Kazi Saiful Islam

Reliable individual with skills and experience as Laboratory Technician. Smart and committed to job well done and offering exceptional drive. Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.

• Research Assistant, Nutrition and Ageing Laboratory, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, November 2020, current
• Technical Officer, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, 2019, 2020
• Research Officer, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (ICDDR’B), Bangladesh, 2009, 2010

• Casual Academic Coordinator, Nutrition and Metabolism, University of Sydney, 2021
• Practical Class Demonstrator, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, 2018, 2019
• Lecturer, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jahangirnagar University, 2011, 2016
• Lecturer, Dept. of Natural Sciences, Stamford University, Bangladesh, 2010, 2011

• Regular monitoring, general husbandry, and welfare of rodent models (C57BL/6J, Double Mutant Knock-In) for 6 different studies (including student supervision)
• Body weight and food intake data collection
• Mouse culls including preparation, sample collection, processing, and storage
• Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (oGTT) for insulin sensitivity assay in mice
• Echo-MRI scans for the measurement of fat and lean mass
• Setting up Promethion cages for indirect calorimetry measurements
• DEXA for the measurement of bone mineral density
• Whole blood collection by saphenous vein and submandibular bleeding technique
• Insulin assay using ELISA
• DNA & RNA extractions and quantification for sequencing
• Lipolysis assay from fat tissues
• Tissue powdering from frozen tissues
• Western blot
• CDNA synthesis and qPCR
• Human cell culture (HEK-293) and formation of stable cell clone
• Transient transfection of plasmid DNA and siRNA-based knockdown of specific proteins
• Molecular biology techniques including plasmid DNA isolation, transformation of DNA, site-directed mutagenesis, PCR, and gel electrophoresis
• General lab housekeeping duties, including ordering, biobank management and freezer manifesting

• Homer1 mediates CaSR-dependent activation of mTOR complex 2 and initiates a novel pathway for AKT-dependent beta-catenin stabilization in osteoblasts, J Biol Chem, 294, 16337-16350, Rybchyn, M.S., Islam, K. S., Brennan-Speranza, T.C., Cheng, Z., Brennan, S. C., Chang, W., Mason, R. S., Conigrave, A. D., 2019
• Maternal lead exposure decreases the levels of brain development and cognition-related proteins with concomitant upsurges of oxidative stress, inflammatory response, and apoptosis in the offspring rats, Neurotoxicology, 56, 150-158, Hossain, S., Bhowmick, S., Jahan, S., Rozario, L., Sarkar, M., Islam, S., Basunia, M. A., Rahman, A., Choudhury, B. K., Shahjalal, H., 2016
• Rice Germosprout Extract Protects Erythrocytes from Hemolysis and the Aorta, Brain, Heart, and Liver Tissues from Oxidative Stress In Vitro, Evid Based Complement Alternat Med, 2016, 9587020, Hossain, S., Bhowmick, S., Sarkar, M., Hassan, M., Hussain, J., Islam, S., Shahjalal, H., 2016
• Oral administration of Ganoderma lucidum to lead-exposed rats protect erythrocytes against hemolysis: implicates to anti-anemia, Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Shahdat Hossain, Sujan Bhowmick, Saiful Islam, Liza Rozario, Sabrin Jahan, Mehedi Hassan, Marzan Sarkar, Bazlul Karim Choudhury, Sohel Ahmed, Hussain Shahjalal, 2015
• In silico ADME/T and 3D QSAR analysis of KDR inhibitors, Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Science, 7 (01), 120-128, S. M. Zahid Hosen1
• Raju Dash1, Mahmuda Khatun1, Rasheda Akter1, Md. Habibu Rahman Bhuiyan2, Md. Rezaul Karim3, Nusrat Jahan Mouri4, Forkan Ahamed5, Kazi Saiful Islam6, Sadia Afrin7, 2017
• Maternal Obstetric and Morbidity Factors in Relation to Infant Birth Weigh, Sch. J. App. Med. Sci., 2(2A), 539-547, Md. Monirujjaman1, Bably Sabina Azhar2, Kazi Saiful Islam3, Afroza Ferdouse4, Sadia Afrin5, Md. Sabir Hossain6
• 2014
• Sex, Conception Interval, Gestational Age, Apgar Score, and Anthropometric Surrogates in relation to Birth Weight of Bangladeshi Newborns: A Cross-Sectional Study, 2013, 405725, Bably Sabina Azhar, Md. Monirujjaman, Kazi Saiful Islam, Sadia Afrin, Md. Sabir Hossain, 2013
• Birth Weight Correlation with Conception Interval and Other Factors in Bangladesh New Born, Annual Review & Research in Biology, 3(4), 1098-1111, M. Shafiur Rahman1, K. Saiful Islam2, Md. Sabir Hossain2, M. Ibrahim Hossain2, Md. Fuad Hossain3, Md. Ibrahim Khalil2
• 2013
• Obesity Increases Insulin Resistance Frequency and Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases in Middle-Aged Bangladeshi Population of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Journal of Health Science, 7(4), 73-83, Md. Shariful Islam1, Md. Mesbah Uddin2, Mesbah Uddin Ansary1, Kazi Saiful Islam1, Hussain Md. Shahjalal1
• 2017
• Effect of early diagnosis, response to conventional therapies and possibility of recurrence of disease in different cancer patients in Bangladeshi adults, International Journal of Biosciences (IJB), 2, No. 10(2), 58-63, Samiur Rahman1, Md. Jahangir Alam1, Kazi Saiful Islam2, Tarek Golam Mustafa3, S. M. Nayeemul Bari1, AGM Rakibuzzaman1, Rownock Afruza4, Sadia Afrin1, Md. Monirujjaman1
• 2012

• Dr. Amanda Brandon, Senior Research Fellow, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, amanda.brandon@sydney.edu.au, 0412-743-220
• Dr. Tamara Pulpitel, Senior Research Officer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, tamara.pulpitel@sydney.edu.au, 0403-901-496