Professor
Dr. Sunjukta Ahsan
Department of Microbiology
Faculty of Biological Sciences
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I am a teacher and supervisor of research at the Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The courses I teach are General Microbiology, Human Physiology, Microbial Molecular Genetics, Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Public Health and Epidemiology, and Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases. My research interests encompass Bacterial biofilms, Antibiotic Resistance, Pathotyping and Phylotyping of Indicator Bacteria, and Bacteremia in Cancer Patients. I ...
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| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. | Genetics | Cambridge | United Kingdom | 2012 |
| Masters | Environmental Science | Sydney | Australia | 2002 |
| Masters | Microbiology | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 1999 |
| Bachelor | Microbiology | Dhaka | Bangladesh | 1997 |
| H.S.C | Science | London | United Kingdom | 1993 |
| S.S.C | Science | London | United Kingdom | 1991 |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Officer | Enteric Bacteriology Laboratory, LSD, ICDDR, B | Dhaka | Apr 2004 | Jun 2004 |
| Research Fellow | Enteric Bacteriology Laboratory, LSD, ICDDR, B | Dhaka | Mar 2004 | Mar 2004 |
| Professor | Dhaka University | Dhaka | Jun 2003 | Present |
| Research Officer | Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, LSD, ICDDR, B | Dhaka | Jan 2002 | Dec 2001 |
Research Interest
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
|---|---|---|
| Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi | This project was designed to study the presence of linear plasmids in Bangladesh. A 27kb linear plasmid from this bacterium has been known to occur in Indonesian isolates. |
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| Bacterial biofilms and antibiotic resistance | Molecular mechanisms of Bacterial biofilms and antibiotic resistance. Antibacterial resistance of bacteria: Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization |
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| Phylodynamics | My group also investigates phylodynamics of the indicator bacteria E. coli in order to assess its current status in the environment. | |
| Antibiotic resistance | My research interest also focuses on antibiotic resistance profile, resistance genes and mobile genetic elements. This interest flared from the fact that antibiotic resistance is a common phenomenon in Bangladesh. | |
| Cancer biology | I am interested to investigate microorganisms associated with different types of cancer with an intention to establish a link between a/more microbial agent and cancer. |
Project/Research Supervision
| Level of Study | Title | Supervisor | Co-Supervisor(s) | Name of Student(s) | Area of Research | Current Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M.Phil | Phylogenetic Analysis of Multidrug Resistant E. coli | Dr. Sunjukta Ahsan | Professor Humaira Akhter | Anindita Bhowmik | Phylogenetics | |
| M.Phil | Effect of Azithromycin on Biofilm Formation and Quorum Sensing by Selected Bacterial Pathogens | Dr. Sunjukta Ahsan | Ms. Israt Jahan Rini | Microbial biofilms | ||
| Masters | Increased antibiotic resistance of biofilm formed by clinical isolates of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi on abiotic surface | Dr. Sunjukta Ahsan | Maisha Maliha Morium | Bacterial biofilms | ||
| Masters | Azithromycin and mediators in Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi | Dr. Sunjukta Ahsan | Shahida Sultana | Antibiotic Resistance | ||
| Masters | Source tracking of E. coli of clinical and environmental origin isolated from Dhaka, Bangladesh | Dr. Sunjukta Ahsan | Mst. Reshma Sultana | Phylogenetics | ||
| Masters | An investigation on beta lactam producing E.coli of clinical origin isolated from Dhaka, Bangladesh. | Dr. Sunjukta Ahsan | Antibiotic Resistance | |||
| Masters | Isolation of Multidrug Resistant Bacteria from Cancer Aspirates | Dr. Sunjukta Ahsan | Md. Rayhan Mahmud | Cancer biology | ||
