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thouficdvm305@gmail.com ; thoufic@ru.ac.bd
Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences University of Rajshahi Rajshahi-6205 Bangladesh
MD. THOUFIC ANAM AZAD
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Veterinary & Animal Sciences
- Education Summary
- DVM (RU, Faculty first), MS in Microbiology (BAU), PhD (JAIST, Japan), Postdoc (JAIST, Japan), Postdoc (JSPS standard, Tohoku University, Japan)
- Research Interest
- Sustainable animal environment, Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Multidrug resistance, Molecular cloning, Bioinformatics, RNA Editing & gene therapy, RNA editing and drug resistance in Malaria pathogen
| Level | Institution | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Doctoral (PhD- "Development of an Artificial Enzyme system for the Purpose of Genetic Restoration and Gene Therapy") |
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Ishikawa, Kanazawa, Japan | 2018 |
| Masters (MS in Microbiology) |
Bangladesh Agricultural University | 2012 |
| Bachelor/Honors (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM, Faculty First)) |
University of Rajshahi | 2009 |
| Higher Secondary (HSC) |
Rajshahi Education Board | 2004 |
| Secondary (SSC) |
Rajshahi Education Board | 2002 |
Experience in Rajshahi University
| Duration | Organization/Institute | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-02-10 to | Veterinary & Animal Sciences | Associate Professor |
| 2015-09-13 to 2019-02-09 | Veterinary & Animal Sciences | Assistant Professor |
| 2012-09-23 to 2015-09-22 | Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Science | Lecturer |
Experience in other Organization/Institute
Not Available
Journal
| 1. |
Umme Qulsum, Md Thoufic Anam Azad, and Kentaro Kato
"Efficacy of medicinal plants and their derived biomolecules against Plasmodium falciparum"
Parasitology International 103(9414):102946
Published: August 2024
|
| 2. |
Umme Qulsum, Md. Thoufic Anam Azad and Toshifumi Tsukahara
"Identification of Zinc Finger (ZnF) Genes that Undergo Tissue specific Alternative Splicing in Arabidopsis thaliana"
Egyptian Journal of Botany 64.2 (2024): 523-535
Published: May 2024
|
| 3. |
Md Thoufic Anam Azad,Tatsuki Sugi, Umme Qulsum and Kentaro Kato
"Detection of Developmental Asexual Stage-Specific RNA Editing
Events in Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 Malaria Parasite"
Microorganisms 2024, 12(1), 137
Published: January 2024
|
| 4. |
Temitope Olawale Jeje, Hironori Bando, Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Yasuhiro Fukuda, Ibukun Emmanuel Oluwafemi, Kentaro Kato,
"Antiplasmodial and interferon-gamma-modulating activities of the aqueous
extract of stone breaker (Phyllanthus niruri Linn.) in malaria infection"
Parasitology International 97(2023)102789
Published: December 2023
|
| 5. |
Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Umme Qulsum and Toshifumi Tsukahara
"Examination of Factors Affecting Site-Directed RNA Editing by
the MS2-ADAR1Deaminase System"
Genes 2023, 14, 1584
Published: August 2023
|
| 6. |
Soshe Ahmed, Maksuda Begum, AfiaKhatun, Md. R Gofur, Md. TA Azad, Aurangazeb Kabir, and Tasmin S.Haque
"Family Poultry (FP) as a Tool for Improving Gender Equity and Women’s Empowerment in Developing Countries: Evidence from Bangladesh"
Vol 3 | Issue 2 | March 2021
Published: March 2021
|
| 7. |
Umme Qulsum, Md. Thoufic Anam Azad and Toshifumi Tsukahara
"Analysis of tissue-specific RNA editing events of genes involved in RNA editing in Arabidopsis thaliana"
62 pp 351-358
Published: October 2019
|
| 8. |
Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Umme Qulsum, Toshifumi Tsukahara
"Comparative activity of adenosine deaminase acting on RNA (ADARs) isoforms for correction of genetic code in gene therapy"
Current Gene Therapy
Published: December 2018
|
| 9. |
Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Sonali Bhakta, Toshifumi Tsukahara
"Site-directed RNA editing by adenosine deaminase acting on RNA for correction of the genetic code in gene therapy"
Gene Therapy
Published: December 2017
|
| 10. |
Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Sukumar Saha, Md Shahin Alam, Papia Monoura, Md Giasuddin, Shake Mohammed Shariful Islam, Mahbub Jang Fatey Ali Taimur, Jahangir Alam
"Epidemiological investigation and phylogenetic analyses of contagious ecthyma virus from goat in Bangladesh"
Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Published: January 2017
|
| 11. |
Vu Thy Luyen, Nguyen TTK, Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Hitoshi Suzuki, Toshifumi Tsukahara
"Chemical RNA editing for genetic restoration: the relationship between the structure and deamination efficiency of carboxyvinyldeoxyuridine oligodeoxynucleotides"
Chem Biol Drug Des
Published: April 2016
|
| 12. |
Md Wajed Ali, Md Alauddin, Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Md Ariful Hasan, Cornelia Appiah-Kwarteng, Masaki Takasu, Minami Baba, Katsuya Kitoh, Moizur Rahman, Yasuhiro Takashima,
"Theileria annulata seroprevalence among different cattle breeds in Rajshahi Division"
Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
Published: September 2014
|
| 13. |
Md Golzar Hossain, Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Sharmin Akter, Md Mansurul Amin, Sukumar Saha
"Biological characterization and determination of comparative efficacy of an inactivated Newcastle disease virus vaccine prepared from velogenic strain"
Vol. 8, No. 29, pp. 2801-2808
Published: July 2014
|
| 14. |
Moizur RAHMAN,1 Md. Thoufic Anam AZAD,1 Lovely NAHAR,1 Shah Md. Abdur ROUF,1 Kenji OHYA,2 Shih-Pin CHIOU,3 Minami BABA,3 Katsuya KITOH,3 and Yasuhiro TAKASHIMA3,*
"Age-Specificity of Toxoplasma gondii Seroprevalence in Sheep, Goats and Cattle on Subsistence Farms in Bangladesh"
76(9): 1257–1259, 2014
Published: May 2014
|
Conference
| 1. |
Md Thoufic Anam Azad,Tatsuki Sugi and Kentaro Kato
"Genome-wide detection of conserved stage-specific RNA editing events for nuclear genes in P. falciparum 3D7 malaria parasite"
in the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Parasitology, Tokyo, Japan
Published: March 2024
|
| 2. |
Umme Qulsum, Md Thoufic Anam Azad and Kentaro Kato
"In vitro antiplasmodial activity of nine selected traditional medicinal plants from Bangladesh"
in the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Parasitology, Tokyo, Japan
Published: March 2024
|
| 3. |
Md Thoufic Anam Azad,Tatsuki Sugi and Kentaro Kato
"Genome-wide detection of stage-specific RNA editing events for nuclear genes in P. falciparum 3D7 malaria parasite"
in the 69th conference for the northern part
of the Japanese Parasitology-Medical Entomology and Zoology societies, 2023, Miyagi, Japan
Published: October 2023
|
General Microbiology and Hygiene, VAS 207Theory- Bacteria: History, development, and concepts of microbiology with special emphasis on bacteria. Definition and general properties of bacteria. Differentiation of prokaryote from eukaryote. Virus: History of virology, definition, general propert
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General Microbiology and Hygiene, VAS 208Practical- Methods of sterilization. Preparation of media, staining techniques, isolation, and identification of bacteria. Animal inoculation and diagnostic techniques. Determination of health by external appearance (signs of health) of livestock and pou
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Food Microbiology, VAS 419Theory - History of microorganisms in foods. Role and significance of microorganisms in nature and foods. Microorganisms important in foods of animal and avian origin. General principles of food preservation and spoilage. Meat hygiene practices: A
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Food Microbiology, VAS 420Practical- Applied techniques in sampling of foods of animal origin and other related materials for bacteriological studies: Sampling of solid, liquid, and surface samples. Preparation of dilutions, determination of MPN index and general viable counts. D
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Immunology and Serology , VAS 323Theory- History and modern concepts of immunology and serology. Organs and cells associated with immunity. Definition and types of immunity and resistance. General features and mechanisms of immune response. Antigen: Definition, composition, properties
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Immunology and Serology , VAS 324Practical- Preparation and purification of antigen. Reagents employed in serological tests, detection and measurement of antibody. Principles, procedures, and uses of different serological tests: Agglutination test, Precipitation test, Hemagglutination
