Short Biography:
Dr. Munawar Sultana, born on 10-12-1980, is currently Professor of the Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka and an eminent figure in the field of microbial genetics, bioinformatics and vaccine development. She has received Dean's Research award in the category of Associate Professor (2020), BAS-TWAS young scientist award in 2012 ...
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| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
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| Ph.D. | Biology | TU Bergakademie Freiberg | Germany | 2010 |
| Masters | Microbiology | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2003 |
| Bachelor | Microbiology | University of Dhaka | Bangladesh | 2001 |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
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| Professor | University of Dhaka | Department of Microbiology | 01, Dec 2022 | Currently Working |
| Associate Professor | University of Dhaka | Dhaka | 21, Jul 2016 | 30-11-2022 |
| Visiting Assistant Researcher | University of California, Santa Cruz, USA | Santa Cruz, USA | 01, Sep 2014 | 01-02-2015 |
| Assistant Professor | University of Dhaka | Dhaka | 01, Mar 2012 | 20-07-2019 |
| Assistant Professor | Jahangirnagar University | Savar, Dhaka | 01, Nov 2011 | 29-02-2012 |
| Lecturer | Jahangirnagar University | Savar, Dhaka | 16, Jan 2011 | 01-11-2019 |
| Assistant Professor | Primeasia University | Banani, Dhaka | 03, Jun 2010 | 15-01-2011 |
Research Interest
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
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| Bacteriophage based biosensor | Characterization of bacteriophage specific for Typhoid pathogen and biosensor development |
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| Molecular Biology | Next generation sequencing, metagenomic and whole genome based analyses | |
| Veterinary Microbiology | Identification and genomic characterization of Foot-and-Mouth disease virus, development of FMD vaccine and diagnostic kits, isolation and characterization of poultry pathogens, their multi drug resistant traits and zoonotic potential. | |
| Antimicrobial resistance mechanism and drug development | antibiotic resistant bacteria from clinical and environmental sources, their resistance mechanism, complete genome assembly, identification of novel drug targets | |
| Environmental pollution and toxicology | Microbial ecology of arsenotrophic microbiome and functional genes, culture, adaptation and coexistence phenomena of metal and antibiotic gene |
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. | MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF HOSPITAL CAFETERIA FAST FOODS IN PREFERENCE TO THE PRESENCE OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE BACTERIA IN ASSOCIATION WITH PATHOGENECITY | Prof. Dr. Sharmin Rumi Alim | Prof. Dr. Munawar Sultana | Supryia Ghosh | Food Microbiology |
2024 |
| Ph.D. | Evolution and molecular epidemiology of foot and mouth disease virus in Bangladesh | Prof. Dr. Munawar Sultana | Prof. Dr. M. Anwar Hossain | Kazi Alamgir Hossain | Viral Epidemiology |
2023 |
| Ph.D. | Prevalence and Relative Virulence Properties of Circulatory Phylotypes of White Spot Syndrome Virus in Crustaceans’ | Prof. Dr. Munawar Sultana | Prof. Dr. M. Anwar Hossain | Mehedi Mahmudul Hasan | White spot syndrome virus, Immunoassay, bioinformatcs |
2022 |
| Ph.D. | Food borne Salmonella spp. in Bangladesh and development of efficient Real-time PCR based method for its quick identification. | Prof. Dr. M. Anwar Hossain | Prof. Dr. Munawar Sultana | K. Fahmida Sultana | Microbiology, food microbiology, antibiotic resistance, genetics, bioinformatics |
2022 |
| Ph.D. | Development of Chimeric Proteins for Vaccine against Foot and Mouth Disease Virus | Prof. Dr. Munawar Sultana | Prof. Dr. M. Anwar Hossain | Salma Akter | Microbiology, virology, molecular biology, proteomics and bioinformatics |
2022 |
| Ph.D. | Molecular epidemiology of bacterial poultry diseases in Bangladesh and analysis of their zoonotic transmission | Prof. Dr. Munawar Sultana | Prof. Dr. Anwar Hossain | Otun Saha | Microbiology, veterinary microbiology, molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics |
2022 |
| Ph.D. | Microbial Ecology of Arsenotrophic Genes in Bangladesh Environment: A Possible Genetic Control on Arsenic Mobilization | Prof. Dr. Munawar Sultana | Prof. Dr. Anwar Hossain | Ms. Farzana Diba | Microbiology, Environmental Microbiology, Molecular biology, bioinformatics |
2022 |
| Ph.D. | Evaluation of biofilm formation and disinfectant-resistance of clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates from Bangladesh | Prof. Dr. M. Anwar Hossain | Prof. Dr. Munawar Sultana | Ovinu Kibria Islam | clinical microbiology, molecular biology, bioinformatics |
2021 |
| Ph.D. | Epidemiological analysis and characterization of microbiome associated with bovine mastitis | Prof. Dr. M. Anwar Hossain | Dr. Munawar Sultana | Md. Nazmul Hoque | Veterinary microbiology, molecular biology, genetics, bioinformatics |
2021 |
| Masters | Harnessing Bacteriophage Specificity for Detection of Typhoid Pathogen on a Carbon Nanotube Platform | Prof. Dr. Munawar Sultana | Hasibul Hassan | 2022 | ||
| Masters | Emergence, Diversity and Genetic Characterization of Novel Paramyxoviruses from Bat samples in Bangladesh | Prof. Dr. Munawar Sultana | Dr. Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Head, one health Lboratory, Icddr,b | Momtaz Zamila Bukharid | Virology |
2021 |
