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Dr. Sharif Akhteruzzaman
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Professional Meetings, Symposia, and Congress Attended 
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Research Grants
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Dr. Sharif Akhteruzzaman
Personal/Contact Address

Date of Birth: July 21, 1962
Nationality: Bangladeshi By birth
Present Address:
Sharif Akhteruzzaman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 
Part-time Teacher: Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology,
University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000
Bangladesh.
Tel:  880-2-9661900-59  Ext. 6113 (Off),  880-2-9667641 (Res)
Fax: 880-2-8615583,  e-mail: sazaman@udhaka.net

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Academic Qualification

B. Sc. (Honors) in Biochemistry: University of Dhaka, 1980-1983, Dhaka, Bangladesh
M. Sc. in Biochemistry: University of Dhaka,1983-1984, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences: Tokyo University, 1993-1997, Tokyo, Japan 

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Position Held

1. Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 1990-June 1997.
2. Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, June 1997-April 2002. 

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List of Publications

1. S. Akhteruzzaman and N.H. Khan, Antibacterial activity of ten plant extracts, Dhaka Univ.J. Biol.Sci. 1 (1) : 89-93, 1992 (July).

2. A. Hossain, S.K. Shaha, S. Akhteruzzaman, Yearul Kabir, and M. Rahman, Studies on extracellular protease activity from locally isolated Bacillus thuringiensis strains, Dhaka Univ.J. Biol.Sci. 3 (1) : 83-87, 1994 (January).

3. A. Hossain, S. Mallik, H.U. Shakhar and S. Akhteruzzaman, Isolation and identification of a Bacillus polymyxa strains, Dhaka Univ.J. Biol.Sci. 4 (2) : 193 - 196, 1995 (January).

4. A. Hossain, S. Mallik, H.U. Shakhar and S. Akhteruzzaman, Antibacterial activity of a locally isolated Bacillus polymyxa AH-1, Dhaka Univ.J. Biol.Sci. 5 (1) : 87 -89 , 1996 (January).

5. S. Shahnaj, S. Sarkar, S. Akhteruzzaman and Y. Kabir, Effect of Auricularia polytricha mushroom on serum lipids in rats fed hypercholesterolemic diet, Dhaka Univ.J. Biol.Sci. 5 (2) : 165 - 172 , 1996 (July).

6. S. Akhteruzzaman, Y. Kato, A. Hisaka and Y. Sugiyama, Recognition specificity of small peptides by the transport system in liver, Proceedings, 23rd International Symposium on Controlled Release of Bioactive Materials, p. 439-440, July 7 -10, 1996, Kyoto, Japan.

7. Yukio Kato, S. Akhteruzzaman, Akihiro Hisaka, and Yuichi Sugiyama, Primary Active Transport of Peptidic Endothelin Antagonists on Rat Hepatic Canalicular Membrane, J. Pharmacol.Exp.Ther., 288(2): 575-581, 1999. (Available online at http://www.jpet.org )

8. Yukio Kato, S. Akhteruzzaman, Akihiro Hisaka, and Yuichi Sugiyama, Hepatobiliary Transport Governs Overall Elimination of Peptidic Endothelin Antagonists in Rats, J. Pharmacol.Exp.Ther., 288(2):568-574, 1999. (Available online at http://www.jpet.org )

9. S. Akhteruzzaman, Yukio Kato, Hirokazu Kouzuki, Hiroshi Suzuki, Akihiro,Hisaka, Bruno Stieger, Peter J. Meier, and Yuichi Sugiyama, Carrier-mediated hepatic uptake of peptidic endothelin antagonists in rats, J. Pharmacol.Exp.Ther., 290:1107-1115, 1999. (Available online at http://www.jpet.org )

10. Nilufer Jesmin Khan, M. Aftab Uddin and Sharif Akhteruzzaman, Purification and characterization of endoglucanase (1,4-beta-D-glucan glucanhydrolase) from Microcerotermes sp. Bangladesh J. Biochemistry., 6:31-47, 2000.

11. M. Morshed, Haseena Khan and S. Akhteruzzaman, Association of angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism with hypertension in a Bangladesh population. Journal of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. 35(3):251-254, 2002. (Available online at http://www.jbmb.or.kr/ )


12. Mizanoor Rahman, M. Nazmul Huda, M. Nasir Uddin and Sharif Akhteruzzaman. Short-term administration of conjugated linoleic acid reduces liver triglyceride concentration and phosphatidate phosphohydrolase activity in OLETF rats. Journal of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology. 35(5): 494-497, 2002. (Available online at http://www.jbmb.or.kr/ )

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Professional Meetings, Symposia, and Congress Attended

1. 8th Symposium of the Federation of Asian and Oceanian Biochemists (FAOB), June 11-13, 1991, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
2. 23rd International Symposium on Controlled Release of Bioactive Materials, July 7-10, 1996, Kyoto, Japan
3. 3rd Annual Convention of ADNAT (Association for the promotion of DNA fingerprinting and other DNA Technologies) on "Emerging DNA Technologies for the next Millennium", 23rd February, Hyderabad, India.
4. Asian Science Seminar on Animal Cell Technology (ASSACT 2001), November 8-16, 2001, Nagoya, Japan.

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Training course attended
1.Training course on Emerging trends in DNA-based Diagnosis,  February 24 - March 07, 1999, Centr for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCBM), Hyderabad, India.
2. ICRO-UNESCO training course on Basic Aspects for Industrial Development of Biotechnology January  29 - February 9, 2001, Nagoya University, Japan. 
3. Training course on "Molecular and Cell Biology", November 14-November 16, 2001, Kanaya, Japan, jointly organized by Japan Science promotion Society (JSPS) and Nagoya University.
4. Training course on "Parasite Bioinformatics: Application in Genomic Studies", January 17-January23, 2002, Organized by International Centre for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi, India.

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Research Grants


Research grant from Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Peoples' Republic of Bangladesh, Study on the association of ApoE gene polymorphism with plasma lipid and coronary heart disease, during 2000-2001.


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Society Membership

1. Bangladesh Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (BBS)
2. Graduate Biochemist Association (GBA), Bangladesh.
3. Association for the promotion of DNA Fingerprinting and other DNA Technologies (ADNAT), India.

 

 

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