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Details of Dr. Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana

Dr. Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana
Chief Scientist
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Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology Research Laboratory

Educations
Sl. Degree Group/Major Board/Institute Country Passing Year
1 Bachlor in Science (Honors) Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Dhaka University Bangaldesh 1988
2 Master in Science Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Dhaka University Bangaldesh 1991
3 Doctor of Philosophy Biological Sciences Ehime University Japan 1995
4 Post doctoral Fellow Genetics and Molecuar Biology AIST fellowship Japan 1997
5 Post-Doctorol Fellowship Genetics and Bioscreening JSPS Fellowship JApan 1998
6 Post doctoral Fellow Bioscreening for breast cancer lead drugs from natural products NCNPR USA 2004
7 TWAS Fellowship Population Genetics CCMB Hyderabad, India 2009
Experiences
Sl. Title Organization Location From Date To Date
1 Chief Scientist University of Dhaka GEBRL (CARS) March 2015 Till now
2 Chief Consultant Bangladesh Police (Ministry of Home Affairs) GOB. Criminal Investigation Department (CID) Bangladesh August 2012 December 2014
3 Visiting Scientist Mississippi University Mississippi, Oxford, USA January 2001 October 2004
4 TWAS research Fellow Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) Hyderabad, India July 2008 June 2009
5 Post doctoral fellowship (JSPS) Riken Gene Bank Kyodai, Tsukuba Shi, Ibaraki 3050074, Japan. July 1997 December 1997
Research Interests
  • Biomarker for breast cancer diagnosis
  • Study on mitochondrial DNA and Y chrosomes to establish the genetic make up of Bangali population
  • Application of biallelic markers for forensic genetic
  • DNA methylation profiling of breast cancer
  • Genetics of Mortility in Critical Care (GenOMICC)
Current Projects
Sl. Title Year
1 Altered DNA methylation in Breast Cancer Patients”: Grant received from Ministry of Health in collaboration with NICRH, GOB 2022-2024
2 Identification of foreign meat by genetic marker”: Grant received from Dhaka University 2022-2023
3 Haplotyping of COVID-19 patients using mtDNA marker: Grant received from Dhaka University 2021-2022
4 Peopling of Bangladesh”: Grant received from National Geography Project in collaboration with 2018-2020
Achievements:
  • Developed Complete Spectrum of Beta (β) Thalassemia Mutations in Bangladeshi Population
  • Established Genetic structure of Tibeto-Burman populations of Bangladesh: evaluating the gene flow along the sides of Bay-of-Bengal
  • Identified mtDNA mutations for the risk of breast cancer in bangali population
  • Technology transfer for human DNA profiling
  • Evaluating the genetic impact of South and Southeast Asia on the peopling of Bangladesh
  • Capable of gender identification by Alu insertion
  • Identification of forensic meat by genetic marker
  • Introduced method for Human Identification (HID) by autosomal STR marker
  • Diagnosis of breast cancer by cfDNA quantification
  • Profiling of DNA methylation pattern in Cancer patients of Bangladesh
Memberships:
  • The Bangladesh Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  • Human Genome Society
  • Indian Society of Human Genetics
Publications:
Sl. Article Type Year Link
1 Arindita Das, Nazmul Ahsan, Rokeya Begum, Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana. Human Gene, Elsevier Publication Journal 2023 Link
2 Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana, Arindita Das, Khalida Akhtaar, Chowdhury Faiz Hossain and M Anarul Islam. STUDY OF COVID-19 CASE WITH MULTIPLE COMORBIDITIES: SEVERE TO SURVIVAL Bioresource Communications; 9 (1): 1177-1179 Journal 2023 Link
3 Quantitative Analysis of serum cell free DNA as predictive and prognostic marker in breast cancer patients Journal 2023 Link
4 GNN Sultana, A Srivastava, K Akhtaar, PP Singh, MA Islam, G Chaubey. Studying C-reactive protein and D-dimer levels in blood may prevent severe complications: A Study in Bangladeshi COVID-19 patients. Genet. Evolutionary and Population Genetics. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.96659 Journal 2022