| Masters | Effect of Seasonal Change and Environmental Pollution on Microbial Diversity of Buriganga River Water in Bangladesh With an Emphasis on Metal and Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria | Prof. Dr. Munawar Sultana | Aksa Hossain Nizhum | Metagenomics, molecular biology, genomics |
2021 | |
| Masters | Expression and Evaluation of Structural (VP2) and Constructed Non-structural (3AB) Proteins for Serotype-independent Detection of Foot–and-Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV) | Prof. Dr. Munawar Sultana | Anamica Hossain | Virology, Bioinformatics, Proteomics, |
2021 | |
| Masters | Heterologous Expression of VP1 Capsid Protein of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV) in Escherichia coli and it’s Evaluation as a Capture Antigen for Serotype-dependent Detection of Anti-FMDV Antibodies | Prof. Dr. Munawar Sultana | KM Mazharul Alam | Proteomics, bioinformatics, Kit development |
2020 | |
| Masters | Epidemiological Surveillance of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus and Emergence of New Sub-lineage of PanAsia-2 in Bangladesh | Prof. Dr. Munawar Sultana | Humaira Anjimee Oishy | 2020 | ||
| Masters | Metagenomic Insight and Functional Characterization of Microbiome in Anaerobic Digester of A Designed Biogas Plant | Prof. Dr. Munawar Sultana | Joinob Akhter Puspo | Biotechnology, Metagenomics, molecular biology |
2019 | |
| Masters | Development of a Multi-epitope Recombinant Vaccine against Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Virus Serotype A Circulating in Bangladesh | Prof. Dr. Munawar Sultana | Masuda Akhter | Virology, Molecular biology |
2019 | |
| Masters | Evaluation of an inactivated trivalent foot-and-mouth disease virus vaccine in cattle against heterologous challenge with field viruses | Dr. Munawar Sultana | Rafiul Islam ranga | Virology, genetics, proteomics |
2018 | |
| Masters | Design and Expression of Chimeric Proteins for Vaccine Development against Foot and Mouth Disease Virus | Dr. Munawar Sultana | Md. Shaminur Rahman | Virology, genetics, proteomics, bioinformatics |
2018 | |
| Masters | Assessment of VP2 capsid protein of FMDV as a potential candidate for diagnostic kit development using recombinant protein technology. | Dr. Munawar Sultana | Ishrat Dilruba Mishu | Virology, genetics, bioinformatics |
2018 | |
| Masters | Characterization of the ars and aio Gene Cluster of Novel Arsenotrophic β-proteobacterium Achromobacter xylosoxidans BHW 15 | Dr. Munawar Sultana | Nigar Fatima | Molecular biology, bioinformatics | 2017 | |
| Masters | Diversity of Integron Class 1 Gene Cassettes in Carbapenem Resistant Clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa | Dr. Munawar Sultana | Ishrat Jahan Mukta | Clinical microbiology, genetics, bioinformatics | 2017 | |
| Masters | Cultivation-Independent and -Dependent Analysis of the Diversity and Abundance of Bacteria in Arsenic (As) Contaminated Environment | Dr. Munawar Sultana | K. Jaminur Rahman | Environmental Microbiology, bioinformatics | 2016 | |
| Masters | Mutation in mgrB gene and Genetic Modification of the Structure of lipid A Exhibit Colistin Resistance in Citrobacter freundii strain NR-12 of Poultry Origin | Dr. Munawar Sultana | Shazid Hasan | Clinical microbiology, genetics, bioinformatics | 2016 | |
| Masters | Characterization of Arsenite Oxidase Complete Coding Region and In Vitro Arsenite Transformation by Indigenous Achromobacter spp. | Dr. Munawar Sultana | Md. Sadikur Rahman Shuvo | Environmental Microbiology, genetics and bioinformatics | 2015 | |
| Masters | Investigation of Carbapenemase Gene Diversity in Clinical Pseudomonads of Bangladesh | Dr. Munawar Sultana | Sumaiya Sharmin | Clinical Microbiology, genetics and bioinformatics | 2015 | |
| Masters | Integron (class I) Cassette Encoding Metallo-β-lactamase (MBL) Gene blaVIM2 Conferring Carbapenem Resistance in Clinical Pseudomonas spp. | Dr. Munawar Sultana | Sabrin Bashar | clinical microbiology, molecular biology, bioinformatics | 2014 | |
| Masters | Diversity of arsenite oxidase genes and arsenotrophic bacteria from arsenic contaminated soils of Faridpur, Bangladesh | Dr. Munawar Sultana | Santonu kumar Sanyal | Environmental Microbiology, genetics and bioinformatics | 2013 | |
| Masters | Isolation, detection and characterization of ESBL producing Enterobacteriaceae from hospital effluent | Dr. Munawar Sultana | Sabia Sultana | clinical microbiology | 2012 |
Project/Research Work
| Subject | Project Name | Source of Fund | From Date | To Date | Collaboration |
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| Biological Science/microbiology | Development of bacteriophage and its protein based portable electrochemical biosensor for screening of Salmonella bacterium from environmental samples | TWAS/UNESCO | 23-01-2023 | Nepal | |
| Biological Science/Microbiology | Development of recombinant peptide vaccine and diagnostic tool for Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus | Ministry of Education | 01-07-2022 | 30-06-2024 | |
| Biological Science/Microbiology | Genomic Expression Assay of Arsenite Transformation Associated to Antibiotic Co-selection Within Indigenous Arsenite Oxidizing Isolates. | Chromosome Research Center, University of Dhaka | 01-07-2022 | ||
| Biological Science/Microbiology | Complete genome characterization of arsenite oxidizing isolates and determination of their electrochemical Arsenic conversion | UGC | 01-07-2021 | ||
| Biological Science/Microbiology/environmental microbiology | Diversity and functional gene analysis of arsenotrophic bacteria in Bangladesh Environments (PI) | University Grants Commission (UGC) | 14-07-2019 | 30-06-2015 | |
