Dr. Kanchan Chakma Profile
Curriculum Vitae of Professor Dr. Kanchan Chakma
University of Chittagong, Chittagong-4331 (Bangladesh)
WORK EXPERIENCE
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Chittagong [ Sep 2021 – Current ]
Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Chittagong [ Aug 2017 – Sep 2021 ]
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Chittagong [ May 2012 – Aug 2017 ]
Lecturer of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
University of Chittagong [ Apr 2011 – May 2012 ]
Scientific Officer of Tissue Banking and Biomaterial Research Unit
Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission [ Oct 2006 – Apr 2011 ]
City: Dhaka
Scientific Officer of Biochemistry Laboratory
Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes, Endocrine & Metabolic
Disorders [
Jul 2006 – Oct 2006 ]
City: Dhaka
Scientific Officer of Divisional DNA Screening Laboratory
Ministry of Women and Children Affairs-Bangladesh [ May 2006 – Jul 2006 ]
City: Dhaka
Biochemist
Popular Diagnostic Centre [ Mar 2005 – Apr 2006 ]
City: Dhaka
Country: Bangladesh
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Medical Science
Tohoku University [ Apr 2012 – Mar 2016 ]
Address: 980-8577 Sendai (Japan) http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/ Field(s) of study: Medical Science
Thesis: IRX4 plays an important role in pancreatic carcinogenesis
Researcher (Cancer Biology)
Institute of Development, Aging, and Cancer (IDAC), Tohoku University [ 1 Sep 2011 – 31 Mar 2012 ]
Address: 4-1 Seiryocho, Aobaku, 980-8575 Sendai (Japan)
http://www.idac.tohoku.ac.jp/site/
Researcher (Analysis of protein structure and function) Ibaraki University [ 20 Oct 2008 – 23 Jan 2009 ] Address: Mito (Japan)
Spectroscopic and biochemical analyses of protein structure and function.
Scientific Officer (Basic Orientation Course for Scientists)
Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission [ 28 May 2008 – 27 Aug 2008 ]
Address: Dhaka (Bangladesh) Final grade : A+
Basic Nuclear Orientation Course designed for newly appointed scientists
Master of Science (M.Sc.) in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (First Class)
University of Chittagong [ 2000]
Address: 4331 Chittagong (Bangladesh)
Field(s) of study: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Final grade : First Class (Equivalent to Grade ‘A’) [on a scale of A (best) to C (worst) in our academic system]
Thesis: Identification of risk factors for the development of diabetes mellitus in the population of CTG
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Honours in Biochemistry (First Class)
University of Chittagong [1999] Address: 4331 Chittagong (Bangladesh) Field(s) of study: Biochemistry
Final grade : First Class (Equivalent to Grade ‘A’) [on a scale of A (best) to C (worst) in our academic system]
Higher Secondary Certificate (H.S.C.) in Science (First Division)
Rangamati Government College (Chittagong Education Board) [1996]
Secondary School Certificate (S.S.C.) in General Science (First Division)
Bandarban Government High School (Comilla Education Board) [1994]
AACR Global Scholar-in-Training Award
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) [ 30 Mar 2019 ]
Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho: MEXT) Scholarship
Japanese Government (Tohoku University, Japan) [ 2011 ]
MEXT Fellowship/The Nuclear Researchers Exchange Program
MEXT and Nuclear Safety Research Association (NSRA) | Ibaraki University (JAPAN) [ 2008 ]
NETWORKS AND MEMBERSHIPS
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
[ Philadelphia (PA), USA, 1 Jan 2013 – Current ]
American Association for Cancer Education (AACE)
[ Charlottesville, VA 22911 USA, 1 Jan 2016 – 31 Dec 2016 ]
Cancer Epigenetics Society (CES)
[ Vienna, Austria, 2017 – Current ]
Bangladesh Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BSBMB)
[ Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2009 – Current ]
Graduate Biochemists Association (GBA), Bangladesh
[ Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2005 – Current ]
Bangladesh Bioethics Society (BBS)
[ Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2008 – Current ]
Tissue Banking Association of Bangladesh (TBAB)
[ Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2009 – Current ]
Bangladesh Biosafety and Biosecurity Association (BBBA)
[ Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2011 – Current ]
MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP SKILLS
Provost
Worked as Provost (Acting), Shah Amanat Hall, University of Chittagong from July 2020 to August 2020.
Senior House Tutor
Worked as Senior House Tutor at Shah Amanat Hall, University of Chittagong from January 2019 to
January 2021.
