Dr. Ali Azam Talukder Professor, Department of Microbiology
PROFILE
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Professor Dr. Ali Azam Talukder completed his BSc and MSc degrees from the Jahangirnagar University (JU) in 1992. He got PhD in Bioscience with gold medal in Japan in 1996. Dr. Talukder continued his research work in Japan till December 2005. He joined the Microbiology Department as a founder Teacher in 2006. He has been received many academic awards including Godon Research Award (USA); Visiting Professorship, JSPS, CREST, AIST, JSPS-Bridge Fellowships (Japan); Young Scientist Gold Medal and Shilpacharjya awards from the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS) and Shilpacharjya Parishad, respectively. Dr. Talukder has been published 121 research articles/conference papers in peer reviewed journals. Total journal citation counts and H-index are 2741 and 28, respectively. Source, Google Scholar). Dr Talukder has several joint collaborative researches with Japan including Asian Core Program, SAKURA Science Program, JASSO Program, JSPS Program etc. in which several BS, MS, PhD research students and faculties are visiting Japan every year. Dr. Talukder has been selected in the world top listed scientists (AD Scientific Index-2024). He is piloting renewable and environmentally friendly bioefuel production from potato which is an alternative transport fuel and other energy sources. During his tenure position, he had several administrative responsibilities like Chairman of the Department, Provost of Shahid Salam Barkat Hall, Director of Transport Office, JU etc.
PhD Gold Medal from Japan (Left-2) and BAS Gold Model from Bangladesh (Right-2)
Dr. Talukder receiving BAS Gold Medal (Left) from the Honorable President of Bangladesh and Shilpacharjya award for Science from Rasheda K Chowdhury, Advisor of Care-Taker Government of Bangladesh in 2008
RESEARCH INTEREST
Molecular biology, Biofuel, Fermentation technology, Microbial biotechnology
All Publications
1. Golam Mohammad Morshed, A. B. M. Enayet Hossain, Ali Azam Talukder, and Ashrafuzzaman Chowdhury. (1992). An assessment of the relative superiority of conventional bacteriological water purifying procedures in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Quest 2: 35-40
2. Ali Azam Talukder, Satoshi Yanai, and Mamoru Yamada. (1994). Analysis of products of the Escherichia coli genomic genes and regulation of their expression: an applicable procedure for genomic analysis of other microorganisms. Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry 58: 117-120.
3. Ali Azam Talukder, Satoshi Yanai, Takeshi Nitta, Akio Kato, and Mamoru Yamada. (1996). RpoS-dependent regulation of genes expressed at late stationary phase in Escherichia coli. FEBS (Federation of European Biochemical societies) Letters 386: 177-180.
4. Syed Safi Ullah, Jashim Uddin Ahmed, Amir Kabir, Ali Azam Talukder, and Rafiquel Islam. (1996). Low cost water purification columns based on chitosan and easily available materials. Journal of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences 2: 167-173.
5. Mamoru Yamada, Ali Azam Talukder, and Takeshi Nitta. (1999). Characterization of the ssnA gene, which is involved in the decline of cell viability at the beginning of stationary phase in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology (American Society for Microbiology) 181: 1838-1846.
6. Talukder Ali Azam, Akira Iwata, Akiko Nishimura, Susumu Ueda, and Akira Ishihama. (1999). Growth phase-dependent variation in protein composition of the Escherichia coli nucleoid. Journal of Bacteriology (American Society for Microbiology) 181: 6361-6370.
7. Talukder Ali Azam and Akira Ishihama. (1999). Twelve species of the nucleoid-associated protein from Escherichia coli: Sequence recognition specificity and DNA binding affinity. Journal of Biological Chemistry (Published by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) 274: 33105-33113.
8. Talukder Ali Azam, Sota Hiraga, and Akira Ishihama. (1999). Two types of localization of the nucleoid proteins in E. coli W3110: Observation by immunofluorescent microscopy. Nippon Bunshi Seibutsu Gakkai Nenkai Puroguramu, Koen Yoshishu. Accession number: 01A0030618. Journal Code: L1278A 22: 243.