| Biological Science/Microbiology/Virology | Development of an easy-to-use economic diagnostic kit for foot-and-mouth disease virus (PI) | OWSD (Organization for women in Scinece in developing world), UNESCO | 01-01-2019 | 01-01-2021 | |
| Biological Science/Microbiology/Environmental pollution | In Vitro Analysis of Destabilizing Influence of Antibiotics on Inorganic Arsenic (As) Transformations Mediated by Aquatic Microbial Communities (PI) | Ministry of Science and technology | 01-07-2017 | 30-06-2018 | |
| Biological Science/Microbiology/Veterinary microbiology | ‘Bacterial poultry diseases in Bangladesh: Implementation of cost effective pathogen detection method and a strategic management program’ (Co-PI) | BAS-USDA | 01-04-2017 | 30-03-2020 | |
| Biological Science/Microbiology/Clinical Microbiology | Effect of Antibiotic Pollution on Arsenotrophic microbiome and Arsenic redox transformation in Aquifers (PI) | University Grants Commission (UGC) | 01-07-2016 | 30-06-2017 | |
| Biological Science/Microbiology/Clinical Microbiology | Clinical wastewater in Bangladesh: it's impact on pollution of ecological water bodies with resistant bacteria and active antibiotics (PI) | TWAS (The world academy of Science), UNESCO | 10-10-2015 | 09-09-2017 | |
| Biological Science/Microbiology/Environmental pollution | Arsenic Transforming Gene Analysis and Bioremediation Potential of Arsenic Metabolizing Bacteria Retrieved from Bangladesh Environments (PI) | Ministry of Science and technology | 01-07-2015 | 30-06-2016 | |
| Biological Science/Microbiology/Environmental pollution | Development of Vaccine and Effective Diagnostic Kits for Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus in Bangladesh. (Co-PI) | UGC and World Bank, Window-4 Industry-Academia Innovation Fund (CP-384P) | 01-07-2015 | 30-07-2018 | |
| Biological Science/Microbiology/Clinical Microbiology | Isolation and Detection of ESBL Producing Enterobateriaceae from Hospital Effluents (PI) | University Grants Commission (UGC) | 01-07-2013 | 30-06-2014 | |
| Biological Science/Microbiology/Clinical Microbiology | Antibiotics and resistant bacteria pollutions: its impact on the environmental microbial communities and development of resistance gene pools (PI) | Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh | 01-07-2012 | 30-06-2013 | |
| Biological Science/Microbiology/Clinical Microbiology | ‘Isolation and detection of ESBL producing Enterobacteriaceae from hospital effluents’ (PI) | University Grants Commission (UGC) | 01-07-2011 | 30-06-2012 | |
| Biological Science/Microbiology/Environmental pollution | ‘Isolation and characterization of arsenic resistant bacteria from Nuclear reactor surrounding areas in Savar, Bangladesh’ (PI) | University Grants Commission (UGC) | 01-07-2010 | 30-06-2011 | |
| Biological Science/Microbiology | Effect of Environmental pollution and seasonal change on microbial diversity of Buriganga river water in Bangladesh with an emphasis on metal and antibiotic resistant bacteria | UGC, Bangladesh funded project granted by the University of Dhaka | 01-01-1970 | 30-07-2022 |
Invited Talk
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| SL | Collaboration & Membership Name | Type | Membership Year | Expire Year |
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| 1 | Graduate Microbiologist Association (GMS) | Member | 2016 | Life Time |
| 2 | Registered graduate of University of Dhaka | Member | 2012 | Life Time |
| 3 | Fulbright alumni association | Member | 2015 | Life Time |
| 4 | DAAD alumni and German Microbiologists association | Member | 2014 | Life Time |
| 5 | American Society of Microbiology (ASM) | Outreach member | 2015 | |
| 6 | Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM) | Life member | 2010 | Life Time |
| 7 | Biosafety and Biosecurity in Bangladesh (BBB), | Executive member | 2013 | Life Time |
| Book | |
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Munawar Sultana
‘Diversity of 16S rRNA and Arsenite Oxidase Genes in Microbial Communities and Arsenite-oxidizing Isolates from Arsenic-contaminated Soils and Aquifers’.
German Academic Exchange service, 2010 .
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Sultana M, Hossain A,, Nizhum AH and Hossain MA "Unveiling the prospects of high- throughput microbial biotechnology in the effective management of wastewater (Chapter 15)."
Microbial Nexus for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment: Resources, Efficiency, and Reuse Environmental Nexus in Waste Management’. CRC Press, 2024, ISBN: 1032528591, 9781032528595, 2024 .
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Sultana M and Hossain, MA "Advancement in Drug Development and Vaccine Design."
Microbiology Education and Research in Bangladesh: Prospects and Challenges. Centennial Book Publication, Dhaka University, 2022 .
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Salma Akter, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, A. S. M. Rubayet Ul Alam, Munawar Sultana and M. Anwar Hossain "Coordination of Molecular Techniques and Advanced Bioinformatics Tools for Analyzing Viral Evolutionary Distance with an Emphasis on Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV) Serotype O.."
Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. New York:Nova Science Publishers, 2019 .
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Munawar Sultana, M Ishrat Jahan and M. Anwar Hossain "The Growing Surge of Antibiotic Resistant Superbugs in Bangladesh: An Urgent Need for Alternative Therapeutic Approaches.."
