Dr Fatema Akter

Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Email: fatema.akter@ustc.ac.bd

Profile

Education

  • B.Sc (Hons)& M.Sc. in Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Dhaka
  • PhD in Medical Biochemistry, Kumamoto University, Japan
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow (2021-2023), University of Michigan, USA

Program Affiliated

  • B.Sc. (Hons.) in Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Areas of Interest

  • Medical Biochemistry
  • Immunology
  • Oncology
  • Microbiology

Courses Taught

  • Biomolecules
  • Immunology
  • Oncology
  • Microbiology
  • Metabolism
  • Enzymology
  • Cell Biology

Journals & Articles

  • Wang Q, Boccalatte F, Xu J, Gambi G, Nadorp B, Akter F, Mullin C, Melnick AF, Choe E, McCarter AC, Jerome NA, Chen et al. Native stem cell transcriptional circuits define cardinal features of high-risk leukemia. Journal of Experimental Medicine. 2025;222(4):e20231349.
  • Melnick AF, Mullin C, Lin K, McCarter AC, Liang S, Liu YE, Wang Q, Jerome NA, Choe E, Kunnath N, Bodanapu G, Akter F et al. Cdc73 protects Notch-induced T-cell leukemia cells from DNA damage and mitochondrial stress. Blood. 2023;142(25):2159–2174.
  • Akter F, Tsuyama T, Yoshizawa T, Yamagata K. SIRT7 regulates lipogenesis in adipocytes through deacetylation of PPARγ2. Journal of Diabetes Investigation. 2021;12:1765–1774.
  • Rahman M, Haque A, Deeba IM, Ahmed D, Zahidi T, Rimu AH, Akter M, Akter F, Talukder K. Emergence of Extensively Drug-Resistant Shigella sonnei in Bangladesh. Immunology and Infectious Diseases. 2017;5:1–9.
  • Lira SA, Akter F, Rahman T, Islam MS, Tanvir RZ, Al Salauddin AS, Hossain MF, Shaon SM, Rana MM, Mahmud S. Investigation of Coliform Load, Supplied Water Quality and Sanitation Status of Sherpur Municipality of Bangladesh. Microbiology Research Journal International. 2016;1–8.
  • Oany AR, Ahmed MS, Jahan N, Latif MA, Mahmud S, Hossain MA, Akter F, Rakib HH, Islam MS. Homology modeling and functional annotation of an uncharacterized antitoxin protein from Streptomyces xinghaiensis. Bioinformation. 2015;11(11):493–500.
  • George CM, Ahmed S, Talukder KA, Azmi IJ, Perin J, Sack RB, Sack DA, Akter F, Faruque ASG. Shigella infections in household contacts of pediatric shigellosis patients in rural Bangladesh. Emerging Infectious Diseases. 2015;21(11):2006.
  • Iqbal MS, Rahman M, Islam R, Banik A, Amin MB, Akter F, Talukder KA. Plasmid-mediated sulfamethoxazole resistance encoded by the sul2 gene in multidrug-resistant Shigella flexneri 2a. PLoS One. 2014;9(1):e85338.
  • Azmi IJ, Khajanchi BK, Akter F, Hasan TN, Shahnaij M, Akter M, Banik A, Sultana H, Hossain MA, Ahmed MK. Fluoroquinolone resistance mechanisms of Shigella flexneri isolated in Bangladesh. PLoS One. 2014;9(7):e10253.”