9. Ali Azam Talukder, Sota Hiraga, and Akira Ishihama. (2000). Two types of localization of the DNA-binding proteins within the Escherichia coli nucleoid. Genes to Cells 5: 613-626.
10. Talukder Ali Azam and Akira Ishihama. (2000). Growth-coupled changes in the protein composition of Escherichia coli nucleoid. Nippon Bunshi Seibutsu Gakkai Nenkai Puroguramu, Koen Yoshishu. Accession number: 01A0147791. Journal Code: L1278A 23: 580.
11. Mamoru Yamada, Hiroshi Nagamitsu, Hanae Izu, Kazunori Nakamura, and Ali Azam Talukder. (2002). Characterization of the ves gene, which is expressed at a low temperature in Escherichia coli. Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology 4: 163-169.
12. Ali Azam Talukder and Takao Kondo. (2003). Effects of circadian clock protein KaiC in association with cyanobacterial nucleoids. Nippon Bunshi Seibutsu Gakkai Nenkai Puroguramu, Koen Yoshishu. Accession number: 04A0621769. Journal Code: L1278A 26: 716.
13. Ali Azam Talukder, Satoshi Yanai, and Mamoru Yamada. (2005). Analysis of reading frame and expressional regulation of randomly selected promoter-proximal genes in Escherichia coli. Journal of General and Applied Microbiology 51: 93-103.
14. Ali Azam Talukder. (2005). Structure and composition of Escherichia coli nucleoids. In Mamoru Yamada (ed.). Survival and Death in Bacteria. Research Signpost, 37/661 (2): PP. 77-101 Fort P. O., Trivandrum-695 023, Kerala, India.
15. Ali Azam Talukder, Anwar Hossain, Mamoru Yamada, and Akira Ishihama. (2006). Bacterial nucleoid dynamic in Escherichia coli is a growth phase dependent process. Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology. 23: 81-88.
16. Ali Azam Talukder, AKM Firoz Mahmud, SAM Khairul Bashar, Sader A Nayeem, Jonaid Shafiq and Donald James Gomes. (2008). Overview of Neisseria gonorrhoeae: A sexual transmitted disease-causing bacterium. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science. 14: 93-102.
17. Muhammad Maqsud Hossain, Ali Azam Talukder, Fariza Shams, SAM Khairul Bashar, Sarder A Nayeem, Jonaid Shafiq, Donald J Gomes. (2009). An overview on Tuberculosis-Causative agent, Epidemiology, Management and Vaccination. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science. 15: 1-8.
18. Muhammad Maqsud Hossain, Fariza Shams and Ali Azam Talukder. (2009). Prevalence of Bacterial Vaginosis among pregnant women attending a maternal and child healthcare delivery unit in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science. 15: 62-65.
19. Ali Azam Talukder, Saidul Alam, Ershaduzzaman, SAM Khairul Bashar, and Mamoru Yamada. (2009). Structural Organization of Co-regulated Genes in Escherichia coli. Journal of Bacteriology Research. 1: 68-78.
20. Ali Azam Talukder, Muhammad Maqsud Hossain, Fariza Shams, Farhin Rahman, Sarder A Nayeem, Jonaid Shafiq, SAM Khairul Bashar and Donald J Gomes. (2010). Molecular Pathogenesis of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science. 16 (1): 67-79.
21. Donald James Gomes, SM Mostafa Kamal Khan, Rifath Mohsen, Ali Azam Talukder, Sarder A Nayeem, Jonaid Shafiq, SAM Khairul Bashar and KM Sultanul Aziz. (2010). “Anthrax: Old Foe Poses a New Panic in Bangladesh”. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science. 16 (2): 93–104.
22. Ali Azam Talukder, AKM Firoz Mahmud and Donald James Gomes. (2010). Recent pandemic threat of swine flu (H1N1): Awareness, prevention and treatment. 5th Bangladesh-Japan Joint International Conference Dhaka, Bangladesh, 26-28 December, 2010. Proceedings of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences. PP 185–198.