| Masters | Effect of Azithromycin, Imipenem, Ceftriaxone and Cefixime on biofilm formed by clinical isolates of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi | Dr. Sunjukta Ahsan | Israt Jahan | Antibiotic resistance and bacterial biofilms | ||
| Masters | Resistance to Azithromycin and β-Lactam Antibiotics by Clinical Isolates of E. coli isolated from Dhaka, Bangladesh | Dr. Sunjukta Ahsan | Md. Mayenuddin | Antibiotic Resistance | ||
| Masters | Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in Bangladesh: their phenotypic and molecular characteristics | Dr. Sunjukta Ahsan | Md. Riajul Islam | Antibiotic Resistance | ||
| Masters | Characterization of bacteria isolated from blood and aspirate fluids of cancer patients | Dr. Sunjukta Ahsan | Sharmin Ahmed | Cancer biology | ||
| Masters | Effect of quorum sensing on azithromycin resistance by biofilm forming E. coli | Dr. Sunjukta Ahsan | Md Nur-E-Alam | Bacterial Biofilms | ||
| Masters | Cancer biology | Dr. Sunjukta Ahsan | Sadia Afreen | Cancer biology | ||
| Masters | Cancer microbiomme | Dr. Sunjukta Ahsan | Md. Atikur Rahman | Microbiome analysis | ||
| Masters | Cancer Microbiomme | Dr. Sunjukta Ahsan | Raisul Islam | Microbiome analysis | ||
| Research Project Report/Other | Identification of a small plasmid carrying antibiotic resistance gene in E. coli | Dr. Sunjukta Ahsan | Md. Fayyad Zaman | Molecular biology | ||
| Research Project Report/Other | Characterization of bacteria isolated from blood and aspirate fluids of cancer patients | Dr. Sunjukta Ahsan | Pranab Deuri | Antibiotic resistance and Molecular Biology | ||
| Research Project Report/Other | Identification of a small plasmid carrying antibiotic resistance gene in E. coli | Dr. Sunjukta Ahsan | Nasir Uddin | Antibiotic resistance and Molecular Biology |
Project/Research Work
| Subject | Project Name | Source of Fund | From Date | To Date | Collaboration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacterial Genetics | Understanding the molecular epidemiology of the typhoid bacteria in Bangladesh | Ministry of Science and Technology | 24-06-2019 | 24-06-2019 | |
| Bacterial Biofilms and Antibiotic Resistance | Effect of proton pump inhibitors on biofilm formation and antimicrobial resistance of bacteria | University Grants Commission | 24-06-2019 | 24-06-2019 | |
| Bacterial Biofilms and Antibiotic Resistance | Transfer and stability of multi-drug resistance between Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and Escherichia coli in vitro | Centre for Advanced Research and Studies in Biological Scienes | 24-06-2019 | 24-06-2019 | |
| Bacterial Biofilms and Antibiotic Resistance | Determination of optimum conditions for the survival of selected bacterial pathogens in biofilms | Ministry of Education | 24-06-2019 | 24-06-2019 | |
| Antibiotic resistance | Stability of β-lactam antibiotic resistance and specific mediators in clinical isolate(s) of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi in vitro | Centre for Advanced Research and Studies in Biological Scienes | 24-06-2019 | 24-06-2019 | |
| Phylogenetics | Tracking the source of Escherichia coli, the microbiological indicator of fecal pollution, in food and water, to assess associated health risks | Ministry of Science and Technology | 24-06-2019 | 24-06-2019 | |
| Antibiotic resistance | Non-Mutational Mediators of Macrolide Antibiotic Resistance in Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi | Non-Mutational Mediators of Macrolide Antibiotic Resistance in Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi | 24-06-2019 | 24-06-2019 | |
| Cancer microbiology | Prevalence and Characterization of Multi-drug Resistant Bacteria from Aspiration Cancer Patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh | Biotechnology Research Centre | 24-06-2019 | 24-06-2019 | |
| Cancer microbiology | Molecular Typing of Bacteria Isolated from Cancer Aspirates | Centre for Advanced Research and Studies in Biological Scienes | 24-06-2019 | 24-06-2019 | |
| Cancer microbiology | Phylogenetic analysis of drug resistant bacteria isolated from cancer aspirates | Ministry of Science and Technology | 24-06-2019 | 24-06-2019 | National Cancer Research and Hospital |
