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alamkhan@ru.ac.bd

Department of Pharmacy, 4th Science Building, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi-6205, Bangladesh


DR. ALAM KHAN
PROFESSOR
Pharmacy


Education Summary  
M. Pharm. (Bangladesh), PhD (Japan), Post.Doc. (USA)

Research Interest  
Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Autophagy and Aging, Environmental Health
Level Institution Year
Doctoral
(Ph.D.)
Saitama University, Japan 2012
Masters
(M Pharm)
Rajshahi University, Bangladesh 2000
Bachelor/Honors
(B Pharm)
Rajshahi University, Bangladesh 1999

Experience in Rajshahi University

Duration Organization/Institute Position
2020-10-01 to Department of Pharmacy, University of Rajshahi PROFESSOR
2013-12-23 to 2020-09-30 Department of Pharmacy, University of Rajshahi ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
2009-07-01 to 2013-12-22 Department of Pharmacy, University of Rajshahi ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
2006-07-01 to 2009-06-30 Department of Pharmacy, University of Rajshahi LECTURER

Experience in other Organization/Institute

Duration Organization/Institute Position
2017-09-13 to 2018-06-02 Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Hail, Saudi Arabia (KSA) Visiting Associate Professor
2014-12-01 to 2017-02-24 Department of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, USA Postdoctoral Researcher
2012-11-01 to 2012-11-30 Saitama University, Japan Postdoctoral Researcher
2005-05-01 to 2006-06-30 Bangladesh University, Dhaka, Bangladesh Lecturer

Journal

1. Alam Khan, Tanjeena Zaman, Talukdar Mohammad Fahad, Tanjima Akther, Md Faruk Hasan, Tarannum Naz and Shuji Kishi "Carbofuran affects cellular autophagy and developmental senescence through the impairment of Nrf2 signaling" Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 26(1): 35-47

Published: January 2022
2. Alam Khan, T M Fahad, Tanjima Akther, Tanjeena Zaman, Md Faruk Hasan, Md Rafiqual Islam Khan, Mohammad Saiful Islam, Shuji Kishi "Carbofuran accelerates the cellular senescence and declines the life span of spns1 mutant zebrafish" Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine 25(2): 1048-1059

Published: January 2021
3. Alam Khan, T M Fahad, Md Imran Nur Manik, Hazrat Ali, Md. Ashiquazzaman, Md Ibrahim Mollah, Tanjeena Zaman, Md Shariful Islam, Moizur Rahman, Aminur Rahman, Mostafizur Rahman, Tarannum Naz, Mahmud Arif Pavel and Md. Nuruzzaman Khan "Barriers in access to healthcare services for individuals with disorders of sex differentiation in Bangladesh: an analysis of regional representative cross-sectional data" BMC Public Health 20:1261

Published: October 2020
4. Kana Kobayshi, Alam Khan, Masaaki Ikeda, Andrew Nakamoto and Kyo Yamasu "In vitro analysis of the transcriptional regulatory mechanism of zebrafish pou2/pou5f3, which encodes an Oct4-related PouV transcription factor" Experimental Cell Research 364: 28-41

Published: March 2018
5. Tomoyuki Sasaki, Shanshan Lian, Alam Khan, Wenbiao Chen, Daniel J. Klionsky and Shuji Kishi "Autolysosome biogenesis and developmental senescence are regulated by both Spns1 and v-ATPase" Autophagy 13(2): 386-403

Published: February 2017
6. Alam Khan, Md Shariful Islam, Moizur Rahman, Tanjeena Zaman and Md Ekramul Hague "Pesticidal and pest repellency activities of a plant derived triterpenoid 2α,3β,21β,23,28-penta hydroxyl 12-oleanene against Tribolium castaneum" Biological Research 47: 68

Published: December 2014
7. Alam Khan, Md Hedayetul Islam, Md Ekramul Islam, Md Abdul Alim Al-Bari1, Mst Shahnaj Parvin, Mohammed Abu Sayeed, Md Nurul Islam and Md Ekramul Haque "Pesticidal and pest repellency activities of rhizomes of Drynaria quercifolia (J. Smith) against Tribolium castaneum (Herbst)" Biological Research 47: 51

Published: October 2014
8. Nandita Das, Md Ekramul Islam, Nusrat Jahan, Mohammad Saiful Islam, Alam Khan, Md Rafikul Islam and Mst Shahnaj Parvin "Antioxidant activities of ethanol extracts and fractions of Crescentia cujete leaves and stem bark and the involvement of phenolic compounds" BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine 14: 45

