Dr. Zeba Islam Seraj (UGC Professore)
(Professor)Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Short Biography:
Zeba teaches Plant and Agricultural Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and is working on understanding the mechanism of salt tolerance in plants with emphasis on rice. Her major works include:
1. Characterization of naturally evolving traditional rice for their salt tolerance, 2. Establishment and use of DNA markers to assist in efficient ...
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| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
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| Ph.D. | Biochmeistry | Glasgow University | United Kingdom | 1986 |
| Masters | Biochemistry | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 1982 |
| Bachelor | Biochemistry | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 1980 |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
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| UGC Professor | University of Dhaka | Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 20, Aug 2024 | Currently Working |
| Chairperson | Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka | Dhaka | 01, Nov 2018 | 31-08-2020 |
| Director | Center for Bioinformatics Learning Advance and Systematics Training | Dhaka | 01, Jan 2015 | Currently Working |
| Honorary Visiting Researcher | University of Texas at Austin | USA | 01, Oct 2013 | Currently Working |
| Visiting Researcher | Mol and Dev Cell Biol, Univ Texas at Austin | USA | 15, Aug 2001 | 03-09-2001 |
| Visiting Scientist, | IRRI | 02, Jan 1998 | 31-03-1998 | |
| Professor | Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka | Dhaka | 01, Dec 1997 | 11-01-2024 |
| Associate Professor | Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka | Dhaka | 01, Dec 1991 | 01-12-1997 |
| Assistant Professor | Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka | Dhaka | 01, Mar 1988 | 01-12-1991 |
| Post-Doctoral Fellow | Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Liverpool | UK | 01, May 1986 | 01-07-1987 |
Research Interest
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
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| Formulation of a biofertilizer using an endophytric fungus isolated from roots of Oryza coarctata | The fungal biofertilizer is being used in the coastal saline prone areas with rice, maize and sunflower to see whether the positive growth promoting effects of the fungus in salinity stressed pot experiments in the laboratory can be manifested in saline fields. |
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| Soil and plant microbiome | Isolation and Characterization of Rhizobacteria from soil and endophytes and fungi from plants for plant growth promoting activities; understanding the mechanism of microbiota growth promotion of plants. |
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| Salinity Tolerance of Rice | Physiology and Molecular Biology of salt tolerance, with emphasis on rice (glycophyte) as well as halophytes (salt-loving); transporters invloved in excretion of salt outside leaf, DNA-marker-assisted high throughput selection to aid breeding and genetic transformation for producing salt tolerant high yielding rice. Use of rice as a delivery system for vaccines and other proteins. |
Project/Research Supervision
| Level of Study | Title | Supervisor | Co-Supervisor(s) | Name of Student(s) | Area of Research | Current Completion |
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| Ph.D. | A SNP based linkage study to find out possible predisposition of Type 2 Diabetes from Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Bangladeshi women | Dr. Zeba I. Seraj | Dr. Md. Salimullah | Mahzabin Amin | The genetic basis of the effect of pregnancy on development of Diabetes |
2023 |
| Ph.D. | “Drought and salt tolerance characteristics of rice plants transformed with the SNAC1 transcription factor” | Dr. Zeba I. Seraj | Rumana S. Tammi | Cloning the SNAC1 transcription factor driven by constitutive and drought-responsive promoters in different commercial rice cultivars and their physiological characterization and comparison |
2022 | |
| Ph.D. | Characterization of a Bangladeshi rice landrace Horkuch as a suitable donor for salinity tolerance traits for development of new salt tolerant rice cultivars | Dr. Zeba I. Seraj | Dr. Rumena Yasmeen, BRRI Dr. Adam Price, University of Aberdeen, UK | Sumaiya Farah Khan | Mapping of DNA loci responsible for salt tolerance in local rice cultivar, Horkuch |
2018 |
| Ph.D. | Identification, characterization and validation of the genes involved in salt tolerance of the rice (Oryza sativa L. indica) landrace Horkuch and its segregating population using RAD-genotyping and RNA-sequencing under salinity stress | Dr. Zeba I. Seraj | Dr. Harkamal Walia, University of Nebraska at Lincoln Dr. Tom Juenger, University of Texas at Austin | Sabrina M. Elias | Expression of important genes within DNA loci responsible for salt tolerance, referred to as expression QTL |
2018 |
| Ph.D. | Development of rice tolerant to heat during flowering | Dr. Zeba I. Seraj | Dr. Sigrid Heuer | Richard Malo | Production of transgenic heat tolerant rice |
2017 |
| Ph.D. | Marker-assisted backcrossing for introgression of Saltol to mega rice varieties | Dr. Zeba I. Seraj | Dr. Abdelbagi Ismail, IRRI | Sazzadur Rahman | Introducing the DNA locus, 'Saltol' of Chr 1 from Pokkali rice to BR11 and BR28 rice by use of DNA markers |
2016 |
| Ph.D. | Sequence variation in specific genes among modern rice varieties, landraces and farmer selected variants | Dr. Zeba I. Seraj | Dr. Jesmin | Rokeya Begum | Waxy gene variability and amylose content in Bangladeshi rice and the case of Haridhan origins |
