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Room: 3^rd Floor, Tower-4, MIST.

Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh.

Educational Background

1998 October- 2002 March: Ph.D. Medical Sciences (Graduation date: March 26, 2002), Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan.

Principal Investigator: Professor Toru Abo, M. D. Ph. D. Major research Topic: Malaria Immunology

1992 June- 1994 July: Master of Science (Graduation Date: 1st August 1994), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Principal Investigator for research work: Professor Rafiqur Rahman, PhD.

Research Topic: Anti-diabetic effect of Coccinia indica-underlying biochemical mechanism of action

1987 June- 1992 May: Bachelor of Science (Graduation Date: 10 May 1992), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

1984 July-1986 October: Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC), (Dinajpur Govt. College, Dinajpur, Bangladesh)

1982 January- 1984 May:  Secondary School Certificate (SSC), Ghughudanga High School, Dinajpur Bangladesh

1997 April-1997 September : Study of Japanese Language (Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan)

Teaching Experience

• 6 years 3 months (April 2002-June 2008) as full-time Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, University of the Ryukyus School of Medicine, Japan. Here I taught parasitology to undergraduate medical students (3^rd, 4^th, , and 5^th year). upervised MS and PhD students.
• 6 years (2015 – Present) Worked as external supervisor or co-supervisor for thesis work of 45 Master’s students and 39 undergraduate students from Dhaka University, BRAC University, Shajalal University of Science and Technology, Noakhali University of Science and Technology, Jagannath University, Jahangirnagar University, Khulna University, and Maulana Vasani University of Science and Technology. For all these, students, thesis works were completed under my direct supervision. Also, I worked as a co-supervisor for 5 PhD students from University of Dhaka.

• Part-time teaching: Sometimes I work as part-time teacher of BRAC University. For example, I taught “Animal Tissue Culture Techniques and Application” (Course: BTC 503) to Master’s students of Biotechnology program during Fall Semester, 2019.

• Teaching as resource personnel of Center for Medical Biotechnology (CMBT), Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family welfare, to teach medical biotechnology to biological researchers/health professionals.

Professional Appointments and work experience

1994-1995                   : Biochemist (Medical Laboratory, Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh)

I worked here as a part-time employee. Responsibilities included:

• Analysis of biochemical parameters of patients’ samples
• Data management and recording
• Respond to queries when required
• To give training to new staff

1995-1997                   : Research Officer (Immunology Unit, Laboratory Sciences Division, International Centre for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka) Principal Investigator: Firdausi Qadri, Ph. D.

In this organization, I conducted research on two major research projects as follows:

• Human trial of a cholera vaccine manufactured in Sweden.
• Gut homing potentials of circulating lymphocytes (PBMCs) of cholera patients.

In addition to research, I assisted in training junior staff in the laboratory.

2008 Apr-2013 Jun : Assistant Professor (Faculty Position) (Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Division of Tropical Parasitology, University of the Ryukyus School of Medicine, Japan).

Responsibilities included, but were not limited to:

1. Teaching (experience/duties):
2. 1. Undergraduate Courses
      1. Immunology- teaching 3rd year, 4th year and 5th year Undergraduate medical students in small groups through lectures and laboratory work (more than 50 to 60 hours per year).
      2. Parasitology-Teaching Medical Parasitology to 3rd year Undergraduate medical students in the formal classroom of 105 students through lectures and demonstration during practical classes 60 hours/year).

1. 2. Graduate Courses
      1. To supervise research students to design and help execute their experimental research on immunology and to assist in data management and writing dissertation and research articles.
      2. To teach graduate students through journal club demonstration.
      3. Co-supervise research students who were seeking M. S. degree from the Department of Social and Environmental Medicine.

2. Main Research (Experience/Duties):
3. 1. To design and execute major research projects.
   2. To assist in the conduction of collaborative research projects.
   3. To carry out field survey in the malaria endemic areas of LaoPDR. We had multiple research projects on human malaria based on field surveys.

3. Additional research (Experience/Duties):

Since Division of Tropical Parasitology to which I was affiliated belonged to Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, sometimes I was instructed to conduct some research works other than parasitological. For example, I studied the effect of royal jelly in health and diseases.

4. Other duties:
5. 1. Data management (collection, recording, entry, and elimination of errors)
   2. Data analysis
   3. Communications of the scientific findings (data presentation and publication of a scientific article)

Major Research Projects (During Working as Assistant Professor at The University of The Ryukyus)

1. Induction of auto immunity during murine malaria infection and its possible association with protection.
2. Role of honeybee royal jelly in the amelioration of autoimmunity.
3. Role of honey bee royal jelly in the restoration of stress-induced immune regulation.
4. ✶RoleofCD56+, CD57+and γδT cell in human malaria.

5. ✶In vivo and in vitro anti-malarial drug susceptibility tests for human falciparum malaria.

✶indicates collaborative research projects.

2008 July-2013 Sep : Postdoctoral Fellow

(University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA).