| Bacterial biofilms and antibiotic resistance | Effect of spice extract and antibiotic combinations on prevention of quorum sensing and inhibition of biofilm formation in Salmonella spp. | Biotechnology Research Centre | 24-06-2019 | 24-06-2019 | |
| Bacterial biofilms and antibiotic resistance | Effect of antibiotics on prevention of quorum sensing and inhibition of biofilm formation in Salmonella spp. | Biotechnology Research Centre | 24-06-2019 | 24-06-2019 | |
| Environmental Microbiology | A research aid to One Health approach to circumvent E. coli infections in Bangladesh | University Grants Commission | 24-06-2019 | 24-06-2019 |
Invited Talk
| SL | Invited Talk |
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| No invited talk is found | |
| SL | Collaboration & Membership Name | Type | Membership Year | Expire Year |
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| 1 | GNOBB | Academic Association | 2015 | Life Time |
| 2 | Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists | Academic Association | 2010 | Life Time |
| Journal Article | |
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| 1 |
Israt Jahan Rini, Md. Ariful Islam and Sunjukta Ahsan : Effect of Selected Antibiotics on Biofilm Formed by Salmonella Enterica Serovars Typhi and Paratyphi,
, 2020
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| 2 |
Ahsan S and Rahman S. : 1. Azithromycin Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Salmonella enterica Serovars Typhi and Paratyphi in Bangladesh.,
Micro. Drug Resis. (impact factor:2) , vol.25 , no.1 , pp.8-13. , 2019
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| 3 |
2. Ahsan S and Islam R : Beta-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli in Bangladesh: Their Phenotypic and Molecular Characteristics,
Dhaka Univ. J. Biol. Sci. , vol.28 , no.1 , pp.71-81 , 2019
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| 4 |
Sunjukta Ahsan*, Anindita Bhowmik, Sharmistha Goswami and Nasir Uddin : Detection of New Delhi Metallo β Lactamase gene in Uropathogenic E. coli,
, 2019
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| 5 |
Sharmin Ahmed, Riajul Islam and Sunjukta Ahsan* : Prevalence of Disease and Antibiotic Sensitivity Profile of Hospital Associated Pathogens: A study on a local diagnostic Centre in Dhaka city,
, 2019
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| 6 |
SUNJUKTA AHSAN, NUR E ALAM and AHMED SALMAN SIRAJEE : DETERMINATION OF THE EFFICACY OF AZITHROMYCIN ON BIOFILMFORMING UROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI ISOLATED FROM URINARY TRACT INFECTION SAMPLES,
, 2019
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| 7 |
Anindita Bhowmik and Sunjukta Ahsan : Isolation and Enumeration of Escherichia coli from Soil and Water,
, 2019
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| 8 |
3. Ahsan S and Summers D : Identification of a toxin coding fragment in pBSSB1, a linear plasmid from Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi that can stabilize a multicopy plasmid,
Asian Pac J Trop Biomed (impact factor:1) , vol.8 , no.7 , pp.365-370 , 2018
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| 9 |
5. Bhowmik A, Goswami S and Ahsan S : Microbiological Quality of Prawns Collected from Local Markets of Dhaka Metropolis,
Bangladesh J Microbiol. , vol.35 , no.1 , pp.13-16 , 2018
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| 10 |
Sunjukta Ahsan, Rayhan Mahmud, Kajal Ahsan and Shamima Begum : Isolation of Multidrug Resistant Bacteria from Aspirates of Cancer Patients,
, 2018
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| 11 |
Alam M and Ahsan S : Occurrence of Hybrid Escherichia coli Strains Carrying Shiga Toxin and Heat-Stable Toxin in Livestock of Bangladesh,
Front. Public Health , vol.4 , pp.287 , 2017
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| 12 |
Tariqul Islam, Abdullah Al Mamun, Debashish Sarker, Sunjukta Ahsan and Md. Shahidul Kabir : Comparative Evaluation of Thermotolerant Escherichia coli, Enterococci and Total Coliform as Indicators of Water Quality,
Bangladesh J. Microbiol. , vol.34 , no.1 , pp.21-25 , 2017
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| 13 |
Shukla Promite, Sajal K Saha, Sunjukta Ahsan and Marufa Zerin Ak : Characterization and Antibiotic Sensitivity Profile of Bacteria Isolated from Patients with Respiratory Tract Infections in Bangladesh,