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Special institution attended and course taken
a) Japan Society for the Promotion
of Science (JSPS) standard Research Fellowship at the Laboratory of Sustainable
Animal Environment, Graduate school of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University,
Japan; Research on “Detailed mechanism of the trafficking protein involved
in the virulence of Plasmodium falciparum”
b)
Collaborative Research work at
Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), Japan; Research on “Improving
efficiency of site-directed RNA editing by MS2-ADAR1-DD system”
c) Bangladesh Livestock Research
Institute (BLRI), MS in microbiology theses research work was conducted in
Animal health research devision of BLRI, entitled as “Epidemiological
investigation and molecular characterization of contagious ecthyma virus from
goat”
d)
Induction training program for
university teachers at center of excellence in teaching and larning at
University of Rajshahi
e) Developing research
communication skills and ethical consideration, held in Chittagong Veterinary
and Animal Sciences University CVASU
f) Advance course on Communicative English arranged by
department of Languase, Bangladesh Agricultural University
Scientific Publications
Year 2019 –
2024
|
No. |
Detail
information of the Scientific Publications
|
Impact
factor (IF) |
|
1. |
Umme Qulsum, Md Thoufic
Anam Azad, and Kentaro Kato, Efficacy of medicinal plants and their
derived biomolecules against Plasmodium falciparum, Parasitology
International 103 (9414):102946, 2024. |
1.5 |
|
2. |
Umme Qulsum, Md. Thoufic
Anam Azad and Toshifumi Tsukahara, Identification of zinc finger (znf)
genes that undergo tissue specific alternative splicing in Arabidopsis
thaliana, Egyptian Journal of Botany 64.2: 523-535, 2024. |
1.1 |
|
3. |
Md. Thoufic Anam Azad, Tatsuki Sugi, Umme Qulsum and Kentaro Kato, Detection
of developmental asexual stage-specific RNA editing events in Plasmodium
falciparum 3D7 malaria parasite, Microorganisms, 12, no. 1:
137, 2024. |
4.1 |
|
4. |
Temitope Olawale Jeje, Hironori Bando,
Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Yasuhiro Fukuda, Ibukun Emmanuel Oluwafemi,
Kentaro Kato, Antiplasmodial and interferon-gamma-modulating activities
of the aqueous extract of stone breaker (Phyllanthus niruri Linn.) in malaria
infection, Parasitology International 97(2023)102789 |
1.5 |
|
5. |
Md. Thoufic
Anam Azad, Umme Qulsum and Toshifumi Tsukahara,
Examination of factors affecting site-directed RNA editing by the MS2-ADAR1
deaminase system, Genes, Vol. 14, 1584; 2023. |
2.8 |
|
6. |
Soshe Ahmed, Maksuda Begum, Afia Khatun, Md. R
Gofur, Md. Thoufic Anam Azad, Aurangazeb Kabir, and Tasmin S. Haque, Family
poultry (FP) as a tool for improving gender equity and women’s empowerment in
developing countries: evidence from Bangladesh, European Journal of
Agriculture and Food Sciences, Vol. 3
Issue 2 March 2021. |
_ |
|
7. |
Umme Qulsum, Md.
Thoufic Anam Azad and Toshifumi Tsukahara, Analysis of tissue-specific
RNA editing events of genes involved in RNA editing in Arabidopsis
thaliana, Journal of Plant Biology, Vol. 62 pp. 351-358, 2019. |
2.2 |
Year 2012 –
2019
|
No. |
Detail
information of the Scientific Publications
|
Impact
factor (IF) |
|
1. |
Sonali Bhakta, Md Thoufic Anam Azad,
Toshifumi Tsukahara, Genetic code restoration by artificial RNA editing of
Ochre stop codon with ADAR1 deaminase, Protein Engineering, Design
and Selection, pp.1-8, 2019 |
2.6 |
|
2. |
Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Umme Qulsum, Toshifumi Tsukahara,
Comparative activity of adenosine deaminase acting on RNA (ADARs) isoforms
for correction of genetic code in gene therapy, Current Gene Therapy, vol. 19, no. 1, 2019. |
3.8 |
|
3. |
Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Sonali Bhakta, Toshifumi Tsukahara, Site-directed RNA editing by adenosine deaminase acting
on RNA for correction of the genetic code in gene therapy, Gene Therapy, Vol. 24, No .12, pp.
774- 779, December, 2017 |
4.6 |
|
4. |
Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Sukumar Saha, Md Shahin Alam, Papia
Monoura, Md Giasuddin, Shake Mohammed Shariful Islam, Mahbub Jang Fatey Ali
Taimur, Jahangir Alam, Epidemiological
investigation and phylogenetic analyses of contagious ecthyma virus from goat
in Bangladesh, Asian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, Vol.
