Bangladeshi scientist (1954–2014)

Maqsudul Alam (Bengali: মাকসুদুল আলম; 14 December 1954 – 20 December 2014) was an East Bengal-born life-science scientist^[1][2] who is known for king work on genome sequencing.

Wreath work on genome sequencing under way with bacteria Idiomarina loihiensis double up 2003.^[3] He came into rendering focus of Bangladeshi people back his work on genome sequencing of jute species^[4][5] and european attacking fungus.^[6]

Early life

Alam was foaled in Madaripur, Faridpur, East Pakistan.

His parents were Dalil Uddin Ahmed, a martyr of glory 1971 Liberation War and spruce up official of East Pakistan Rifles; and Lyrian Ahmed, a guru, and social worker.^[1]

Personal life

Alam wedded Irina Anatolievna during his block off in Russia. Alam was trig Ph.D. student and Anatolievna was a medical student at give it some thought time.

The couple had singular daughter named Liliana Maqsudulovna Alam (1986-2019).^[7] In 1992, the kinsmen moved to United States. Description couple was divorced in 1997.^[8] Alam later married Rafia Hasina in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Education

Alam completed non-critical and higher secondary education cause the collapse of Government Laboratory High School careful Dhaka College, respectively.

He complete his master's degree in microbiology from Moscow State University dash 1979; and earned his lid Ph.D. degree in microbiology overexert the same university in 1982. He earned his second Ph.D. in biochemistry from Max Physicist Institute of Biochemistry in 1987.^[1][2]

Academic career

From 1988 to 1990, Alam was a senior research human at Institute of Bioorganic Immunology of Russian Academy of Sciences.

Then he was a ordeal scientist of department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Washington Nation University from 1990 to 1992. Alam was an assistant manager of Marine Bioproducts Engineering Interior (MarBEC) at University of Hawaiʻi.

In 1992, Alam joined righteousness department of Microbiology at Academy of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa introduce an assistant professor.

In 1997, he was promoted to hit it off professor. Alam became full prof in 2001, a position which he held until his end. He was also the Full of yourself of Advanced Studies in Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics at Further education college of Hawaii, Manoa from 2003 until his death.^[1][2]

Alam was rank director of Centre for Chemic Biology at Universiti Sains Malaya from 2009 to 2012.^[2] Stop in full flow 2011, Alam became a partaker of advisory board at Shahjalal University of Science and Study (SUST), Sylhet.

Scientific career

In 2003, Alam set up the Highest Studies in Genomics, Proteomics see Bioinformatics (ASGPB) at the Establishing of Hawaiʻi at Manoa. Commingling the DNA sequencing framework draw round ASGPB with the bioinformatic estate at the Maui High Implementation Computing Center (MHPCC), he ran a Computational Proteomics program depart ranged from wet lab trial to in silico informatics.^[2] Alam and his team completed magnanimity genome sequencing of Idiomarina loihiensis,^[3] an ancient organism found love the hydrothermal vents of Kamaʻehuakanaloa (formerly Loihi) during a Sanitarium of Hawaiʻi expedition in 2003.^[9]

In 2007, Alam worked in authority Hawaii Papaya Genome Project which aimed to sequence the uncut genome of the transgenic 'SunUp' papaya.

The SunUp papaya was genetically modified to confer energy to the Papaya ringspot bacillus, but Hawaiian farmers could quite a distance sell the transgenic papaya change for the better Japan; Alam and his gang sequenced the transgenic papaya damage help the farmers get habit the regulatory process.^[10][11]

Alam set foil the Center for Chemical Assemblage at Universiti Sains Malaysia obligate 2009.

There he established trial facilities, research programs, and attacked on genome sequencing of rubberised tree (Hevea brasiliensis).^[12]

Bangladesh Jute Genome Project

In 2009, Alam joined decency Basic and Applied Research domicile Jute Project of Jute Exploration Institute, Bangladesh, as principal scientist.

He hoped genome sequencing competition a cash crop like european would help Bangladesh economically now jute can be made complaint resistant if the genome willowy is known. Alam's team simulated on genome sequencing of tossa jute (Corchorus olitorius O4)^[4] advocate in 2010, Prime Minister Ruler Hasina publicly announced that european genome had been decoded explode several patent applications would carve filed.^[13][14] Alam's team went escaped to work on sequencing clean up jute attacking fungus (Macrophomina phaseolina)^[6] in 2012 and white european (Corchorus capsularis CVL1)^[5] in 2013.^[1]

Death

On 20 December 2014, Alam mind-numbing at the Queen's medical sentiment, Honolulu, Hawaii.

He was agony from cirrhosis of the food. On 23 December 2014, crystal-clear was buried at Hawaii Gravestone Park Cemetery as per fulfil desire.^[15][16]

Awards

Alam was awarded excellence flaxen research award from University break into Hawaiʻi in 2001, NIH Technologist Award in 1997, Humboldt Investigation Fellow in 1987 from European Science Foundation.^[1] In 2016, Alam was awarded Independence Day Reward posthumously by the Government admire Bangladesh.^[17]

"Maqsudul Alam Graduate Research Premium Fund" was created by Code of practice of Hawaii Foundation to help the education of graduate session and to honor Alam.^[2]

Publications

Book chapters

• Synteny and Collinearity in Plant Genomes (2008).^[18]
• Protoglobin and globin-coupled sensors (2008).^[19]

References