Dhaka Univ. J. Pharm. Sci. , vol.16 , no.2 , pp.235-244 , 2017
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| 14 |
Sunjukta Ahsan, Mayen Uddin, Juthika Mandal and Marufa Zerin Akhter : Resistance to Azithromycin and β-Lactam Antibiotics by Clinical Isolates of E. coli Isolated from Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
Bangladesh J Microbiol. , vol.34 , no.2 , pp.61-66 , 2017
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| 15 |
Sunjukta Ahsan, Ruhul Amin and Anindita Bhowmik : Genetic Relatedness among Escherichia coli Isolated from Clinical Samples,
Bangladesh J Microbiol. , vol.34 , no.2 , pp.97-101 , 2017
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| 16 |
Tariqul Islam1, Abdullah Al Mamun1, Debashish Sarker1, Sunjukta Ahsan2 and Md. Shahidul Kabir1* : Effect of the combined use of Esomeprazole and Imipenem against Pseudomonas aeruginosa,
, 2017
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| 17 |
Sunjukta Ahsan1, Md. Shamsul Arefin, John Litol Munshi, Mst. Nadira Begum, Maisha Maliha, Sahida Rahman, Anindita Bhowmik and Md. Shahidul Kabir : In vitro antibacterial activity of Spirulina platensis extracts against clinical isolates of Salmonella enterica serovars Typhi and Paratyphi (SUBP03),
, 2015
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| 18 |
Anindita Bhowmik, Sunjukta Ahsan, Marufa Zerin Akhtar, Md. Shahidul Kabir and Md. Shahidul Kabir : Incidence of -lactamase producing Escherichia coli amongst clinical isolates in Dhaka, Bangladesh,
, 2015
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| 19 |
Maisha Maliha Morium, Sunjukta Ahsan1, M Shahidul Kabir, Marufa Zerin Akhter and M Faridul Islam : In vitro Biofilm Formation Ability of Clinical Isolates of Salmonella enterica Serovars Typhi and Paratyphi,
, 2014
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| 20 |
Juthika Mandal, Marufa Zerin Akhter, Mohammad Shahidul Kabir and Sunjukta Ahsan : Development of a multiplex polymerase chain reaction protocol for the simultaneous detection of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi and Class 1 integron,
, 2014
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| 21 |
Muhammad Delowar Hossain, Sunjukta Ahsan and Md. Shahidul Kabir : Antibiotic resistance patterns of uropathogens isolated from catheterized and noncatheterized patients in Dhaka, Bangladesh,
, 2014
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| 22 |
Md. Shahidul, K., Mehadee, H. and Sunjukta, A. : Incidence of multiple potentially pathogenic bacteria in tap water from different restaurants in Dhaka city, Bangladesh,
, 2014
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| 23 |
Kabir Md. Shahidul, Akter Asma, Feroz Farahnaaz and Ahsan Sunjukta : Determination of Antibiotic resistance pattern of Biofilm producing Pathogenic Bacteria associated with UTI,
, 2013
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| 24 |
Fouzia Ferdows Khan Chowdhury, Sunjukta Ahsan and Md. Shahidul Kabir : Antibiotic resistance patterns of pathogenic Gram negative bacteria isolated from UTI patients in Sirajganj district,
, 2013
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| 25 |
Sophie Octavia1., Anna Salim2., Jacob Kurniawan1., Connie Lam1, Queenie Leung1,, Sunjukta Ahsan2, and Peter R. Reeves2, G. Balakrish Nair3, Ruiting Lan1* : Population Structure and Evolution of Non-O1/Non-O139 Vibrio cholerae by Multilocus Sequence Typing,
, 2013
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| 26 |
Sunjukta Ahsan and Md. Shahidul Kabir : Linear plasmids and their replication,
, 2012
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| 27 |
M Shariful Islam and Sunjukta Ahsan : Role of L-Glutamate in the Tolerance of Osmotic Stress by Escherichia coli,
, 2008
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| 28 |
Munirul Alam,1 Abdus Sadique,1 Nur-A-Hasan,1 Nurul A. Bhuiyan,1 G. Balakrish Nair,1 A. K. Siddique,1 David A. Sack,1, Sunjukta Ahsan,1 and Anwar Huq,2,4 R. Bradley Sack,3 and Rita R. Colwell2,3,4* : Effect of Transport at Ambient Temperature on Detection and Isolation of Vibrio cholerae from Environmental Samples,
, 2006
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| 29 |
