Dr. Hussain Md. Shahjalal
Dr. Hussain Md. Shahjalal Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

PROFILE

SHORT BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Hussain Md. Shahjalal is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Jahangirnagar University in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He obtained his bachelor degree in Biochemistry from University of Dhaka, Bangladesh in the year 1998. He also obtained his MS degree in Biochemistry from the same University in the year 1999. Dr. Shahjalal received his PhD in Stem Cell Biology from Kumamoto University, Japan in September 2013. He began his academic career by teaching in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Jahangirnagar University as a Lecturer in September 2004. Later, he was appointed Assistant Professor in May 2008, Associate Professor in March 2015, and finally as a Professor in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in June 2019. He does research in Alternative medicine, Antioxidants, Diabetes, Stem cells, and Pancreatic β-cell differentiation.

RESEARCH INTEREST
Alternative Medicine, Stem Cell Biology

JOURNAL PAPER

Umme Salma, Hussain Md Shahjalal, Tanvir Ahmmed, Md Mesbah Uddin Ansary, Md. Ibrahim Khalil, Nurul Karim, Effect of Boiling on the Nutritional Value, Phytochemical Contents, and Antioxidant Activity of Commonly Consumed Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Varieties in Bangladesh, Journal of Food and Nutrition Research, 8, 8, pp.382-391, 11 August 2020. doi: 10.12691/jfnr-8-8-1
Hussain Md. Shahjalal, Ahmed Abdal Dayem, Kyung Min Lim, Tak-il Jeon, Ssang-Goo Cho, Generation of pancreatic β cells for treatment of diabetes: advances and challenges, Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 9, Article no. 355, 29 December 2018. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13287-018-1099-3
Marjia Rahman, Sohel Ahmed, Hussain Md. Shahjalal, Manisha Kalita Das, Zahid Hassan, Liaquat Ali, Metallothionein-1A Gene +1245 A/G Polymorphism (rs8052394) is not Associated with Impaired Glucose Regulation (IGR) and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) in Bangladeshi Population, International Journal of Diabetes Research, 7, 2, pp.23-30, 25 June 2018. doi: 10.5923/j.diabetes.20180702.01
Md. Shariful Islam, Md. Mesbah Uddin, Mesbah Uddin Ansary, Kazi Saiful Islam, Hussain Md. Shahjalal, Obesity Increases Insulin Resistance Frequency and Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases in Middle-Aged Bangladeshi Population of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Journal of Health Science, 7, 4, pp.73-83, 15 September 2017. doi: 10.5923/j.health.20170704.02
Mohammad Mijanur Rahman, Md. Nur Alam, Nusrat Fatima, Hussain Md. Shahjalal, Siew Hua Gan, Md. Ibrahim Khalil, Chemical composition and biological properties of aromatic compounds in honey: An overview, Journal of Food Biochemistry, 41, 6, Article no. e12405, 3 August 2017. doi: 10.1111/jfbc.12405
Shahdat Hossain, Sujan Bhowmick, Sabrin Jahan, Liza Rozario, Marzan Sarkar, Saiful Islam, Mafroz Ahmed Basunia, Azizur Rahman, Bazlul Karim Choudhury, Hussain Shahjalal, Maternal Lead exposure decreases the levels of brain development and cognition- related proteins with concomitant upsurges of oxidative stress, inflammatory response and apoptosis in the offspring rats, NeuroToxicology, 56, pp.150-158, September 2016. doi: 10.1016/j.neuro.2016.07.013
Ishtiaq Mahmud, Dip Bhowmik, Shahdat Hossain, Md. Mesbah Uddin, Sharif Neaz, Arun Das, Nuruzzaman Masum, Hussain Shahjalal, Sohrab Alam, Interrelationship of Serum Uric Acid Levels and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Bangladeshi Patients Treated with Antihypertensive Drugs, British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research, 17, 5, Article no. BJMMR.27559, 17 August 2016. doi: 10.9734/BJMMR/2016/27559
Shahdat Hossain, Sujan Bhowmick, Marzan Sarkar, Mehedi Hassan, Jakir Hussain, Saiful Islam, Hussain Shahjalal, Rice Germosprout Extract Protects Erythrocytes from Hemolysis and the Aorta, Brain, Heart, and Liver Tissues from Oxidative Stress In Vitro, Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2016, Article ID 9587020, 16 June 2016. doi: 10.1155/2016/9587020
Shahdat Hossain, Sujan Bhowmick, Saiful Islam, Liza Rozario, Sabrin Jahan, Mehedi Hassan, Marzan Sarkar, Bazlul Karim Choudhury, Sohel Ahmed, Hussain Shahjalal, Oral Administration of Ganoderma lucidum to Lead-Exposed Rats Protects Erythrocytes against Hemolysis: Implicates to Anti-Anemia, Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, 2015, Article ID 463703, 2 August 2015. doi: 10.1155/2015/463703
Hussain Md Shahjalal, Nobuaki Shiraki, Daisuke Sakano, Kazuhide Kikawa, Soichiro Ogaki, Hideo Baba, Kazuhiko Kume, Shoen Kume, Generation of insulin-producing β-like cells from human iPS cells in a defined and completely xeno-free culture system, Journal of Molecular Cell Biology, 6, 5, pp.394-408, 26 June 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jmcb/mju029
