Salma Akter
Salma Akter Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology

PROFILE

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

I, Salma Akter, was born in 25th July, 1987 in Dhaka. I have completed my B.Sc. (Hons) and MS in Microbiology from Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka. Joined at Jahangirnagar University on 19th November, 2012. 

RESEARCH INTEREST

Recombinant Protein Technology

Vaccine design and development

Molucular Microbiology

Evolutionary Bioinformatics

JOURNAL PAPER

Draft genome sequencing of Pediococcus pentosaceus strains isolated from cow milk.", Microbiology Resource Annnouncement,
Are riparian buffer strips effective for nutrient retention under cold frozen conditions?, Ecological Engineering,
A comprehensive and single-use foot-and-mouth disease sero-surveillance prototype employing rationally designed multiple viral antigens, Scientific Reports,
• Nihad Adnan, Md Ahsanul Haq, Taslima Akter Tisha, Shahad Saif Khandker, Mohd. Raeed Jamiruddin, SM Shafiul Alam Sajal, Salma Akter, Md Firoz Ahmed, Rubhana Raqib, Mohib Ullah Khondoker, Nafisa Azmuda & Mainul Haque., Optimizing SARS-CoV-2 Immunoassays for Specificity in Dengue-Co-Endemic Areas, Cureus, 2023. doi: 10.7759/cureus.47683
Adnan, Nihad, Md. Ahsanul Haq, Salma Akter, S. M. Shafiul Alam Sajal, Md. Fokhrul Islam, Taslin Jahan Mou, Mohd. Raeed Jamiruddin, Fatema Tuz Jubyda, Md. Salequl Islam, Jamsheda Ferdous Tuli, and et al., Antibody Response after Homologous and Heterologous Prime–Boost COVID-19 Vaccination in a Bangladeshi Residential University Cohort, 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/vaccines12050482
Mathieu Nsenga kumwimba, Salma Akter, Xuyong Li, Mawuli Dzakpasu, Binessi Edouard Ifon, Benjamin Manirakiza, Diana Kavidia Muyembe, Yufan Zhang, Jinlou Huang, Awoke Guadie, Nutrient and sediment retention by riparian vegetated buffer strips: Impacts of buffer length, vegetation type, and season, Agriculture, Ecosystem & Environment, 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.109050
Salma Akter, M. Shaminur Rahman, M. Rafiul Islam, Masuda Akther, Humaira Anjume, Mafruha Marjia, Md Mizanur Rahaman, M Anwar Hossain and Munawar Sultana, Development of Recombinant Proteins for Vaccine Candidates Against Serotype O and A of Foot and Mouth Disease Virus in Bangladesh, Access Microbiology, 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.0.000713.v3
Md. Naim Siddique , Md. Morshedur Rahman , Salma Akter , Mehedi Mahmudul Hasan , Dr. Ziban Chandra Das , Dr. M. Nazmul Hoque, Draft genome sequencing of Pediococcus acidilactici strains isolated from cow milk: unlocking insights into functional traits and applications, Microbiology Resource Announcement, 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00238-24
• Hossain K A, Anjume H, Akther M, Alam K M M, Yeamin A, Akter S, Islam M R, Hossain M A and Sultana M, Emergence of a novel sublineage, MYMBD21 under SA-2018 lineage of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus serotype O in Bangladesh, Nature, 2023.
• Hossain K A, Anjume H, Akther M, Alam K M M, Yeamin A, Akter S, Islam M R, Sultana M, and Hossain M A., Epidemiological Surveillance and Mutational Pattern Analysis of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreaks in Bangladesh during 2012–2021, Transboundary and Infectious Diseases, 2023.
• Minch B, Akter S, Weinheimer A, Rahman M S, Parvez M A K, Rahman S R, Ahmed M F, and Moniruzzaman M., Phylogenetic diversity and functional potential of large and cell-associated viruses in the Bay of Bengal., mSphere, 2023.
• Akter S, Rahman MS, Ali H, Minch B, Mehzabin K, Siddique MM, Galib SM, Yasmin F, Azmuda N, Adnan N, Hasan NA., Phylogenetic diversity and functional potential of the microbial communities along the Bay of Bengal coast., Nature Scientific Reports, 2023. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43306-4
• Jamil Mahmood, Md. Mahamudul Haque, Farzana Tarannum Tuli, Nazneen Jahan, Fatema Akter, Salma Akter, Zia Uddin Ahmed and Hasibur Rahman, Exploration of normal intestinal microbiota as a suitable alternative to study antibiotic resistance gene pool in diverse enteropathogenic bacteria, Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 2015.
Md. Giasuddin, Mahmud MS, Md. Abu Musa Al Asari & Salma Akter, Occurrence of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in cattle in Sirajganj district of Bangladesh during 2014-2016, Jahangirnagar University Journal of Biological Sciences (JUJBS), 2017.
Israt Dilruba Mishu, Salma Akter, A. S. M. Alam, M. Anwar Hossain, and Munawar Sultana., In silico Evolutionary Divergence Analysis Suggests the Potentiality of Capsid Protein VP2 in Serotype-Independent Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Detection, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7: 592, 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00592
• Islam, M. Rafiul, M. Nazmul Hoque, M. Shaminur Rahman, ASM Rubayet Ul Alam, Masuda Akther, J. Akter Puspo, Salma Akter, Munawar Sultana, Keith A. Crandall, and M. Anwar Hossain., Genome-wide analysis of SARS-CoV-2 virus strains circulating worldwide implicates heterogeneity, Scientific Reports, 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70812-6
• M. Shaminur Rahman, M. Nazmul Hoque, M. Rafiul Islam, Salma Akter, A. S. M. Rubayet-Ul-Alam, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, Otun Saha et al, Epitope-based chimeric peptide vaccine design against S, M and E proteins of SARS-CoV-2 etiologic agent of global pandemic COVID-19: an in-silico approach, PeerJ, 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9572
Comprehensive annotations of the mutational spectra of SARS‐CoV‐2 spike protein: a fast and accurate pipeline, Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13834
• M. Shaminur Rahman, M. Rafiul Islam, A. S. M. Rubayet Ul Alam, Israt Islam, M. Nazmul Hoque, Salma Akter, Md Mizanur Rahaman, Munawar Sultana, and M. Anwar Hossain, Evolutionary dynamics of SARS‐CoV‐2 nucleocapsid (N) protein and its consequences, Journal of Medical Virology, 2020. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jmv.26626
• Nihad Adnan, Mohib Ullah Khondoker, M. Shaminur Rahman, M. Firoz Ahmed, Shahana Sharmin, Nadim Sharif, Nafisa Azmuda, Salma Akter, Shamsun Nahar, Taslin Jahan Mou, Mahfuza Marzan, Syeda Moriam Liza, Nowshin Jahan, Tamanna Ali, Shahad Saif Khandker,, Coding-complete genome sequences and mutation profiles of nine SARS-CoV-2 strains detected from COVID-19 patients in Bangladesh, Microbiology Resource Announcements, 10(10), e00124-21, 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1128/MRA.00124-21
• M. Nazmul Hoque*, Salma Akter*, Israt Dilruba Mishu*, M. Rafiul Islam, M. Shaminur Rahman, Masuda Akhter, Israt Islam, Mehedi Mahmudul Hasan, Md. Mizanur Rahaman, Munawar Sultana, Tofazzal Islam, M. Anwar Hossain, Microbial co-infections in COVID-19: Associated microbiota and underlying mechanisms of pathogenesis, Microbial Pathogenesis, 156, 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2021.104941

