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CAREER OBJECTIVE
Microbiologist/ Laboratory Assistant or Technician.
WORK EXPERIENCE
* Research Assistant (June/ 1998 - September/ 2000)
Kagawa University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Biochemistry and Food Sciences, Kagawa, Japan.
Research for various rare sugar production by microbial and biochemical methods.
* Teaching Assistant (June/ 1998 - September/ 2000)
Kagawa University, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Biochemistry and Food Sciences, Kagawa, Japan.
Taught laboratory techniques and methods of microbial enzymology to undergraduate and graduate students of Kagawa University.
* Research Fellow (June/ 1995 - October/ 1995)
Institute of Food Science and Technology, Bangladesh Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Dhaka. Bangladesh.
Worked on
* Fermentation process,
* Cultivation and identification of microbial samples having cellulase and hemicellulase activity,
* HPLC analysis
* Isolation and purification of enzyme
* Data and preparation of reports
* Master Student (June/ 1994-July/ 1995)
University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Worked on
* Microscopy, microbial cultures and samples preparation
* Growth, Isolation and identification of microorganisms,
* Bacterial staining (such as Gram staining),
* Microbial isolation techniques (such as culture media, plating etc.)
* Microbial assay of antibiotics by diffusion method
* Laboratory testing and analysis, HPLC analysis, UV spectrophotometric analysis
* Data analysis and interpretation
* Scientific Officer (June/ 1996 - February/ 2003).
Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Dhaka. Bangladesh.
Worked on
* Basic research in Microbiology
* Isolation of various jute retting microorganisms from natural sources
* Enrichment of old effective jute retting bacteria,
* Biochemical study of the quality of various newly released jute and their fiber,
* Optimize conditions for better retting of jute,
* Improvement of jute quality through chemical as well as microbial retting practices
* Data analysis, interpretation and preparation of reports for publication
* Ph.D Student (August/ 1997- September/ 2000)
Ehime University, Japan.
Worked on
* Isolation and identification of microbes,
* Isolation, purification, immobilization and characterization of the enzyme,
* Optimization of transformation reactions,
* Separation of the product using various column chromatography
* Identification of the product by analyses the HPLC, IR spectra, NMR spectra, melting point and optical rotation measurements.
* Data analysis, interpretation and preparation of reports for publication
* Post Doctoral Researcher (May/ 2003- April 2005).
National Food Research Institute, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Worked on
* Isolation and purification of DNA,
* Amplification of Genomic DNA by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
* Gel Electrophoresis
* TOPO Cloning Reaction
* Gene sequencing and cloning
* Data analysis and interpretation
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP
1. Active Member, American Society for Microbiology, USA
2. Active Member, International Society for Rare Sugar (ISRS), Japan.
3. Active Member, Canadian Society of Microbiologists, Canada.
EDUCATION
Doctorate (September / 2000) in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Ehime University, Japan, Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan.
Thesis Title: "Production of various rare aldopentoses from D-glucose by microbial and enzymatic methods".
(Equal Status Certificate from World Education Service, Toronto, Canada)
Master's Degree (June / 1995) in Microbiology with Honors
University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Thesis Title-"Microbiological Aspects of Radiation Sterilization of Medical and Pharmaceutical raw materials".
(Equal Status Certificate from World Education Service, Toronto, Canada)
Bachelor's Degree (June / 1993) in Microbiology with Honors
University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
(Equal Status Certificate from World Education Service, Toronto, Canada)
Research Publications and Presentation
Research Papers & Review Articles - 42
Scientific Presentation- International 02
COMPUTER SKILLS
Operating System DOS Macintosh and Windows (XP/98/NT) platform
Software ChemDraw, Cricket Graph, Grafit 4.
Suite Microsoft (Word, Excel) and Power Point.
AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS
Dhaka University Departmental Scholarship - 1989 - 1993
Governmental General Scholarship - 1993 - 1995
Japanese Governmental Scholarship (MONBUSHO) – 1997 -2000
Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship - 2003 – 2005
AFFILIATION
* The Medical Science Monitor, International Reviewers Panel (IRP), from November / 2002
* Member of the Editorial Board of Research Journal of Biological Science, Journals of International Network for Scientific Information (INSInet), from July / 2005.
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