23. Ali Azam Talukder, Hasna Hena Rahman, S. M. Jamil Mahmud, Fahmida Alam and Shuvra Kanti Dey. (2013). Isolation, identification and resistance pattern of microorganisms associated with mastitis in buffalo. Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology, 30, 1–5.
24. Shuvra Kanti Dey, Shamsun Nahar, Tanzina Akter, Hoomyra Sultana, Anjuman Akter, Omar Sadi Sarkar, Firoz Ahmed, Farjana Ahmed and Ali Azam Talukder (2014). A retrospective analysis of viral gastroenteritis in Asia. The Journal of pediatric Infectious Diseases, 9, 1–13.
25. Shuvra Kanti Dey, Nazneen Zahan, Sabrina Afrose, Tarequl Islam, Md Shajahan, Suchi Saha, Siraje Arif Mahmud, Masashi Mizuguchi and Ali Azam Talukder (2014). Molecular epidemiology of HIV in Asia. HIV & AIDS Review, 13, 33–39.
26. Kazi Rasel Uddin, Salina Akter, Chaklader Md. Kamal Jinnah and Ali Azam Talukder. (2014). Epidemiological study of active Hepatitis B and C viruses infection among patients attended in tertiary care hospital in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science, 4, 102–109.
27. Ali Azam Talukder and Akira Ishihama. (2014). Dps is a stationary phase-specific protein of Escherichia coli Nucleoid. Advances in Microbiology, USA, 4, 1095–1104.
28. Ali Azam Talukder and Takao Kondo. (2014). Isolation, purification and characterization of nucleoids from Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. Advances in Microbiology, USA, 4, 1105–1116.
29. AKM Firoz Mahmud, KM Zillur Rahman, Shuvra Kanti Dey, Tahsina Islam and Ali Azam Talukder. (2014). Genome annotation and comparative genomics of ORF virus. Advances in Microbiology, USA, 4, 1117–1131.
30. Farzana Diba, Fahmida Alam and Ali Azam Talukder. (2015). Screening of acetic acid producing microorganisms from decomposed fruits for vinegar production. Advances in Microbiology, USA, 5, 291–297.
31. Farjana Ahmed, Abdul Alim, Fahmida Alam, Tahsina Islam, Ali Azam Talukder (2015). Bio-geo-chemical characterization of Bangladeshi textile effluents. Advances in Microbiology, USA. 5, 317–324.
32. Ali Azam Talukder, Sirajul Islam Sujon, Muhammad Maqsud Hossain, Donald James Gomes and Mamoru Yamada. (2015). Production of bioethanol at high temperature from Tari. Advances in Microbiology, USA, 5, 325–335.
33. Ali Azam Talukder and Akira Ishihama. (2015). Growth phase dependent changes in the structure and protein composition of nucleoid in Escherichia coli. Science China Life Scineces, 58: 902–911.
34. Ali Azam Talukder, Md. Moniruzzaman, Taslin Jahan Mou and Shuvra Kanti Dey. (2015). Drug resistance pattern of common enteropathogenic bacteria responsible for diarrheal Diseases in buffalo calves in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Sciences. 22. 18–21.
35. Ali Azam Talukder, Farhana Islam, Siraji Arif Mahmud and Mamoru Yamada. (2016). Thermotolerant yeasts capable of producing bioethanol: isolation from natural fermented sources, identification and characterization. Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment. 30. 1106–1114.
36. Razoanul Haque, Mariya Kibtiya Sumiya, Najmuj Sakib, Omar Sadi Sarkar, Tanjir Tarek Ibn Siddique, Saddam Hossain, Anisul Islam, Anowar Khasru Parvez, Ali Azam Talukder and Shuvra Kanti Dey. (2017). Antimicrobial activity of Jambul (Syzygium cumini) fruit extract on enteric pathogenic bacteria. Advances in Microbiology. 7. 195–204.
37. Roni Miah, Ayesha Siddiqa, Jamsheda Ferdous Tuli, Noyon Kumar Barman, Shuvra Kanti Dey, Nihad Adnan, Mamoru Yamada, Ali Azam Talukder. (2017). Inexpensive Procedure for Measurement of Ethanol: Application to Bioethanol Production Process. Advances in Microbiology. 7: 743–748.