Published: February 2014
9. Yukiko Nakayama, Hiroshi Kikuta, Maiko Kanai, Kimihito Yoshikawa, Akinori Kawamura, Kana Kobayashi, Zhe Wang, Alam Khan, Koichi Kawakami and Kyo Yamasu "Gbx2 functions as a transcriptional repressor to regulate the specification and morphogenesis of the mid-hindbrain junction in a dosage- and stage-dependent manner" Mechanisms of Development 130: 532-552

Published: November 2013
10. Forhad KarimSaikot, Alam Khan, Md Faruk Hasan "Antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of Abroma augusta Lnn. leaves extract" Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine 2(3): S1418-S1422

Published: December 2012
11. Alam Khan, Andrew Nakamoto, Miyako Tai, Shinji Saito, Yukiko Nakayama, Akinori Kawamura, Hiroyuki Takeda and Kyo Yamasu "Mesendoderm specification depends on the function of Pou2, the class V POU-type transcription factor, during zebrafish embryogenesis" Development Growth & Differentiation 54: 686 – 701

Published: September 2012
12. Alam Khan, Andrew Nakamoto, Shun Okamoto, Miyako Tai, Yukiko Nakayama, Kana Kobayashi, Akinori Kawamura, Hiroyuki Takeda and Kyo Yamasu "Pou2, a class V POU-type transcription factor in zebrafish, regulates dorsoventral patterning and convergent extension movement at different blastula stages" Mechanisms of Development 129: 219-235

Published: September 2012
13. Alam Khan, Moizur Rahman and Md Shariful Islam "Antibacterial, antifungal and cytotoxic activities of salviasperanol isolated from Amorphophallus campanulatus" Pharmaceutical Biology 47: 1187-1191

Published: September 2009
14. M. Mukhlesur Rahman, Alam Khan, M. Ekramul Haque and M. Motiur Rahman "Antimicrobial and cytotoxic activities of Laportea crenulata" Fitoterapia 79: 584-586

Published: December 2008
15. Alam Khan, Moizur Rahman and Md Shariful Islam "Antibacterial, antifungal and cytotoxic activities of 3,5-diacetyltambulin isolated from Amorphophallus campanulatus" DARU 16(4): 239-244

Published: September 2008
16. Alam Khan, Moizur Rahman and M.S. Islam "Antibacterial, antifungal and cytotoxic activities of amblyone isolated from Amorphophallus campanulatus" Indian Journal of Pharmacology 40: 41-44

Published: January 2008
17. Alam Khan, Moizur Rahman and M.S. Islam "Neuropharmacological effects of Peperomia pellucida leaves in mice" DARU 16: 35-40

Published: January 2008
18. Alam Khan, Moizur Rahman and Shariful Islam "Antipyretic activity of Peperomia pellucida leaves in rabbit" Turkish Journal of Biology 32(1): 37-41

Published: January 2008
19. Alam Khan, M Ekramul Haque, M Mukhlesur Rahman, M Ashik Mosaddik and M Motiur Rahman "Antipyretic activity of the rhizome of Drynaria quercifolia J. Smith against pyrexia induced by boiled milk in rabbit" Pharmaceutical Biology 45 (4): 312-215

Published: October 2007
20. Ranjan Kumar Barman, M. Anwar UL Islam, Maruf Ahmad, Mir Imam Ibne Wahed, Robiul Islam, Alam Khan, M. Belal Hossain and Bytul M Rahman "Simultaneous high-performance liquid chromatographic determination of atenolol and amlodipine in pharmaceutical dosage form" Pakistan Journal of Pharmaceutical Science 20 (4): 274-279

Published: October 2007
21. Alam Khan, Ekramul Haque, M. Mukhlesur Rahman, Ashik Mosaddik, Motiur Rahman and Nasim sultana "A new triterpenoid from roots of Laportea crenulata and its antifungal activity" Natural Product Research 21 (11): 959-966

Published: August 2007
22. Alam Khan, Moizur Rahman and Shariful Islam "Antibacterial, antifungal and cytotoxic activities of tuberous roots of Amorphophallus Campanulatus" Turkish Journal of Biology 31(3): 167-172

Published: July 2007
23. Alam Khan, M Ekramul Haque, M Mukhlesur Rahman, M Ashik Mosaddik, M Motiur Rahman and Nasim Sultana "Isolation of antibacterial constituents from Drynaria quercifolia J. Smith and its toxicological evaluation" DARU 15 (4): 205-211

Published: June 2007

Physiology and Biochemistry

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Pharmacology

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Pharmaceutical Engineering

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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:

1.    Andrew Nakamoto, Shun Okamoto, Miyako Tai, Shinji Saito, Alam Khan, Takemoto Kazumasa, Takeda Hiroyuki, Wataru Masu; “Class of POU transcription factor V-type zebrafish embryo Pou2/Pou5f1 control the timing of specific and diverse”. Joint Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society (83rd) and Molecular Biology Society of Japan (33rd) (Kobe, Japan). December, 2010.

