Personally, I am proud of Professor Anwar; we fought together in 11
Sector, lived next0room in FH Hall Extension, and bonded as University
faculty. I wish his good health and highest success in life.
Sincerely,
Emarat Hossain Pannah
Course Chair and Faculty, University of Maryland (UMUC-USA)
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--- Abdur Rakib <abdurrakib67@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Off course a bright Star in our Sky. But this brightness magnifies
> with awami touch. Is not it ?
>
> Syed Aslam <Syed.Aslam3@gmail.com> wrote:
> Professor M. Anwar Hossain - A bright star in our sky !
>
> Professor M. Anwar Hossain, Ph. D
>
>
> Personal Fellowships/Awards Academic Affiliation
> Credentials and Memberships Achievement and accomplishment
> highlights Areas of Expertise Teaching Experience Education
> Publications (selected) Academic/Research Positions Other
> Positions Major Research Areas and Academic Activities
> Presentations in International Meetings and Seminars
> Patent in USA: [Hypoxia Inducible Promoter], Patent No.: US
> 6,541,621 B1, Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
> Inventors: Thomas K. Hodges, West Lafayette, IN (US), Enamul Huq,
> El Sobrante, CA (US), Anwar Hossain, Dhaka (BD)........[PLEASE SEE
> HERE MORE ABOUT PATENT INFORMATION *.pdf format]
> Personal
>
> Date of birth : August 20, 1950
>
> Present mailing Address
>
> Professor
> Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
> University of Dhaka
> Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
> Web address : www.bmbudhaka.net/fac/mah.htm
>
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> Academic Affiliation
>
> Professor
> Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
> University of Dhaka
> Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh
>
>
> Achievement and accomplishment highlights
> · About 30 years of teaching and research experience on Plant
> Physiology, Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology at home and abroad
> (Japan and USA).
> · Original publications in reputed International Journals like
> Journal of Biological Chemistry, Plant Physiology, Plant Cell
> Physiology, Plant Molecular Biology, and Theoretical and Applied
> Genetics.
> · University Grants Commission (UGC) award 1985 for the best
> publication (J. Biol. Chem. 260: 12920-12926) in the field of
> Biological Sciences.
> · Justice Ibrahim Gold Medal 1993 for outstanding research in
> Biological Sciences.
> · Establishment of the Department of Genetic Engineering and
> Biotechnology at the University of Dhaka.
> · Principal Investigators of a number of local and International
> research projects on Plant Sciences.
> · Overseas research collaboration with eminent scientists from USA,
> Australia, Japan and Korea.
> · A patent in USA on Hypoxia Inducible Promoter, Patent No.: US
> 6,541,621 B1
> · Presentations in International Meetings, Seminars and Workshops.
> Supervision of Ph.D., M.Phil. and M.Sc. thesis students (35).
>
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> Areas of Expertise
> · Plant Biochemistry
> · Plant Genetic Engineering
> · Plant Physiology
> · Biotechnology
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>
> Education
>
> · Ph.D. in Agriculture (1985) : Kyoto University, Japan
> · M.Sc. in Biochemistry (1972) : Dhaka University, Bangladesh
> · B.Sc. (Honors) in Biochemistry (1971) : Dhaka University,
> Bangladesh Back to top
>
>
> Academic/Research Positions
> · Visiting Fellow (2004-Present) : Japan Advanced Institute of
> Science and Technology, Japan
> · Chairman (2001-2003) : Dept. of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology,
> Dhaka University
> · Project Director (1999-2001) : Dept. of Genetic Engineering &
> Biotechnology, Dhaka University
> · Visiting Professor (1995) : Research Institute of Food Science,
> Kyoto University, Japan
> · Professor (1994-Present) : Dept. of Biochemistry, Dhaka University,
> Bangladesh
> · Visiting Scientist (1991-1994) : Dept. of Botany & Plant Pathology,
> Purdue University, USA
> · Associate Professor (1990-1994) : Dept. of Biochemistry, Dhaka
> University, Bangladesh
> · Biotechnology Career Fellow (1987-1990) : Dept of Biochemistry,
> Kyoto Prefectural University, Japan
> · Assistant Professor (1985-1990) : Dept. of Biochemistry, Dhaka
> University, Bangladesh
> · Lecturer (1975-1985) : Dept. of Biochemistry, Dhaka University,
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>
>
> Other Positions
> · Provost, Fazlul Haque Hall, Dhaka University (July 2001-November
> 2001)
> · Member, Dhaka University Senate (1999-Present)
> · Member, Dhaka University Syndicate (1990-1991)
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>
> Fellowships/Awards
> · Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Invitation
> Fellowship in 2004
> · Visiting Professorship at Kyoto University, Japan in 1995
> · Justice Ibrahim Gold Medal for the year 1993 for outstanding
> research in Biological Sciences
> · The Rockefeller Foundation Visiting Scientist Fellowship in 1991
> · The Rockefeller Foundation Biotechnology Carrier Fellowship in 1987
> · University Grants Commission (UGC) Award 1985 for the best
> publication in fundamental research in the field of Biological
> Sciences in Bangladesh
> · Japanese Government (Monbusho) Scholarship in 1982 Back to top
>
>
>
> Credentials and Memberships
> · General Secretary of Bangladesh Biochemical Society (1998-1999)
> · Chairman, Dhaka University Football Committee (2000-2002).
