SAMIA QUAIYUM

I am an expert in Environmental Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biodiversity, Microbial Ecology, Molecular Genomics, and Bioinformatics. My passion lies in making significant contributions to groundbreaking advances in science and technology as a dedicated microbiologist.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=1EHWOgwAAAAJ

• Laboratory and Administration Management
• Teamwork and Collaboration
• Problem-Solving Abilities and Analytical Thinking
• Excellent Interpersonal Communication
• Organizational Management Skills
• Adaptability and Flexibility
• Time Management Abilities

• QIIME for microbial community analysis
• JalView for sequence alignment visualization
• ImageJ for image analysis
• Cytoscape for network analysis
• Benchling for molecular biology design
• MEGA for phylogenetic analysis
• Morpheus for data visualization
• Database management (NCBI, PATRIC, UniProt, EFI, GizmoGene)

Marine Biodiversity and Climate Change, Algarve University, Portugal

Over the past four years, I mentored four undergraduate students at the University of Florida and a summer intern at ATCC who were pursuing academic careers in computational biology and microbiology

• Mapping the tRNA modification landscape of Bartonella henselae Houston I and Bartonella quintana Toulouse (S. Quaiyum et al., 2024, Frontiers in Microbiology)
• Deciphering the Diversity of Bacterial Transporters that Salvage Queuosine Precursors (S. Quaiyum et al., 2024, Epigenomes)
• Biosynthesis and function of 7-deazaguanine derivatives in bacteria and phages (SB Valérie de Crécy-Lagard et al., 2024, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews)
• Queuosine salvage in Bartonella henselae Houston 1: A unique evolutionary path (S. Quaiyum et al., 2023, bioRxiv)
• Structural basis of Qng1-mediated salvage of the micronutrient queuine from queuosine-5′-monophosphate as the biological substrate (SH Hung et al., 2023, Nucleic Acids Research)
• Microbial Community Analysis of Anaerobic Enrichment Cultures Supplemented with Bacterial Peptidoglycan as the Sole Substrate (Samia Quaiyum et al., 2020, Microbes and Environments)
• Investigation of bacteria that degrade bacterial cells (Q SAMIA, 2020, 北海道大学)
• Chemical and microbiological characterization of metabolites from Cryptosula zavjalovensis Kubanin, 1976- preliminary report (18th International Bryozoology Association Conference, 2019-01-01)
• Drug Resistance in Pathogenic Micro-organisms Isolated from Oral Herbal Medicinal Products and a Survey on the Usage of Herbal Medicine in Bangladesh (S. Quaiyum et al., 2018, J Antimicrob Agents)
• Antimicrobial activity in the marine cheilostome bryozoan Cryptosula zavjalovensis Kubanin, 1976 (S. Quaiyum et al., 2018, Journal of Antimicrobial Agents)
• Demonstration of Antimicrobial Activity of Commercial Oolong Tea and Green Tea Against Pathogenic Bacteria (MS Munna et al., 2018, American Journal of Plant Biology)
• Spatio-temporal assessment and trend analysis of surface water salinity in the coastal region of Bangladesh (MS Mashura Shammi et al., 2017)
• Microbiological contamination and anti-bacterial traits of common oral herbal medicinal products within Dhaka metropolis (SQ Samia Quaiyum et al., 2014, European Journal of Medicinal Plants)

• Nitobe school scholarship for one of the excellent PhD students, Hokkaido University (2018)
• Japanese Student Service Organization (JASSO) scholarship (2016)
• Japanese Government (MONBUKAGAKUSHO: MEXT) scholarship (2015)
• Stamford University Bangladesh student waiver for obtaining GPA 4 out of 4 (2014)

• RNA society
• The Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry
• International Bryozoology Association

• The 96th annual meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society, Fukuoka, Japan (2023)
• The RiboClub annual meeting, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada (2023)
• The 28th tRNA conference, Ohio Union, Ohio state, USA (2022)
• The 6th Regulating with RNA in Bacteria and Archaea Meeting, St Petersburg, Florida, USA (2022)
• The 2020 annual meeting of Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry (JSBBA), Japan (2020)
• Applied and Environmental Microbiology, Gordon research conference, USA (2019)
• 4th International Life science symposium, Japan (2016)
• 3rd International Life science symposium, Japan (2015)

Bengali, English, Hindi, Urdu and Japanese

• Dr. Souichiro Kato, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan, s.katou@aist.go.jp
• Dr. Sone Teruo, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Japan, sonet@agr.hokudai.ac.jp
• Dr Vincent Kelly, PhD, Associate Professor, Academic Co-Ordinator, Biochemistry, The University of Dublin, Ireland, kellyvp@tcd.ie
• Dr. Sheikh Selim, PhD, Founder and CEO, Humanity Beyond Barriers, Inc. Davis, California, USA, saslim@phlassociates.com