Recent Advances in Medicinal Plants: Alternative for Treating Drug-Resistant Microorganisms”RPMP Vol. 51—Antimicrobial Resistance and Bioactive Natural Products. STUDIUM PRESS (INDIA) PVT.LTD, 2018 .
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Munawar Sultana, Santonu Kumar Sanyal and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "Arsenic Pollution in the Environment: Role of Microbes in Its Bioremediation. In: Singh S, Srivastava K, editors. Handbook of research on uncovering new methods for ecosystem management through bioremediation."
Handbook of Research on Uncovering New Methods for Ecosystem Management through Bioremediation. Singh S, Srivastava K IGI Global, August 2015 pp.92-119 .
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Sultana M, Parvez MAK, Sultana KF, Mukharje SK and Hossain MA : Characterization of extended spectrum β-Lactamase producing bactieria isolated from urinary tract infections,
Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin , 2019
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Shazid Hasan, Munawar Sultana and M. Anwar Hossain : Complete Genome Arrangement Revealed the Emergence of a Poultry Origin Superbug Citrobacter portucalensis Strain NR-12,
Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance (impact factor:2.469) , 2019
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Arif Istiaq, Md. Sadikur Rahman Shuvo, Khondaker Md. Jaminur Rahman, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, M. Anwar Hossain and Munawar Sultana : Adaptation of metal and antibiotic resistant traits in novel β-Proteobacterium Achromobacter xylosoxidans BHW-15,
Peerj (impact factor:2.353) , 2019
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Nadira Naznin Rakhi, A.S.M. Rubayet UlAlam, Munawar Sultana, Md. MizanurRahaman and M. AnwarHossain : Diversity of carbapenemases in clinical isolates: The emergence of blaVIM-5 in Bangladesh,
Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy (impact factor:1.539) , vol.Volume 25 , no.Issue 6 , pp.Pages 444-451 , 2019
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Ms Ishrat Jahan, M Mizanur Rahman, M Anwar Hossain and Munawar Sultana : Occurrence of Int1 associated VIM-5 Carbapenemase and co-existence of all four classes of beta lactamase in Carbapenem resistant clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa DMC-27b,
Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy (impact factor:5.27) , vol.doi:10.1093/jac/dkz426 , pp.1-6 , 2019
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Amin MA, Ali MR, Alam ASMRU, Siddique MA, Ullah H, Sultana M and Hossain MA : Near-complete genome sequence of a potential foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype A vaccine strain isolated from Bangladesh.,
Microbiol Resour Announc , vol.8 , no.37 , 2019
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M Rahmat Ali, A S M Rubayet Ul Alam, Md. Al Amin, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Munawar Sultana and M Anwar Hossain : Emergence of novel lineage of foot‐and‐mouth disease virus serotype Asia1 BD‐18 (G‐IX) in Bangladesh,
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (impact factor:3.585) , vol.https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13381 , 2019
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Alam ASMRU, Ali MR, Siddique MA, Ullah H, Sultana M and Hossain MA : Near-Complete Genome Sequence of a Representative Strain within a Rare Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus O/ME-SA/Ind2001BD2 Sublineage from Bangladesh,
Microbial resource announcement , vol.https://doi.org/10.1128/ MRA.00705-19 , 2019
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Zahid Hassan, Munawar Sultana, Sirajul I Khan, Martin Braster, Wilfred F M Rolling and Hans V Westerhoff : Ample Arsenite Bio-Oxidation Activity in Bangladesh Drinking Water Wells: A Bonanza for Bioremediation?,
microorganisms (MDPI) (impact factor:4.167) , vol.7 , no.246 , pp.https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms7080246 , 2019
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Md. Nazmul Hoque, Arif Istiaq, Rebecca Clement, Munawar Sultana, Keith A candrall, AMAM Siddique and M Anwar Hossain : Metagenomic deep sequencing reveals association of microbiome signature with functional biases in bovine mastitis,
Scientific Report (impact factor:4.011) , vol.9 , no.1 , pp.DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-49468-4 , 2019
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Katarzyna Bachanek-Bankowska, Antonello Di Nardo, Jemma Wadsworth, Elisabeth K.M. Henry, Ünal Parlak,, Anna Timina, Alexey Mischenko, Ibrahim Ahmad Qasim, Darab Abdollahi, Munawar Sultana, M. Anwar Hossain, Donald P. King and Nick J. Knowles : Foot-and-mouth disease in the middle east caused by an A/ASIA/G-VII virus lineage, 2015–2016,
Emerging infectious diseases (impact factor:7.422) , 2018
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Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Md. Inja-Mamun Haque, Santonu Kumar Sanyal, Anwar Hossain, Shuvro Prokash Nandi, A. S. M. Rubayet Ul Alam, Munawar Sultana, Mahmud Hasan and M. Anwar Hossain : Circulatory white spot syndrome virus in South-West region of Bangladesh from 2014 to 2017: molecular characterization and genetic variation,
AMB Express (impact factor:1.719) , 2018
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M. A. Siddique, M. R. Ali, A. S. M. R. U. Alam, H. Ullah, A. Rahman, R. P. Chakrabarty, M. A. Amin, S. A. Hoque, S. P. Nandi, M. Sultana and M.A. Hossain : Emergence of two novel sublineages Ind2001BD1 and Ind2001BD2 of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype O in Bangladesh,
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (impact factor:3.504) , 2018
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M Rahmat Ali, A. S. M. Rubayet Ul Alam, Md Al-Amin, Huzzat Ullah, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Samina Momtaz, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : At Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban, University of Dhaka,
Genome Announcements (impact factor:1.3) , 2017
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Santonu Kumar Sanyal, Taslin Jahan Mou, Ram Prosad Chakrabarty, Sirajul Hoque, M. Anwar Hossain and Munawar Sultana : Diversity of arsenite oxidase gene and arsenotrophic bacteria in arsenic affected Bangladesh soils,
AMB Express (impact factor:1.719) , 2016