*Responsibilities included, but not limited to:

1. Research (experience/duties):
   1. To design and execute research projects in the laboratory
   2. To assist in the conduction of collaborative research projects.
2. Teaching (experience/duties)
   1. Make Lectures to short-term research students
   2. To assist in training junior staff and students.
   3. To guide and advise junior staff to assist in experimental troubleshooting.
3. Other duties:
4. 1. Data management (collection, recording, and entry, and elimination of errors)
   2. Data analysis
   3. Communications of the scientific findings (data presentation and publications)

Major research projects during postdoctoral works

1. Study the role of natural auto-antibodies and associated B cells in health and diseases using transgenic mouse model
2. Study the role of small nucleolar RNA 42 (snoRA42) in the development of cancer stem cells in non-small cell lung cancer.
3. Autoantibody biomarker profiling for early detection of lung cancer
4. Identification of cancer stem (tumor initiating) cells from lymphoma cell lines

2013 Sep-2014 : Research Assistant Scientist (Adjunct Faculty)

2014-2020: Head and Senior Scientist, institute for developing Science and Health initiatives (ideSHi)

Experience: Guide/supervise researchers/students for research works on infectious diseases and non-communicable diseases, supervise BSc., MSc., MPhil, and PhD students for research dissertation, reserach project design and grant writing, munuscript writing and publications

Advanced training

• 6th Advanced Course on Diagnostics (ACDx) in Annecy, France (2015) (organized by Gabriel Network and Fondation Merieux)

• 2016 June - 2016 August: Foundational training workshop on pathogen genomics hosted by The Sabeti Lab at Harvard University and The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT

The aims of this summer course at Harvard University were two folds:

-To gain both theoretical and practical knowledge in genetics and genomics.

-To gain practical knowledge on active learning process and apply the technique in home country

• Research Internship (1997 October-1998 March, Department of Immunology, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan)

Major research topic: Study of Malarial Immunology

Awards & Scholarships

1984                           Awarded Secondary School Certificate Scholarship for outstanding performance in the Secondary School Certificate Examination.

1986                          Awarded Higher Secondary Certificate Scholarship for outstanding performance in the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination.

1987                          Received Chancellor’s Award from the President, Govt. of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh for securing the distinguished position in the Higher Secondary Certificate Examination.

1989                          Awarded Dean’s Honor List (Certificate & Medal for outstanding performance in the B.Sc. (Hons. examination).

1992                          University Grant Commission Scholarship.

1997                          Awarded Ph.D. student fellowship by Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, &Technology.

Research Grants Received as Principal Investigator

2005                          Received a grant-in-aid for research on malaria from Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS grant number: 16790246)

2008                           Received a grant-in-aid for scientific research on malaria from Takeda Science Foundation, Tokyo, Japan

2015                           Received a grant-in-aid for research on Enterotoxigenic E.coli (ETEC) from Fondation Meriux, Lyon, France

2016                          Received a grant-in-aid for a project on Training and Technical support in Bangladesh Institute of Tropical and Infectious Diseases (BITID) hospital from Fondation Meriux, Lyon, France

2017                           Screening and profiling of plasmid harboring mcr-1, mcr-2, and mcr-3 genes in pathogenic bacteria and investigating the underlying mechanisms of dissemination in Bangladesh. Funding Organization: THE WORLD ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (TWAS). Grant no.17-555RG/BIO/AS_S_G

2018                          “Determination of prevalence of thalassemia”. Funding Organization: Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Grant no. NCDC/SP-14

2018                          Acute Respiratory Infections etiology among displaced Rohingya Myanmar Nationals settled in humanitarian refugee camps in Bangladesh. Funding Organization: Fondation Meriux, Lyon, France.

2020                          Functional Pulmonary Microbiome of Severe Respiratory Tract Infections and Risk Assessment. Christophe Mérieux Laboratory (CML), Institute of Pathogen Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, No. 9 Dong Dan San Tiao, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China and Fondation Mérieux, 17, rue Bourgelat, 69002 Lyon, France

2020                          SARS-CoV-2 detection and serological response in the FDMN (Forcibly Displaced Rohingya Myanmar National) population in Cox’s Bazar – retrospective and prospective study. Funding Organization: Fondation Meriux, Lyon, France.

Patents

2009                          Yamaguchi Kikuji, Sato Yoshiya, Mannoor Md Kaiissar, Shimabukuro Isao: Composition for prevention or treatment of disease associated with the production of autoantibody. University of The Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan,2009: WO2009/014127.

2010                          Yamaguchi Kikuji, Sato Yoshiya, Mannoor Md Kaiissar, Watanabe Hisami, Tsukamoto Mayu: Agent for ameliorating immune system function abnormality induced by stress. University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan, 2010:WO2010/008005.

Yoshiya Sato, Kaiissar Mannoor, Kikuji Yamaguchi, Isao Shimabukuro: Agent for ameliorating stress-induced immune function modulation. Kikuji YAMAGUCHI Aug 2010: US2010/0209527

2011                          Yoshiya Sato, Kaiissar Mannoor, Hisami Watanabe, Kikuji Yamaguchi, Mayu Tsukamoto: Agent for ameliorating stress-induced immune function modulation. Kikuji YAMAGUCHI June 2011: US 20110142955.

Book                          Basic Medical Biochemistry Guide, Anika Publication, Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Authored by (1) Dr. Mirza Manjurul Huq and (2) Md Kaiissar Mannoor