conference / Seminar attended:__**
 * 1) Emerging prospect of Mushroom: Global and Bangladesh Perspective, 7th January, 2008; National Mushroom Development and Extension Centre, Savar, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
 * 2) National Conference on: Medicinal Plants Promotion in Health care; 11 – 12 December, 2007; Gano BishwaBiddalaya, Savar, Dhaka.
 * 3) Role of Biochemists in Food, Agriculture and Drug industries; 24 August, 2005, TSC, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

**__Laboratory Skills__**
 * 1) Preparing Rat Model for Hepatotoxicity, Hypoxia and analysis of various biochemical parameters.
 * 2) Antibiogram study and analysis of bacterial DNA
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Southern blotting and Restriction mapping of DNA
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Enzyme linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA)
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">**__Skills in General Application Software__**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Data analysis using SPSS for Windows.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Data presentation using MS-Word, MS-PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop etc in Windows as well as in Macintosh platform.

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">**__Skills in Molecular Biology Application Software__**
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Designing primers for gene sequence analysis by PCR
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">DNA restriction site analysis
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">DNA sequence alignment analysis
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Analyzing protein parameters and possible three dimensional conformations etc.