Treasurer (2009-2011)
Tissue Banking Association of Bangladesh (TBAB)
Tohoku University International Medical Society (TUIMS)
Competent Leader (CL) (2016)
Achieved Competent Leader (CL) award from Toastmaster International, USA
COMMUNICATION AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
Competent Communicator (CC) (2016)
Achieved Competent Communicator (CC) award from Toastmaster International, USA
PUBLICATIONS
A systemic analysis reveals TRIM24-SMARCC1 dependent poor prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma.
[2020]
Alam MM*, Chakma K*, Hossain MN, Ahsan T, Mahmud S (* co-first author).
Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 2020; 21:100467
Epigenetic inactivation of IRX4 is responsible for acceleration of cell growth in human pancreatic cancer.
[2020]
Chakma K, Gu Z, Abudurexiti Y, Hata T, Motoi F, Unno M, Horii A, Fukushige S
Cancer Science, 2020; 111:4594–4604
Methylation-mediated silencing of the LIM homeobox 6 (LHX6) gene promotes cell proliferation in human pancreatic cancer.
[2020]
Abudurexiti Y, Gu Z, Chakma K, Hata T, Motoi F, Unno M, Horii A, Fukushige S
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2020; 526(3):626-632
Nutritional Analysis and Phytochemical Evaluation of Bitter Gourd from Bangladesh
[2020]
Barua R, Talukder MEU, Islam MS, Yesmin F, Chakma K, Kabir MG, Bhuiyan RH Asian Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences, 2020; 8(2):
11-17
Phylogenetic analysis and forensic evaluation among Rakhine, Marma, Hajong, and Manipuri tribes from four culturally defined regions of Bangladesh using 17 Y-chromosomal STRs. [2018]
Hasan M, Sufian A, Momtaz P, Mazumder AK, Khondaker JA, Bhattacharjee S, Chakma K, Akhteruzz aman S.
International Journal of Legal Medicine, 2018;132(6):1641-1644
Islam MZ, Aklima J, Yesmin F, Islam MS, Chakma K, Alauddin M, Bhuiyan RH
International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics, 2017; 4 (6)
Knowledge Levels and Life Style Practices for Cancer Prevention among Bangladeshi People
[2016]
Chakma K, Roy CN
British Journal of Medicine & Medical Research, 2016; 18 (3):1-9
Antioxidant and Cytotoxic activity of Crude Flavonoid fraction from the fruits of hybrid variety of
Momordica charantia (Bitter Gourd).
[2014]
Barua R, Samsad Sultana, Talukder MEU, Chakma K, Hasan CMM, Islam MS British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, 2014; 4(7):
778-786
Bacterial contamination of the human amniotic membrane and bone tissue allograft.
[2012]
Hasan MZ, Zohra FT, Bari SS, Miah M, Chakma K, Nessa A, Parvez MAK and Rahman MH.
Bangladesh Journal of Medical Sciences (BJMS), 2012; 18(1): 34-38
Ethical Perception of Tissue Banking in Bangladesh.
[2010]
Zahid MZ, Chakma K, Miah M and Nessa A.
Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics, 2010; 1(2):
11-19
Risk factors for developing Diabetes Mellitus amongst diabetic patients attending at the Chittagong
Diabetes Hospital Complex.
[2009]
Chakma K, Banik GR and Sikdar D.
Bangladesh Journal of Nutrition, 2009-10; 22-23: 31-40
Traditional knowledge related to medicinal and aromatic plants in tribal societies and the quantitative study of alkaloids in medicinal plants of the hill tracts in Bangladesh
[2008]
Chowdhury Z, Alamgir ANM, Alauddin M, Islam MS, Chakma K, Hoque MR, Kabir MG Pharmacognosy Magazine (India), 2008; 4(15) (Suppl): S137-S144
Chakraborty SK, Hasan MZ, Chakma K, Harun-Or-Rashid, Nessa A and Gomes DJ.
Dhaka University Journal of Biological Sciences, 2007; 16(2): 109-115
Dyslipidemia in Chakma Type 2 Diabetic Subjects of Bangladesh.
[2006]
https://chakmakc.fi les.wordpress.com/2019/07/5.pdf
Hoque MR, Chakma K, and Sikdar D.
Chittagong University Journal of Biological Sciences, 2006; 1(1): 49-55
Dyslipidemia in Type II Diabetes and the effect of Glycaemic control on Type II Diabetes
[2006]
https://chakmakc.fi les.wordpress.com/2019/07/6.pdf
Banik GR, Islam MM, Zafar MA, and Chakma K.