2012 |
| Ph.D. | Molecular Investigation on Salt Tolerance of Coastal Rice Landraces at Reproductive and Seedling Stages | Dr. Zeba I. Seraj | Dr. A. R. Gomosta | Laisa A. Lisa | Characterizing local rice landraces collected from the coast of Bangladesh for their agronomic properties and salt tolerance |
2006 |
| Ph.D. | Isolation and Characterization of Vacuolar OsNHX1 and its Expression in Transgenic Rice | Dr. Zeba I. Seraj | Dr. Haseena Khan | Noorain M. Rasul | Cloning the rice vacuolar sodium hydrogen Na/H antiporter in rice, which sequesters salt into the vacuole |
2005 |
| Ph.D. | Identification and characterization of genes from wild halophytic rice (Porteresia coarctata), for using in development of salt tolerant rice | Dr. Zeba I. Seraj | Dr. Paul Quick | Ummey Habiba | Characterization of wild halophytic rice (Porteresia coarctata) in comparison to rice (Oryza sativa) and their putative hybrids. Cloning of genes invloved in salt tolerance from halophytic rice and transformation into commercial rice |
Current Year |
| Ph.D. | Adaptation of Oryza coarctata as a resource for producing halotolerant modern rice through gene editing | Dr. Rakibul Islam | Dr. Zeba I. Seraj | Tomalika Azim | Oryza coarctata is a wild rice which can grow in sea water. We are trying to increase its yields by knocking down genes responsible for its wild characteristicsusing genome editing. The aim is to |
Current Year |
Project/Research Work
| Subject | Project Name | Source of Fund | From Date | To Date | Collaboration |
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| Climate change | Practical application of Porteresia coarctata to fight against climate change | Bangladesh Climate Change Trust | 01-07-2021 | 30-04-2024 | BRRI, IRRI, Khulna University |
| Cloning for salt tolerance of rice | Development and characterization of higher salt-tolerant rice by co-transformation with two genes, PcASR1 and PcPVA1 of wild halophyte Porteresia coarctata | University Grants Commission | 01-07-2019 | BRRI, IRRI and University of Arizona | |
| Characterization of microbiota | Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Indigenous Bacteria (Rhizobacteria) Associated with Rhizomes of Halophytes | University Grants Commission | 02-07-2018 | 01-06-2019 | |
| Characterization of microbiota | Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Indigenous Bacteria and Fungi (Endophytes) Associated with Rhizomes of Halophytes | Ministry of Science and Technology | 01-07-2018 | 01-06-2019 | BCSIR |
| Fluorescent DNA marker-assisted rice breeding | DNA marker assisted breeding for production highly stress tolerant rice for coastal Ban | NATP | 02-04-2018 | 31-12-2019 | BRRI |
| Investigating the potential of Uri Dhan (Porteresia coarctata), to be the donor of salt tolerance traits for developing highly salt tolerant rice varieties | DNA marker assisted breeding for production highly stress tolerant rice for coastal Ban | Bangladesh Climate Change Trust (BCCT), Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh | 01-07-2016 | 01-06-2019 | BRRI |
| Transgenic rice for salt and drought tolerance | Development of high yielding abiotic stress tolerant rice by introducing Ideal Plant Architecture (IPA) into salt tolerant landrace and functional validation of introduced transgenes | BAS-USDA | 01-06-2015 | 01-05-2017 | NIB |
| Mapping DNA loci (QTL) and gene expression (eQTL)responsible for salt tolerance of rice landrace,Horkuch | Identification, Characterization and validation of the genes involved in salt tolerance of the rice (Oryza sativa L. indica) landrace Horkuch and its segregating population using RAD- genotyping and RNA-sequencing under salinity stress | USAID-PEER | 01-08-2013 | 01-05-2016 | University of Texas at Austin and University of Nebraska at Lincoln |
Invited Talk
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| 1 | Tedx Dhaka invited speaker on 'How to save crops from sea-level rise and salinity, October, 2017 https://youtu.be/Tnx0epIEB_I |
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| 2 | 'Wild halophytic rice, O. coarctata as a resource for rice cultivation in saline soil' INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON COASTAL AGRICULTURE |
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| 3 | Speaker at Transgenics in LMICs Learning Series: Products and Partnerships for Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
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| SL | Collaboration & Membership Name | Type | Membership Year | Expire Year |
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| 1 | CABI Agriculture and Biosciences Journal | Associate Editor | Since 2020 | Life Time |
| 2 | Freedom Foundation | Trustee Board member | 2024 | 2027 |
| 3 | Bangladesh Academy of Sciences | Fellow | 2015 | Life Time |
| 4 | The World Academy of Sciences | Fellow | 2021 | Life Time |
| 5 | Biomolecular Research Foundation | Vice President and Founder Life member | 2020 | Life Time |
| 6 | Society for Global Network of Bangladeshi Biotechnologists | President and Life member | 2015 | 2027 |
| 7 | Graduate Biochemists Association | Life member | 2000 | Life Time |
| 8 | Bangladesh Association of Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology | Life member | 2000 | Life Time |
| 9 | Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Life member | 1982 | Life Time |
| 10 | Core Committee on Biosafety, Government of Bangladesh | Scientific member | Since 2010 |
| Book Section | |
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| 1 |
Seraj, Zeba Islam, Sarker, Rakha H and Islam, Ahmad Shamsul "Challenges of Jute Transformation."
