- Faculty
- Faculty Faculty of Sciences and Engineering
- Research Interest
- Enteric and Diarrheal Diseases Antibiotic Resistant mechanisms of Enteric Bacteria Breast Cancer Research Grant received Research grant under special allocations (Interdisciplinary group) from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Bangladesh in the financial years 2025-2026 and 2024-2025. The title of the project is “Assessing Breast Cancer Risk Associated with Polymorphism of Genetic Markers among Bangladeshi women”. Research grant under special allocations (Interdisciplinary group) from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Bangladesh in the financial years 2022-2023, and 2023-2024. The title of the project is “Analysis of the effects of food and water borne carcinogens on the cancer patients of Bangladesh”. CRT, EWU, Determination of Azithromycin Resistant Mechanisms of Shigella , Salmonella and Vibrio cholerae strains isolated in Bangladesh. Principle Investigator. Value: 10,42,117 BDT. This project is in collaboration with ICDDR,B.
- Teaching Materials
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- Academic Background
- PhD (Molecular Biology), Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR. M.Sc. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. B.Sc. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. HSC in Science group, Holy Cross College, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- Awards & Achievements
- Selected as a Mentor in the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Future Leaders Mentoring Fellowship (FLMF) 2022 by the ASM and the Sub-committee on Minority Education. 2022 Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Travel Award to attend ASM Microbes 2022 in Washington, DC, USA. Prof. Indira Parikh 50 Women in Education Leaders, 2019. Hong Kong UGC (University Grant Commission) Scholarship for PhD program.
- Selected Publications
- Journal Publication Conference & Seminars Expertise Asad, A., Nayeem, M.A.J., Mostafa, M.G., Begum, R., Faruque, S.N., Nusrin, Suraia ., Jahan, I., Hayat, S. and Islam, Z., 2025. Resistome phylodynamics of multidrug-resistant Shigella isolated from diarrheal patients. Microbiology Spectrum, 13(1), pp.e01635-24 . Suraia Nusrin , Asaduzzaman Asad, Shoma Hayat, Bitali Islam, Ruma Begum, Fahmid Habib Nabila, Zhahirul Islam. Multiple Mechanisms Confer Resistance to Azithromycin in Shigella in Bangladesh: A Comprehensive Whole Genome-Based Approach. Microbiology Spectrum. 2022, 10.1128/spectrum.00741-22 . Asaduzzaman Asad, Shoma Hayat, Fahmida Habib Nabila, Ruma Begum, Suraia Nusrin , and Zhahirul Islam. Draft genome sequences of multidrug resistant Shigella strains isolated from diarrheal patients in Bangladesh. Microbiology Resources Announcements. 2021.Volume 10 Issue 42 e00854-21 . Syed Raju Ali1, A. S. M. Mahadiuzzaman, Rozely Hossain, Suraia Nusrin and Sabina Yasmin. Morphological and physiological characterization of nitrogen fixing rhizobia isolated from country bean ( Lablaba perpureus ) of Narail, Bangladesh. Journal of Bioscience and Biotechnology Discovery. August 2019, Volume 4(4), pages 60-68 . Marzia Sultana, Suraia Nusrin , Nur A. Hasan, Abdus Sadique, Kabir U. Ahmed, Atiqul Islam, Anwar Hossain, Ira Longini, Azhar Nizam, Anwar Huq, Abul K. Siddique, David A. Sack, Richard B. Sack, Rita R. Colwell, Munirul Alam. Biofilms comprise a component of the annual cycle of Vibrio cholerae in the Bay of Bengal Estuary. mBIO ® , 2018, 9 (2), 1-13. Richard Man Kit Yu, Gayathri Chaturvedi, Kwan Hok Tong, Suraia Nusrin , John P Giesy, Rudolf S Wu and Richard Y C Kong. Evidence for Epigenetic Regulation of Steroidogenic Gene Expression by Hypoxia. Environmental Science and Technology, 2015, 49(2), 1138-1147. Suraia Nusrin , Kwan Hok Tong, Gayathri Chaturvedi, Rudolf S Wu, John P Giesy and Richard Y C Kong. Regulation of CYP11B1 and CYP11B2 steroidogenic genes by hypoxia-inducible miR-10b in H295R cells. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2014, 85, 344–351. N. A. Bhuiyan, Suraia Nusrin , M. Ansaruzzaman, A. Islam, M. Sultana, , M. Alam, M.A. Islam, A. Cravioto, A. K. Mukhopadhyay, G. B. Nair, J. C.L.Mwasna and H. P. Endtz. Genetic characterization of Vibrio cholerae O1 strains isolated in Zambia during 1996–2004 possessing the unique VSP-II region of El Tor variant. Epidemiology and Infection , 2011, 31, 1-9. Munirul Alam, Suraia Nusrin , Atiqul Islam, Nurul A. Bhuiyan, Niaz Rahim, Gabriela Delgado, Rosario Morales, Jose Luis Mendez, Armando Navarro, Ana I. Gil, Haruo Watanabe, Masatomo Morita, G. Balakrish Nair, and Alejandro Cravioto. Cholera between 1991 and 1997 in Mexico Was Associated with Infection by Classical, El Tor, and El Tor Variants of Vibrio cholerae . Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 2010, 48, 3666–3674. Nurul Amin Bhuiyan, Suraia Nusrin , Munirul Alam, Haruo Watanabe, Masatomo Morita, Alejandro Cravioto, T. Ramamurthy, and G. Balakrish Nair. Changing Genotypes of Cholera Toxin (CT) of Vibrio cholerae O139 in Bangladesh and Description of Three New CT Genotypes. FEMS Immunology & Medical Microbiology, 2009, 57, 136-141. Suraia Nusrin , Ana I. Gil, N. A. Bhuiyan, Ashrafus Safa, Masahiro Asakura, C. F. Lanata, E.R. Hall, H. Miranda, B. Huapaya, C. Vargas G, M.A. Luna, D.A.Sack, Shinji Yamasaki and G. Balakrish Nair. The Peruvian El Tor strains of Vibrio cholerae O1 have a distinct region in the Vibrio seventh pandemic island-II that differentiates them from the seventh pandemic strains of other continents. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2009, 58, 342-354. Ashrafus Safa, Nurul A. Bhuiyan, Denise Murphy, John Bates, Suraia Nusrin , Richard Y. C. Kong, Manas Chongsanguan, Wanpen Chaicumpa and G. Balakrish Nair. Multilocus genetic analysis reveals that the Australian strains of Vibrio cholerae O1 are similar to the pre-seventh pandemic strains of the El Tor biotype. Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2009, 58, 105-111. Masatomo M
- Professional Experience
- Associate Professor, Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, East West University, Bangladesh. 31st January 2023 to date. Assistant Professor, Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, East West University, Bangladesh. 30th August’ 2016 to 30th January 2023. Assistant Professor (Part time), Department of Biology and Chemistry, North South University, Bangladesh. September’2014-August’ 2016. Research Assistant, Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR. 2012-2013. Research Officer, Laboratory Sciences Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B). 2004-2009. Research Officer, Laboratory Sciences Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B). 2002-2003.
- Affiliation Professional Membership
- American Society for Microbiology Bangladesh Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Graduate Biochemists Association, Bangladesh