Munirul Alam*, 1, 2, Nur-A-Hasan1, Sunjukta Ahsan2, Gururaja Perumal Pazhani3, Kazumichi Tamura4, Thadavarayan Ramamurthy3, Donald James Gomes2, Sabita R. Rahman2, Atiqul Islam1, Fahmina Akhtar2, Sumio Shinoda5, Haruo Watanabe4, Shah M. Faruque1, and Gopinath Balakrish Nair1 : Phenotypic and Molecular Characteristics of Escherichia coli Isolated from Aquatic Environment of Bangladesh,
, 2006
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| 30 |
Mohammad Sirajul Islam, Sunjukta Ahsan and Sirajul Islam Khan, Qazi Shafi Ahmed, Mohammad Harunur Rashid, Khan M Nasirul Islam, Richard Bradley Sack : Virulence Properties of Rough and Smooth Strains of Vibrio cholerae O1,
, 2004
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| 31 |
Jannatun Nayma, Fatema Moni Chowdhury, Sunjukta Ahsan and Marufa Zerin Akhter : Comparative Evaluation of Thermotolerant Escherichia coli, Enterococci and Total Coliform as Indicators of Water Quality,
Bangladesh J Microbiol. (impact factor:Peer reviewed) , vol.34 , no.1 , pp.7-14 , 2017
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| 32 |
Tariqul Islam, Debashish Sarker, Abdullah Al Mamun, Sunjukta Ahsan and Md. Shahidul Kabir : Effect of the combined use of Esomeprazole and Imipenem against Pseudomonas aeruginosa.,
Bangladesh J. Microbiol. (impact factor:Peer Reviewed) , vol.34 , no.1 Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists , pp.21-25 , 2017
.
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| 33 |
Sunjukta Ahsan, Rayhan Mahmud, Kajal Ahsan and Shamima Begum : Isolation of Multidrug Resistant Bacteria from Aspirates of Cancer Patients.,
Bangladesh J Microbiol. (impact factor:Peer reviewed) , vol.35 , no.1 , pp.61-66 , 2018
.
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| 34 |
Sunjukta Ahsan and Sahida Rahman : Azithromycin Resistance in Clinical Isolates of Salmonella enterica Serovars Typhi and Paratyphi in Bangladesh.,
Microbial Drug Resistance (impact factor:3.431) , vol.25 , no.1 Liebert.pub , pp.8-13 , 2019
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| 35 |
Johura FT, Parveen R, Islam A, Sadique A, Rahim MN, Monira S, Khan AR, Ahsan S, Ohnishi M, Watanabe H, Chakraborty S, George CM, Cravioto A, Navarro A, Hasan B and Alam M : Occurrence of Hybrid Escherichia coli Strains Carrying Shiga Toxin and Heat-Stable Toxin in Livestock of Bangladesh,
Front. Public Health (impact factor:3.02) , vol.4 , pp.287 , 2017
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| 36 |
Ahsan, S., Alam, N and Sirajee, A. : Determination of the efficacy of azithromycin on biofilm-forming uropathogenic Escherichia coli isolated from urinary tract infection samples,
Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences , vol.30 , no.1 Dhaka University , pp.1-11. , 2021
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| 37 |
Anindita Bhowmik, Sharmistha Goswami, Ahmad Salman Sirajee and Sunjukta Ahsan : Phylotyping, Pathotyping and Phenotypic Characteristics of Escherichia coli Isolated from Various Street Foods in Bangladesh,
Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Science (accepted for publication) , 2022
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| 38 |
Ahmad Salman Sirajee and Sunjukta Ahsan : Designing a Multi-Epitope Vaccine Candidate against Salmonella Typhi Using Immunoinformatics Approach,
Computers in Biology and Medicine (Under review) (impact factor:4.589) , 2022
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| International | Cambridge Commonwealth Trust | 2011 | United Kingdom | Support for continuing PhD research |
| International | Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan | 2007 | Bangladesh | Awarded by the Commonwealth Commission for PhD research |
| International | AusAID | 2002 | Australia | Aid to complete MS degree in Australia |
| National | DU scholarship | 1999 | Bangladesh | Merit award for achieving good result in MSc level of studies |
| National | DU scholarship | 1997 | Bangladesh | Merit award for achieving good result in BSc level of studies |
Name & designation
Dr. Sunjukta Ahsan
Professor
Department
Department of Microbiology Faculty of Biological Sciences
Email
sunjukta@du.ac.bd
Phone
9661920-73/7755