Center of Excellence in Higher Education
The First Private University in Bangladesh

Kazi Fahmida Rahman

Full Time Faculty
Senior Lecturer
M.Sc. in Microbiology and Infection, University of Birmingham, UK

Phone: +880-2-55668200 Ext- 1912
Email: kazi.rahman06@northsouth.edu
Office: SAC 813   

Curriculum Vitae
 

Kazi Fahmida Rahman is currently working as a senior lecturer in the Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology. She started her journey in NSU from spring 2019 semester as a part time faculty. However, from fall 2019 she joined the department as a core Microbiology faculty. Since then she is teaching core Microbiology theory and laboratory courses along with small scale wet lab research projects. In addition to that, currently she is working as an assistant proctor. 

She is an alumni of the Biochemistry & Microbiology Department. Completed her B.Sc in Microbiology from NSU with Summa Cum Laude Award and M.Sc in Microbiology and Infection from University of Birmingham, with Distinction. 

Her research interest focuses on gut microbiome, proteomics and clinical microbiology.   

Paper Publications 

Jamshad. M., Knowles. T., White .S., Ward. D., Mohammed. F., Rahman. K., Hughes.G., Kramer. G., Bukau. B., Huber, D. (June, 2019) The C-terminal tail of the bacterial translocation ATPase SecA modulates its activity. eLife 2019;8:e48385 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.48385 

Rahman. A., Bhuiyan. O. F., Sadique. A., Afroze. T., Sarker. M., Momen. A. M. I., J Alam. J., Hossain. A., Khan. I., Rahman. K., Kamruzzaman. M., Shams. F., Ahsan. G. U., Hossain. M. (4th March, 2020). Whole genome sequencing provides genomic insights into three Morganella morganii strains isolated from bovine rectal swabs in Dhaka, Bangladesh, FEMS Microbiology Letters. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnaa043

 

Conference Proceedings 

Hossain. T., Farzana. S., Bulbul. N., Sultana. J., Pial. K. S. and Rahman. K. Characterization of Amylase Producing Bacteria Isolated From Soil Sample. 2nd International Conference on Genomics, Nanotech and Bioengineering, ICGNB 2022.  North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 26-28 June, 2022  

Sejuty, R. T., Sultana. J., Pial. K. S., Safa.A., Bulbul. N., Rahman. K. and Yasar.S. Bacteria and its Specific Phage in the Urine of Healthy and Immunocompromised Patients in Bangladesh. 2nd International Conference on Genomics, Nanotech and Bioengineering, ICGNB 2022.  North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. 26-28 June, 2022 

Rahman. K., Jerin. N., Haque. F., Farzana. S., Pial. K. S, Sultana. J. and Bulbul. N. Presumptive Identification and Optimization of Amylase Producing Soil Bacteria. 36th BSM Annual Conference, 2022. Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet, Bangladesh. 19th - 20th January, 2023.       

Rahman. K., Chowdhury. D., Kabir. S., Pial. K. S, Sultana. J., Bulbul. N. and Shams. F. Characterization, Presumptive Identification and Enzyme Activity Measurement of Protease Producing Bacteria Isolated from Soil of Dhaka City. 36th BSM Annual Conference, 2022. Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet, Bangladesh. 19th - 20th January, 2023.        

Rahman. K., Mahi. H., Tasnim. F., Pial. K. S, Sultana. J. and Bulbul. N. . Microbial Analysis of Plastic Bottle Fruit Juices Made by Bangladeshi Companies. 36th BSM Annual Conference, 2022. Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet, Bangladesh. 19th - 20th January, 2023.     

Pial. K. S., Khatoon. L., Anjum. N., Rahman. K., Md. Fakruddin., Sultana. J. and Bulbul. N. Detection of Bacillus cereus, Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, and Vibrio spp. from Street Vended Fruit Juice and Pickle in front of Different School of Dhaka City. 36th BSM Annual Conference, 2022. Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet, Bangladesh. 19th - 20th January, 2023.     

Chowdhury.Z., Seraj. K.N., Sarker. S., Rahman. K., Pial. K.S., Sultana.J. and Bulbul. N.The effectiveness of combination therapy in the treatment of multi-drug resistant Escherichia coli isolated from street food samples. 36th BSM Annual Conference, 2022. Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST), Sylhet, Bangladesh. 19th - 20th January, 2023

Grant:

  • Principal Investigator: Conference and Travel Research Grant (CTRG), North South University, Bangladesh (2022-2023). 

Award:

  • Distinction in MS (2017) awarded by the university of Birmingham, UK. 
  • Summa Cum Laude in BS (2015) awarded by the North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.  
  • 1st Position in ‘Bio-fair, 2012’ (inter-university project competition) awarded by the North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

M.Sc. in Microbiology and Infection (2016-2017); University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.

B.Sc. in Microbiology (2010-2015); North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

  • November, 2023- Current: Senior Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology, SHLS, NSU.
  • January, 2019- September, 2023: Lecturer, Department of Biochemistry & Microbiology, SHLS, NSU.
  • May-August, 2018: M.Sc. Project Student, Institute of Microbiology and Infection (IMI), University of Birmingham, UK.
  • January- July, 2016: Trainee, Clinical Microbiology Lab, Medinova Medical Services Ltd. Dhanmondi, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
  • June-December, 2014: B.Sc. project student, Antibiotics and Respiratory Infections (ARI) Laboratory, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Diseases Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b).
  • January- August, 2013: Teaching Assistant (T.A), North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

 

  • General Biology 103; BIO 103 
  • Microbial Ecology; MIC 201
  • Basic Teachniques in Microbiology; MIC 202
  • Chemistry of Microorganisms; MIC 203 
  • Bacterial Physiology and Metabolism; MIC 207
  • Enzymology; MIC 309
  • Pharmeceutical Microbiology; MIC 404
  • Infectious Diseases & Diagnostic Microbiology Lab; MIC 315L 
  • Molecular Biology Lab; MIC 316L 
  • Immunology Lab; MIC 317L
  • Food Microbiology & Quality control Lab; MIC 414L 
  • Virology Lab; MIC 413L
  • General Biology 103 Lab; BIO 103L
  • General Chemistry Lab; CHE 101L 

Life time member: Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists.

  • Clinical microbiology   
  • Gut Microbiome
  • Proteomics 
  • Eradicating mechanism against Biofilm