About — Md. Hafijur Rahman

I'm a Master's student in Biomedical Technology at Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir. My lab background is in virology, vaccine development and molecular biology; my computational work covers deep learning, immunopeptidomics, molecular modelling and multi-omics. My current research focuses on deep learning–based prediction of protein–protein interactions.

What I care about most is research that can be checked. My recent projects are preregistered where possible, log every decision, and keep withdrawn results on the record rather than quietly removing them.

What I do

At the bench

Virus propagation & attenuation in embryonated eggs
Vaccine formulation, animal trials & antibody analysis
PCR, DNA/RNA extraction & molecular biology
Microbial culture & antimicrobial assays
In vitro testing of plant extracts

On the computer

Deep learning for peptide & protein data
Immunopeptidomics & mass-spectrometry reanalysis
Molecular docking & dynamics simulation
Multi-omics, statistics & visualisation
Reproducible, preregistered pipelines

Bench toolkit

Molecular biology

PCR & PCR-product purification
DNA/RNA extraction
DNA isolation & quantification
Restriction digestion
Agarose gel electrophoresis

Microbiology & antimicrobial

Microbial cell culture
Morphological & biochemical assays
Cell counting
Antibiotic potency assay
Disc diffusion screening
Serial dilution (MIC)

Immunoassays

ELISA
Hepatitis-B detection (kit)

Virology & vaccines

Viral replication in chick embryo
Attenuation by serial passage
Vaccine formulation with adjuvant
Vaccine trials in chickens
Antibody analysis

Biochemistry

Carbohydrate, protein & sugar assays
Molisch, Benedict, Ninhydrin, Biuret, Nelson–Somogyi

Analytical & separation

Paper & column chromatography
Ion-exchange column (resin)
Water analysis: pH, turbidity, BOD, DO, membrane filtration

Computational toolkit

PythonPyTorchNumPy / SciPypandasscikit-learnMatplotlib ESM-2MHCflurryNetMHCpanBiopythonDocking & MD Jupyter / ColabDockerGit

Training

2025
Research and Career Development in Biomedical and Health Sciences
Seminar — Izmir University of Economics & Dokuz Eylül University
2022
Developing a Human Liver Cell Atlas using single-nucleus RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics
Seminar
2022
RNA-seq Data Analysis
Workshop

Leadership & volunteering

Club
HELIX — Khulna University Biotech Club
Managing Director & ICT Advisor; organised scientific events and contributed to a biotechnology journal.
İzmir
İzmir International Students Association
Active member — cultural, educational and social programmes for international students.
Community
Volunteering
Blood donation campaigns (BADHAN), anti-corruption awareness (Sotota Songho), Bangladesh Scouts.

Languages

Bengali — nativeEnglish — C1Turkish — C1