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Department of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology
University of Dhaka
Ramna, Dhaka- 1000, Bangladesh

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Dr. Jesmin
Full Time Faculty, GEB
Lecturer, Department of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, University of Dhaka 
 
Personal/Contact Address
Education
Areas of Specialization and Techniques Used
Awards and Honours
Communication and Poster Presentation
Manuscripts in Preparation

Personal/Contact Address 
Dr. Jesmin
Nationality: Bangladeshi
Present Address: Lecturer, Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Dhaka
E-mail: mailjesmin@yahoo.com
Phone: 9661900-49, Ext: 6540

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Education:
1997-2001(Nov)
PhD in Biochemistry, Imperial College, University of London. Project Supervisors Dr. Katherine A. Brown and Dr. A. E. G. Cass
1991-1992
(Held in 1995)
MSc First Class 4th in Biochemistry, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh. Project Supervisors Dr. Rafiqur Rahman (Dept. of Biochemistry, University of Dhaka) and Dr. AK Azad Khan (BIRDEM, Bangladesh) (Biochemical studies on RBC metabolism in Malnutrition related Diabetes Mellitus Patients)
1989-1991(Held in 1994)
BSc (Honours) First class 7th in Biochemistry, University of Dhaka, Dhaka-1000, Bangladesh.
1987-1989
H. S. C. First Class, Holy Cross College, Tegjaon, Dhaka-1215
1975-1986
S. S. C. First Class, Agrani Balika Biddyalaya, Azimpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh


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Areas of Specialization and Techniques Used
Molecular Biology
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), Cloning, Site directed and truncated mutagenesis
Protein Chemistry
Over-expression, Chromatographic Protein Purification, Enzymological characterization: steady-state kinetics, Inhibition study, UV-Vis spectroscopy and HPLC product analysis.


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Awards and Honours

1. Committee of Vice-Chancellor and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom, Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme, 1997-2000
2. The Harold Hyme Wingate Foundation, Wingate Scholarships, London, 1998-2000
3. The Commission of European Communities, Tuberculosis Drug activation project, CEC scholarship, 1998-2000
4. Charles William Wallace Trust Fund Award, High Commission for the People's Republic of Bangladesh, London 1997-1998
5. Dean's Award (for result in B. Sc), 1994
6. University Scholarship, (for result in B. Sc), 1994

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Communication and Poster Presentation
1. Site-directed mutants of the active site residues of catalase peroxidase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Jesmin, JM Nagy, AEG Cass, KA Brown. Poster presentation and transaction at Biochemical Society Meeting "Enzyme Catalysis: Structure, Dynamics and Chemistry". University of Sussex, UK, p38, May 2001.

2. Construction, expression and characterization of site-directed mutants of the katG gene from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Jesmin, JM Nagy, AEG Cass, KA Brown. Poster presentation and transaction at 18th International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) "Beyond the genome", Birmingham, UK, 29(1) p315, July 2000.

3. Construction and expression of the truncated forms of the katG gne from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Jesmin, JM Nagy, AEG Cass, KA Brown. Poster Presentation and transaction at the Fourth International Conference on the "Pathogenesis of Mycobacterial Infections" . Department of Microbiology, Umea University , Stockholm, Sweden, 27 p 93, July 1999.

4. Construction and expression of the truncatd forms of the katG gene from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Jesmin, JM Nagy, AEG Cass , KA Brown. Poster presentation and transactions at Biochemical Society Meeting "Enzyme Catalysis: Structure, Dynamics and Chemistry". Leicester Univrsity, UK, 26 p 47 September 1998.

5. Site-diected mutants of the catalase-peroxidase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Jesmin, JM nagy, S Servos, AEG Cass, KA Brown. Biochem. Soc. Trans 26 (3) : S281, August 1998

6. Site-directed mutants of the catalase-peroxidase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Jesmin, JM Nagy, S Servos, AEG Cass, KA Brown. Poster Presentation at the conference on "Structure and Metabolism of Enzymes". University of Southampton, UK, March 1998.

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Manuscripts in Preparation
1. "Role of the distal and proximal Tryptophan residues on heme co-ordination and function in recombinant catalase-peroxidase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis". Jesmin, M Eady, AEG Cass, KA Brown.

2. "Spectroscopic studies of the oxidation of Isoniazid by recombinant catalase peroxidase from Mycobacterium tuberculosis". Jesmin, JM Nagy, N. Eady, AEG Cass, KA Brown.

3. "Enzymatic characterization of recombinant catalase-peroxidase mutants from Mycobacterium tuberculosis". JM Nagy AEG Cass, KA Brown.

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