Yearul Kabir, Hussain Md Shahjalal, Farzana Saleh, Wahida Obaid, Dietary pattern, nutritional status, anaemia and anaemia-related knowledge in urban adolescent college girls of Bangladesh, Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 60, 8, pp.633-638, August 2010.
Bashair Abdullah Al-Riyami, Nuruzzaman Masum, Hussain M Shahjalal, M Shahdat Hossain, Nejib Guizani, Ishtiaq Mahmud, Kingfish (Scomberomorus commerson) Oil Ameliorates Lipid Profile and Anti-Oxidative Status in Hypercholesterolemic Rats, Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 16, 1, pp.25-32, March 2010.
Md Ahsanul Kabir Khan, Md Shakhawat Hussain, Md Mesbah Uddin Ansary, Hussain Md Shahjalal, Nutritional value, sensory quality and microbial contamination of street-vended widely consumed rice based pitha of Bangladesh, Bangladesh J. Life Sci., 21, 2, pp.61-72, December 2009.
Ishtiaq Mahmud, Dilshat Sultana, Nuruzzaman Masum, Hussain Md Shahjalal, Shamima Keka Islam, M Khalaque, SAM Khairul Bashar, Lipid profile in Thyroid Disorders and the Risk of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Diseases in the Middle-Aged Population of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 15, 2, pp.87-92, September 2009.
Ishtiaq Mahmud, M. Anowar Hossain, Sohrab Alam, Hussain Md Shahjalal, Shahdat Hossain, Synthesis and Accumulation Pattern of Polyamines in the Liver of Rats after Treatment with Carbon Tetrachloride, Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 14, 2, pp.108-111, September 2008.
Md. Shahdat Hossain, Mohammad Azizur Rahman, Tofael Kabir Sharkar, Hussain Md Shahjalal, Formaldehyde Content in the Rui Fish (Labeo Rohita) in Bangladesh and Effect of Formaldehyde on Lipid Peroxidation in Rat Liver and Intestinal Tissues, J. Med. Sci., 8, 4, pp.405-409, 15 June 2008. doi: 10.3923/jms.2008.405.409
Sohrab Alam, Hussain Md Shahjalal, Shahdat Hossain, M Sawkat Hassan, Ishtiaq Mahmud, The early pattern of the synthesis and accumulation of polyamines in rapidly regenerating rat liver, Bangladesh J. Life Sci., 19, 2, pp.25-32, December 2007.
M Shahdat Hossain, M Ashraful Hasan, KM Golam Maola, Subrata Banik, Hussain Md Shahjala, Relationship between depression and blood pressure in young, middle-aged and elderly: a population based study in Bangladesh, Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 13, 2, pp.130-133, September 2007.
Hossain U Shekhar, Yearul Kabir, Mosharaf Hossain, Mesbah Uddin, Kaniz Khatun-E-Jannat, Shahdat Hossain, Hussain Md Shahjalal, Blood Transfusion-mediated Viral Infections in Thalassemic Children in Bangladesh, J. Med. Sci., 7, 1, pp.131-135, 1 January 2007. doi: 10.3923/jms.2007.131.135
Hossain Uddin Shekhar, Hussain Md Shahjalal, Rumana Ahmed, Mesbah Uddin, Kaniz Khatun-E-Jannath, Prevalence of Dyslipidemic Phenotypes including Hyper-apoB and Evaluation of Cardiovascular disease risk in Normocholesterolemic Type 2 Diabetic patients, Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 9, 8, pp.1536-1541, August 2006. doi: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.1536.1541
Ishtiaq Mahmud, Md. Shahdat Hossain, Hossain Uddin Shekhar, Muhammad Shafiqur Rahman, Hussain Md. Shahjalal, Relevance of serum polyamine levels in the diagnosis of human prostate and lung cancers, Bangladesh J. Life Sci., 17, 2, pp.7-14, December 2005.
Ishtiaq Mahmud, Hussain Md Shahjalal, Abdul Hannan, Sohrab Alam, Md Shahdat Hossain, Hossain Uddin Shekhar, Liaquat Ali, Nilufar Nahar, Rafiqur Rahman, Growth inhibitory activity of Urginea indica plant extract is associated with decreased polyamine levels in liver tissue of partially hepatectomized rats, Bangladesh J. Life Sci., 15, 2, pp.7-15, December 2003.
Shahdat Hossain, Michio Hashimoto, Emran Kabir Choudhury, Nuhu Alam, Shahjalal Hussain, Moynul Hasan, Shahabuddin Kabir Choudhury, Ishtiaq Mahmud, Dietary mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) ameliorates atherogenic lipid in hypercholesterolaemic rats, Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, 30, 7, pp.470-475, 23 June 2003. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2003.03857.x

BOOK CHAPTER

Hamida Nooreen Mahmood, Talita Zahin Choudhury, Ar-Rafi Md Faisal, Hussain Md Shahjalal, Mahmud Hossain, STEM CELLS: HISTORY, APPLICATIONS AND THE FUTURE, In Book: Trends in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, pp.1-17, Nova Science Publishers, Inc. New York, October 2019.

Academic Info

Institute: Kumamoto University, Japan
Period: 2013

PhD in Stem Cell Biology

Institute: University of Dhaka
Period: 1999

M.Sc in Biochemistry

Institute: University of Dhaka
Period: 1998

B.Sc Honors in Biochemistry

Contact

Dr. Hussain Md. Shahjalal

Professor
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Jahangirnagar University, Savar, Dhaka-1342, Bangladesh.
Cell Phone: +8801712250112
Email: shahjalal-bmb@juniv.edu.bd