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Prof. Rafiqur Rahman
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
University of Dhaka.
Date of Birth: June 29, 1941
Present Designation :
e-mail : rafiq@udhaka.net
Phone: 966-1900-59 Extn.6095 (Office)
861-5953 (Residence)
Educational qualification
B.Sc (Biochemistry, 1961), University of Dhaka
M.Sc (Biochem, 1963), University of Dhaka.
Ph.D.(Chem, 1969), Dalhousie University,
Halifax, NS.Canada
Special
Training: Post-doctoral
1. 1969-1972, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA.
2. 1975-1979, Univ. of Connecticut Health ctr. Farmington, Connecticut, USA.
3. 1984-1986, Univ. of Connecticut Health Ctr. Farmington, Connecticut, USA.
Mailing Address
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Dhaka
Dhaka-1000,Bangladesh.
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Position
Held
1. Assitance Prefessor, Department of Biochemistry, 1972-1979
2. Associate Professor, Department of Biochemistry, 1979-1989
3. Professor, Department of Biochemistry, 1989-present
4. Chairman, Department of Boichemistr of Biochemistry, University of Dhaka.1988-1991
5. President, Bangladesh Biochemistry Society,1990-94
6. Editor, Dhaka University Journal of Biol.Sci, 1995-1997
Awards
and Honours Received
1. National Institute of Health (NIH), Post-doctoral Fellowship Award,1969-71.
2. Third World Academy of Science(TWAS), Trieste,Italy,1989, Research Grant
Membership
of Professional Bodies
1. American Association for the Advancement of Science(AAA).
2. Chemical Society(LONDON)
3. New Work Academy of Sciences
4. Life Member of The Bangladesh Biochemical Society
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Meetings,
Symposia and Conferences Attended
1. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) meeting, July 1968, London,
England.
2. Federation of American Society, for Experimental Biology (FASEB) meetings:
Atlantic City, NJ USA 1972
Chicago,III,USA 1977
Dallas Tx, USA 1978
3. New England Endocrine Meeting, Boston, Mass. 1976
4. Biochemistry Meetings.
Providence, Rhode Island. 1984
Charlottsville, Virginia. 1985
5. Plant Biotech Symposium, Islamamabad, Pakistan. 1989
Research Interests
1. Chemistry of Natural Products
2. Diabetes Mellitus
3. Mechanism of Insuline Action
4. Herbal Hypoglycemis: Underlying Mechanism of Action.
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List
of Important Publications
1. Citric Acid Cycle in rat Kidney, M. M. Rahman, R. Rahman and K. Ahmed. Sixth
Internationl Congress of Biochemistry, Newyork City, 1964.
2. The growth of Bacillus subtilis in Media Containg chetomin, Sporidesmin and
Gliotoxin. D. Brewer, D. E. Hannan, R. Rahman and A. Tailor. Can. J. Microbiol. 13th,
1251, 1969.
3. A new Metabolite of Pitomyces chartarum related to the Sporidesmins. R. Rahman
and A. Tailor. Chemical Communications, 1032, 1967.
4. A Toxic Metabolite of Pitomyces chartarum related to the Sporidesmins. D.
Brewer, R. Rahman, Safe and A. Tailor. Chemical Commucnications, 1571, 1968.
5. Sporidesmin, Part 8. Isolation and structure of Sporidesmin -D and Sporidesmin-F. W. D.
Jamieson, R. Rahman and A. Tailor. J. Chem. Soc. (C), 1564, 1969.
6. Sporidesmin. Part 9, Isolation and Structure of Sporidesmins-E. R. Rahman, S. Safe and
A. Taylor. J. Chem. Soc. (C), 1965, 1969.
7. The Stereochemistry of Polysulfides, R. Rahman, S. Safe, and A. Taylor. Quarterly
Reviews, 24, 208, 1970.
8. Separation of Polythiadioxopiperzine Antibiotics by thin layer Chromatography. R.
Rahman, S. Safe and Taylor. J. Chromatog. 53, 592, 1970
9. Removal of the 4, 4-Dimethyl Carbons in teh Enzymic Conversion of Lanosterol to
Cholesterol, Initial Loss of 4a-Methyl group . R. rahman, K. B. Sharpless, T. A. Spencer
and R. B. Clayton. J. Biol. Chem., 245, 2667, 1970.
10. Sporidesmin. Part 12, Isolation and Structure of Sporidesmins-g, Naturally Occuring 3,
6- Epitetrathiopiperazine-2,5- dione E. Francis, R. Rahman, S. Safe, and A. taylor. J.
Chem. Soc. Perkin-transactions, 1 470, 1972.
11. A new Desipeptide from Pithomyces chartarum. R. Rahman, A. Taylor, B. C. Das
and J. A. Verporte. Can. J. Biochemistry. 9., 1360, 1967.
12. Effect of Insulim on Incorporation of 3H2Oand H14CO3 into Protein of rat Adipose
Tissue. R. Rahman, and R. L. Jungas. Fedaration Proceedings, 36, 340, 1977.
13. Studies of Mitochodrial Respiration of Some High Citric Acid Yielding Mutants of Aspergillus
Niger. M. Hossain, R. Rahman, N. Chowdhury and Iffat Hussain. J. of Fermentation Tech.
66, 253, 1978.
14. Analysis of some Radiation Induced Mutants of Aspegillus Niger for Citric Acid
production in Cane Sugar Medium. M. Hossain, R. RAhman, N, Chowdhury, and Iffat Hussain.
Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology, 1, 16, 1970.
15. Stimulation of Pyruvate Transporter of Fat Cell Mitochondria by Insulin. R. Rahman and
R. L. Jungas. Abstracts of the Eleventh International Congress of Biochemists, P-618,
1979, Toronto.
16. Sexual Differentiation of Hepatic Meabolism okf corticosteron and Testosteron in the
Rat. R. Rahman, And R. B. Clayton. J. Biochem, (Tokyo), 90, 1967, 1981.
17. Effects of Insulin on Carbon-di-oxide Fixation in Adipose Tissue, Evidence for
Regualtion of Pyruvate Transport. R. RAhman, F. Rourke, and R. L. Jungas. J. Biol. Chem.
258, 483, 1983.
18. Hypoglycemic Effects of Coccnia Indica: Inhibition of key Gluconeogenic Enzyme,
Glucose. Phosphatase. Mohammed Zahid Hossain, Baizid Alam Shibib and R. Rahman. Ind J.
Expt. Biol. 30, 418, 1992.
19. Hypoglycemic activity of Coccnia indica and Momordica charntia in
diabetic rats: depression of hepatic gluconeogenic enzymes glucose-6-phosphatse and
fructose 1, 6- diphosphatase and elevation of both liver and red cell shunt enzyme
glucose-6 phophate dehydrogenase, Baizid A. Shibib, Liakat Ali Khan and Rafiqur Rahman.
Biochem. J. 292, 267, 1993.
20. Cholesterol lowering effect of HIlsa fish oil in female rats. Sushil Sinha and R.
Rahman, Bangladesh J. Biochem 1, 9, 1995.
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