Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana
(Chief Scientist)Centre for Advanced Research in Sciences (CARS)
| Degree Name | Group/Major Subject | Board/Institute | Country | Passing Year |
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| Post Graduate Diploma | Population Genetics | Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology | India | 2009 |
| Post Graduate Diploma | Natural Product | University of Mississippi | United States | 2004 |
| Ph.D. | Biochemistry | Ehime University | Japan | 1995 |
| Masters | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Dhaka University | Bangladesh | 1991 |
| Bachelor | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Dhaka University | Bangladesh | 1988 |
| Title | Organization | Location | From Date | To Date |
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| Chief Scientist | Dhaka University | Centre for Advanced Research In Sciences | 11, Mar 2015 | Currently Working |
| Director (Acting) | Dhaka University | Centre for Advanced Research in Sciences | 03, Oct 2010 | 19-01-2011 |
| Principal Scientist | Dhaka University | Centre for Advanced Research in Sciences (CARS) | 13, May 2010 | 15-03-2015 |
| Senior Scientist | Dhaka University | Centre for Advanced Research in Sciences (CARS) | 02, Oct 2005 | 12-05-2010 |
Research Interest
| Subject | Description | Research Interest (Goal, Target Indicator) |
|---|---|---|
| HBB gene study for beta thalassemia in Bangladeshi populations | Construction of Mitochondrial DNA haplotypes to find the association with a range of phenotypes and disease in Bangladeshi population. |
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. | Peopling of Bangladesh | Professor R. vellum | Dr. Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana | Md. Asaduzzaman | Haplogrouping of Bangladeshi population by Mitochondrial and Y-chrosomes screening |
2015 |
| Ph.D. | Study on HBB gene for beta thalassemia genetic disorder in children of Bangladesh | Professor Yarul Kabir | Dr. Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana | Zakaria Shamim | Monogenic disease, beta thelassemia |
2010 |
| Masters | Alu Transposition Elements can be a Barest cancer biomarker | Dr. Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana | Ms. Dilruba Sharmin | 2021 | ||
| Masters | Human Gender Identification in mass disaster with simple PCR & electrophoresis method | Dr. Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana | Md. Hasan Israfil | 2020 | ||
| Masters | Development of blood based biomarker by cell free DNA for breast cancer diagnosis | Dr. Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana | Ms. Ferdowsi Akthar | 2020 | ||
| Masters | Mitochondrial DNA for Covid-19 Haplotyping in bangladeshi population | Dr. Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana | Professor Nazmul Ahsan | Arindita Roy | Current Year |
Project/Research Work
| Subject | Project Name | Source of Fund | From Date | To Date | Collaboration |
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| Haplotyping | Peopling of Bangladesh | National Geography fund | 14-03-2022 | 14-03-2022 | Banaras Hindu University and Estonia Biocentre |
| Cell free DNA (cfDNA) | Biomarkers for detection of primary breast cancer by cfDNA | Ministry of Education, GOB | 14-03-2022 | 14-03-2022 | Material Science Research Lab |
| Beta thalassemia | Biomarker for beta thalassemia detection | TWAS | 14-03-2022 | 14-03-2022 | None |
| Alu polymorphisms | Alu polymorphims can be a biomarker for breast cancer detection | Ministry of Education, GOB | 14-03-2022 | 14-03-2022 | None |
| HBB gene | Biomarker by HBB gene mutation for beta thalassemia | Ministry of Science and Technology, GOB | 14-03-2022 | 14-03-2022 | None |
Invited Talk
| SL | Invited Talk |
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| 1 | Cell free DNA (cfDNA) for diagnosis of primary breast cancer. (February: 2021) |
| 2 | ACE2 Polymorphisms in Covid-19 (April 2021) |
| SL | Collaboration & Membership Name | Type | Membership Year | Expire Year |
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| 1 | Bangladesh Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Association | Life member | 2000 | Life Time |
| 2 | Human Genomics Association of India | Life member | 2008 | Life Time |
| 3 | BSMMU | External expert | 2018 | Continue |
| 4 | Estonia Biocentre | Collaboration | 2014 | 2022 |
| 5 | Human Genome Project (HUGO) | Life member | since 2010 | Life Time |
| Book | |
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| 1 |
Gazi Nurun Nahar. Sultana Off-Flavors in Aquaculture, ACS Symposium Series.
