Jakia Amin

Academic background

• September 2008 - present: Doctoral Research Fellow in the research group "Systems toxicology"
• 2006-2007: Master of Medical Engineering Science (Bio-Signal Analysis, Oncology), Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
• 1/4/2006–30/6/2008: research assistant Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Japan
• 5/10/2005–31/3/2006: research student Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Japan
• 2004-2005: Master of Science (M.S.) in Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• 1997-2003: Bachelor of Science (Honours) in Microbiology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Academic Awards and Scholarships

• 2004-2005: Government Distinct Merit Scholarship for MS study, Dhaka University
• 2005-2007: Japanese Government Monbukagakusho Scholarship for Master degree in Japan

Research interests

• liver and hepatocytes
• oncogenomics and hematologic malignancy
• cellular signal transduction

Previous research areas

• molecular mechanism of constitutive NF-κB activity in human myeloma cells
• induction of multilineage markers in human myeloma cells
• PPARß-mediated suppression of growth and survival of human myeloma cells by Baicalein
• improvising of in vitro culture of primary myeloma cells by gelatin-coated insert-well culture
• mechanism of IL-6 induced C-Myc down-regulation of CD33 expression in human myeloma cells
• immunogenicity and protective efficacy of streptococcal surface protein in mice model
• prevalence and antibiotic resistance of pathogenic organisms of poultry products and poultry associated manpower

Technical skills

• microbiological techniques
• eukaryotic cell and tissue culture
• laser confocal microscopy
• fluorescent microscopy (FISH, DAPI)
• flowcytometry
• PCR
• RT-PCR
• realtime PCR
• cloning
• DNA sequencing
• transfection
• ELISA
• SDS-PAGE
• immunoprecipitation (IP)
• ChIP
• EMSA/Gel shift assay
• immunization of mice

Current research

• research group "Systems toxicology"