Faculty Profile

Mst Arzuba Akter, PhD

Professor & Head

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801731549116
  • Email: arzuba-bmb@sust.edu, akhi_bmb@yahoo.com

Biography

Dr. Mst. Arzuba Akter has been serving as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh, since 13th May 2018. She was appointed as a Assistant Professor and Lecturer in the same Department. She completed her MS and B.Sc from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She has received her PhD degree in Medicine on March 2017 from Miyazaki University, Japan.

Education

  • Ph.D. in Medicine, Miyazaki University, Japan
  • Master of Science (MS) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dhaka University
  • Bachelor of Science (BS) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dhaka University

Research Interests

  • Genome analysis: Whole genome sequencing and comparative genome analysis of bacteria.
  • Bioinformatics: Computational approaches for drug and vaccine target identification in pathogenic organisms.

Active Research Project

  • 1. Whole genome sequencing and comparative genome analysis of different symbiotic bacteria.

Previous Research Project

  • 1. Identification of potential drug and vaccine targets in Escherichia coli O157:H7, Escherichia coli O104:H4, Vibrio cholera, Streptococcus pneumoniae by different computational methods.
  • 2. Computational identification of miRNA and targets from expressed sequence tags of coffee (Coffea arabica).
  • 3. Evolution and adaptive mechanism study of the novel influenza A/H1N1 in humans.

External Affiliations

  • Society of Genome Microbiology, Japan (SGMJ)
  • Japanese Society for Bacteriology (JSB)
  • Bangladesh Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BSBMB)
  • Graduate Biochemist Association (GBA), University of Dhaka
  • American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