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Sultana M1, Siddique MA, Momtaz S, Rahman A, Ullah H, Nandi SP and Hossain MA : Complete Genome Sequence of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotype O Isolated from Bangladesh,
Microbiology Resource Announcements , 2014
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Munawar Sultana, Susann Vogler, Kamrun Zargar, Anne-Christine Schmidt, Chad SaltikovJana and SeifertMichael Schlömann : New clusters of arsenite oxidase and unusual bacterial groups in enrichments from arsenic-contaminated soil,
Archives of Microbiology (impact factor:1.642) , vol.Volume 194 , no.Issue 7 , pp.pp 623–635 , 2012
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Nafisa Azmuda, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Munawar Sultana, Eirin L Jenssen, Sirajul I Khan and Nils-Kåre Birkeland : Evidence of interspecies O antigen gene cluster transfer between Shigella boydii 15 and Escherichia fergusonii,
Apmis (impact factor:2.026) , vol.Volume120 , no.Issue12 , 2012
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Munawar Sultana, Cornelia Härtig, Britta Planer-Friedrich, Jana Seifert and Michael1 Schlomann : Bacterial Communities in Bangladesh Aquifers Differing in Aqueous Arsenic Concentration,
Geomicrobiology (impact factor:1.433) , vol.Volume 28 , no.Issue 3 , 2011
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Sabrin Bashar, Santonu Kumar Sanyal, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : Emergence of IntI1 associated bla VIM-2 gene cassette-mediated carbapenem resistance in opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas stutzeri,
Emerging Microbes and Infections , May 2017
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Munawar Sultana, Taslin Jahan Mou, Santonu Kumar Sanyal, Farzana Diba, Zahid Hayat Mahmud, Anowar Khasru Parvez and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : Investigation of Arsenotrophic Microbiome in Arsenic-Affected Bangladesh Groundwater,
Ground Water (impact factor:2.322) , vol.Volume55 , no.Issue5 , April 2017
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Mohammed Anwar Hossain, Munawar Sultana, Nazratan Naeem, Sabia Sultana, Fahmida Khandokar and Sanjoy Kumar Mukharje : Screening of Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase Producing Bacteria in Clinical Liquid Waste,
Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin , vol.Vol 42 , March 2017
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Ram Prosad Chakrabarty, Munawar Sultana, Saadlee Shehreen, Selina Akter and M. Anwar Hossain : Contribution of target alteration, protection and efflux pump in achieving high ciprofloxacin resistance in Enterobacteriaceae,
AMB Express (impact factor:1.719) , December 2016
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Syeda Tasneem Towhid, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Huzzat Ullah, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : Foot-and-mouth disease: Current scenario in Asia and Bangladesh,
Malaysian Journal of Microbiology Published by Malaysian Society for Microbiology , December 2016
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M Rahmat Ali, Huzzat Ullah, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : Complete Genome Sequence of Pig-Originated Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotype O from Bangladesh,
Genome Announcements (impact factor:1.3) , October 2016
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Farzana Diba, Santonu Kumar Sannyal, SM Sabbir Alam, Mohammed Anwar Hossain and Munawar Sultana : Plant Growth Promoting Ability of Soil Arsenite Resistant Bacteria,
Bangladesh J Microbiol , vol.Volume 32 , pp.pp 25-31 , June 2016
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Nazratan Naeem, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : A Modified Boronic Acid (MBA) Disc Potentiation Assay for Detection of Extended Spectrum α-Lactamase (ESBL) Producing Bacteria,
Bangladesh J Microbiol , vol.Volume 31 , pp.pp 29-33 , June 2016
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Md. Zahid Hassan, Munawar Sultana, Hans V. Westerhoff, Sirajul I. Khan and Wilfred F. M. Röling : Iron Cycling Potentials of Arsenic Contaminated Groundwater in Bangladesh as Revealed by Enrichment Cultivation,
Geomicrobiology Journal (impact factor:1.433) , vol.Volume 33 , no.Issue 9 , January 2016
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Md. Asaduzzaman, Safirun Pervin, Munawar Sultana, Shakila Khan and M Mozammel Hoq : Genetic Diversity of Indigenous Bacillus thuringiensis Strains by RAPD-PCR to Combat Pest Resistance Article (PDF Available) · November 2015 with 189 Reads,
Bt Research (impact factor:0.411) , vol.Vol. 6 , November 2015
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Mousumi Karmaker, Santonu Kumar Sanyal, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : Association of bacteria in diabetic and non-diabetic foot infection – An investigation in patients from Bangladesh,
Journal of Infection and Public Health (impact factor:1.35) , November 2015
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Md. Zahid Hassan, Munawar Sultana, Hans V. Westerhoff, Sirajul I. Khan and Wilfred F.M. Röling : Iron Cycling Potentials of Arsenic Contaminated Groundwater in Bangladesh as Revealed by Enrichment Cultivation,
Geomicrobiology (impact factor:1.433) , November 2015
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Santonu Kumar Sanyal, Mousumi Karmaker, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : Association of Bacillus circulans with non-diabetic foot infection in Bangladeshi patient,
Indian journal of medical microbiology (impact factor:0.988) , October 2015
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Arafat Rahman, Munawar Sultana, Aftab Uddin and M. Abdul Malek : Silkworm as an animal infection model for the screening of environmental, clinical and veterinary pathogens,
Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin , vol.vol. 41 , August 2015
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Md. Zahid Hassan, Munawar Sultana, Boris M van Breukelen, Sirajul I Khan and Wilfred F M Röling : Diverse arsenic- and iron-cycling microbial communities in arsenic-contaminated aquifers used for drinking water in Bangladesh,
FEMS Microbiology Ecology (impact factor:3.495) , vol.Volume 91 , no.Issue 4 , March 2015
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Huzzat Ullah, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Md Al-Amin, Bidhan Chandra Das, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : Re-emergence of Circulatory Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotypes Asia1 in Bangladesh and VP1 Protein Heterogeneity with Vaccine Strain IND 63/72,
