Posted by Ashrafus safa on February 11, 19103 at 22:36:00:

CURRICULUM VITAÉ

Mailing and Permanent Address:
House No. 222/6, West Dhanmondi,
Road No.19, Dhaka- 1209, Bangladesh.
Phone: 0088 02 9110452, 0088 018 296262
E-mail: asafa@dhaka.net
mrpsafa@yahoo.con

Present Employment Statu:
Research Officer,Enteric Bacteriology Laboratory, Laboratory Sciences Division,ICDDR,B.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

University of Mysore, India, Master of Science (M. Sc.) in Microbiology,2 years,2000,First class,(64.8 %.

SIGNIFICANT COURSES INCLUDED IN THE
GRADUATE AND POST GRADUATE LEVEL

General Microbiology, Medical Microbiology, Agricultural Microbiology, Food Microbiology, Dairy Microbiology, Soil Microbiology, Immunology, Industrial Microbiology, Microbial Physiology, Environment Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, Chemistry and Zoology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

1.Research Officer, Enteric Bacteriology Laboratory, Laboratory Sciences Division, ICDDR,B from March 01, 2002 to till to date.

2.Senior Laboratory Technician, Enteric Bacteriology Laboratory, Laboratory Sciences Division, ICDDR,B from January 01, 2001 to February 28, 2002.

3.Research Trainee, Enteric Bacteriology Laboratory, Laboratory Sciences Division, ICDDR,B from August 20, 2000 to December 01, 2000.

TECHNIQUES KNOWN

Isolation and Identification of Enteric pathogens particularly the Shigella, Salmonella, E. Coli and Cholerae from clinical as well as environmental samples, Biochemical characterization, Antibiotic susceptibility testing (Disc diffusion and MIC), Isolation and extraction of chromosomal and plasmid DNA, Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), Conjugation, Curing of plasmid, Southern blot, Hybridization using non-radioactive compound, Ribotyping, Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), Synthesis of oligo nucleotides using ‘Oligo 1000 DNA Synthesizer’, Production and purification of polyclonal antibody by immunization in Rabbit, Extraction and purification of LPS, Reciprocal agglutinin agglutination test, Agglutinin absorption test.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Member, American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

Word processing : MS Word
Data analysis : MS Excel, MS Access, SPSS, and
EpiInfo 2000
Others : Adobe PhotoShop, Power point

Biological software
Electrophoresis gel analysis: Bionumerics
Sequence analysis: GeneDoc, PHYLIP

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS

1.Talukder KA, Dutta DK, Safa A, Ansaruzzaman M, Hassan F, Alam K, Islam KMN, Carlin NIA, Nair GB and Sack DA. Altering Trends in The Dominance of Shigella flexneri Serotypes and Emergence of Serologically Atypical S. flexneri strains in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Oct. 2001, p. 3757- 3759.

2.Talukder KA, Islam MA, Dutta DK, Hassan F, Safa A, Nair GB and Sack DA. Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Serologically Atypical Strains of Shigella flexneri type 4 isolated in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, July 2002, p. 2490-2497.

3.Talukder KA, Islam Z, Islam MA, Dutta DK, Safa A, Ansaruzzaman M, Faruque ASG, Shahed SN, Nair GB, and Sack DA. Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Provisional Serotype Shigella flexneri 1c and Clonal Relationships with 1a and 1b Strains Isolated in Bangladesh. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Jan 2003, p. 110-7.

ABSTRACT PUBLISHED

1.Talukder KA, Dutta DK, Safa A, Ansaruzzaman M, Hassan F, Carlin NIA, VI Mathan, Nair GB, and Sack DA. Changing trends in The Dominance of Shigella flexneri Serotypes in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [Abstract]. In: Programme and abstracts: Proceedings of the nineteenth Asian Conference on Diarrhoeal Diseases, New Delhi, 28-29 September 2001, p.53.

2.Talukder KA, Dutta DK, Safa A, Islam MA, Ansaruzzaman M, Hassan F, Faruque ASG, Hossain MA, Alam K, Niyogi SK, Nair GB, and Sack DA. Detection and Characterization of New Shigella boydii Strains Isolated from Diarrhoeal Patients in Bangladesh. [Abstract]. In: 10th Annual Scientific Conference, 11-13 June 2002, p.23, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

3.Talukder KA, Islam Z, Islam MA, Dutta DK, Safa A, Hassan F, Faruque ASG, Hossain MA, Alam K, Nasrin S, Nair GB, and Sack DA. Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Shigella flexneri Serotype 1, with Special Emphasis on Subserotype 1c isolated in Bangladesh. [Abstract]. In: 10th Annual Scientific Conference, 11-13 June 2002, p.22, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

4. Talukder KA, Dutta DK, Islam MA, Safa A, Hassan F, Faruque ASG, Hossain MA, Alam K, Nasrin S, Nair GB, and Sack DA. Epidemiological and Molecular Characterization of Shigella flexneri in Bangladesh [Abstract]. In: 10th Annual Scientific Conference, 11-13 June 2002, p.114, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

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CONTACT ADDRESS
MR. ASHRAFUS SAFA
222/6, WEST DHANMONDI,
ROAD NO. 19, DHAKA-1209,
BANGLADESH
PH: 0088 02 9110452, 0088 018 296262
E-MAIL: asafa@dhaka.net
mrpsafa@yahoo.con