Researcher Profile

My research interest is to work with infectious diseases, particularly tuberculosis (TB) and leprosy. Specific interest include: molecular diagnosis of pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB, elucidate molecular pathogenesis and genomics involved in the disease, genetic epidemiology to understand the disease transmission and treatment strategies, Biomarkers for TB detection and anti-TB treatment monitoring.

• Member, Molecular Biology Society of Japan (MBSJ)

• Member, Rotary Yoneyama Scholar Alumni Association, Japan

• Rotary Yoneyama Memorial Foundation Fellowship, Japan

• Otsuka Toshimi Foundation Fellowship, Japan

• Uehara Memorial Research Foundation Fellowship, Japan

• Reviewer, American Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

• Reviewer, International Journal of Biological Sciences and Application

• Reviewer, Health Sciences Research

• Reviewer, International Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences

Selected publications include:

• Uddin MKM, Ahmed M, Islam MR, Rahman A, Khatun R, Hossain A, Maug AKJ, Banu S. Molecular characterization and drug susceptibility profile of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Northeast Bangladesh. Infection Genetics and Evolution, 65(2018) 136-143.
• Sahrin M, Rahman A, Uddin MKM, Kabir NK, Kabir S and Banu S. Xpert MTB/RIF assay result discrepancy among the clinical specimens with low bacterial load in Bangladesh Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2018 Sep 1;22(9):1056-1062
• Kabir S, Uddin MKM, Chisti MJ, Fannana T, Haque ME, Uddin MR, et al. Role of PCR method using IS6110 primer in detecting Mycobacterium tuberculosis among the clinically diagnosed childhood tuberculosis patients at an urban hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 68( 2018) 108-114.
• Amin MB, Uddin MKM, Hikosaka K, Noritake H, Wu YX, Aoto K and Miura N: Mouse homologues of hepatitis C virus human entry factors inhibit the entry of HCV pseudoparticles (HCVpp) into human hepatoma cells. Bioresearch Communication, 2016; 02 (01):128-133
• Xin Geng, Boksik Cha, Robert Silasi-Mansat, Kim-Chew Lim, Uddin MKM, Naoyuki Miura, James Douglas Engel, Hong Chen, Lijun Xia,Alexander M. Simon, Florea Lupu and R. Sathish Srinivasan: Multiple Mouse Models of Primary Lymphedema Exhibit Distinct Defects in Lymphovenous Valve Development. Developmental Biology, 2016; 409:218-233
• Uddin MKM, Kimura W, Ishikura T, Koseki H, Yoshida N, Islam MJ, Amin MB, Nakamura K, Wu YX, Sato E, Aoto K, Miura N: Foxc2 in pharyngeal arch mesenchyme is important for aortic arch artery remodelling and ventricular septum formation. Biomed Res. 2015; 36(4):235-245
• Banu S, Rahman MT, Uddin MKM, Khatun R, Khan MSR, Rahman MM, Uddin SI, Ahmed T, Heffelfinger JD: Effect of active case finding on prevalence and transmission of pulmonary tuberculosis in Dhaka central jail, Bangladesh.PLoS One. 2015; 1;10(5):e0124976
• Banu S, Rahman MR, Uddin MKM, Khatun R, Ahmed T, Rahman MM, Husain MA, van Leth F: Epidemiology of tuberculosis in an urban slum of Dhaka city, Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2013;21;8(10):e77721
• Uddin MKM, Chowdhury MR, Ahmed S, Rahman MT, Khatun R, van Leth F, Banu S: Comparison of direct versus concentrated smear microscopy in detection of pulmonary tuberculosis. BMC Res Notes. 2013 6:291
• Islam MR, Khatun R, Uddin MKM, Khan MSR, Rahman MT, Ahmed T, Banu S: Yield of two consecutive sputum specimens for the effective diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis. PLoS ONE. 2013; 8: e6767