Letters in Applied Microbiology (impact factor:1.805) , vol.Volume60 , no.Issue2 , pp.Pages 168-173 , February 2015
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Anwar Hossain, Shuvro Nandi, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Santonu Kumar Sanyal, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : Prevalence and Distribution of White Spot Syndrome Virus in Cultured Shrimp,
Letters in Applied Microbiology (impact factor:1.805) , vol.Volume60 , no.Issue2 , pp.Pages 128-134 , February 2015
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Santonu Kumar Sanyal, Ram Prosad Chakrabarty, Mohammed Anwar Hossain and Munawar Sultana : Characterization of Arsenite Resistant Escherichia coli Isolated from Tubewell Water of Singair, Manikganj, Bangladesh,
Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology , vol.Vol 31 , pp.pp 13-17 , January 2015
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Samina Momtaz, Arafat Rahman, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : Evolutionary Analysis and Prediction of Peptide Vaccine Candidates for Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Virus Types A and O in Bangladesh,
Evolutionary bioinformatics online (impact factor:1.404) , vol.10 , pp.187-196 , November 2014
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Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Huzzat Ullah, Shuvro Nandi, Debaraj Chakma, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : Molecular Characterization of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Type O from Wild Pig in Bangladesh,
Bangladesh J Microbiol , vol.Volume 31 , pp.pp 41-45 , June 2014
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Huzzat Ullah, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : Complete Genome Sequence of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Type A Circulating in Bangladesh,
Genome Announcements (impact factor:0.78) , June 2014
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Munawar Sultana, Rabeya Bilkis, Farzana Diba and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : Predominance of Multidrug Resistant Zoonotic Salmonella Enteritidis Genotypes in Poultry of Bangladesh,
The Journal of Poultry Science (impact factor:0.37) , vol.51 , pp.424-434 , April 2014
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Anwar Hossain, Santonu Kumar Sanyal, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Raj Kumar Biswas, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : Envelope Protein Gene VP466-a Target for PCR Detection of White Spot Syndrome Virus in Shrimp,
Bangladesh J Microbiol , vol.Volume 31 , pp.pp. 65-68 , January 2014
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SM Sabbir Alam, Ruhul Amin, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Mohammed Anwar Hossain and Munawar Sultana : Antigenic heterogeneity of capsid protein VP1 in foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) serotype Asia 1,
Advances and Applications in Bioinformatics and Chemistry , vol.6 , pp.37-46 , August 2013
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Nihad Adnan, Munawar Sultana, Ovinu Kibria Islam, Shuvro Nandi and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : Characterization of Ciprofloxacin resistant Extended Spectrum β -Lactamase (ESBL) producing Escherichia spp. from clinical waste water in Bangladesh,
Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology (impact factor:0.55) , vol.Vol.4 , pp.PP. 15-23 , July 2013
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Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Selina Akter, Nafisa Azmuda, Munawar Sultana, François-Xavier Weill, Sirajul Islam Khan, Patrick A Grimont and Nils-Kåre Birkeland : Serological Cross-Reaction Between O-Antigens of Shigella dysenteriae Type 4 and an Environmental Escherichia albertii Isolate,
Current Microbiology (impact factor:1.33) , vol.67 , June 2013
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Shuvro Nandi, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Samina Momtaz, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : Emergence and Distribution of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotype A and O in Bangladesh,
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (impact factor:1.95) , vol.62 , June 2013
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Shuvro Nandi, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : Prevalence and Characterization of Multidrug-Resistant Zoonotic Enterobacter spp. in Poultry of Bangladesh,
Foodborne Pathogens and Disease (impact factor:1.78) , vol.10 , April 2013
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Mm Rahman, MZ, Akter, Nafisa Azmuda, Munawar Sultana, Weill, F.X., Mubarak Ahmad Khan, SI, Patrick A Grimont, Nils-Kåre Birkeland and NK : Serological cross-reaction between O-antigens of Shigella dysenteriae type 4 and an environmental Escherichia albertii isolate,
Current Microbiology (impact factor:1.33) , vol.67 , pp.590–595 , January 2013
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S. P. Nandi, M. Z. Rahman, S. Momtaz, M. Sultana and M. A. Hossain : Emergence and Distribution of Foot-and-Mouth Disease virus (FMDV) serotype A and O in Bangladesh,
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases (impact factor:1.78) , January 2013
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Munawar Sultana, Mohammad Showkat Mahmud, S.M. Sabbir Ahmed and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : Emergence of Multidrug Resistant Zoonotic Salmonella from Poultry of Savar, Bangladesh,
, September 2012
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Arafat Rahman, Arif Ashraf, SM Sabbir Alam, Farjana Khatun, Saddam Hossain, Mosharraf Hossain, Fokhruz Zaman, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : FMD Virus Genotyping Tool,
Journal of Food Science and Engineering , September 2012
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Shuvro Nandi, Munawar Sultana, Mohammad Showkat Mahmud and Md. Anwar Hossain : Molecular Characterization of Multidrug Resistant-Extended Spectrum β-Lactamase Producing Zoonotic Enterobacter spp. from Poultry of Bangladesh,
, September 2012
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SM Sabbir Alam, Md. Ruhul Amin, Munawar Sultana and Md. Anwar Hossain : Antigenic Variation of Capsid Protein Vp1 of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus Prevalent in South Asian Regions,
