Lecturer

Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Chittagong

Email: afrozatanni.geb@cu.ac.bd

Publications

1. Whole-genome analysis of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Kp04 reveals distinctive anti-microbial and arsenic-resistance genomic features: A case study from Bangladesh

Md Javed Foysal, Farhana Momtaz, A.M. Masudul Azad Chowdhury, Afroza Akter Tanni, Asma Salauddin, Md. Zahid Hasan, Sohana Akter Mina, Nahid Sultana, Sanjoy Kanti Biswas, Kamrul Islam, Alfred Tay, Adnan Mannan; Current Microbiology; November 2024

2. Genome sequences of bacteriophages that infect Salmonella Typhi from Bangladesh

Shuborno Islam, Rathindranath Kabiraj, Himadree Sarkar, Preonath Dev, Afroza Akter Tanni, Deb Keya, Apurba Malaker, Arif Tanmoy, Samir Saha, Yogesh Hooda, and Senjuti Saha, Microbiology Resource Announcements; November 2024

3. Whole Genome Sequencing of Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae from Poultry in Noakhali, Bangladesh: Assessing Risk of Transmission to Humans in a Pilot Study

Md. Adnan Munim, Afroza Akter Tanni, Md Mobarok Hossain, Kallyan Chakma, Adnan Mannan, S.M. Rafiqul Islam, Jully Gogoi Tiwari, Shipan Das Gupta; Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases; October 2024

4. Circulating dengue virus serotypes, demographics, and epidemiology in the 2023 dengue outbreak in Chittagong, Bangladesh

Md. Abdur Rob, Mohabbat Hossain, M.A. Sattar, Istiaq Uddin Ahmed, Abul Faisal Md. Nuruddin Chowdhury, H.M. Hamidullah Mehedi, Noor Mohammed, Mohammed Maruf ul Quader, Md. Zakir Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Kallyan Chakma, Susmita Barua, Silvia Naznin Etu, Uschash Sikder, Afroza Akter Tanni and Adnan Mannan; European Journal of Microbiology and Immunology; August 2024

5. Whole-genome sequencing of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from clinical specimens in Chattogram, Bangladesh

Afroza Akter Tanni, Farjana Sharmen, Kallyan Chakma, Farhana Yasmin, Al-Shahriar Akash, Md. Ashikur Alim Akash, Sumaiya Hafiz Riana, Sajia Afrin, Jannatul Ferdous, Nahid Sultana, Sanjoy Kanti Biswas, S. M. Rafiqul Islam, Adnan Mannan; Microbiology Resource Announcements: American Society of Microbiology; June 2024

6. Genome sequence of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) infecting cultured black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) in Bangladesh

S. M. Rafiqul Islam, Robel Ahmed, Farjana Sharmen, Md. Mobarok Hossain, Kallyan Chakma, Afroza Akter Tanni, Md. Ashikur Alim Akash, Mohammad Enayet Hossain, M. Shah Nawaz Chowdhury, AMAM Zonaed Siddiki, Anwar Hossain, Shankar C. Mandal, Keith A. Crandall, Ali Rahnavard, SM Sharifuzzaman and Adnan Mannan; Microbiology Resource Announcement: American Society of Microbiology; March 2024

7. Genetic determinants of SARS-CoV-2 and the clinical outcome of COVID-19 in Southern Bangladesh

Md. Mahbub Hasan, Chayan Kumar Saha, H. M. Hamidullah Mehedi, Kallyan Chakma, Asma Salauddin, Md. Shakhawat Hossain, Farjana Sharmen, S. M. Rafiqul Islam, Afroza Akter Tanni, Farhana Yasmin, Al-Shahriar Akash, Mohammad Enayet Hossain, Mojnu Miah, Sanjoy Kanti Biswas, Nahid Sultana, Adnan Mannan; Immunity, Inflammation and Disease; February 2024

8. Microbiome pattern and diversity of an anadromous fish, hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha)

Sabuj Biswas, Md Javed Foysal, Adnan Mannan, S M Sharifuzzaman, Afsana Yeasmin Tanzina, Afroza Akter Tanni, Farjana Sharmen, Md Mobarok Hossain, M Shah Nawaz Chowdhury, Alfred Chin-Yen Tay, S M Rafiqul Islam; Molecular Biology Reports; December 2023

9. Antibody responses after coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination: a cross sectional study among Bangladeshi population

Das, Moumita; Bhuiyan, A.F.M. Tareq; Karim, Md. Hasanul; Hossain, Md. Amzad; Rob, Md. Abdur; Khan, Shamim; Wnaiza, Jannatun; Shil, Rony Chandra; Hossain, Mohabbat; Rahman, Nahidur; Sharmen, Farjana; Tanni, Afroza Akter; Islam, S.M. Rafiqul; Mannan, Adnan; Reviews and Research in Medical Microbiology; September 2023

10. SARS-CoV-2 infection alters the gut microbiome in diabetes patients: A cross-sectional study from Bangladesh

Adnan Mannan, M. Nazmul Hoque, Sajjad Hossain Noyon, H. M. Hamidullah Mehedi, Md Javed Foisal, Asma Salauddin, S.M. Rafiqul Islam, Farjana Sharmen, Afroza Akter Tanni, AMAM Zonaed Siddiki, Alfred Tay, Md Moradul Siddique, M. Shaminur Rahman, Syed Md. Galib, Farhana Akter; Journal of Medical Virology; March 2023