The Jute Genome. Springer International Publishing, 2022 115-120 .
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Seraj ZI "Combination of DNA markers and eQTL information for introgression of multiple salt-tolerance traits in rice."
In Advancement in Crop Improvement Techniques. Elsevier, 2020 1-22 .
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Seraj ZI "The scope of transformation and genome editing for quantitative trait improvements in rice."
In Advancements in Crop Improvement techniques. Elsevier, 2020 .
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Zeba I Seraj and Elias S.M., Biswas S., Tuteja N. "Helicases and Their Importance in Abiotic Stresses."
Salinity Responses and Tolerance in Plants,. Springer, 2018 Volume 2. .
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MA Salam, MR Islam, MS Rahman, MA Rahman, MAR Bhuiyan, ZI Seraj, TL Aditya, MK Uddin, MK Mandal, AM Ismail, DL Adorada, RD Mendoza, EB Tumimbang-Raiz and GB Gregorio "Rice varieties and cultural management practices for high and sustained productivity in the coastal wetlands of Bangladesh."
Tropical Deltas and coastal zones: Food production, communities and environment at the land-water interface. CT Hoanh et al CAB International CAB International, 2010 183-198 .
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Hossain Mahabub and Seraj Zeba I "Biotechnology for crop improvement global status and potential gains for Bangladesh."
Emerging issues in Bangladesh economy. Osmani SR, CPD, University Press Ltd, Dhaka, 2008 83-100 .
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Zeba I Seraj, Laisa A Lisa, M Rafiqul Islam, Rokeya Begum and Deepok K Das "Genetic diversity of saline coastal rice (Oryza sativa L) landraces of Bangladesh."
Abiotic stress tolerance of plants Towards the improvement of global environment and food. Rai, Aswani K and Takabe Teruhiro Springer, 2006 229-244 .
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Elahi CMF, Seraj ZI, Rasul NM, Das KC, Biswas K, Salam MA, GomostaAR, Tumimbang E, Adorada D, Gregorio G, Bennett J "Breeding rice for salinity tolerance using the Pokkali allele: finding a linked DNA marker."
In Vitro Culture, Transformation and Molecular markers for Crop Improvement. Islam AS Science Publishers, Inc, USA, 2004 157-170 .
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Seraj Z I, Khan H, Sarker RH, Khan S N and Islam AS "Harnessing Biotechnology."
Bangladesh in the New Millenium, A Dhaka University Study. Abul Kalam University Press Limited, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2004 393-421 .
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Islam AS Clark G and Seraj ZI "Current strategies in molecular breeding to increase food production."
In vitro application in Crop Improvement. Mujib A, Myeong-je C and Banerjee S Science Publishers Inc Enfield (NH), USA, 2004 203-216 .
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Seraj ZI, Bose ML, Bashar MK and Hossain M "Rice biodiversity: use of this resource can be the key to sustainable rice production.."
Proc. of the Bangladesh Rice Foundation seminar on the ‘Next step in Rice’. Bhuiyan SI. Bangladesh Rice Foundation, 2003 .
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Seraj ZI, Hossain MB, Rasul NM, Akhter , Khan H, Hossain S, Salam MA and Gregorio G "Agrobacterium mediated transformation of Bangladesh indica rice for conferring salt tolerance."
Prospects for saline agriculture. Ahmad and KA Malik Kluwer Academic Netherlands, 2002 167-176 .
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Islam AS, Haque MM, Hoque MI and Seraj ZI "Tissue Culture and micropropagation of jute (Corchorus spp)."
Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry Vol 19 High tech and Micropropation III. YPS Bagaj Springer Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 1992 505-526 .
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Knowler JT, McGregor CW and Islam Z "Ribonuleooprotein particles containing heterogenous nuclear RNA."
Nuclear Structures: Their isolation and characterization. MacGillivray A J and Birnie G D Butterworths Scientific, London., 1986 118-129 .
