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Najmuj Sakib

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    Najmuj Sakib

    MS in infectious disease and one health

    Assistant professor

    Dept. of Microbiology
    Jashore University of Science and Technology
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    Najmuj Sakib

    MS in infectious disease and one health

    Assistant professor

    Microbiology
    Jashore University of Science and Technology

    Biography

    EDUCATION

    09/2017-08/2019

    International Master of Science in Infectious disease and one health

    Université de Tours, France; GPA: 12.17/20

    Universitat Autonoma De Barcelona, Spain; GPA: 7.24/10

    University of Edinburgh, Scotland; GPA: ~70%

    Research internship: Freie University (FU), Berlin.

    Thesis title: Playing with the telomeric repeats of an existing vaccine

    strain: a better strategy to tackle the shifting virulence of Marek’s disease

    virus?

    Supervisor: Prof Dr. Benedikt Kaufer, Institute of Virology, FU


    12/2013-12/2014

    Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Microbiology

    Dept. of Microbiology, Jahangirnagar University (JU), Bangladesh

    GPA: 3.92/4.00

    Thesis title: Genetic characterization of norovirus & adenovirus along

    with bacterial co-infection analysis among infants and children with acute

    gastroenteritis in Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Supervisor: Dr. Shuvra Kanti Dey, Associate professor, JU


    12/2009-12/2013

    Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Microbiology

    Dept. of Microbiology, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh

    GPA: 3.71/4.00


    RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

    01/2019-07/2019

    Masters thesis student, Institute of Virology, FU

    (Project: Integration of Herpesvirus into the Telomeres)


    08/2015-11/2015

    Co-worker of a project, Bacteriology Lab, Jahangirnagar University

    (Project: Natural antimicrobials as an effective alternative choice)

    01/2014-07/2015

    Research Assistant, Virology Lab, Jahangirnagar University

    (Project: Prevalence of diarrheal viruses in infantile gastroenteritis)


    RESEARCH INTERESTS

    -Molecular biology of host-pathogen interaction

    -Metagenomics of gut flora including their diversity, metabolic roles

    and linkage to age, diseases and cancer

    -Tumorigenesis, viral oncogenesis and oncolytic therapy

    -One health approach to antimicrobial resistance (AMR), Nurturing

    nature as an alternative treatment, Public health epidemiology

    -Environmental microbiome to tackle pollution and support food-web


    PUBLICATIONS

    Please follow my researchgate profile (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Najmuj_Sakib2)


    TEACHING EXPERIENCE

    5/2017-Present

    Lecturer, Dept. of Microbiology, Jashore University of Science and

    Technology, Bangladesh.


    09/2016-04/2017

    Assistant Lecturer, Dept. of Microbiology, Gono Bishwabidyalay


    INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

    12/2015 – 08/2016

    Officer, QC, Dept. of Microbiology, Incepta Pharmaceuticals Limited.


    RELEVENT SKILLS

    -Plasmid DNA/genomic DNA/RNA isolation, PCR/qPCR/Reverse

    transcriptase PCR, Southern blotting, RFLP, Gel electrophoresis

    (Agarose/SDS-PAGE)

    -Recombineering, En-passant Mutagenesis

    -Mutagenesis tools: Vector NTI, Snapgene

    -Chicken embryo Fibroblasts culture, Cell transfection

    -A training course on rat/mouse models

    -Sequence data analysis with basic bioinformatics (two online courses

    from coursera.org)

    -Statistical tools: Minitab, SPSS, Graphpad Prism


    ENGLISH PROFICIENCY

    -English was the medium of instruction for all the mentioned degrees.

    -Successfully done 60 credits from University of Edinburgh, Scotland


    AWARDS

    - Erasmus+ Scholarship, EACEA/European Commission-2017

    -National Science and Technology fellowship 2014-15, Bangladesh

    -Outstanding Academic Performance Award (for academic

    achievement), Dept. of Microbiology, Jahangirnagar University, 2010-

    2013


    REFERENCES

    Prof. Dr Benedikt Kaufer

    Freie Universitat Berlin

    Fachbereich Veterinärmedizin, Institut für Virologie

    Robert Von Ostertag- Straße 7-13 D – 14163 Berlin

    Phone: +49-30-838-51936, E-mail: b.Kaufer@fu-berlin.de


    Dr. Shuvra Kanti Dey, PhD, Associate Professor

    Dept. of Microbiology, Jahangirnagar University

    Phone: +8801759588088, E-mail: shuvradey@yahoo.com


    Dr Stéphanie Germon, PhD, Assistant Professor

    Faculty of Pharmacy, Université de Tours, France

    Coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus Joint master degree Infectious

    diseases and One Health (www.infectious-diseases-one-health.eu)

    Phone: 02 47 36 73 46, E-mail: stephanie.germon@univ-tours.fr

    Last Update: 23 Apr, 2025

    Research Interest

    • Public health epidemiology
    • Enteric viruses and their linkage to behavioral pattern of the host, diseases and cancer
    • Emerging and re-emerging diseases
    • Molecular biology of DENV, CHIKV, ZIKA Virus