> · Membership in :
> 1. Bangladesh Society of Biotechnologists
> 2. Bangladesh Microbiological Society
> 3. Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists
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>
> Teaching Experience
> About 30 years of teaching experience in the Department of
> Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the University of Dhaka and in
> the Department of Molecular Genetics and Plant Breeding of
> Bangabandhu Sk. Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (as Adjunct
> Faculty). Teaching areas: Plant Biochemistry, Plant Genetic
> Engineering, Plant Physiology, Molecular Biology and Molecular
> Genetics, Endocrinology, Biotechnology etc at undergraduate, graduate
> and postgraduate levels.
>
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>
>
>
> Major Research Areas and Academic Activities
> Ph.D. Studies (1982-1985) : Kyoto University, Japan.
> Field of Study : Plant's Defense Mechanism Against Photo-Oxidative
> Damage.
> Role of ascorbate-regenerating enzymes in the scavenging of highly
> toxic photo-oxidative product hydrogen peroxide in plants.
> Isolation and characterization of two ascorbate-regenerating enzymes,
> Dehydroascorbate reductase and Monodehydroascorbate reductase,
> respectively, from plants.
> Biotechnology Carrier Fellowship Program (1987-1990) : Kyoto
> Prefectural University, Japan.
> Research area : Plant Genetic Engineering : Rice Storage Proteins :
> Improvement of rice storage proteins by genetic engineering.
> Visiting Scientist (1991-1994) : Purdue University, USA
> Research area : Plant Molecular Biology and Biotechnology
> Physiology and Biochemistry of Flooding-tolerance in rice :
> 1. Up-regulation of anaerobic energy production pathway under
> submergence conditions
> 2. Down-regulation of ethylene biosynthesis
> 3. Carbohydrate reserve during submergence
> 4. Post-submergence photo-oxidative damage
> Visiting Professorship (1995) : Kyoto University, Japan
> Research area : Stress Tolerance in Plants : Post-submergence
> photo-oxidative damage in plants.
> Establishment of the Department of Genetic Engineering and
> Biotechnology (1999-2001) :
> As Project Director of the newly established department of Genetic
> Engineering & Biotechnology at the University of Dhaka, developed a
> comprehensive and most up-to-date syllabus for a four-year
> undergraduate honors degree followed by one-year Masters. Received
> and implemented a Bangladesh Government grant for capacity building
> in promoting research in Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology.
> Visiting Fellowship (2004-Present) : Japan Advanced Institute of
> Science and Technology, Japan
> Research area : Application of advanced Biosensors in plant
> technology :
> 1. Chip-based antibody biosensors for detection of pesticides in
> fruits and vegetables
> 2. DNA biosensors for early detection of plant pathogens
> Research in Bangladesh :
> Heading a research team of Research Fellows, Ph.D., M.Phil. and
> Master course students from Dhaka
> University, Khulna University, Bangabandhu Sk. Mujibur Rahman
> Agricultural University, Salna, Gazipur, Bangladesh Rice Research
> Institute (BRRI), Gazipur, and International Centre for Diarrheal
> Disease Research (ICDDR).