38. Tahsina Islam, Farzana Diba, Roni Miah, Ayesha Siddiqa, Nafisa Azmuda, Shamsun Nahar, Nihad Adnan, Shuvra Kanti Dey, Ali Azam Talukder. (2017). Optimization of Acetic Acid Production Rate by Thermotolerant Acetobacter spp. Advances in Microbiology. 7: 749–759.
39. Fatema S, Uddin MR, Mahmud SA, Uddin MJ, Talukder AA, Khondoker MU, Jamiruddin MR, Azmuda N, Adnan, N. (2018). Reassessment of Clinical Pathogens Diagnosed by Sub-urban Facilities of Dhaka: Necessity of Comprehensive Techniques to Manage Antibiotic Resistance. Microbial Bioactives. 2: 051–058.
40. Modhusudon Shaha, Sadia Farzana Sifat, Md. Al Mamun, Md. Baki Billah, Nadim Sharif, Nasir Uddin Nobel, Anowar Khasru Parvez, Ali Azam Talukder, Akiko Nomura, Hiroshi Ushijima, Shuvra Kanti Dey. (2019). Comparative evaluation of sensitivity and specificity of immunochromatography kit for the rapid detection of norovirus and rotavirus in Bangladesh. F1000Research. 8: 173–178.
41. Jalal Uddin, Khaled Hossain, Saddam Hossain, Karabi Saha, Fatema Tuz Jubyda, Razoanul Haque, Baki Billah, Ali Azam Talukder, Anowar Khasru Parvez, Shuvra Kanti Dey. 2019. Bacteriological assessments of foodborne pathogens in poultry meat at different super shops in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Italian journal of food safety 8: 6720.
42. Ali Azam Talukder, Nihad Adnan, Ayesha Siddiqa, Roni Miah, Jamsheda Ferdous Tuli, Shafia Tasnim Khan, Shuvra Kanti Dey, Noppon Lertwattanasakul, Mamoru Yamada. (2019). Fuel ethanol production using xylose assimilating and high ethanol producing thermosensitive Saccharomyces cerevisiae isolated from date palm juice in Bangladesh. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology. 18: 101029.
43. Shaha M, Sifat SF, Al Mamun M, Billah MB, Sharif N, Nobel NU, Parvez AK, Talukder AA, Nomura A, Ushijima H, Dey SK. 2019. Comparative evaluation of sensitivity and specificity of immunochromatography kit for the rapid detection of norovirus and rotavirus in Bangladesh. F1000Research. 8(173): 173. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.17362.2.
44. Khan FH, Sharif N, Acharjee P, Munira R, Jahan N, Akter F, Sarkar MK, Talukder AA, Dey SK. 2020. Burden of rotavirus accomplished disease and genome diversity of rotavirus in Asia and its distribution in Asia continent. In L. V. Berhardt (Ed.). Book Chapter. Advances in Medicine and Biology. Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York, USA.
45. Dey SK, Sharif N, Sarkar OS, Sarkar MK, Talukder AA, Phan T, Ushijima H. 2020. Molecular epidemiology and surveillance of circulating rotavirus among children with gastroenteritis in Bangladesh during 2014-2019. PloS one. 15(11): e0242813. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242813.
46. Sharif N, Nobel NU, Sakib N, Liza SM, Khan ST, Billah MB, Parvez AK, Haque A, Talukder AA, Dey SK. 2020. Molecular and Epidemiologic Analysis of Diarrheal Pathogens in Children with Acute Gastroenteritis in Bangladesh During 2014–2019. The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 39 (7): 580-585. https://doi: 10.1097/INF.0000000000002637.
47. Sharif N, Parvez AK, Haque A, Talukder AA, Ushijima H, Dey SK. 2020. Molecular and epidemiological trends of human bocavirus and adenovirus in children with acute gastroenteritis in Bangladesh during 2015 to 2019. Journal of Medical Virology. 92 (12): 3194-3201. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.25812.
