MS in infectious disease and one health
Assistant professor
MS in infectious disease and one health
Assistant professor
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