Fahmida Sultana
Senior Lecturer
Fahmida Sultana completed her school from Govt. Model Girls’ High School and College from Brahmanbaria Govt. College. She finished her B.Sc And M.Sc in Microbiology from Jahangirnagar University at 2015 and 2016 respectively.
Address
Level: 4, Room: 4G35
Kha-224 Merul Badda
Dhaka 1212. Bangladesh
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Education
+–- BSc. in Microbiology -Graduated in 2015
- M.Sc in Microbiology -Graduated in 2016
- BSc. in Microbiology -Graduated in 2015
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Publications
+–Journals
Urmi, U. L., Nahar, S., Rana, M., Sultana, F., Jahan, N., Hossain, B., Alam, M. S., Mosaddek, A. S. M., McKimm, J., Rahman, N. A. A., Islam, S., & Haque, M. (2020). Genotypic to phenotypic resistance discrepancies identified involving β-lactamase genes, blakPC, blaIMP, blaNDM-1, and blaVIM in uropathogenic klebsiella pneumoniae. Infection and Drug Resistance, 13, 2863–2875. https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S262493
Islam, S., Urmi, U. L., Rana, M., Sultana, F., Jahan, N., Hossain, B., Iqbal, S., Hossain, M. M., Mosaddek, A. S. M., & Nahar, S. (2020). High abundance of the colistin resistance gene mcr-1 in chicken gut-bacteria in Bangladesh. Scientific Reports, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-74402-4
Ali, T., Rumnaz, A., Urmi, U. L., Nahar, S., Rana, M., Sultana, F., Iqbal, S., Rahman, M. M., Rahman, N. A. A., Islam, S., & Haque, M. (2021). Type-2 diabetes mellitus individuals carry different periodontal bacteria. Pesquisa Brasileira Em Odontopediatria e Clinica Integrada, 21. https://doi.org/10.1590/pboci.2021.049
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Professional Activities
+–• March 2015- February 2016: Worked as “Research fellow” at Department of Microbiology, Jahangirnagar University in a project entitled “Screening of arsenite tolerant and arsenite oxidizing bacteria from arsenic contaminated soil and water from Dohar, Dhaka”
• February 2017-February 2018: Worked as “Research fellow” in One Health Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Jahangirnagar University
• March 2018-June 2019: Worked as “Executive, Microbiology” in Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(Dhaka Unit)
• May 2019-October 2021: Worked as a “Lecturer” at Department of Microbiology, Primeasia University -
Courses Taught
+–General Microbiology, Microbial Ecology, Environmental Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Clinical Microbiology, Virology, Immunology, Microbial Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Basic Techniques in Microbiology, Immunology, Industrial Microbiology, Bioinformatics etc.
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Conferences, Talks, and Speaking Engagements
+–Conference Abstracts
• Salequl Islam, Umme Laila Urmi, Masud Rana, Nusrat Jahan, Fahmida Sultana, Billal Hossain, Samiul Iqbal, and Shamsun Nahar. “Prophylactic Uses of Antimicrobials in Bangladeshi Poultry Drive Microbial Resistance”. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Biothreat. Feb 12-14, 2018. Baltimore, MD, USA.• Shamsun Nahar, Fahmida Sultana, Masud Rana, Nusrat Jahan, Billal Hossain, Samiul Iqbal , Azizur Rahman, Umme Laila Urmi,and Salequl Islam. “Prior Exposures of Antimicrobials Contribute Acquisition of Mobile Colistin Resistance (mcr-1) Gene into Bangladeshi Poultry Microbiota”. American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Microbes, 2018, Atlanta, USA.
• Salequl Islam, Umme Laila Urmi, Masud Rana, Fahmida Sultana, Nusrat Jahan, Billal Hossain, Samiul Iqbal, Abu Syed Md. Mosaddek and Shamsun Nahar. “Poultry chicken gut-bacteria carry high extent of colistin resistant mcr-1 gene in Bangladesh”. International Journal of Infectious Disease (ICID), December, 2020.
• E-Conference on current issues in Microbiology, Primeasia University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Poster presentation on Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• In-Plant Training at Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd.(Dhaka Unit) -
Awards, Honors
+–• 2017: Postgraduate Fellowship, awarded by National Science and Technology, Bangladesh
• 2012-2015: Undergraduate Scholarship, Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh
• Board Scholarship for Secondary and Higher Secondary results
• Merit Scholarship for Primary and Junior level -
Membership
+–• Member of American Society of Microbiology (ASM)
• Member of Jahangirnagar University Microbiology Alumni Association (JUMAA)
• Member of Graduate Microbiologist Association (GMA) -
Research Areas/Interests
+–Bioinformatics, Clinical and Environmental Microbiology, Drug Design and Development etc.