Journal Publications

  • 1. Tahsin Khan, Shakhinur Islam Mondal§, Araf Mahmud, Daniyal Karim, Lorraine A. Draper, Colin Hill, Abul Kalam Azad, Arzuba Akter§. Identification of cell wall binding domains and repeats in Streptococcus pneumoniae phage endolysins: A molecular and diversity analysis. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports. 2024. 40: 101844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrep.2024.101844. §Corresponding author
  • 2. Md Tahsin Khan, Araf Mahmud, Mahmudul Hasan, Kazi Faizul Azim, Musammat Kulsuma Begum, Mohimenul Haque Rolin, Arzuba Akter§, Shakhinur Islam Mondal§. §Corresponding author. Proteome Exploration of Legionella pneumophila To Identify Novel Therapeutics: a Hierarchical Subtractive Genomics and Reverse Vaccinology Approach. Microbiology Spectrum (American Society for Microbiology Journal). e0037322.
  • 3. Shakhinur Islam Mondal, Arzuba Akter, Lorraine A Draper, R Paul Ross, Colin Hill. Characterization of an Endolysin Targeting Clostridioides difficile That Affects Spore Outgrowth. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2021; 22(11):5690.
  • 4. Md Tahsin Khan, Rahatul Islam, Tarhima Jahan Jerin, Araf Mahmud, Sahara Khatun, Ahasanul Kobir, Md Nahidul Islam, Arzuba Akter§, Shakhinur Islam Mondal§. §Corresponding author. Immunoinformatics and molecular dynamics approaches: Next generation vaccine design against West Nile virus. PLOS ONE 16(6): e0253393. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253393
  • 5. Shakhinur Islam Mondal§, Arzuba Akter§, Ryuichi Koga, Takahiro Hosokawa, Mehmet Dayi, Kazunori Murase, Ryusei Tanaka, Shuji Shigenobu, Takema Fukatsu and Taisei Kikuchi. Reduced Genome of the Gut Symbiotic Bacterium “Candidatus Benitsuchiphilus tojoi” Provides Insight Into Its Possible Roles in Ecology and Adaptation of the Host Insect. §equal contribution. Frontiers in Microbiology. 2020; 11, 840. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.00840
  • 6. Shakhinur Islam Mondal, Elma Akter, Arzuba Akter, Md Tahsin Khan, Nurnabi Azad Jewel. Comparative genomics study of Candidatus Carsonella ruddii; an endosymbiont of economically important psyllids. Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 373–382, Sep. 2020.
  • 7. Claudia S. L. Vicente§, Shakhinur Islam Mondal§, Arzuba Akter§, Sota Ozawa1, Tasei Kikuchi3, Koichi Hasegawa. Genome analysis of new Blattabacterium spp., obligatory endosymbionts of Periplaneta fuliginosa and P. japonica. §equal contribution. PLoS One. 2018 Jul 10;13(7):e02005
  • 8. Akter A, Ooka T, Gotoh Y, Yamamoto S, Fujita H, Terasoma F, Kida K, Taira M, Nakadouzono F, Gokuden M, Hirano M, Miyashiro M, Inari K, Shimazu Y, Tabara K, Toyoda A, Yoshimura D, Itoh T, Kitano T, Sato MP, Katsura K, Mondal SI, Ogura Y, Ando S, Hayashi T. Extremely low genomic diversity of Rickettsia japonica distributed in Japan. Genome Biology and Evolution. 2017: 9 (1): 124-133. PMID: 28057731.
  • 9. Mondal SI, Mahmud Z, Elahi M, Akter A, Jewel NA, Islam MM, Ferdous S, Kikuchi T. Study of intra-inter species protein-protein interactions for potential drug targets identification and subsequent drug design for Escherichia coli O104:H4 C277-11. In Silico Pharmacol. 2016: 5:1. doi:10.1007/s40203-017-0021-5. PMID: 28401513
  • 10. Mondal SI, Ferdous S, Jewel NA, Akter A, Mahmud Z, Islam MM, Afrin T, Karim N. Identification of potential drug targets by subtractive genome analysis of Escherichia coli O157:H7: an in silico approach. Advances and applications in bioinformatics and chemistry: AABC. 2015: 8:49-63. PMID: 26677339.
  • 11. Akter A, Islam MM, Mondal SI, Mahmud Z, Jewel NA, Ferdous S, Amin MR, Rahman MM. Computational identification of miRNA and targets from expressed sequence tags of coffee (Coffea arabica). Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences. 2014: 21(1):3-12. PMID: 24596494.
  • 12. Mondal SI, Khadka B, Akter A, Roy PK, Sultana R. Computer based screening for novel inhibitors against Vibrio cholerae using NCI diversity set-II: an alternative approach by targeting transcriptional activator ToxT. Interdisciplinary sciences, computational life sciences. 2014: 6(2):108-17. PMID: 25172449.
  • 13. Thapa S, Alum MA, Saha C, Zubaer A, Akter A, Mondal SI. Molecular modeling and functional characterization of a pertinent enzyme in Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype-2: A potential target for the development of novel pneumonia drug. Indian Journal of Biotechnology. 2013: 12 (1), 40-45.
  • 14. Sharmin S, Moosa MM, Islam S, Kabir I, Akter A, Khan H. Identification of a novel dehydration responsive transcript from tossa jute (Corcohrus olitorius L.). Journal of Cell and Molecular Biology. 2011: 9(1): 21-29.
  • 15. Mondal SI, Thapa S, Zubaer A, Saha C, Alum MA, Akter A. In Silico Identification of Suitable Alternative Milk for Human Infants either Allergic or Not to Cow-Milk. SUST Studies. 2011: 14(2): 69-75
  • 16. Mondal SI, Das SA, Akter A, Hasan R, Talukdar SA, Reza MS. Thyroid hormone and its correlation with age, sex and serum lipid levels in hypothyroid and euthyroid sylheti populations in Bangladesh. Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic research. 2011: 5 (7), 1347-1351.
  • 17. Mondal SI, Zubaer A, Thapa S, Saha C, Alum MA, Reza MS, Akter A, Azad AK. Envelope Proteins Pertain with Evolution and Adaptive Mechanism of the Novel Influenza A/H1N1 in Humans. Journal of microbiology and biotechnology. 2010: 20(11):1500-5. PMID: 21124053.

Teaching

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Enzymology
  • Virology
  • Immunology
  • Microbiology
  • Metabolism
  • Industrial Biotechnology

Awards & Recognition

  • Deans Award 2007 for excellent result in bachelor degree in life sciences faculty of Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) Scholarship 2013.

Graduate Supervision

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