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Nishat Tamanna, Anik Mojumder, Tomalika Azim, Md Ishmam Iqbal, Md Nafis Ul Alam, Abidur Rahman and Zeba I Seraj : Comparative metabolite profiling of salt sensitive Oryza sativa and the halophytic wild rice Oryza coarctata under salt stress,
Plant-Environment Interactions , vol.5 , no.3 Wiley Online Library , pp.e10155 , 2024
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Dian Ekayanti Astari, Muhammad Nasrum Massi, Rina Masadah, Marhaen Hardjo, Rosdiana Natzir, Michael Erlichster, Gursharan Chana, Efstratios Skafidas, Zeba Islam Seraj, Sabrina M Elias and others : Development of a reverse transcription loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay with novel quantitative p H biosensor readout method for SARS-C o V-2 detection,
APMIS Wiley Online Library , 2024
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Rumana S Tammi, Sudip Biswas, Sabrina M Elias and Zeba I Seraj : Transformation of SNAC1 under Stress Inducible Promoter Rd29a Confers High Yield and Stress Tolerance in Rice,
Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology , vol.33 , no.2 , pp.115--133 , 2023
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Masnun H Maisha, Tasmia Islam, Ahasana Habiba Eva, Md Nafis Ul Alam, Umme Habiba, Tomalika Azim, Kazi Nahida Begum, Zeba Islam Seraj and Rakha Hari Sarkar : Anatomical and karyotypic comparison of induced tetraploid of Oryza sativa var Latisail with the allotetraploid halophytic wild rice Oryza coarctata,
Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution , vol.70 , no.5 Springer , pp.1419--1437 , 2023
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Sabrina M Elias, Richard Malo, Zeba I Seraj and Philomin Juliana : Functional genomic approaches in molecular breeding for crop improvement,
Frontiers in Genetics , vol.14 Frontiers , pp.1301501 , 2023
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US Mahzabin Amin, Tahia Anan Rahman, Mashfiqul Hasan, Tania Tofail, Muhammad Abul Hasanat, Zeba I Seraj and Md Salimullah : Type 2 diabetes linked FTO gene variant rs8050136 is significantly associated with gravidity in gestational diabetes in a sample of Bangladeshi women: Meta-analysis and case-control study,
Plos one , vol.18 , no.11 Public Library of Science San Francisco, CA USA , pp.e0288318 , 2023
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Anika Tasnim, Israt Jahan, Tomalika Azim, Dola Karmoker and Zeba I Seraj : Paired growth of cultivated and halophytic wild rice under salt stress induces bacterial endophytes and gene expression responses,
Frontiers in Plant Science , vol.14 Frontiers , pp.1244743 , 2023
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Dipankor Chatterjee, Mohammad Umer Sharif Shohan, Nishat Tamanna and Zeba I Seraj : Meta-analysis of microarray and RNAseq data reveal OsbZIP52 to mediate salt stress responses in sensitive, tolerant and halophyte rice varieties,
CABI Agriculture and Bioscience , vol.4 , no.1 Springer , pp.31 , 2023
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Hang Zhao, Wenzheng Wang, Yirong Yang, Zhiwei Wang, Jing Sun, Kaijun Yuan, SM Hisam Al Rabbi, Munnujan Khanam, Md Shahjahan Kabir, Zeba I Seraj and others : A high-quality chromosome-level wild rice genome of Oryza coarctata,
Scientific Data , vol.10 , no.1 Nature Publishing Group UK London , pp.701 , 2023
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Imran Khan, Aysha Akter Laboni, Tomalika Azim, Sabrina Moriom Elias and Zeba Islam Seraj : Downregulation of the OsAKT1 K+/Na+ Transporter Gene by CRISPR-Cas9 Mediated Transformation in Sensitive Rice IR29 Makes it Tolerant to Salt Stress,
Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology , vol.33 , no.1 , pp.71-84 , 2023
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Arifa Akhter Airin, Md Iyasir Arafat, Rifat Ara Begum, Md Rakibul Islam and Zeba Islam Seraj : Plant growth-promoting endophytic fungi of the wild halophytic rice Oryza coarctata,
Annals of Microbiology , vol.73 , no.1 Springer , pp.36 , 2023
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Protup Kumer Sarker, Dola Karmoker, Mohammad Umer Sharif Shohan, Anik Kumar Saha, Fahmida Sultana Rima, Rifat Ara Begum, Md Rakibul Islam and Zeba Islam Seraj : Effects of multiple halotolerant rhizobacteria on the tolerance, growth, and yield of rice plants under salt stress,
Folia Microbiologica , vol.68 , no.1 Springer , pp.55--72 , 2023
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Umme Sabrina Haque, Sabrina M Elias, Israt Jahan and Zeba I Seraj : Functional genomic analysis of K+ related salt-responsive transporters in tolerant and sensitive genotypes of rice,
Frontiers in Plant Science , vol.13 Frontiers , pp.1089109 , 2023
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Haque Taslima, Elias Sabrina M, Razzaque Samsad, Biswas Sudip, Khan Sumaiya, Jewel GM Nurnabi Azad, Rahman M Sazzadur, Juenger Thomas E and Seraj Zeba I : Natural variation in growth and physiology under salt stress in rice: QTL mapping in a Horkuch× IR29 mapping population at seedling and reproductive stages,
Scientific Reports , vol.12 Nature Publishing Group London UK , pp.17306 , 2022
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Zeba I Seraj and Sabrina Haque : Remodelling of a bacterial immune system as the simple gene editing tool, Crispr-Cas, for food security and human health.,
