Shanjana Rahman Tuli

Scientific Officer, Environmental Biotechnology Division

Tel: 01965340614 (cell); 02223367589 (Res)

sanjanatuli20@gmail.com

Academic Background

Master of Science (MS) in Microbiology, Department Of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, CGPA:3.90 out of 4, 2019

Bachelor of Science (BS) in Microbiology, Department Of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, CGPA:3.81 out of 4, 2018

Current Research Areas

Plant growth promoting stress tolerant bacteria, Heavy Metal Bioremediation, Molecular biology, Whole genome sequencing of bacteria

Research experience

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOTECHNOLOGY (NIB), DHAKA, BANGLADESH

Scientific Officer (16th May, 2022 to Present)

- Project director of the project entitled “Insight into Cr6+ reduction efficiency of Bacillus spp. isolated from tannery industrial area.”
- Co-principal investigator of project entitled “Collection and Study of Genetic Diversity and Molecular Phylogeny of Rice Associated Nitrogen Fixing Microorganism from Various Agro-ecological Zones of Bangladesh.”
- Co-principal investigator of project entitled “Molecular characterization of several highly chromium tolerant bacteria: detoxification mechanism and beneficial effect on plant growth.”
- Co-principal investigator of project entitled “Isolation and characterization of biosurfactant producing bacteria from hydrocarbon contaminated soil.”

Post Graduate Research Fellow (1st September, 2021 to 12th May, 2022 )

• Fellow of project entitled “Collection and Study of Genetic Diversity and Molecular Phylogeny of Rice Associated Nitrogen Fixing Microorganism from Various Agro-ecological Zones of Bangladesh.”

DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA, BANGLADESH

Graduate Research Student (January, 2019 to March, 2021)

- Characterization of ACC Deaminase and Gibberellic Acid Producing Salt-Tolerant, Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) Isolated from Rice Endophyte

Undergraduate Final Year Project (July, 2018 to September, 2018)

- An Insight into Mechanism of Chromium Bioremediation by Bacillus Isolates

Job experience

Scientific Officer, Environmental Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Biotechnology, Ganakbari, Ashulia, Savar, Dhaka-1349, Bangladesh. From 16^th May,2022 to present.

Post Graduate Research Fellow , Environmental Biotechnology Division, National Institute of Biotechnology, Ganakbari, Ashulia, Savar, Dhaka-1349, Bangladesh. From 1^st September,2021-12^th May,2022

Conference Proceedings

Tuli, S. and Ahmed, S. (2019). Isolation An insight into mechanism of chromium bioremediation by Bacillus isolates. In: 32nd Annual conference of Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM) 2019.

Jhuma T, Tuli S.,Shakila N. Khan, Marufa Z. Akhter, Md. Mozammel Hoq and Muhammad Manjurul Karim.(2019) Endophytic Rhizobacteria Confers Enhanced Tolerance to Salinity in vitro by Siderophore and Proline Production. In: 4^th IPFS ICBHA International Conference, 2019

Tuli S., Muhammad Manjurul Karim , Shakila N. Khan (2020). Characterization of ACC deaminase Producing Salt-Tolerant, Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) Isolated from Rice Endophytes. In: 34th Annual conference of Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM) 2020.

Tuli S., Karim M. (2021). Characterization of ACC Deaminase and Gibberellic Acid Producing Salt-Tolerant, Plant Growth-Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) Isolated from Rice Endophytes. In: 35th Annual conference of Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM) 2021.

Tuli S., Sharmin A., Ahmed I., Jaminur K., Fatima N., Ali F.(2023). Identification of plant growth promoting features in nitrogen fixing Pseudomonas spp. isolated from the rice fields of different agro-ecological zones of Bangladesh. In: 36th Annual conference of Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM) 2023.

Sharmin A., Tuli S., Jaminur K., Fatima N., Ali F.(2023). Molecular characterization and draft genome sequence of Mammalicoccus sciuri -a chromate-reducing bacteria.In: 36th Annual conference of Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM) 2023.

Tuli S, Bintu N, Fatima N, Ahmed I, Sharmin A (2023). Molecular Identification and Evaluation of Rhizobium spp. for Their Plant Growth Promoting Activities. In : 5^th ICBHA International Conference, 2023.

Fatima N, Imran A, Tuli S, Ahmed I, Sharmin A (2023) Multi-Stress Tolerant Burkholderia spp. Isolates from Rice Rhizosphere in Bangladesh: A Comprehensive Assessment of Stress Tolerance and Plant Growth-Promoting Traits. In : 5^th ICBHA International Conference, 2023.

Workshop &Training

• Scientific Writing and Publishing Workshop by American Society for Microbiology (ASM), January,2019
• Center for Bioinformatics Learning Advancement and Systematics Training (cBLAST), 2019
• Course: Basic Statistics and R for Bioinformatics (94% marks obtained)
• Hands-on training on "Proteomics principles and application”, May, 2023
• Hands-on training on "Mass spectrometry for quantification of plant metabolites", May, 2023
• Hands-on training on " Basic chromatographic techniques", May,2013
• Training on Introduction to R, Python and Linux, June,2023

Achievements

• National Science and Technology fellowship (Biological and Medical Science), 2019-2020
• Research and Development Grant (environmenta and Agriculture) 2022, Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Bangladesh

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