> Principal Investigator of the following Research Project :
> · Genetic Engineering of Rice to Develop Flooding Tolerant
> High-Yielding Cultivars - funded by the Rockefeller Foundation under
> the International Rice Biotechnology Program and Ministry of Science
> and Technology (S&T), Government of Bangladesh.
> · Transferring Carotene Biosynthesis Genes from Golden Rice to
> Bangladesh Rice Varieties.
> · Ecology and Evolution of Toxigenic Vibrio cholerae in Bangladesh.
> · Environmental Pollution in Dhaka City and it's effect on Human
> Health.
> Patent in USA : Hypoxia Inducible Promoter
> Patent No.: US 6,541,621 B1
> Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
> Inventors:
> · Thomas K. Hodges, West Lafayette, IN (US)
> · Enamul Huq, El Sobrante, CA (US)
> · Anwar Hossain, Dhaka (BD)
> Overseas Research Collaboration :
> Established research collaborations with :
> · Professor Thomas K. Hodges, Purdue University, USA (retired)
> · Professor James C. Peacock, Plant Industries, CSIRO, Australia
> · Professor Kozi Asada, Department of Biotechnology, Fukuyama
> University, Japan
> · Professor Eiichi Tamiya, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and
> Technology (JAIST), Hokuriku, Japan
> · Professor Yong Tae Lee, Department of Biochemistry, Yeungnam
> University, Korea
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>
> Presentations in International Meetings and Seminars
> · International Symposium on Molecular and Genetic Approaches to
> Plant Stress held at New Delhi, India in 1990.
> · Annual meeting of Rockefeller International Rice Biotechnology
> Network held at Tucson, Arizona, USA in 1991.
> · International Plant Molecular Biology Congress held at Tucson,
> Arizona, USA in 1991.
> · Annual meeting of Rockefeller International Rice Biotechnology
> Network held at Chianmai, Thailand in 1993.
> · Annual meeting of Rockefeller International Rice Biotechnology
> Network held at Bali, Indonesia in 1994.
> · Third International Rice Genetics Symposium held at Manila,
> Philippines in 1995.
> · Fifth Annual meeting of National Rice Biotechnology Network held at
> New Delhi, India in 1996.
> · National Symposium on Role of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology
> in Plant Productivity held at Barapani, India in 1997.
> · General Meeting of the International Program on Rice Biotechnology
> in Malacca, Malaysia in 1997.
> · Fourth Asia-Pacific Conference on Agricultural Biotechnology held
> at Darwin, Australia in 1998.
> · Attended the workshop "Science and Policy in Risk Assessment of
> Transgenic Plants: A Case study Approach". Organized by the
> International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
> (ICGEB), Trieste, Italy in 1999.
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>
> Publications (selected)
>
> Hossain, M.A. and K. Asada (1984) Purification of dehydroascorbate
> reductase from spinach and its characterization as a thiol enzyme.
> Plant Cell Physiol 25: 85-92.
>
> Hossain, M.A., Y. Nakano, and K. Asada (1984) Monodehydroascorbate
> reductase in spinach chloroplasts and its participation in
> regenaration of ascorbate for scavenging hydrogen peroxide. Plant
> Cell Physiol 25: 385-395.
>
> Hossain, M.A. and K. Asada (1984) Inactivation of Ascorbate
> peroxidase in spinach chloroplasts on dark addition of hydrogen
> peroxide : Its protection by ascorbate. Plant Cell Physiol. 25 :
> 1285-1295.
>
> Hossain, M.A. and K. Asada (1985) Monodehydroascorbate reductase from
> cucumber is a flavin adenine dinucleotide enzyme. J. Biol. Chem. 260
> : 12920-12926.
>
> Hossain, M.A. and K. Asada (1987) Ascorbate-regenerating enzymes in
> chloroplasts. Ind. J. Biochem. Biophys. 24 : 52-57.