Journal of the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences , vol.45 , no.2 , 2021
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Elias SM, Rahman MS and Seraj ZI : Combination of traits at two developmental stages under salt stress as a measure of tolerance in a reciprocally crossed rice (Oryza sativa) population,
Crop and Pasture Science , vol.71 , pp.334 , 2020
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Alam MNU and Seraj ZI : Comprehensive analysis and genome-wide association studies of biomass, chlorophyll, seed and salinity tolerance related traits in rice highlight genetic hotspots for crop improvement,
BioRixv , 2020
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Razzaque S, Elias SM, Haque T, Biswas S, Jewel GN, Rahman S, Weng X, Ismail AM, Walia H, Juenger TE and Seraj ZI : 8Gene Expression analysis associated with salt stress in a reciprocally crossed rice population,
Scientific Reports (impact factor:3.9) , vol.9 , pp.8249 , 2019
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Sharif Shohan MU et al. and Seraj ZI : HKT1; 5 transporter gene expression and association of amino acid substitutions with salt tolerance across rice genotypes,
Frontiers in Plant Sciences (impact factor:4.4) , vol.10 , pp.1420 , 2019
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Noor AU and Seraj ZI : Validation of QTLs in Bangladeshi rice landrace Horkuch responsible for salt tolerance in seedling stage and maturation,
Acta Physiologia Plantarum , vol.41 , pp.173 , 2019
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Rahman MS, Seraj ZI and Shimono H : Genetic variation of phenotypic plasticity in Bangladesh rice germplasm,
Field Crops Research , vol.243 , pp.107618 , 2019
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Biswas S, Islam MN, Tuteja N and Seraj ZI : Overexpression of heterotrimeric G protein beta subunit gene (OsRGB1) confers both heat and salinity stress tolerance in rice,
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry , vol.144 , pp.334 , 2019
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Rima, F.S., Biswas, S., Sarker,Zeba I Seraj : Bacteria endemic to saline coastal belt and their ability to mitigate the effects of salt stress on rice growth and yields,
Annals of Microbiology (impact factor:1.43) , 2018
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Ferdous, N., Elias, S. M., Howlader, Z. H., Biswas, S. K., Rahman, M. S., Habiba, K. K., & Seraj, Z. I. : Profiling Bangladeshi rice diversity based on grain size and amylose content using molecular markers,
Current Plant Biology , vol.14 , pp.56-65. , 2018
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Tareq, T., Rahman, M., Jewel, N., Islam, T., Shimono, H., & Seraj, Z. : Relative Response of Indigenous Rice Genotypes to Low Versus Normal Planting Density for Determination of Differential Phenotypic Plasticity in Traits Related to Grain Yield.,
Plant Tissue Culture And Biotechnology , vol.28(1), , pp.109-124. , 2018
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Ahmed, S Biswas, SM Elias, MS Rahman, N Tuteja, ZI Seraj : In Planta transformation for conferring salt tolerance to a tissue-culture unresponsive indica rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivar,
In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology , pp.1-12 , 2018
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Biswas S, Amin USM, Sarker S, Rahman MS, Amin R, Karim R, Tuteja N, Seraj ZI : Introgression, Generational Expression and Salinity Tolerance Conferred by the Pea DNA Helicase 45 Transgene into Two Commercial Rice Genotypes, BR28 and BR47,
Molecular Biotechnology , 2018
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Shabnam Zaman, S. M. Touhidul Islam, Md Kawsar Khan, Mohammad Murshid Alam, Muhammad Ikhtear Uddin, Nabilah Ibnat Baby, Shahidul Islam, Taufiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, Firdausi Qadri, Zeba I. Seraj : Immunogenecity of recombinant bacterial antigens expressed as fusion proteins in transgenic rice seeds,
BioTechnologia , vol.98(4) , pp.269-281. , 2017
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Faisal, A. R. M., Biswas, S., Zerin, T., Rahman, T., & Seraj, Z. I. : Downregulation of the DST Transcription Factor Using Artificial microRNA to Increase Yield, Salt and Drought Tolerance in Rice.,
American Journal of Plant Science , vol.8 , pp.2219. , 2017
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Tasmia Islam, Sudip Biswas, Most Umme Habiba, R.H. Sarker, M. Sazzadur Rahman, M. Ansar Ali, K.M.S. Aziz, Zeba I. Seraj : Characterization of Progenies from Intergeneric Hybridization Between Oryza sativa L. and Porteresia coarctata (Roxb.) Tateoka,
Plant Tiss. Cult and Biotech , vol.27(1) , pp.63-72 , 2017
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Razzaque, S., Haque, T., Elias, S.M., Rahman, M.S., Biswas, S., Schwartz, S., Ismail, A.M., Walia, H., Juenger, T.E. and Seraj, Z.I. : Reproductive stage physiological and transcriptional responses to salinity stress in reciprocal populations derived from tolerant (Horkuch) and susceptible (IR29) rice,
Scientific Reports , 2017
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Saima Shahid, Rokeya Begum, Samsad Razzaque, Jesmin, Zeba I. Seraj : Variability in amylose content of Bangladeshi rice cultivars due to unique SNPs in Waxy allele.,
