Maqsudul Alam was an East Bengal-born life-science scientist who is known for his work on genome sequencing.
17 Facts About Maqsudul Alam
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Maqsudul Alam came into the focus of Bangladeshi people after his work on genome sequencing of jute species and jute attacking fungus.
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Maqsudul Alam's parents were Dalil Uddin Ahmed, a martyr of the 1971 Liberation War and an official of East Pakistan Rifles; and Lyrian Ahmed, a teacher, and social worker.
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Maqsudul Alam completed his master's degree in microbiology from Moscow State University in 1979; and earned his first Ph.
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From 1988 to 1990, Maqsudul Alam was a senior research scientist at Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of Russian Academy of Sciences.
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Maqsudul Alam became full professor in 2001, a position which he held until his death.
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Maqsudul Alam was the Director of Advanced Studies in Genomics, Proteomics and Bioinformatics at University of Hawaii, Manoa from 2003 until his death.
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Maqsudul Alam was the director of Centre for Chemical Biology at Universiti Sains Malaysia from 2009 to 2012.
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In 2011, Maqsudul Alam became a member of advisory board at Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet.
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In 2007, Maqsudul Alam worked in the Hawaii Papaya Genome Project which aimed to sequence the complete genome of the transgenic 'SunUp' papaya.
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Maqsudul Alam set up the Center for Chemical Biology at Universiti Sains Malaysia in 2009.
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In 2009, Maqsudul Alam joined the Basic and Applied Research on Jute Project of Jute Research Institute, Bangladesh, as principal investigator.
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Maqsudul Alam hoped genome sequencing of a cash crop like jute would help Bangladesh economically because jute can be made disease resistant if the genome sequence is known.
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Maqsudul Alam's team worked on genome sequencing of tossa jute and in 2010, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina publicly announced that jute genome had been decoded and several patent applications would be filed.
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Maqsudul Alam's team went on to work on sequencing a jute attacking fungus in 2012 and white jute in 2013.
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On 20 December 2014, Maqsudul Alam died at the Queen's medical center, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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In 2016, Maqsudul Alam was awarded Independence Day Award posthumously by the Government of Bangladesh.