{"id":78,"date":"2016-03-03T05:25:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T05:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bsmrau.edu.bd\/karim\/?page_id=78"},"modified":"2022-01-06T06:46:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T06:46:23","slug":"research-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gau.edu.bd\/afzal\/research-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Project 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Genomic Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 to Identify Unique Haplotype variants.<\/p>\n<p>Progress: Manuscript under review (<strong>JGEB-D-21-00445<\/strong>):<\/p>\n<p><strong>Afzal Sheikh<\/strong>\u00b9*, He Huang <sup>2<\/sup>, Sultana Parvin<sup>3<\/sup>, Mohammad Badruzzaman\u00b9, Tofayel Ahmed<sup>4<\/sup>, Ekhtear Hossain<sup>5<\/sup>, Iri Sato Baran<sup>6<\/sup>, Zahangir Alam Saud<sup>7<\/sup>.<strong>A multi-population based genomic analysis uncovers unique haplotype variants and crucial mutant genes in SARS-CoV-2.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Project 2 (RMC_ long term research project (2021-2023):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>A study to investigate the impacts of food additives in inflammatory immune disease and reproductive system<\/b><\/p>\n<p>PI: Dr. Afzal Sheikh: Assistant Professor, BMB, BSMRAU.<\/p>\n<p>Co-PI: Professor Dr. Zahangir Alam Saud, BCMB, RU.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Proposed Research Project 3 (RMC_ long term research project (2021-2023):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Genome-wide identification and characterization of <em>MATE<\/em> gene families and their associated regulatory elements in common bean and papaya using integrated bioinformatics approaches<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>PI: Professor Dr. Mohammad Nazmol Hasan, Department of Statistics BSMRAU.<\/p>\n<p>Co-PI: Dr. Afzal Sheikh: Assistant Professor, BMB, BSMRAU..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Project 1: Genomic Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 to Identify Unique Haplotype variants. 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