Journal of Cereal Science , vol.71 , pp.1-9 , 2016
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Razzaque, S., Khan, S. F., Jewel, N. A., Haque, T., Elias, S. M, Rahman, S., Seraj, Z. I. : Genetic Analysis of SSR Markers in F2 Reciprocal Populations of the Rice genotypes, Horkuch and IR29 show high segregation distortion,
Bioresearch Ccommunication , vol.2(2) , pp.219-229 , 2016
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USM Amin, S Biswas, SM Elias, S Razzaque, T Haque, R Malo, ZI Seraj : Enhanced Salt Tolerance Conferred by the Complete 2.3 kb cDNA of the Rice Vacuolar Na+/H+ Antiporter Gene Compared to 1.9 kb Coding Region with 5′ UTR in Transgenic Lines of Rice,
Frontiers in plant science (impact factor:4.1) , 2016
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S Sarker, S Biswas, MA Shahed, A Razzaque, ZI Seraj : Cloning, characterization and analysis of the Arabidopsis RD29A promoter for its inducible expression in rice under salinity and drought stress,
Bioresearcch Communication , vol.2(2) , pp.139-145 , 2016
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F Yasmin, S Biswas, GMNA Jewel, SM Elias, ZI Seraj : Constitutive Overexpression of the Plasma Membrane Na+/H+ Antiporter for Conferring Salinity Tolerance in Rice,
Plant Tissue Culture and Biotechnology , vol.25(2) , pp.257-272 , 2015
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S Parvin, S Biswas, S Razzaque, T Haque, SM Elias, RS Tammi and ZI Seraj : Salinity and drought tolerance conferred by in planta transformation of SNAC1 transcription factor into a high-yielding rice variety of Bangladesh,
Acta Physiologiae Plantarum (impact factor:1.608) , vol.37:68 , 2015
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S Biswas, S Razzaque, SM Elias, USM Amin, T Haque, SMT Islam, Lisa LA, Naznin F, Rasul NM and Seraj ZI : Effect of the vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter transgene in a rice landrace and a commercial rice cultivar after its insertion by crossing.,
Acta Physiologiae Plantarum (impact factor:1.608) , vol.37: 1730 , 2015
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Elias SM, Begum R, Rahman MR, Ferdouse A, Shozib HB, Ali MM and Seraj ZI : Genotypic and phenotypic relatedness of a farmer-discovered variant with high yielding rice growing in the same field,
Plant Systematics and Evolution, Springer (impact factor:1.58) , vol.301 , pp.451-465 , 2015
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Razzaque, S., Chakraborty, D., Tammi, R.S., Elias, S.M., Seraj, Z.I. and Islam, A. : Cloning of Three Antiporter Genes from Arabidopsis and Rice for Over-Expressing Them in Farmer Popular Tomato Varieties of Bangladesh.,
American Journal of Plant Sciences , vol.5 , pp.3957-3963 , 2014
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Yesmin N, Elias SM, Rahman MS, Hasan AKMM and Serak ZI : Unique genotypic differences discovered among indigenous Bangladeshi Rice Landraces,
International Journal of Genomics , 2014
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Khan MK, Zaman S, Chakraborty S, Chakravorty R, Alam MM, BhuiyanTR, Rahman MJ, Fernandez C, Qadri F and Seraj ZI : In silico predicted mycobacterial epitope elicits in vitro T-cell responses,
Molecular Immunology, Elsevier (impact factor:3.06) , vol.61 , pp.16-22 , 2014
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Mohammad Arif Ashraf, Sudip Biswas, Samsad Razzaque, Taslima Haque and Zeba I Seraj : Cloning and Characterization of Alcohol Dehydrogenase (Adh) Promoter Region for Expression Under Submergence and Salinity Stress,
Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology , vol.24 , pp.111-120 , 2014
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Mahzabin Amin, Sabrina M. Elias, Alamgeer Hossain, Aliya Ferdousi, Md. Sazzadur Rahman, Narendra Tuteja and Zeba I. Seraj : Overexpression of a DEAD box helicase, PDH45, confers both seedling and reproductive stage salinity tolerance to rice (Oryza sativa L.),
Molecular Breeding, Springer (impact factor:1.86) , pp.345-354 , 2012
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Sabrina M. Elias, A. K. M. Mahbub Hasan and Zeba I. Seraj : Microsatellite marker diversity and sequence polymorphism in the red gene locus of indigenous rice populations of Bangladesh,
Plant Systematics and Evolution (impact factor:1.58) , vol.296 , pp.157-165 , 2011
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Laisa A. Lisa, Sabrina M. Elias, M. Sazzadur Rahman, Saima Shahid, Tetsushi Iwasaki, Mahbub Hasan, Keiko Kosuge, Yasuo Fukami and Zeba I. Seraj : Physiology and gene expression of the rice landrace Horkuch under salt stress,
Functional PlantBiology (impact factor:2.49) , vol.38 , pp.282-292 , 2011
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Rejbana Alam, M. Sazzadur Rahman, Zeba I. Seraj, Michael J. Thomson, Abdelbagi M. Ismail, Ellen Tumimbang-Raiz and Glenn B. Gregorio : Investigation of seedling‐stage salinity tolerance QTLs using backcross lines derived from Oryza sativa L. Pokkali,
Plant Breeding, Wiley (impact factor:1.25) , vol.130 , pp.430-437 , 2011
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Saima Shahid, Sabrina M. Elias, Sudip Biswas, Zeba I. Seraj : READS- a resource for plant non-coding regulatory sequence analysis,
Plant Tissue Cult & Biotech , vol.20 , pp.211-223 , 2010
