- Faculty
- Faculty Faculty of Sciences and Engineering
- Research Interest
- Molecular Biology, Cancer Genetics
- Teaching Materials
- Courses taught: GEB7105: Cell Biology-II, GEB201 Basic Biochemistry, GEB302: Fundamentals of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, GEB7402: Advances in Recombinant Gene Technology
- Academic Background
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Chemistry (Biochemistry Lab) (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) Master of Science (MS) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh) Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh)
- Awards & Achievements
- 2021- Tokyo Human Resources Fund for City Diplomacy Scholarship from Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Japan 2020- National Science and Technology Fellowship, Bangladesh
- Selected Publications
- Ahmad, T., Kawasumi, R., Hirota, K., (2024). RAD18- and BRCA1-dependent pathways promote cellular tolerance to the nucleoside analog ganciclovir. Genes to Cells. Nila, N. N., Tamanna, S., Mahmud, Z., Washif, M., Ahmad, T., Rahman, A. T. M. A., & Howlader, M. Z. H. (2024). The IKAROS Transcription Factor Gene IKZF1 as a Critical Regulator in the Pathogenesis of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Insights from Ahmad, T., Kawasumi, R., Taniguchi, T., Abe, T., Terada, K., Tsuda, M., Shimizu, N., Tsurimoto, T., Takeda, S., & Hirota, K. (2023). The proofreading exonuclease of leading-strand DNA polymerase epsilon prevents replication fork collapse at broken templa Washif, M., Ahmad, T., Hosen, M.B., Rahman, M.R., Taniguchi, T., Okubo, H., Hirota, K. and Kawasumi, R., (2023). CTF18-RFC contributes to cellular tolerance against chain-terminating nucleoside analogs (CTNAs) in cooperation with proofreading exonuclease
- Professional Experience
- Assistant Professor, Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, East West University || Sep. 2025 - Present Research Assistant, Tokyo Metropolitan University || Oct. 2021 - Sep. 2024 Scientific Officer (Outsourced), DNA Solution Limited || Jun. 2020 - Aug. 2021 MS Research Assistant, University of Dhaka || Apr. 2019 - Mar. 2021
- Affiliation Professional Membership
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