, September 2012
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Ahmed Rupa, Munawar Sultana, Inatsu, Latiful Bari, ML and Mohammed Anwar Hossain : Prevalence of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria on Tomato Surfaces and Effectiveness of Disinfectants in Reducing the Microbial Load,
, May 2012
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Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Nafisa Azmuda, Mohammad Jahangir Hossain, Munawar Sultana, Sirajul Islam Khan and Nils-Kåre Birkeland : Recovery and Characterization of Environmental Variants of Shigella flexneri from Surface Water in Bangladesh,
Current Microbiology (impact factor:1.595) , August 2011
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Munawar Sultana, Cornelia Härtig, Britta Planer-Friedrich, Jana Seifert and Michael Schlömann : Bacterial communities in Bangladesh aquifers differing in aqueous arsenic concentration. Geomicrobiology journal. 28, 191-211,
Geomicrobiology (impact factor:1.433) , vol.Volume 28 , no.Issue 3 , January 2011
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Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Munawar Sultana, Sirajul Islam Khan and Nils-Kåre Birkeland : Serological Cross-Reactivity of Environmental Isolates of Enterobacter, Escherichia, Stenotrophomonas, and Aerococcus with Shigella spp.-Specific Antisera,
Current Microbiology (impact factor:1.595) , vol.Volume 54 , no.Issue 1 , February 2007
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Munawar Sultana, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Nils-Kåre Birkeland and Mubarak Ahmad Khan : Survival of Shigella flexneri cells in laboratory microcosms,
Journal of Biological Physics and Chemistry (impact factor:0.857) , January 2005
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| Conference Proceedings | |
| 1 |
Md Al-Amin, M Rahmat Ali, A. S. M. Rubayet Ul Alam, Huzzat Ullah, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Samina Momtaz, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "Complete Genome of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotype Asia1 isolated from Bangladesh reveals Capsid Protein Heterogeneity with vaccine strain IND 63/72."
ASM Microbe Meeting 2018
At Atlanta, GA, USA: ResearchGate, ASM, 2018
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M Rahmat Ali, A. S. M. Rubayet Ul Alam, Md Al-Amin, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "Complete genome sequence analysis of foot-and-mouth disease virus serotype Asia1 from Bangladesh."
15th International Scientific Conference (ISCon-XV)- 2018
2018
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Md Al-Amin, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, M Rahmat Ali, A. S. M. Rubayet Ul Alam, Huzzat Ullah, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "Molecular Characterization of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotype O in Bangladesh from 2012 to 2016: Emergence of Two Novel Sublineages Ind2001BD1 and Ind2001BD2."
24th BSVER Annual Scientific Conference - 2018
At Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh: 2018
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Mohammad Anwar Siddique, M Rahmat Ali, Huzzat Ullah, A. S. M. Rubayet Ul Alam, Md Al-Amin, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "Comparative Genome Analysis of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Viruses Serotype O Isolated from Pig and Cattle."
24th BSVER Annual Scientific Conference - 2018
At Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh: 2018
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Otun Saha, Samina Momtaz, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "Investigation of the Presence of Escherichia coli and its Pathogenic Strain 0157 in Poultry Samples of Bangladesh."
AFOB
Dhaka: 2018
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Samina Momtaz, Juthika Mandal, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "Validation of a SYBR Green Real Time PCR Assay for rapid enumeration of Salmonella spp.."
FEMS
2017
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Arafat Rahman, Arif Ashraf, SM Sabbir Alam, Farjana Khatun, Saddam Hossain, Mosharraf Hossain, Fokhruz Zaman, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "FMD Virus Genotyping Tool."
1st Asian Food Security Association Conference (2012)
2012
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A. S. M. Rubayet Ul Alam, M Rahmat Ali, Md Al-Amin, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Huzzat Ullah, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "Understanding the Missing Link between Circulatory Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotypes in Bangladesh and Differential Aggressiveness by a Comparative Genomic Approach."
0th Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB) Regional Symposium,
At Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban, University of Dhaka: January 2018
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Otun Saha, Fahmida Khandokar, SM Sabbir Alam, Arafat Rahman, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "Emergence of Multidrug Resistant Zoonotic Salmonella arizonae and S. rubislaw in poultry of Bangladesh."
30th Annual Conference of Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM)
Dhaka: April 2017
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Munawar Sultana, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Arafat Rahman, Huzzat Ullah, M Rahmat Ali and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "Genomics and Proteomics of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Circulating in Bangladesh."
International Conference on Bioinformatics and Biostatistics for Agriculture, Health and Environment, 20-23 January 201
January 2017
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Md. Shazid Hasan, Fahmida Khandokar, Mohammed Anwar Hossain and Munawar Sultana "Characterization of Colistin Resistance Enterobacteriaceae of Poultry Origin."
National Conference on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology for Life Sciences
December 2016
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Samina Momtaz, Syeda Tasnim Towheed, M Rahmat Ali, Huzzat Ullah, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "Molecular Epidemiology of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotypes Circulating in Bangladesh."
