Department of Science & Humanities (SH)

Name	:	Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, PhD
Designation	:	Assistant Professor
Email	:	farhanatamannaishrat@gmail.com
Contact Number	:	01303507369
Contact Information	:	Department of Science and Humanities, 9th Floor, General Mustafiz Tower, MIST, Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh.

 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Doctor of Philosophy (October 2014-September 2017)

Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido, Japan.

 

• Master of Science in Chemistry (2014)

University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

 

• Bachelor of Science in Chemistry (2012)

University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

 

AWARDS/ RESEARCH GRANTS

• KAKENHI Grants-in-Aid for Early Carrier Scientist, Fund No 21K18053, Evolution of Collective Motion of Microtubules on Nano-patterned Kinesins, Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences, Japan, April 2021-March 2022.
• Kyoto University Educational Research Promotion Foundation, Heisei fiscal year 30, Travel grant for participating in an international conference, Japan, 2018.
• United Group Research Award for publication, Category: General Science and Engineering, United Group Bangladesh, August 2017.
• UGC Award for research, Category: Physical Science, University Grant Commission of Bangladesh, December 2015.
• Monbukagakusho (MEXT) scholarship from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan, October 2014-September 2017.
• National Science and Technology (NST) fellowship for M.Sc. research project, 2012-2013.
• Qudrat-i-Khuda foundation fellowship for the undergraduate result, 2012.

 

RESEARCH INTEREST

My research interests center around mechanical and biological energy conversion systems owing to their excellent application for future micro/nano-devices. The catalytic reduction of oxygen, which may boost the efficiency of a fuel cell is our primary focus. Simultaneously, we are aiming to use electrogenerated reactive byproducts in oxygen reduction for wastewater treatment. In addition, we want to explore the mechanical property of biomolecular motor proteins that convert the chemical energy of ATP to mechanical work in cells and take part in intercellular transport. Our in-vitro study on kinesin will ultimately help us in the development of biomolecular devices.

 

 

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

• T. I. Farhana, M. Y. A. Mollah, M. A. B. H. Susan, and M. M. Islam, Catalytic degradation of an organic dye through electroreduction of dioxygen in aqueous solution, Electrochimica Acta, 2014, 139, 244–249.
• D. Inoue, B. Mahmot, A. M. R. Kabir, T. I. Farhana, K. Tokuraku, K. Sada, A. Konagaya, and A. Kakugo, Depletion force induced collective motion of microtubules driven by kinesin, Nanoscale, 2015, 7, 18054-18061.
• A. Saito, T. I. Farhana, A. M. R. Kabir, D. Inoue, A. Konagaya, K. Sada, and A. Kakugo, Understanding the emergence of collective motion of microtubules driven by kinesins: role of concentration of microtubules and depletion force, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 13191-13197.
• T. I. Farhana, M. Furukawa, T. Kaneko, and R. Yokokawa, The Cooperative Motility of Microtubules on Nano-Patterned Kinesin-1 Turf (conference paper), 20th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems & Eurosensors XXXIII (TRANSDUCERS & EUROSENSORS XXXIII), Berlin, Germany, 2019, 1056-1058, DOI: 10.1109/TRANSDUCERS.2019.8808330.
• T. I. Farhana, T. Nakagawa, S. Ohara, H. Shintaku, H. Kotera, and R. Yokokawa, Spatial Patterning of Kinesin-1 and Dynein Motor Proteins in an In Vitro Assay using Aqueous Two-phase Systems (ATPS), Langmuir, 2019, 35 (40), 13003-13010.
• F. Afroze, D. Inoue, T. I. Farhana, T. Hiraiwa, R. Akiyama, A. M. R. Kabir, K. Sada, and A. Kakugo, Monopolar flocking of microtubules in collective motion, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2021, 563, 73-78.

 

SELECTED INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES 

• Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Taikopaul Kaneko, Yuji Tojo, and Ryuji Yokokawa

Evaluation of microtubules binary collisions using nano-patterned kinesins.  65^th Annual Meeting of Biophysical Society, February 2021, online.

• Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Taikopaul Kaneko, Ryuji Yokokawa

Study of collisions of microtubules on nano-patterned kinesin surface. The 40th Meeting of Society of Chemistry and Micro / Nano Systems (CHEMINAS 40th), November 2019, Act City Hamamatsu, Japan (POSTER).

• Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Taikopaul Kaneko, Ryuji Yokokawa

The cooperative motility of microtubules on nano-patterned kinesin-1 turf. 20th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems & Eurosensors XXXIII (TRANSDUCERS & EUROSENSORS XXXIII), June 2019, Berlin, Germany (POSTER).

• Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Taikopaul Kaneko, Ryuji Yokokawa

Emergence of collective motion of microtubules assisted by spatial arrangements of kinesin-1. The 39th Meeting of Society of Chemistry and Micro / Nano Systems (CHEMINAS 39th), May 2019, Kanazawa, Japan (POSTER).

• Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Taikopaul Kaneko, Ryuji Yokokawa

Investigation of collisions of microtubules driven by nano-patterned kinesins. 63^rd Annual Meeting of Biophysical Society, Baltimore, Maryland, US (POSTER).

• Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Taikopaul Kaneko, Ryuji Yokokawa

Regulating the collective motility of microtubules by controlling the spatial arrangement of kinesins. The 35th Sensor Symposium on Sensor, Micromachines and Applied Systems, October 2018, Sapporo, Japan (POSTER).

• Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Taikopaul Kaneko, Ryuji Yokokawa

Selective nano-patterning of kinesin motor-proteins and its effect on collective motion of microtubules. The 56th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan, September 2018, Okayama, Japan (POSTER).

• Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Ai Saito, Daisuke Inoue, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, and Akira Kakugo

Collective motion of microtubules driven by kinesin. The 11th International Gel Symposium, March 2017, Chiba, Japan (POSTER).

• Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Daisuke Inoue, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, and Akira Kakugo

Effect of length and rigidity of microtubules on their collective motion. The 17th RIES-Hokudai International Symposium, December 2016, Châteraisé Gateaux Kingdom Sapporo, Japan (POSTER).

• Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Daisuke Inoue, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, and Akira Kakugo

Effect of external mechanical stress on active self-organization of microtubules. The 54th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan, November 2016, Tsukuba, Japan (POSTER).

• Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Daisuke Inoue, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, and Akira Kakugo

Collective motion of microtubules with different lengths and rigidity. The 6th Soft Mater Symposium, October 2016, Hokkaido University, Japan (POSTER).

• Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Daisuke Inoue, Kazuki Sada, and Akira Kakugo

Effect of external mechanical stress on active self-organization of microtubules. The 67th Divisional Meeting on Colloidal and Surface Chemistry, August 2016, Ashikawa, Japan (POSTER).

• Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Daisuke Inoue, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, and Akira Kakugo

Collective motion of microtubules in presence and absence of external indentation stress. The 4th Frontier Chemistry Center International Symposium, February 2016, Hokkaido University, Japan (POSTER).

• Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Daisuke Inoue, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, and Akira Kakugo

Emergence of an ultra large pattern by collectively moving microtubules. The 50th SPSJ (society of Polymer Science, Japan) Hokkaido Branch Winter Meeting, January 2016, Hokkaido University, Japan (POSTER)

• Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Daisuke Inoue, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, and Akira Kakugo

Emergence of ultra-large vortex pattern by collectively moving microtubules on application of external indentation stimuli. The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan, September 2015, Kanazawa University, Japan (POSTER).

• Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Daisuke Inoue, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, and Akira Kakugo

Effect of external mechanical stress on active self-organization of microtubules. The 64th SPSJ (society of Polymer Science, Japan) Annual Meeting, May 2015, Sapporo, Japan (POSTER).

• Tamanna Ishrat Farhana, Md. Yousuf Ali Mollah, Md Abu Bin Hasan Susan, and Md.   Mominul Islam

Electrochemical reduction of molecular oxygen: Degradation of methylene blue by in situ generated reactive oxygen species in aqueous solution. The 19th Conference of the Islamic World Academy of Science, May 2013, Dhaka, Bangladesh (POSTER).

 

SUBJECTS TAUGHT

Theory	Sessional
Fundamental of Chemistry Inorganic Chemistry Engineering Chemistry Organic Chemistry Bio-organic Chemistry Physical Chemistry	Physical Chemistry Sessional Inorganic Quantitative Analysis Chemistry Sessional

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Assistant Professor, Department of Science and Humanities, Military Institute of Science and Technology (MIST), Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka-1216, Bangladesh.
  Duration: December 2021– Present.
• Program Specific Research Scientist, Micro Engineering Department, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, Kyoto Japan. Duration: January 2018- August 2021
• Research fellow of sub-project from Higher Education Quality Enhancement Project (HEQEP) of University Grants Commission of Bangladesh financed by the World Bank and the Government of Bangladesh (2012-2013).