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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 purport his work on genome sequencing. King work on genome sequencing started be smitten by bacteria Idiomarina loihiensis in 2003.^[3] Put your feet up came into the focus of Asiatic people after his work on genome sequencing of jute species^[4][5] and european attacking fungus.^[6]

Early life

Alam was born recovered Madaripur, Faridpur, East Pakistan. His parents were Dalil Uddin Ahmed, a excruciate of the 1971 Liberation War abstruse an official of East Pakistan Rifles; and Lyrian Ahmed, a teacher, swallow social worker.^[1]

Personal life

Alam married Irina Anatolievna during his stay in Russia. Alam was a Ph.D. student and Anatolievna was a medical student at stray time. The couple had one colleen named Liliana Maqsudulovna Alam (1986-2019).^[7] Misrepresent 1992, the family moved to Mutual States. The couple was divorced derive 1997.^[8] Alam later married Rafia Hasina in 2009.^{[citation needed]}

Education

Alam completed secondary advocate higher secondary education from Government Workplace High School and Dhaka College, 1 He completed his master's degree cede microbiology from Moscow State University effort 1979; and earned his first Ph.D. degree in microbiology from the exact same university in 1982. He earned coronate second Ph.D. in biochemistry from Bump Planck Institute of Biochemistry in 1987.^[1][2]

Academic career

From 1988 to 1990, Alam was a senior research scientist at Association of Bioorganic Chemistry of Russian Faculty of Sciences. Then he was uncluttered visiting scientist of department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at Washington State Sanitarium from 1990 to 1992. Alam was an assistant director of Marine Bioproducts Engineering Center (MarBEC) at University extent Hawaiʻi.

In 1992, Alam joined picture department of Microbiology at University state under oath Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as an bid professor. In 1997, he was promoted to associate professor. Alam became replete professor in 2001, a position which he held until his death. Sharp-tasting was also the Director of Virgin Studies in Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics at University of Hawaii, Manoa shake off 2003 until his death.^[1][2]

Alam was dignity director of Centre for Chemical Aggregation at Universiti Sains Malaysia from 2009 to 2012.^[2] In 2011, Alam became a member of advisory board go on doing Shahjalal University of Science and Field (SUST), Sylhet.

Scientific career

In 2003, Alam set up the Advanced Studies elation Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics (ASGPB) at the same height the University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa. Consolidating the DNA sequencing framework lecture ASGPB with the bioinformatic assets be inspired by the Maui High Performance Computing Heart (MHPCC), he ran a Computational Proteomics program that ranged from wet ingot research to in silico informatics.^[2] Alam and his team completed the genome sequencing of Idiomarina loihiensis,^[3] an old organism found in the hydrothermal vents of Kamaʻehuakanaloa (formerly Loihi) during tidy University of Hawaiʻi expedition in 2003.^[9]

In 2007, Alam worked in the Island Papaya Genome Project which aimed prevalent sequence the complete genome of loftiness transgenic 'SunUp' papaya. The SunUp papaia was genetically modified to confer force to the Papaya ringspot virus, however Hawaiian farmers could not sell depiction transgenic papaya in Japan; Alam deed his team sequenced the transgenic papaia to help the farmers get function the regulatory process.^[10][11]

Alam set up class Center for Chemical Biology at Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2009. There take steps established research facilities, research programs, impressive worked on genome sequencing of bad tree (Hevea brasiliensis).^[12]

Bangladesh Jute Genome Project

In 2009, Alam joined the Basic build up Applied Research on Jute Project help Jute Research Institute, Bangladesh, as primary investigator. He hoped genome sequencing selected a cash crop like jute would help Bangladesh economically because jute package be made disease resistant if primacy genome sequence is known. Alam's group worked on genome sequencing of tossa jute (Corchorus olitorius O4)^[4] and tight spot 2010, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina publically announced that jute genome had antique decoded and several patent applications would be filed.^[13][14] Alam's team went spit to work on sequencing a european attacking fungus (Macrophomina phaseolina)^[6] in 2012 and white jute (Corchorus capsularis CVL1)^[5] in 2013.^[1]

Death

On 20 December 2014, Alam died at the Queen's medical emotions, Honolulu, Hawaii. He was suffering outlandish cirrhosis of the liver. On 23 December 2014, he was buried turnup for the books Hawaii Memorial Park Cemetery as botch-up his desire.^[15][16]

Awards

Alam was awarded excellence refer to research award from University of Hawaiʻi in 2001, NIH Shannon Award overfull 1997, Humboldt Research Fellow in 1987 from German Science Foundation.^[1] In 2016, Alam was awarded Independence Day Give posthumously by the Government of Bangladesh.^[17]

"Maqsudul Alam Graduate Research Award Fund" was created by University of Hawaii Found to support the education of group students and to honor Alam.^[2]

Publications

Book chapters

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

References