>
> Hossain, M.A and M.A Alim (1990) Photo-dependent correlation between
> hydrogen peroxide-scavenging and ascorbate-regenerating enzymes in
> plant. Dhaka Univ. Studies, part E 5: 52-57.
>
> Seraj, Z.I., M.A. Samad, A.H. Talukder and M.A. Hossain (1991)
> Regeneration of six Oryza sativa L. Indica salt-tolerant varieties
> from mature embryos. Plant Tissue Culture 1 : 51-55.
>
> Hossain, M.A., J.D. McGee, E.S. Dennis, W.J. Peacock, and T.K. Hodges
> (1993) Isolation and characterization of rice pyruvate decarboxylase
> genes. Supplement to Plant Physiol. 102(1) : 388.
>
> Hossain, M.A., E. Huq, and T.K. Hodges (1994) Sequence of a cDNA from
> Oryza sativa L. encoding the pyruvate decarboxylase 1 gene. Plant
> Physiol. 106 : 799-800.
>
> Hossain, M.A., J.D. McGee, A. Grover, E.S. Dennis, W.J. Peacock, and
> T.K. Hodges (1994) Nucleotide sequence of a rice genomic pyruvate
> decarboxylase gene that lacks introns : A pseudo gene? Plant Physiol.
> 106 : 1697-1698.
>
> Huq, E. M.A. Hossain, and T.K. Hodges (1995) Cloning and sequencing
> of a cDNA encoding pyruvate decarboxylase 2 gene (Accession no.
> U27350) from rice. Plant Physiol. 109 : 722-723.
>
> Hossain, M.A., E. Huq, A. Grover, E.S. Dennis, W.J. Peacock, and T.K.
> Hodges (1996) Characterization of pyruvate decarboxylase gene family
> from rice. Plant Mol. Biol. 31: 761-770.
>
> Hossain, M.A., E. Huq, A. Grover, Rue-Chih Su, E.S. Dennis, W.J.
> Peacock, T.K. Hodges (1996) Characterization of pyruvate
> decarboxylase gene family of rice and its potential application to
> submergence tolerance. Int. Rice Res. Notes 21 : 33-34.
>
> Huq, E., Hirayama, L., M.A. Hossain, T.K. Hodges (1997)
> Characterization of a cDNA encoding a polyubiquitin gene in rice
> (Accession No. U37687). Plant Physiol 113: 305.
>
> Hossain M.A., M.A Uddin, M.N. Huda, N. Munim, F. Jahan, R. Fattah
> (1998) Towards developing submergence tolerance in rice. In: Larkin
> PJ (ed.) Agricultural Biotechnology : Laboratory, Field and Market.
> Canberra, UTC Publishing. pp. 213-215.
>
> Nasreen M. and M.A. Hossain (1998) In vitro regeneration of six
> Indica rice cultivars. Bangladesh J. Biochem. 3: 95-99.
>
> Ahmed S., M.A. Hossain and P.M. Vadgama (1998) Needle type oxygen
> electrode for the detection of oxygen tension in tissues. Bangladesh
> J. Biochem. 4: 71-80.
>
> Huq E, S. Harrington, M.A. Hossain, F. Wen, S.R. McCouch, T.K. Hodges
> (1999) Molecular characterization of pdc2 and mapping of three pdc
> genes in rice. Theor. Appl. Genet. 98: 815-824.
>
> Hossain, M.S., M.A. Uddin, A.R. Gomosta and M.A. Hossain (2001)
> Effects of ethylene and other phytohormones on submergence-tolerance
> in some rice (oryza sativa L.) varieties of Bangladesh. Bangladesh J.
> Biochem. 6: 1-17
>
> Amin, A.H., M.A. Uddin, M.A. Hossain (2004) Regeneration study of
> some indica rice cultivers followed by agrobacterium-mediated
> transformation of highly regenerable cultivar, Br-8. J.Biol. Sci.
> 4:207-211.
>
> Sano, S., S. Tao, Y. Endo, T. Enaba, M.A. Hossain, C. Miyake, M.
> Matsuo, H. Aoki, K. Asada and K. Saito (2004) Chloroplastic
> monodehydroascorbate radical reductase from spinach. Plant Cell
> Physiol. Submitted for publication.
>
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