Md. Hafijur Rahman

Education

• Ongoing
  M.Sc. in Biomedical Technology

  Dokuz Eylül University, Türkiye

• 2025
  M.Sc. in Biotechnology

  Bangladesh Agricultural University · CGPA 3.73 / 4.00

• 2022
  B.Sc. in Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering

  Khulna University, Bangladesh · CGPA 3.67 / 4.00

Project works

• 2023–24
  Attenuated fowlpox vaccine from a wild isolate

  MSc thesis (BAURES). Virus culture & attenuation in embryonated duck eggs, confirmation at each passage, adjuvanted formulation, chicken trial and antibody analysis. Supervisors: Dr. Shahidul Haque, Dr. Md. Bahanur Rahman.

• 2021–22
  Drug discovery against dengue virus targeting NS2B/NS3 (in silico)

  Literature review, drug screening, structural analogues, in silico and statistical analysis. Supervisor: Khandker Khaldun Islam, Khulna University.

• 2021
  Bioactive compounds blocking the α-dystroglycan receptor to suppress Lassa virus (in silico)

  Project framework design, docking, ADMET, molecular dynamics simulation and statistical analysis.

• B.Sc.
  Alzheimer's checkpoints & Rauvolfia serpentina phytochemicals against BACE1 (in silico)

  Undergraduate thesis, Khulna University. Supervisors: Khandker Khaldun Islam, Dr. S M Abdul-Awal.

Publications

1. 2023
   Phyllanthus emblica (Amla) methanolic extract regulates checkpoints in 15-lipoxygenase mediated inflammopathies

   doi.org/10.1016/j.jsps.2023.06.014

2. 2023
   In vitro and in silico investigation of garlic's (Allium sativum) bioactivity against 15-lipoxygenase mediated inflammopathies

   doi.org/10.34172/jhp.2023.31

3. 2021
   Phytochemical ligands blocking SARS-CoV-2 S-protein attachment to ACE2: an in-silico approach

   doi.org/10.5455/javar.2021.h481

Presentations

• 2025
  Integrated CRISPR–microfluidic platform for point-of-care pathogen detection

  Oral · DEUISGR 2025, Dokuz Eylül University

• 2020
  Molecular docking of phytochemicals targeting HER-2 in breast cancer

  Poster · IPPC 2020 · Outstanding Poster (243 submissions, Life Science)

Skills

Wet lab

Computational

Awards

• 2024
  Türkiye Bursları Scholarship
• 2023
  National Science and Technology (NST) Fellowship, Bangladesh
• 2018–22
  Merit Scholarships, Khulna University (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)

Training & languages

Seminars on biomedical research & career development (2025) and single-cell/spatial transcriptomics (2022); workshop on RNA-seq data analysis (2022).