48. Sharif N, Sarkar MK, Ferdous RN, Ahmed SN, Billah MB, Talukder AA, Zhang M, Dey SK. 2021. Molecular epidemiology, evolution and reemergence of chikungunya virus in South Asia. Frontiers in Microbiology. 12: 1411. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2021.689979.
49. Sharif N, Sarkar MK, Ahmed SN, Ferdous RN, Nobel NU, Parvez AK, Talukder AA, Dey SK. 2021. Environmental correlation and epidemiologic analysis of COVID-19 pandemic in ten regions in five continents. Heliyon. 7: e06576. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e06576.
50. Sharif N, Ahmed SN, Opu RR, Tani MR, Dewan D, Daullah MU, Shanto RI, Parvez AK, Talukder AA, Dey SK. 2021. Prevalence and impact of diabetes and cardiovascular disease among patients infected with COVID-19 in Bangladesh. Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews. 15: 1009-1016. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsx.2021.05.005.
51. Sharif N, Ahmed SN, Opu RR, Daullah MU, Khan S, Talukder AA, Okitsu S, Ushijima H, Dey SK. 2021. Impact of meteorological parameters and population density on variants of SARS-CoV-2 and outcome of COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. Epidemiology and Infection. 149: E103. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095026882100100X.
52. Sharif N, Opu RR, Ahmed SN, Sarkar MK, Daullah MU, Khan S, Talukder AA, Dey SK. 2021. Prevalence and impact of comorbidities on disease prognosis among patients with COVID-19 in Bangladesh: A nationwide study amid the second wave. Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research and Reviews. Article no. 102148.
53. Dey SK, Sharif N, Billah MB, Siddique TT, Islam T, Parvez AK, Talukder AA, Phan T. 2021. Ushijima H. Molecular epidemiology and genetic diversity of norovirus infection in children with acute gastroenteritis in Bangladesh, 2014‐2019. Journal of Medical Virology. 93: 3564-3571. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.26772.
54. Shahad Saif Khandker, Brian Godman, Md Jawad, Bushra Ayat Meghla, Taslima Akter Tisha, Mohib Ullah Khondoker, Md Haq, Jaykaran Charan, Ali Azam Talukder, Nafisa Azmuda, Shahana Sharmin, Mohd Jamiruddin, Mainul Haque, Nihad Adnan. 2021. A systematic review on COVID-19 vaccine strategies, their effectiveness, and issues. Vaccines. 9: 1387-1423.
55. Roni Miah, Ayesha Siddiqa, Udvashita Chakraborty, Jamsheda Ferdous Tuli, Noyon Kumar Barman, Aukhil Uddin, Tareque Aziz, Nadim Sharif, Shuvra Kanti Dey, Mamoru Yamada, Ali Azam Talukder. 2022. Development of high temperature simultaneous saccharification and fermentation by thermosensitive Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. Scientific Reports. 12: 3630-3640. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-07589-3.
56. Ali Azam Talukder, Fahmida Alam, Donald James Gomes and Mamoru Yamada. Biofuel production in Bangladesh Perspective. Review Article (Submitted for publication).
57. Ali Azam Talukder, Hideo Iwasaki and Takao Kondo. Circadian changes in the nucleoid structure and clock protein localization in Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942. (Submitted for Publication).
Teaching
| Course Code | Course Title | Semester/Year |
|---|---|---|
| 606 | Microbial Fermentation | M.Phil/Ph.D |
| 601 | Advanced Molecular Microbiology | M.Phil/Ph.D |
| 522 | Practical II (Part B: Bioprocess Technology) | MSc |
| 521 | Practical I (Part A: Genomics and Bioinformatics and Part C: Molecular Microbiology) | MSc |
| 322 | Fermentation Technology (Practical) | 3rd Year |
| 421 | Genetic engineering and Microbial Biotechnology (Practical) | 4th Year |
| 309 | Fermentation Technology | 3rd Year |
| 405 | Microbial Biotechnology | 4th Year |
| 509 | Molecular Microbiology | MSc |
Contact
Dr. Ali Azam Talukder
Professor
Department of Microbiology
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Email: aat@juniv.edu
