Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Work Experience:

1. 01/01/2015-31/12/2017: Research Officer, Infectious Diseases Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease, Research, Bangladesh (icddr, b), Dhaka -1212.

1. Ali MY, Akter Z, Mei Z, Zheng M, Tania M, Khan MA. Thymoquinone in autoimmune diseases: Therapeutic potential and molecular mechanisms. Biomed Pharmacotherapy (IF:4.545), 2020. E-pub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopha.2020.111157
2. Shawon J, Akter Z, Hossen MM, Akter Y, Sayeed A, Junaid M, Afrose SS, Khan MA. Current landscape of natural products against coronaviruses: perspectives in COVID-19 treatment and antiviral mechanism. Current Pharmaceutical Design (IF:2.208), 2020, 26:1. https://doi.org/10.2174/1381612826666201106093912
3. Akter Z, Haque A, Hossain MS, Ahmed F* and Islam MA*. Aggregation prone regions in antibody sequences raised against Vibrio cholerae: A bioinformatic approach. Current Bioinformatics (IF:2.068), 2020, 15:1. https://doi.org/10.2174/1574893615666200106120504
4. Akter Z, Ahmed FR, Tania M, Khan MA*. Targeting inflammatory mediators: An anticancer mechanism of thymoquinone action. Current Medicinal Chemistry (IF: 4.184), 2019, 26:1. https://doi.org/10.2174/0929867326666191011143642\

Worked on the following projects:

• Clinical evaluation of SD BIOLINE HBsAg WB rapid test device for rapid detection of Hepatitis B Surface and HCV rapid test device for rapid detection of Hepatitis C Virus antibody in Bangladesh, Grant No: 1302.
• Global multicentre study on the establishment of geographically distinct reference values of tumor markers: Bangladesh perspective, Grant No. 01211.