USA: Americal Chemical Society, 2003 .
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| Book Section | |
| 1 |
Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana "Use of Forensic DNA Technology for Criminal Investigation: Global Trends and Emerging Practices in Bangladesh. Intelligence, National Security, and Foreign Policy.."
Intellegence, National Security, and Foreign Policy; A South Asian Narrative.. ASM Ali Ashraf Dhaka: Bangladesh Institute of Law and International Affairs & University of Dhaka, 2016 111-131 .
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| Journal Article | |
| 1 |
Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana,, Prajjval Pratap Singh, Shani Vishwakarma and Gyaneshwer Chaubey : Dissecting the paternal founders of Mundari (Austroasiatic) speakers associated with the language dispersal in South Asia,
European Journal of Human Genetics (impact factor:4.0) Springer Nature , pp.1-5 , 2020
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| 2 |
Gazi Nurun nahar Sultana, Anshika Srivastava,, Audditiya Bandyopadhyay, Prajjval Pratap Singh and Gyaneshwer Chaubey : Genetic Association of ACE2 rs2285666 Polymorphism with COVID-19 Spatial Distribution in India,
Frontier in Genetics (impact factor:4.27) , vol.11 , no.10 Frontier Media, S. A. , 2020
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Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana, Luca Pagani, Daniel JL, Evelyn Jagoda and Gyaneshwer Chaubey : Genomic analyses inform on migration events during the peopling of Eurasia.,
Nature (impact factor:41.0) , vol.538 , no.7624 Nature , 2016
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Kai Tatte, Luca Pagani, Ajai K. Pathak, Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana, Gyaneshwer Chaubey and Mait Metspalu : The Genetic Legacy of Continental Scale admixture in Indian Austroasiatic Speakers.,
Scientific Report (impact factor:4.379) , vol.9 , no.3818 Nature Research , 2019
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Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana, Istiaq Ahmed and Gyaneshwer Chaubey : Evaluating the genetic impact of South and Southeast Asia on the peopling of Bangladesh. Legal Medicine,
Legal Medicine (impact factor:1.48) , vol.17 , no.6 Elseview , pp.446-450 , 2015
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Monika Krmin, Lauri Saag, Gyaneshwer Chaubey, Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana, Richard Vellems and Toomas Kivisild : A recent bottleneck of Y-chromosome diversity coincides with a global change in culture.,
Genome Research (impact factor:10) , vol.25 , no.4 Cold Spring Harbor Press , pp.459-66 , 2015
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Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana, ADA Sahinuzzaman, Rokeya Begum, Rowshan Ara Begum and Choedhury Faiz Hossain : Mitochondrial DNA mutations–A candidate Biomarkers for Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Chinese Journal of Cancer,
Chinese Journal of Cancer (impact factor:4.11) , vol.31 , no.09 BioMed Central , pp.419-424 , 2012
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Gazi nurun Nahar Sultana, Atiqur Rahman, M. Manjurul karim, ADA Shahinuzzaman, Rokeya Begum and RAwshan Ara Begum : Breast cancer risk associated mitochondrial NADH-dehydrogenase subunit-3 (ND3) polymorphism,
Journal of Medical Genetics and Genomics (impact factor:4.274) , vol.3 , no.8 Elsevier , pp.131-135 , 2011
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| Award Type | Title | Year | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Mother Teresa Award | 2020 | Bangladesh | |
| International | Brunei scientist award | 2012 | Brunei | |
| International | Best Poster award | 2010 | Singapore | |
| International | TWAS Post doctoral award | 2008 | India | |
| International | Visiting Scientist award | 2001 | United States | |
| International | Postdoctoral AIST Award | 1999 | Japan | |
| International | JSPS Fellow; Riken Gene Bank, Tsukuba | 1998 | Japan | |
| International | Monbusho Scholarship | 1992 | Japan | |
| National | Dhaka University Merit Award | 1988 | Bangladesh |
Gazi Nurun Nahar Sultana
Chief Scientist
Centre for Advanced Research in Sciences (CARS)
Research Centers
Email: nngazi@gmail.com