11. Investigating Antimicrobial Resistance and ESBL Producing Gene in Klebsiella Isolates among Neonates and Adolescents in Southern Bangladesh

Afroza Akter Tanni, Nahid Sultana, Wazir Ahmed, Md. Mahbub Hasan, Md. Shakhawat Hossain, Sajjad Hossain Noyon, Md. Mobarok Hossain and Adnan Mannan; Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology; September 2022

12. COVID-19 rise in Bangladesh correlates with increasing detection of B. 1.351 variant

Senjuti Saha, Arif M Tanmoy, Yogesh Hooda, Afroza Akter Tanni, Sharmistha Goswami, Syed Muktadir Al Sium, Mohammad Saiful Islam Sajib, Roly Malaker, Shuborno Islam, Hafizur Rahman, Ataul Mustufa Anik, Nikkon Sarker, Mohammad Shahidul Islam, Kinkar Ghosh, Probir Kumar Sarkar, Mohammed Rizwanul Ahsan Bipul, Syed Shafi Ahmed, Mohammod Shahidullah, Samir K Saha; BMJ Global Health; page: 6(5), May 2021; 2021

13. Prevalence and molecular characterization of antibiotic resistance and associated genesin Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates: A clinical observational study in different hospitals in Chattogram, Bangladesh

Afroza Akter Tanni, Md. Mahbub Hasan,Nahid Sultana,Wazir Ahmed,Adnan Mannan; PLOS ONE; page: 16(9), September 2021; 2021

14. New waves, new variants, old inequity: a continuing COVID-19 crisis

Senjuti Saha, Arif Mohammad Tanmoy, Afroza Akter Tanni, Sharmistha Goswami, Syed Muktadir Al Sium, Sudipta Saha, Shuborno Islam, Yogesh Hooda, Apurba Rajib Malaker, Ataul Mustufa Anik, Md Saidul Haq, Tasnim Jabin, Md Mobarok Hossain, Nazifa Tabassum, Hafizur Rahman, Md Jibon Hossain, Mohammad Shahidul Islam, Samir K Saha; BMJ Global Health; page: 6(8): e007031; 2021

15. Surging COVID-19 in Bangladesh driven by B.1.351 variant

Eric Brum, Senjuti Saha, Ayesha Sania, Arif Mohammad Tanmoy, Yogesh Hooda, Afroza Akter Tanni, Sharmistha Goswami, Syed Muktadir Al Sium, Mohammad Saiful Islam Sajib, Roly Malaker, Shuborno Islam, Nikkon Sarker, Samir K Saha, Shayan Chowdhury, Yacob Haddou, Elaine Ferguson, Mikolaj Kundegorski, Nabila Purno, Motahara Tasneem, Shams El Arifeen, AMS Alamgir, Anir Chowdhury, Katie Hampson; BMJ Global Health; 2021

Training

• Professional Development Program for New Faculty Members Institutional Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), University of Chittagong, Bangladesh; January 2023
• Antimicrobial Resistance-Dr. Charles Larson, Summer Institute Director, MC Gill (Summer Institute in Infectious Disease and Global Health), 10 June 2021
• Advances in the Biology and Management of COVID-19-Dr. Charles Larson, Summer Institute Director, MC Gill (Summer Institute in Infectious Disease and Global Health), 04 June 2021
• Qualitative Methods in Global Infectious Diseases Research-Dr. Charles Larson, Summer Institute Director, MC Gill (Summer Institute in Infectious Disease and Global Health), 01 June 2021
• Training on RNASeq, ARTIC illumina Seq-Dr. VIDA Ahyong_CZ BioHub_March 2020
• Training on IDSeq Pipeline analysis-Dr. VIDA Ahyong_CZ BioHub_2021
• Completed “Training on Basic Biotechnology” organized by National Institute of Biotechnology (NIB) held on 06 -11 January 2018 (http://www.nib.gov.bd./).
• Participated in workshop on “Proteomics and Protein Research”, organized by Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Chittagong, courtesy by Biotech Concern and GE Healthcare Life Science held on 21st October 2019.
• Participated in workshop on “Biostatistics for Research and Data Interpretation” organized by dBme Research Group, Chattogram held on 10th October 2019.
• Participated in workshop on “Overview & Safe Use of Laboratory Ventilation Equipment” organized by ESCO Biological Safety Institute held on 11th July 2018.
• Participated in the Health Camp for Scouts & Rover Scouts organized by Bangladesh Scouts & Directorate General of Health Science from 09-12 March 2009.

Skills

Metagenomics (Unbiased); Next Generation Sequencing (Illumina); Oxford Nanopore’s MinION Sequencing; Antimicrobial Resistance; Instructor of bacterial and viral genome sequencing training and workshop; Microbiological and Molecular lab techniques; C-PCR, N-PCR, qPCR, RT-PCR; Downstream Genomic Data analysis, R programming, Biostatistics.

Achievements

• Fellowship from the Ministry of National Science and Technology (2018-2019), Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Award of excellence by the Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Chittagong.
• University Scholarship for B.Sc (Hons.) result by the University of Chittagong.
• 1st position in Govt. talent full Scholarship at the District level at Class 8 in 2007.
• 2nd position in Govt. talent full Scholarship at Upazila level at Class 5 in 2004.