Hamdard Medicus (Pakistan), 2006; 49(4): 55-62.
BOOK CHAPTER
Cancer Prevention and Control in Bangladesh: Mass Awareness is Needed.
[ 2020 ]
Chakma K, Roy CN, Das AK, Hoque MA and Sarkar AK. New Insights into Disease and Pathogen
Research, 2020; Vol. 5: 1-12, Book Publisher International, India-UK.
CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2019
[ Atlanta, GA, USA, 29 Mar 2019 – 3 Apr 2019 ]
Kanchan Chakma, Zhaodi Gu, Tatsuo Hata, Fuyuhiko Motoi, Michiaki Unno, Akira Horii, Shinichi Fukushige. DNA
hypermethylation of IRX4 is a frequent event that may confer growth advantage to pancreatic cancer cells
International Cancer Education Conference 2016
[ Bethesda, Maryland, USA, 14 Sep 2016 – 16 Sep 2016 ]
Kanchan Chakma, Irona Khandakar and Chandra Nath Roy. A comprehensive cancer education program is urgently needed to reduce the cancer burden in Bangladesh
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2016
[ New Orleans, LA. Philadelphia (PA), USA, 16 Apr 2016 – 20 Apr 2016 ]
Shinichi Fukushige, Yasuhiko Mizuguchi, Kanchan Chakma, Yuriko Saiki, Akira Horii. Targeted TET
oxidase activity through methyl-CpG binding domain extensively suppresses cancer cell proliferation.
6th Retreat Conference of Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine 2013
[ Sendai, Japan, 2013 ]
KanchanChakma, Masanobu Satake, Shuntaro Ikawa. Role of p51/p63 in the regulation of keratinocyte proliferation and differentiation
J-Global Conference 2009
[ Japan, 2009 ]
Yuko Nihei, Yuji Obara, CHAKMA Kanchan, Koyu Fujita , BROWN E. Doreen, DOOLEY M. David, Takamitsu Kohzuma. Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Properties of Pseudoazurin M16N and M16Q Mutant Proteins.
TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES:
Hands-On experiences in techniques:
Mammalian Cell Culture, Gel Electrophoresis, PCR, Methyl Specific PCR (MSP), DNA extraction, DNA Sequencing, Bisulfite Sequencing, Protein isolation and purification, RNA isolation and purification, Western Blotting, RT-PCR, qPCR, Primer & Vector designing, Gene Cloning (transformation, screening and transfection), construction of recombinant plasmid, plasmid DNA isolation and purification,
genomic DNA isolation and purification, recombinant plasmid construction from genomic DNA, Quantification of DNA, protein & RNA, Colorimetry, Fluorescent microscopy, confocal microscopy, immunohistochemistry, MTT assay, vector construction and purification of recombinant proteins
(FLAG-tagged), Ultra-centrifugation, Colony Formation Assay, Cell Proliferation Assay, Scratch Assay, Invasion assay, Crystal Violet Staining, Bacterial Cell Culture, Molecular Cloning, Transfection, Calf Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase Assay (CIP), Stable Cell line Establishment, LacZ Assay, Southern blotting using a probe labeled with radioisotope, Primer designing, iPS Cell Culture and maintenance.
Bioinformatics & computer experiences:
NCBI database, PubMed database, SNP database, cBioPortal database, TCGA database, CCLE database, COSMIC database, ENCODE database, Gene Cards database, UniProt, Genetyx software, UCSC genome browser database, Genescript restriction enzyme site, NEBCutter V2.0, NIH ImageJ, Fast PCR, SPSS, BLAST, Primer 3, MS-word, MS- Excel, Power point, Photoshop.
ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS
Tissue Banking Association of Bangladesh (TBAB)
Treasurer (2009-2011)
Tohoku University International Medical Society (TUIMS)
Vice-President from October 2012 to March 2016
OTHER COURSES AND TRAINING
Online courses:
◦ PH125.1x: Data Science: R Basics(MOOC) course offered by Harvard University, USA
◦ Introduction to R (MOOC) course offered by DataCamp.
◦ Introduction to Bioethics (MOOC) course offered by Georgetown University, USA
◦ Python Basics for Data Science course offered by International Business Machines Corporation
(IBM), USA
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Generation and maintenance of human Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) cells
[ 29 Oct 2014 – 31 Oct 2014 ]
Training was organized by Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Japan.
I hereby declare that the above statements are correct and complete to the best of my knowledge. Sincerely
Kanchan Chakma