5 GNN Sultana, D Sharmin, I Jahan, M Asaduzzaman, R Begum, A Paul. Alu-deletion in Bangladeshi Women: Scopes of Clinical Utility for the Detection of Early Breast Cancer as a Biomarker. Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Biology, 7 (1): 43-49 Journal 2022
6 M Kabir, M Imam, CF Hossain, GNN Sultana. Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer Based Biosensor from Thermophilic Bacterial Periplasmic Binding Protein to Measure Branched-chain and Aromatic Amino Acids. Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology, 25 (6): 24-3 Journal 2022
7 Prajjval Pratap Singh, Shani Vishwakarma, Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana, Arno Pilvar, Monika Karmin, Siiri Rootsi, Richard Villems, Mait Metspalu, Doron M Behar, Toomas Kivisild, George van Driem, Gyaneshwer Chaubey. Dissecting the paternal founders of Mundari (Austroasiatic) speakers associated with the language dispersal in South Asia. European journal of human genetics; 29 (3): 528-532 Journal 2021
8 Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana, M. Islam, R Khan, A Islam, H Mahmud, S Raihan. Study on mitochondrial Atpase6 gene polymorphisms as a genetic risk factor for breast cancer in Bangladeshi women. International Journal of Scientific Research in Dental and Medical Sciences; 3 (1): 18022 Journal 2021
9 M Mizanur Rahman, Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana, Mohammed Abu Kawsar Sarker, Md Hossain, Mohd Alam, Md Rahman, Abdul Ahad, Md Islam, Rokeya Begum. Alteration of P53, hMLH1, and HER2 Gene in Bangladeshi Gastric Cancer Patients: Their Association with H. pylori Infection and Clinicopathological Factors. Middle Eastern Journal of cancer; 12 (3): 332-341.of Journal 2021
10 Prajjval Pratap Singh, Anshika Srivastava, Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana, Nargis Khanam, Abhishek Pathak, Prashanth Suravajhala, Royana Singh, Pankaj Shrivastava, George van Driem, Kumarasamy Thangaraj, Gyaneshwer Chaubey. The major genetic risk factor for severe COVID-19 does not show any association among South Asian populations. Scientific Report, 11 (1): 1-4 Journal 2021
11 Anshika Srivastava, Audditiya Bandopadhyay, Debashurti Das, Rudra Kumar Pandey, Vanya Singh, Nargis Khanam, Nikhil Srivastava, Prajjval Pratap Singh, Pavan Kumar Dubey, Abhishek Pathak, Pranav Gupta, Niraj Rai, Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana, Gyaneshwer Chaubey. Genetic association of ACE2 rs2285666 polymorphism with COVID-19 spatial distribution in India. Frontiers in genetics; 11: 1163 Journal 2020 Link
12 Kai Tätte, Luca Pagani, Ajai K Pathak, Sulev Kõks, Binh Ho Duy, Xuan Dung Ho, Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana, Mohd Istiaq Sharif, Md Asaduzzaman, Doron M Behar, Yarin Hadid, Richard Villems, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Toomas Kivisild, Mait Metspalu. The genetic legacy of continental scale admixture in Indian Austroasiatic speakers. Scientific Reports; 8 (3818): 1-9 Journal 2019 Link
13 MM Rahman, MAK Sarker, MM Hossain, MS Alam, MM Islam, L Shirin, Rokeya Sultana, Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana. Association of p53 gene mutation with helicobacter pylori infection in gastric cancer patients and its correlation with clinicopathological and environmental factors. World Journal of Oncology; 10 (1), 46 Journal 2018 Link
14 G Sultana, R Begum, H Akhter, Z Shamim, MA Rahim, G Chubey. The complete Spectrum of beta (β) thalassemia mutations in Bangladeshi population. Austin Biomarker Diagnosis; 3 (1): 1024 Journal 2016 Link
15 Luca Pagani, Daniel John Lawson, Evelyn Jagoda, Alexander Mörseburg, Anders Eriksson, Mario Mitt, Florian Clemente, Georgi Hudjashov, Michael DeGiorgio, Lauri Saag, Jeffrey D Wall, Alexia Cardona, Reedik Mägi, Melissa A Wilson Sayres, Sarah Kaewert, Charlotte Inchley, Christiana L Scheib, Mari Järve, Monika Karmin, Guy S Jacobs, Tiago Antao, Florin Mircea Iliescu, Alena Kushniarevich, Qasim Ayub, Chris Tyler-Smith, Yali Xue, Bayazit Yunusbayev, Kristiina Tambets, Chandana Basu Mallick, Lehti Saag, Elvira Pocheshkhova, George Andriadze, Craig Muller, Michael C Westaway, David M Lambert, Grigor Zoraqi, Shahlo Turdikulova, Dilbar Dalimova, Zhaxylyk Sabitov, Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana, et.al. Genomic analyses inform on migration events during the peopling of Eurasia. Nature; 538 (7624): 238-242. Journal 2016 Link

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