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Michael J. Thomson, Marjorie de Ocampo, James Egdane, M. Akhlasur Rahman, Andres Godwin Sajise, Dante L. Adorada, Ellen Tumimbang-Raiz, Eduardo Blumwald, Zeba I. Seraj, Rakesh K. Singh, Glenn B. Gregorio and Abdelbagi M. Ismail : Characterizing the Saltol Quantitative Trait Locus for Salinity Tolerance in Rice.,
Rice , vol.3 , pp.148-160 , 2010
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M Sazzadur Rahman, Keshob C Das, Dipok K Das, Kuntal Biswas, M Badrul H Chowdhury, Nilufer H Karim, M Abdus Salam and Zeba I Seraj : Breeding and anther-derived lines of rice for saline coastal areas of Bangladesh,
Bangladesh Journal of Botany , vol.39 , pp.71-78 , 2010
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S.M. Touhidul Islam, R.S. Tammi, Sneh L Singla-Pareek, Z.I. Seraj : Enhanced Salinity Tolerance and improved yield properties in Bangladeshi rice Binnatoa through Agrobacterium Mediated Transformation of PgNHX1 from Pennisetum glaucum,
Acta Physiologiae Plantarum (impact factor:1.68) , vol.32 , pp.657-663 , 2010
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SM Touhidul Islam, Rumana S. Tammi, Richard Malo, Mahzabin Amin, M. Sazzadur Rahman, Sabrina M. Elias and Zeba I. Seraj : Constitutive expression of OsNHX1 under the promoter Actin1D can improve the tolerance and yield characteristics of Bangladeshi rice Binnatoa in salt stress,
American Journal of Crop Sciences , vol.3 , pp.329-335 , 2009
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SM Touhidul Islam, Rumana S Tammi, Sneh_Lata Singla-Pareek and Zeba I Seraj : Agrobacterium-mediated Transformation and Constitutive Expression of PgNHX1 from Pennisetum glaucum L in Oryza sativa L cv Binnatoa,
Plant Tissue Cult & Biotech , vol.19 , pp.25-33 , 2009
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SM Touhidul Islam and Zeba I Seraj : Vacuolar Na+/H+ antiporter expression and salt tolerance conferred by actin1D and CaMV35S are similar in transgenic Binnatoa rice,
Plant Tissue Culture & Biotechnology , vol.19 , pp.257-262 , 2009
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Laisa A Lisa, Zeba I Seraj, C M Fazle Elahi, Keshob C Das, Kuntal Biswas, M Rafiqul Islam, M Abdus Salam and A R Gomosta : Genetic variation in microsatellite DNA, physiology and morphology of coastal saline rice (Oryza sativa L) landraces of Bangladesh,
Plant & Soil , vol.1-2 , pp.213-228 , 2004
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Tumimbang EB, Adorada DL, Nunez J, Elahi F, Seraj ZI, Dvorjak J and Gregorio GB : Developing near isogenic lines to fine map salinity tolerance genes in chromosome 1.,
Plant Breeding, Genetics and Biochemistry Annual Report, International Rice Research Institute Publication. , 2002
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Seraj ZI and Salam MA : Growing rice in saline soils: biotechnological approaches for Bangladesh,
Asia-Pacific Tech Monitor , vol.17 , pp.55-59 , 2000
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Sarker RH, Islam MN, Islam A and Seraj ZI : Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation of peanut (Arachis hypogea L.).,
Plant Tissue Culture , vol.10 , pp.137-142 , 2000
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Islam MR, Khan MH, Zohra FT, Hossain MR & Seraj ZI : Stable transformation of jute (Corchorus capsularis L. CVL-1) calli and high efficiency marker gene insertion in explants,
Plant Tissue Culture , vol.9 , pp.53-61 , 1999
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Keya C., Seraj Z I, and Mahmood S : Restriction Fragment LengthPolymorphism (RFLP) between Porteresia coarctata and traditional Salt Tolerant rice varieties (Oryza sativa),
Dhaka University J. of Biological Sciences , vol.8 , pp.17-24 , 1999
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Faruque MO, Farzana T, Seraj ZI, Sarker R H and Khatun A A : Variation in green plant regeneratin response from anthers of indica rice and their hybrids with japonica cv Taipei 309,
Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture , vol.54 , pp.191-195 , 1998
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Seraj Z I, Islam Z, Faruque M O, Devi T and Ahmed S : Identification of the regeneration potential of embryo derived calluses from various Indica rice varieties,
Plant Cell, Tissue,Organ Culture , vol.48 , pp.9-13 , 1997
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Ali MM, Islam Z, Ali, KM, Rasul NM, FarzanaT.Faruque MO and Seraj Z I and Mahmud I : Relationship of glyoxalase-1 activity with regeneration potential of embryo-derived rice callus.,
Bangladesh Journal of Biochemistry , vol.3 , pp.87-93 , 1997
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Rasul NM, Ali KM, Islam R and Seraj Z I, : Transformation of an Indica Rice Cultivar Binnatoa with Agrobacterium tumefaciens,
Plant Tissue Culture , vol.7 , pp.71-80 , 1997
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Seraj Z I , Faruque M O, Hossain K G, Sarker R H, Devi T, Islam Z and Islam A S : Attempted Wide Hybridization between Oryza sativa L and Porteresia coarctata,
International Rice Research Notes , 1996
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Seraj Z I , Mahmood S, Farzana M and Amara U : Detection of single copy homologous genomic DNA by the non radioactive enhanced Chemiluminescence method,
Bangladesh J. of Biochemistry , vol.2 , pp.1-7 , 1996