2.    Andrew Nakamoto, Shun OkamotoMiyako TaiShinji Saito, Isobe, D., Takemoto Kazumasa, Alam Khan, Hiroyuki Taked, and Kyo Yamasu. "Multiple and stage-specific functions of a Class V POU transcription factor Pou2/Pou5f1 in zebrafish embryos revealed by the transgenic approach." The 16th International Conference of the International Society of Differentiation (Nara, Japan). November, 2010.

3.    Andrew Nakamoto, Shun Okamoto, Miyako Tai, Shinji Saito, Alam Khan, Takemoto Kazumasa, Takeda Hiroyuki, Wataru Masu; "Class V POU in zebrafish embryonic development of various functional transcription factor". 81st Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan (Tokyo, Japan). September, 2010.

4.    Alam Khan, Andrew Nakamoto, Shun Okamoto, Miyako Tai, Shinji Saito, Kazumasa Takemoto, Hiroyuki Takeda & Kyo Yamasu; “Analysis of the roles played by a class V POU protein, Pou2/Pou5f1, in zebrafish embryogenesis.” 17th Japanese Medaka and Zebrafish Meeting (Shizuoka, Japan). September, 2011.

5.    Alam Khan, Yukiko Nakayama, and Kyo Yamasu. Analysis of the roles played by a zebrafish class V POU protein, Pou2/Pou5f1, in mesendodermal specification. Joint Meeting of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists and the 64th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society for Cell Biology (Kobe, Japan). May, 2012.

6.    Alam Khan, Shanshan Lian, Tomoyuki Sasaki, Shuji Kishi. Role of Nrf2 as a defensive factor in aging. 2nd National conferences on Molecular Aging. (California, USA). September, 2015.

7.    Shuji Kishi, Shanshan Lian, Tomoyuki Sasaki1, Alam Khan, Willium Ja, Daniel J. Klionsky, Mc Gill. Evolutionarily conserved functional compatibility of the lysosomal symporter Spin/Spns1 over one-billion years across species. 12th International Conference on Zebrafish Development and Genetics (Florida, USA). July, 2016. 

8.    Shanshan Lian, Alam Khan, Tomoyuki Sasaki, M. Rebagliati, L. Bally-Cuif, H. Sirotkin, Shuji Kishi. Telomere-dependent and -independent functional roles of a telomeric factor trf2 in early vertebrate development and neurogenesis. 12th International Conference on Zebrafish Development and Genetics (Florida, USA). July, 2016.

9.    Alam Khan, Shanshan Lian, Tomoyuki Sasaki, Miyoki Kobayashi, Shuji Kishi Involvement of the p62-Nrf2 pathway as a protection mechanism against spns1 deficiency in zebrafish. 12th International Conference on Zebrafish Development and Genetics (Florida, USA). July, 2016.

10. Shanshan Lian, Tomoyuki Sasaki, Alam Khan, W. Chen, Daniel J. Klionsky, Shuji Kishi. Genetic interaction between spns1 and v-atpase and their counteractive dual defects in premature autolysosomal fusion and developmental senescence. 12th International Conference on Zebrafish Development and Genetics (Florida, USA). July, 2016.


SCHOLARSHIPS/AWARDS:

o       NIH postdoctoral research fellowship, USA (through the Scripps Research Institute, USA).

o       Monbukagakusho (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Government of Japan: MEXT) scholarship for     doctoral study.      

o       Sher-E Bangla Fazlul Haque Hall gold medal for high credit at B. Pharm. examination

o       Agrani bank scholarship for high credit at B. Pharm. Examination

o       Agrani bank scholarship for high credit at M. Pharm. Examination

o       University of Rajshahi award for high credit at B. Pharm. Examination

o       University of Rajshahi award for high credit at M. Pharm. Examination

o       Dutch Bangle bank scholarship

o       Engineering Akbor Hossain scholarship

o       Department of Pharmacy, University of Rajshahi award


MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES:

o       Genetic Society of America (GSA) (345413)

o       Bangladesh Biosafety and Biosecurity Association (BBBA) (BBBA88)

o       Registered Pharmacist of Pharmacy Council of Bangladesh (BPC) (A 2204)

o       Active member of Pharmacy Graduates Association (PGA)

o       Japanese Society of Developmental Biology (JSDB) (5500839)

o       Member of Bangladesh Pharmaceutical Society (BPS)

o       Member of Rajshahi University Teachers Association (RUTA) (22401987)

o       Active member of Rajshahi University Pharmacy Association (RUPA)

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