KIIT University, Bhubeneswar, Odisha, India, 3rd Asian Food safety and Security Association (AFSA)
Odisha, India: September 2016
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A. S. M. Rubayet Ul Alam, Arafat Rahman, M Rahmat Ali, Huzzat Ullah, Md Al-Amin, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "Destabilizing Force due to Mutations Restrains the Darwinian Selection on the VP1 Protein of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus."
30th Annual Conference of Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM)
At Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh: April 2017
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M Rahmat Ali, Md Al-Amin, Huzzat Ullah, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "Isolation and Complete Genome Analysis of Pig-Originated Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Serotype O from Bangladesh."
Fourteenth Annual Scientific Conference (ASCON-XIV) 2017
At Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chittagong, Bangladesh Cite this publication: April 2017
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Fahmida Khandokar, Munawar Sultana, Md Al-Amin, Sumaiya Sharmin, Md. Shazid Hasan, S M Sabbir Alam and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "Genotypic diversity of antibiotic resistant poultry Salmonella spp. in Bangladesh."
3rd Asian Food Safety and Security Association Conference on ' Food Safety and Food Security, At KIIT University, Odisha, India
Odisha, India: September 2016
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Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Juthika Mandal, Nadira Naznin Rakhi, Md. Rubayetul Alam, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "Quantification of Salmonella using SYBR Green Real Time PCR and its Validation for Rapid Quality Assessment of Egg Samples from Local Market.."
India, Asian Food Safety and Security Association Conference
September 2016
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Huzzat Ullah, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Ram Prosad Chakrabarty, M Rahmat Ali, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "Comparative Genomics of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Type O Circulating in Bangladesh."
Boston MA, USA, ASM microbe 2016
Boston MA, USA: June 2016
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Munawar Sultana, Sabrin Bashar, M. Y. Ahmed, T. A. Siddiquee, M. Khan and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "Antibiotic Resistance Scenario in Bangladesh; Mechanism and Ecological Impact."
American Society of Microbiology (ASM) conference 2016, At Boston
Boston: June 2016
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Huzzat Ullah, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Ram Prosad Chakrabarty, M Rahmat Ali, Arafat Rahman, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "Isolation and Genome Analysis of Circulatory Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Virus in Bangladesh."
BSM International Conference (2016), At Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh: December 2015
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Ram Prosad Chakrabarty, Munawar Sultana, Saadlee Shehreen, Selina Akter and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "Contribution of efflux pumps, qnrS and DNA gyrase alteration to ciprofloxacin resistance in Escherichia spp.."
BSM International Conference., At Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dhaka, Bangladesh: December 2015
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Fahmida Khandokar, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Munawar Sultana and Mohammed Anwar Hossain "Screening and Molecular Characterization of Multidrug Resistant Salmonella spp. from Poultry Samples."
International Conference 2015 & 29th Annual General Meeting of Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM)
December 2015
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local | Best Innovation idea Award (Product category) | 2024 | Bangladesh | First Prize, Best Innovation idea (Product category), Innovation fair, University of Dhaka, 4th March |
| Local | Dean's Research Award | 2024 | Bangladesh | Dean's Research award in the category of Associate Professor (2018 to 19) |
| International | OWSD (Organization of Women in Science in Developing countries) Fellow | 2018 | Italy | Selected as OWSD fellow in 2018 and awarded a research grant to persue collaborative research |
| National | Samson H Chowdhury Award for Young Scientists | 2017 | Bangladesh | Samson H Chowdhury Award for Young Scientists 2017 as recognition of outstanding research in the field of Molecular Biology |
| International | Fulbright Visiting fellowship | 2014 | United States | Fulbright visiting researcher at the department of Microbiology & Environmental toxicology, University of California, Santa Cruz, USA (Sept, 2014 to Jan, 2015) |
| International | JSPH HOPE fellow | 2013 | Japan | JSPH HOPE fellow 2013 to attend a meeting with Nobel Laureates at Tokyo, Japan |
| International | BAS-TWAS Young Scientist | 2012 | Bangladesh | Young Scientist 2012 award by BAS-TWAS (Third World Academy of Science) |
| International | DAAD (German academic exchange service) scholarship | 2006 | Germany | DAAD (German academic exchange service) scholarship for Ph.D in Germany. |
| International | NUFU (Norway) research fellowship | 2002 | Norway | NUFU (Norway) research fellowship for M.S. research. |
| National | Government Talent pool Scholarship | 2002 | Bangladesh | Government Talent pool Scholarship obtaining the third position in the University ranking for excellent academic result at B.Sc. |
| National | Prime Minister Gold Medal Award | 2002 | Bangladesh | Prime Minister Gold Medal Award for outstanding academic performance for being the top student in the faculty of biological science. |
| National | Dean’s Gold Medal Award | 2001 | Bangladesh | Dean’s Gold Medal Award for excellent academic result at B.Sc in the faculty of biological science, University of Dhaka. |
| National | Education Board Scholarship | 1998 | Bangladesh | General Grade Scholarship provided by Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, Dhaka for the performance the in H.S.C. examination |
| International | “Sumitomo Corporation, Japan” scholarship | 1998 | Bangladesh | “Sumitomo Corporation, Japan” scholarship for outstanding academic performance in the faculty of biological science, University of Dhaka. [ selected for the scholarship for 4 times i.e. each year of my four year B.Sc. study based on result] |
Dr. Munawar Sultana
Professor
Department of Microbiology
Faculty of Biological Sciences
Email: munawar@du.ac.bd
Phone: +880-2-9677295, /7735, +880-1553636825