2, No. 4, pp. 555-561, January, 2017 |
_
|
|
5. |
Vu Thy Luyen, Nguyen TTK, Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Hitoshi Suzuki, Toshifumi Tsukahara,
Chemical RNA editing for genetic restoration: the relationship between the
structure and deamination efficiency of carboxyvinyldeoxyuridine
oligodeoxynucleotides, Chem Biol
Drug Des, Vol. 87, No. 4, pp. 583-593, April, 2016 |
3.2 |
|
6. |
Md Wajed Ali, Md Alauddin, Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Md Ariful
Hasan, Cornelia Appiah-Kwarteng, Masaki Takasu, Minami Baba, Katsuya Kitoh,
Moizur Rahman, Yasuhiro Takashima, Theileria annulata seroprevalence among
different cattle breeds in Rajshahi Division, Bangladesh, Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, Vol. 78, No. 10, pp. 1577-1582, 2016 |
1.1 |
|
7. |
Moizur Rahman, Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Lovely Nahar, Shah Md Abdur Rouf, Kenji
Ohya, Shih-Pin Chiou, Minami Baba, Katsuya Kitoh, Yasuhiro Takashima,
Age-specificity of Toxoplasma gondii seroprevelence in sheep, goat and cattle
on subsistence farm in Bangladesh,
Journal of Veterinary
Medical Science, Vol. 76,
No. 9, pp. 1257-1259, 2014 |
1.1 |
|
8. |
Md Golzar Hossain, Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Sharmin Akter,
Md Mansurul Amin, Sukumar Saha, Biological
characterization and determination of comparative efficacy of an inactivated
Newcastle disease virus vaccine prepared from velogenic strain, African Journal of
Microbiology Research, Vol. 8,
No. 29, pp. 2801-2808, July, 2014 |
0.5 |
List and title of the selected
abstract presented in scientific conference and workshop
Year
2019-2024
1. Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Tatsuki
Sugi and Kentaro Kato, Genome-wide detection of conserved stage-specific RNA
editing events for nuclear genes in P. falciparum 3D7 malaria parasite”, in
the 93rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Parasitology, Tokyo, Japan,
2024
2. Umme Qulsum, Md Thoufic Anam
Azad and Kentaro Kato, In vitro antiplasmodial activity of nine selected
traditional medicinal plants from Bangladesh, in the 93rd Annual Meeting
of the Japanese Society of Parasitology, Tokyo, Japan, 2024
3. Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Tatsuki
Sugi and Kentaro Kato, Genome-wide detection of stage-specific RNA editing
events for nuclear genes in P. falciparum 3D7 malaria parasite, in the
69th conference for the northern part of the Japanese Parasitology-Medical
Entomology and Zoology societies, 2023, Miyagi, Japan, 2023
4. Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Tatsuki
Sugi and Kentaro Kato, Detection of developmental stage specific RNA editing events in 28S
ribosomal RNA gene of Plasmodium falciparum in the 92nd Annual Meeting of the
Japanese Society of Parasitology, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan, 2023
Year 2012-2019
1. Md
Thoufic Anam Azad, Sonali Bhakta, Toshifumi Tsukahra, Artificial enzyme system
for treatment of genetic disorders. Smart
knowledge/smart information/smart materials workshop, Bangkok, Thailand,
2017
2. Sonali
Bhakta, Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Matomo Sakari and Toshifumi Tsukahra, Genetic
code restoration by ADAR1 in Ochre (TAA) stop codon. The RNA Society of Japan, Annual meeting, Toyama, Japan, 2017
3.
Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Hitoshi Suzuki,
Toshifumi Tsukahara. Comparative activity of adenosine deaminase acting on RNA
(ADARs) isoforms for correction of genetic code in gene therapy, The RNA Society of Japan, Annual
meeting, Toyama, Japan, 2017
4. Md
Thoufic Anam Azad, Hitoshi Suzuki, Toshifumi Tsukahara, Site-directed RNA
editing approach by MS2 and adenosine deaminase acting on RNA (ADAR1), Molecular Biology Society Japan Annual
meeting, Pacifico Yokohama, Japan, 2016
5. Md
Thoufic Anam Azad, Hitoshi Suzuki, Toshifumi Tsukahara, Study of adenosine
deaminase acting on RNA (ADAR) isoforms towards genetic code restoration, American Society for Cell Biology annual
meeting, California, USA, December, 2016
6.
Md Thoufic Anam Azad,
Sukumar Saha, Jahangir Alam, Md. Shahin Alam, Papia Monoura, Md. Giasuddin and
MJFA Trimur, Identification and molecular charecterization of Contagious
Ecthyma virus from goat and sheep, Conference on biotechnology for better
tomorrow, Bangladesh, 2014
7.
Md Thoufic Anam Azad,
Sukumar Saha, Jahangir Alam, Md. Shahin Alam, Papia Monoura, Md. Giasuddin and
MJFA Taimur, Epidemiology, isolation and identification of contagious ecthyma
virus from goat and sheep. 18th BSVER conference,
February, Bangladesh, 2012
8. Md Thoufic Anam Azad, Sukumar Saha, Jahangir Alam, Md. Shahin Alam,
Papia Monoura, Md. Giasuddin and MJFA Trimur, Isolation and identification of
Contagious Ecthyma virus from goat, 1st Annual Veterinary
Microbiology and Public Health Conference, May, Bangladesh, 2012