Faculty Profile

Shamim Ahmed, PhD

Professor

Contact Information

  • Office Address: Professor Institute of Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet-3114, Bangladesh
  • Phone: +8801776196006
  • Email: shamim1174-bmb@sust.edu, shamim1174@gmail.com

Biography

Dr. Shamim Ahmed Obtained PhD in Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics on March 2009 from Saitama University, Japan. After completion Post-doc in Japan he joined as an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Shahjalal Univ. of Sci. and Technology on March 2013. Dr. Ahmed completed his M.Phil, M.Sc and B.Sc from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh in the year of 2005, 1998 and 1995, respectively. Beside teaching profession Mr. Ahmed also involved as a Biosafety and Biosecurity Assessor for Sylhet division, Bangladesh collaboration with icddr,b and Central for Disease Control (CDC), Atlanta, USA.

Education

  • PhD (Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics): 2009 Institute: Saitama University, Japan.
  • M.Phil (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology): 2005 Institute: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • MS (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology): 1998 Institute: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • BSc (Biochemistry and Molecular Biology): 1995 Institute: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Research Interests

  • Drug development, bioinformatics, Microbiology, Clinical Biochemistry

Active Research Project

  • 1. Assessing the Health Status of SUST Faculty Members:Implications for Future Health Management Strategy 2. Potentiating Antibiotic Activity by addition of adjuvants Against Resistant, Gram-negative Bacteria: A combination of in silico, in vitro and in vivo experiments

Journal Publish

  • 1. Miah, R., Fariha, K. A., Sony, S. A., Ahmed, S., Hasan, M., Mou, A. D., Barman, Z., Hasan, A., Mohanto, N. C., & Ali, N. (2022). Association of serum xanthine oxidase levels with hypertension: a study on Bangladeshi adults. Scientific reports, 12(1), 21727. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26341-5
  • 2. Khandaker Atkia Fariha*, Hasan Mahmud Syfuddin, Shamim Ahmed (2021). An Insight into ACE2 Expression Associated Complexities of COVID-19 and the Possible Vaccine Strategies to Control Viral Entry into Host Cells. American Journal of Internal Medicine. Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 58-69. doi: 10.11648/j.ajim.20210902.11
  • 3. Ali N*, Fariha KA, Islam F, Ahmed S et al. (2021). Assessment of the role of zinc in the prevention of COVID‐19 infections and mortality: a retrospective study in the Asian and European population. J Med Virol;1‐8. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.26932.
  • 4. Hasan M, Ashik AI, Chowdhury MB, Tasnim AT, Nishat ZS, Hossain T, Ahmed S*(2021). Computational prediction of potential siRNA and human miRNA sequences to silence orf1ab associated genes for future therapeutics against SARS-CoV-2, Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imu.2021.100569.
  • 5. Ali N, Fariha KA, Islam F, Mohanto NC, Ahmad I, Hosen MJ, Ahmed S. Assessment of the role of zinc in the prevention of COVID-19 infections and mortality: A retrospective study in the Asian and European population. Journal of Medical Virology. 2021 doi: 10.1002/jmv.26932.
  • 6. Genome-wide analysis and transcript profiling identify several abiotic and biotic stress-responsive Glutathione S-transferase genes in soybean.
  • 7. Retention of antibiotic activity against resistant bacteria harbouring aminoglycoside-N-acetyltransferase enzyme by adjuvants: a combination of in-silico and in-vitro study
  • 8. An immunoinformatics study on the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2 revealing potential epitopes as vaccine candidates.
  • 9. A questionnaire-based study to identify the physiological implications of unpleasant hall dining foods among university students.
  • 10. Harshita Sharma, Yasunori Kinoshita, …….., Shamim Ahmed and Koichi Nishigaki. “Establishment of a reborn MMV-microarray technology: realization of microbiome analysis and other hitherto inaccessible technologies”. BMC Biotechnology 14:78 (2014)
  • 11. Ando, K., Kinoshita, Y., Ahmed, S., Nishigaki, K., Uchida, H. Improvement of Detection Sensitivity for Small Amount Fluorescence Dyes in Microwell by confocal Optics System. IEEJ Transactions on Sensors and Micromachines. Vol. 133, No. 6, p 250-257 (2013). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1541/ieejsmas.133.250
  • 12. Shamim Ahmed, Manabu Komori, Sachika Tsuji-Ueno, Miho Suzuki, Akinori Kosaku, Kiyoshi Miyamoto, Koichi Nishigaki. “Genome profiling (GP) method based classification of insects: congruence with that of classical phenotype-based one”. PLoS ONE, Vol. 6, no. 8, pp e23963 (2011).
  • 13. Shamim Ahmed, Ayumu Saito , Miho Suzuki , Naoto Nemoto, Koichi Nishigaki. “Host-parasite Relations of Bacteria and Phages can be unveiled by Oligostickiness, a Measure of Relaxed Sequence Similarity”. Bioinformatics (Oxford Journal), Vol. 25 no. 5, pp 563-570 (2009).
  • 14. Shamim Ahmed and Koichi Nishigaki. “Error-Robust Nature of Genome Profiling Applied for Clustering of Species Demonstrated by Computer Simulation”. International Journal of Biological and Life Sciences, Vol. 3; No. 2; (2007).
  • 15. MA Hasanat, MAK Rumi, MN Alam, S Ahmed, KN Hasan, M Salimullah, AKA Khan. “Urinary Iodine Status Thyroid Dysfunction: A Bangladesh Perspective”. Bangladesh Med. Res. Counc. Bull. 30(1): pp. 16-24 (2004)
  • 16. KN Hasan, MAK Rumi, MA Hasanat, MG Azam, S Ahmed, MS Hassan. “Chronic Carriers of Hepatitis B Virus in Bangladesh: A Comparative analysis of HBV-DNA, HBeAg/Anti-HBe, and Liver Functions Test. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp 110-117 (2002)

Awards & Recognition

  • Monbukagakusho Scholarship (Japanese Government: MEXT Scholarship: Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan) from October 2005 to March 2009 as a PhD student to carryout research works at Saitama University, Japan.
  • National Science and Technology (NST) Fellowship (NST, Bangladesh): From January 2000 to May 2001 as M. Phil student to carryout research works.
  • University Grant Scholarship (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh) for brilliant performance in B.Sc examination to carry out M. Sc degree.
  • University Sains Malaysia (USM) research Grant: for 1 year as a Trainee student to learn Molecular techniques at Faculty of Health, University Sains Malaysia. Malaysia.

Teaching

  • Bioinformatics
  • Introductory Biochemistry
  • Physiology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Endocrinology

Graduate Supervision

  • Current Students: 20