Profile of Dr. Rifat Ara Begum
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Name | Dr. Rifat Ara Begum |
| Designation | Assistant Professor | |
| Last Degree | PhD | |
Education:
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Oct 2016 - present |
Ph.D. in Cell and Molecular Biology (Plant Sciences) (Full-time), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3BF, United Kingdom. |
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2009 – 2010 (Exam held in June, 2011 and result published in February 2012) |
MS in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. GPA 3.83 on the scale of 4.00. Thesis Title: “Annexin – A potent gene contributing to both biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in Corchorusolitorius var. SDLT-1” |
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2005 -2009 (Exam held in June, 2010 and result published in January, 2011) |
BS (Honours) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. cGPA 3.81 on the scale of 4.00. |
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2003 – 2005 (Exam held in and result published in 2005) |
Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Viqarunnisa Noon College, Dhaka-1215, Bangladesh. GPA 5.00 in the scale of 5.00. |
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2001 – 2003 (Exam held in and result published in 2003) |
Secondary School Certificate (SSC) St. Francis Xavier’s Girls’ High School, Dhaka – 1100, Bangladesh. GPA 5.00 in the scale of 5.00. |
Professional experience:
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Oct 2016 - present |
PhD student, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
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Feb 2016–Sep 2016 |
Assistant professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.Teaching Basic Biochemistry – I to BS (Honours) - 1st year and Plant Biochemistry to BS (Honours) - 3rdyear. Designing and organizing practical worksfor BS (Honours) - 2nd year students.
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Oct 2012 –Feb 2016 |
Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.Teaching Basic Biochemistry – I to BS (Honours) - 1st year, Plant Biochemistry to BS (Honours) - 3rdyear and Bioinformatics to MS students. Designing and organizing practical worksfor BS (Honours) - 2nd year students.
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Feb 2012 – Sep 2012 |
Research Associate (full-time), Molecular Biology Lab, University of Dhaka, Dhaka – 1000, Bangladesh. Supervised graduate and undergraduate students working on different scientific projects, guided in different techniques and experiments. Conducted studies on- a) Establishment of relation between CBF1-mediated cold tolerance pathway and annexin 1 gene in Corchorusolitorius var. O-9897 and Corchorusolitorius var. SDLT-1. b) Lignin content estimation and silencing of the lignin biosynthetic genes by RNAi method in Corchorus spp.
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Aug 2010 – Dec 2011 |
MS thesis research, Molecular Biology Lab, University of Dhaka, Dhaka – 1000, Bangladesh. Learned techniques of molecular biology for working on the following projects – a) Determination and characterization of Corchorusolitorius var. SDLT-1annexin1 gene (CoAnx1) and its correlation with stress responsiveness. b) Identification and molecular characterization of a receptor-like protein kinase gene from Corchoruscapsularis.
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Publications:
- Ashraf M. A., Khatun A., Sharmin T., Mobin F., Tanu R. A., Morshed T., Fakir T. A., Begum R. A. and Nabi A. H. M. N.; MPDB 1.0: a medicinal plant database of Bangladesh; Bioinformation, 2014. 10(6): p. 384–386
- Reza K. A., Sharmin S., Moosa M. M., Mahmood N., Ghosh A., Begum R. A. and Khan H.; Identification and molecular characterization of a receptor-like protein kinase gene from Corchoruscapsularis; Turkish Journal of Biology, 2013. 37: p. 11-17
- Begum R. A. and Khan H., Annexin – A potent gene contributing to both biotic and abiotic stress tolerance in Corchorusolitorius var. SDLT-1, (abstract submitted in BSBMB Conference 2012)
Teaching:
Assistant Professor (on study leave), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka – 1000, Bangladesh.
Research interests:
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, Genetics.
Teaching:
Assistant Professor (on study leave), Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka – 1000, Bangladesh.