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Seraj Z I , Motaleb M A, Hossain GMF, Huq E, Rahman M, Samad M A and Hossain M A : Study of homology between salt tolerant Porteresia coarctata and Oryza sativa through analysis of protein, isozyme and DNA patterns,
Dhaka university J of Biol Science , pp.91-97 , 1995
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Talukder A H, Hossain GMF, Akhter M, Islam Z, Seraj Z I, and Hossain MA : Salinity Tolerance Index of six Oryza sativa L. Indica land races of Bangladesh.,
Dhaka University J. of Biol. Sciences , vol.4 , pp.81-83 , 1995
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Sarker R H, Samad M A, Seraj Z I, Hoque M I and Islam A S : Post pollination development of pollen tube following intergeneric cross, P coarctata x O sativa var BR-9 with fluorescent microscopy,
Euphytica , vol.69 , pp.129-134 , 1993
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Seraj Z I, , Sarker A B and Islam A S : Plant regeneration in a jute species (C. capsularis) and its possible relationship with glyoxalase,
Plant Cell Reports , vol.12 , pp.29-33 , 1992
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Halder S K and Seraj Z I : Cell suspension cultures in three varieties of jute,
Plant Tissue Culture , vol.2 , pp.15-20 , 1992
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Seraj Z I, ,Samad M A and Talukder A H : Comparative study of protein and esterase profiles of wild salt tolerant rice with local and high yielding cultivars,
Dhaka University Studies , vol.7 , pp.65-70 , 1992
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Al Mamun A A M, Ahmed Z U and Seraj Z I : A gene bank of Shigella dysenteriae – 1 in a cosmid,
Bangladesh J. of Microbioly , vol.8 , pp.73-78 , 1991
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Seraj Z I,, Samad M A, Talukder A H and Hossain M A : Regeneration of six Oryza sativa L. indicas Salt tolerant varieties from mature embryos,
Plant Tissue Culture , pp.51-56 , 1991
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| Conference Proceedings | |
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Abdullah-Al-Emran, Richard Malo, Mahzabin Amin, Debashis Chakraborty, Aliya Ferdousi and Zeba I. Seraj "Cloning and Transformation of the Transcription Factor SNAC1 from Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Landrace Pokkali."
Role of Biotechnology in Food Security and Climate Change
, pp. 155-164. Proc. Sixth Intl. Plant Tissue Cult. & Biotechnology, 2010
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Haseena Khan, Zeba I. Seraj, Rakha Hari Sarker, Lais Khandekar, Selina Begum, Nazir Hossain, K. Mohammad Ali, M. Bakhtiar Hossain, Fatema Tuz Zohra, Samiul Haque and Shamim Hossain "Potential Improvement of Jute by Biotechnological Approaches."
Proc. of the -18. workshop on Application of Biotechnology in the Improvement of Jute, Kenaf andAllied Fibers
, pp. 7. 2000
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Hossain MB, Khan MH, Choudhury EH, Zohra FT, Seraj ZI, Khan H and Sarker RH "Transformation of Jute (Corchorus capsularis L. vars. CVL-1 and D-154) with the plasmids pCAMBIA 1201, pBI121 and pBINCHI.11 and high efficiencuy marker gene insertion in explants."
Proc. of the workshop on Application of Biotechnology in the Improvement of Jute, Kenaf and Allied Fibers-PhaseII, Haikou, China
, pp. 28-38. Intl. Jute Organ. publication, 1999
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International | World Bank | 2019 | Bangladesh | Using fluorescent markers to introgress multiple salt tolerance QTLs into BD rice 63, 67 and 74 |
| National | Climate Change trust Fund | 2016 | Bangladesh | For work on halophytic wild rice Oryza coarctata which grows and flowers in sea water all over the coastal region of Bangladesh |
| National | Ananya Prize | 2016 | Bangladesh | For research in the Sciences |
| National | Dean's Award | 2013 | Bangladesh | For work on transgenic salt tolerant rice with Pea Helicase |
| International | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (jointly with ICDDRB) | 2012 | United States | For producing mucosal cholera antigen in rice endosperm to serve as vaccine |
| International | SIDA | 2010 | Sweden | Cloning of cholera and TB antigens for producing in rice seeds |
| International | USDA (Bangladesh Chapter) | 2008 | Bangladesh | Study of salt tolerant rice |
| International | DFID (PETRRA) | 2008 | United Kingdom | Finding QTLs for salt toerance in rice seedlings |
| International | BAS-USDA | 2005 | Bangladesh | For producing salt tolerant rice |
| International | Generation Challenge Program (GCP) | 2005 | United Kingdom | Marker-assisted backcross breeding for producing salt tolerant rice |
| International | Rockefeller Foundation | 1990 | United States | Study of salt tolerant rice |
| International | Commonwealth Scholarship | 1984 | United Kingdom | For the 3rd year of PhD study at Glasgow |
| International | British Council Scholarship | 1982 | United Kingdom | For the first 2 years of the PhD program |
| National | Undergraduate scholarship for best results in 1-3rd years at BMBDU | 1976 | Bangladesh | For receiving the highest marks in first year honors in Biochemistry, DU |
Dr. Zeba Islam Seraj (UGC Professore)
Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Faculty of Biological Sciences
Email: zebai@du.ac.bd
Mobile (Dept): 8802-9661920
Ext. (Dept): 7647
Mobile (Personal): 01711595576