CONFERENCE PAPER

Salma Akter, Rafiq-Un-Nabi, Fauzia Ahmed Rupa, Md. Latiful Bari and M. Anwar Hossain, Resistance Pattern and Plasmid Profile of Pathogenic Bacteria Isolated from Salad Vegetables, 5th International Conference on Microbiology of Food, Health & Environment: Problems & Prospects in Developing Countries, Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka., 2010.
Salma Akter, Shaminur Rahman Shakil, Mafruha Marjia, Munawar Sultana and M Anwar Hossain, Efficacy of a multi-epitope recombinant protein as a vaccine candidate against Foot and Mouth Disease Virus Type O in Bangladesh, 13th Vaccine Congress,, Bangkok, Thailand, 2019.
Salma Akter, Ishrat Dilruba Mishu, ASM Rubayetul Alam, M Anwar Hossain and Munawar Sultana, Assessment of Vp2 Capsid Protein as a Candidate for Development of a Serotype Independent Diagnostic Tool for Foot and Mouth Disease Virus, ASM Microbe Online 2020, American Society of Microbiology (ASM), 2020.
Masuda Akther, Salma Akter, Kazi Alamgir Hossain, Rafiul Islam, Munawar Sultana and M Anwar Hossain, Identification of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV) Serotype A in vaccinated cattle., 34th Annual Online Conference of Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM), Online,

BOOK CHAPTER

Salma Akter, Mohammad Anwar Siddique, A. S. M. Rubayet Ul Alam, Munawar Sultana and M. Anwar Hossain, Coordination of Molecular Techniques and Advanced Bioinformatics Tools for Analyzing Viral Evolutionary Distance with an Emphasis on Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV) Serotype O, Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology: Nova Science Publishers,

Academic Info

Institute: Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Period: 15/01/2017 to 12/01/2021

PhD Fellowship (UGC-HEQEP)

Institute: Department of Oral & Craniofacial Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry, University Malaya, Malaysia
Period: 15/07/2024 to 22/10/2024

IsDB TWAS Postdoctoral Fellowship 2024

Institute: Department of Marine Biology & Ecology, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric & Earth Sciences, University of Miami, FLorida, USA.
Period: 18/11/2024 to 17/08/2025

Fulbright Visiting Scholar 2024-25

Experience

Organization: Jahangirnagar University
Position: Associate Professor
Period: 06/11/2022 to present
Organization: Jahangirnagar University
Position: Assistant Professor
Period: 15/11/2016 to 05/11/2022
Organization: Jahangirnagar University, Department of Microbiology
Position: Lecturer
Period: 19/11/2012 to 14/11/2016

Contact

Salma Akter

Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Cell Phone: +8801756955590,
Work Phone: +8801976955590
Email: salma_akter025@juniv.edu , salma.akter025@gmail.com