Haseena Khan

Haseena Khan is a Bangladeshi scientist, professor and fellow of Bangladesh Academy of Sciences. She is known for her lead on decoding Genome of Tenualosa ilisha from the river Padma. She was awarded Independence Day Award, the highest state award given by the government of Bangladesh for her contribution on research and training.[1] Haseena Khan is also known for her contribution to jute genome decoding under Maqsudul Alam's lead.[2]

Haseena Khan
Born
Gendaria, Old Dhaka, Bangladesh
Alma materUniversity of Dhaka
Known forContribution to Jute genome decoding
AwardsIndependence Day Award, 2019
Scientific career
FieldsGenetics, Biochemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Dhaka

Biography

Haseena Khan was born in Gendaria, Old Dhaka to mother Begum Khodeza Khatun and father M A Khalek. Her father was a government employee. Khan was eighth among nine siblings. Two years after birth, her father was transferred to Kolkata, India as an Ambassador. Khan's family also moved there. As a result, she spent her childhood in Kolkata.[3] Haseena Khan is married and mother of one daughter.[4]

Education

Haseena Khan started her schooling at a Missionary School, Queen of The Mission in Kolkata. In 1960, her family moved back to Old Dhaka and she enrolled into Saint Xavier School, Lakkhibazar. She finished her O-level in 1970.[3] Khan passed her HSC from Holy Cross College in 1974 and enrolled in the Department of Biochemistry at Dhaka University. She completed her graduation in 1976. In 1985 Khan received her PhD in Molecular Biology from University of Sussex, England.[5]

Work

Haseena Khan started her career as lecturer at Dhaka University in 1982.[4] After completing her PhD in England, she joined Biochemistry Department as an Assistant Professor. She is the head of the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department of Dhaka University from 1995. She has also served as chairman of Department of Genetics and Biotechnology from 2001 to 2005. Currently she is working as a fellow at the Bangladesh Academy of Sciences.[6][5][2] In 2018, Haseena Khan and her team decoded the genome sequence of Bangladesh's national fish, Ilish with the "Tenualosa ilisha Genome Project".[7][8]

Award and achievements
  1. UNESCO/ROSTSCA Award for Young Scientist, 1989 [5]
  2. Bangladesh Academy of Sciences, M O Ghani Gold Medal, 2011
  3. For contribution on discover genome sequence of Jute, Kazi Mahbubuddin Gold Award, 2015
  4. Mani Singh-Farhad Memorial Trust Award, 2016
  5. Independence Day Award, 2019 [9]

References
  1. "13 to get Independence Award". The Daily Star. 2019-03-10. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
  2. Daily Prothom Alo (5 January 2016). "বিজ্ঞান গবেষণায় এগিয়ে যাচ্ছেন নারী". Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  3. Daily Prothom Alo, ফারাহ্ শাম্মা (5 February 2011). "স্বপ্নপথের যাত্রী". Retrieved 27 November 2017.
  4. "Details of Dr. Haseena Khan". Dhaka University. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  5. "Bangladesh Academy of Science: Professor Haseena Khan". Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  6. The Promise of Bio-tech: Haseena Khan
  7. Das, Avizit; Ianakiev, Peter; Baten, Abdul; Nehleen, Rifath; Ehsan, Tasneem; Ahmed, Oly; Islam, Mohammad Riazul; Naser, M. Niamul; Marma, Mong Sano (2018-12-22). "Genome of Tenualosa ilisha from the river Padma, Bangladesh". BMC Research Notes. 11 (1): 921. doi:10.1186/s13104-018-4028-8. ISSN 1756-0500. PMC 6303923. PMID 30577879.
  8. "Hurrah for hilsa, again". The Daily Star. 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  9. "13 to get Independence Award 2019". 13 to get Independence Award 2019 | theindependentbd.com. Retrieved 2019-03-28.
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