SAIFULLAH, Ph.D.
List of Publication
(a) Research Article (peer-reviewed)
1. Saifullah & Tsukahara T., 2022. Integrated analysis of ALK higher expression in human cancer and downregulation in LUAD using RNA molecular scissors. Clinical and Translational Oncology–Springer (Q2, IF 3.4), 24(9):1785-1799. (PMID: 35486222).
[Contribution: I performed all of the laboratory work, wrote the first draft of the manuscript, and was the primary author of the paper]
2. Saifullah, Motohashi N., Tsukahara T., Aoki Y., 2022. Development of therapeutic RNA manipulation for muscular dystrophy. Frontiers in Genome Editing, 4:863651. (PMCID: PMC9127466) (Review Article).
[Contribution: I wrote the first draft of the manuscript and was the primary author of the paper]
3. Saifullah & Tsukahara T., 2022. Integrated analysis of clinical consequence and associated gene of ALK expression in ALK-positive human cancer. Heliyon–CellPress (Q1, IF 3.77), 8(7): e09878. (PMCID: PMC9293659).
[Contribution: I carried out all of the laboratory work, wrote the first draft of the manuscript, and was the first author of the paper]
4. Saifullah, Sakari M., Suzuki T., Yano S., Tsukahara T., 2020. Effective RNA knockdown using CRISPR-Cas13a and molecular targeting of the EML4-ALK transcript in H3122 lung cancer cells. Int. J. Mol. Sci. (Q1, IF 6.2) 21(23):8904. (PMCID: PMC7727695) (Selected as Top Download Papers in 2020-2021).
[Contribution: I carried out all of the laboratory work, wrote the first draft of the manuscript, and was the primary author of the paper]
5. Saifullah, Fuke S., Nagasawa H., Tsukahara T., 2019. Single nucleotide recognition using a probes-on-carrier DNA chip. BioTechniques (Q2, IF 2.74), 66(2):73-78. (PMID: 30744407).
[Contribution: I did co-work in the laboratory experiment, wrote the first draft of the manuscript, and was the first author of the paper]
6. Saifullah & Tsukahara T., 2018. Genotyping of single nucleotide polymorphisms using the SNP-RFLP method. BioScience Trends (Q1, IF 9.083), 12(3):240-246. (PMID: 30012914).
[Contribution: I performed all of the laboratory work, wrote the first draft of the manuscript, and was the primary author of the paper]
7. Abdullah-Al-Mamun M., Saifullah, Rahman S.M.K., 2017. Assessment of Probiotic Properties of Isolated Lactic Acid Bacteria from Human Milk Sample. Advances in Bioresearch. (DOI: 10.15515/abr.0976-4585.8.6.140146).
[I partly wrote, formatted, and edited the manuscript, and was the second author of the paper].
8. Rifat-Al-Naser, Saifullah, Abdullah-Al-Mamun M., Hossain M.S., Arifuzzaman M., Saikot F.K., 2016. Probiotic Properties Profiling of Isolated Lactic Acid Bacteria from the Intestine of Channa punctata. Microbiology Research Journal International (DOI: 10.9734/mrji/2016/v17i45181)
[I co-prepared manuscript draft, formatted, edited, and was the second author of the paper].
(b) Abstract publication (peer-reviewed)
9. Saifullah, Sakari M., Suzuki T., Tsukahara T., 2022. RNA-guided CRISPR-Cas protein downregulates the oncogenic driver ALK expression in human lung cancer cell. European Journal of Human Genetics–Nature publishing group (Q1, IF 5.35);30 (Suppl 1):88-608. (PMID: 35393538).
10. Saifullah, Sakari M., Suzuki T., Yano S., Tsukahara T., July 2021. The CRISPR-Cas13a gene-editing system underlies a potential therapeutic strategy for EML4-ALK-positive lung cancer cells. Annals of Oncology–Elsevier (Q1, IF 51.76). 32: p. S347. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annonc.2021.05.737).
11. Saifullah, Shiratori M., Motohashi N., Uyeda A., Muramatsu R., Aoki Y., 2022. Elucidation of the molecular mechanism for skeletal muscle degeneration in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. The 8th Annual Meeting of Japan Muscle Society (JMS), The University of Tokyo, Japan (Poster ID: P-33).
12. Saifullah, Sakari M., Tsukahara T., 2020. Programmable RNA knockdown using CRISPR-Cas13a and therapeutic target for ALK-rearranged lung cancer. The 43rd Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan (MBSJ) (Online ID: 2P-0069).
13. Saifullah, Sakari M., Tsukahara T., 2019. Application of CRISPR-Cas13 machinery in disease treatment. The 42nd Annual Meeting of the MBSJ, Kyushu, Japan (Poster ID: 1P-0517).
14. Saifullah, Fuke S., Nagasawa H., Tsukahara T., 2018. Proposing a probes-on-carrier based oligo-DNA microarray method for SNPs detection. Japan-India Symposium on Materials Science 2018. JAIST, Japan (Poster).
15. Saifullah, Akter S., Roy C.K., Dash B.K., 2015. Analysis of Common Food Safety Practices of Street Food Vendors and Microbiological Quality of Some Street Vended Foods in Jessore Town. Organizer: Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM) and Dept. of Microbiology, Dhaka University, Bangladesh.
Awards and Achievements
Awarded JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship standard program-2022–provided by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
Granted the Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows (2.4 million yen) for research expenses from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) as Co-PI, 2022.
Obtained JAIST foundation grant 2021 for attending the ESHG conference.
Achieved JAIST Research grant 2020 for attending the JSMO 2021 annual meeting.
Received the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Scholarship for Doctoral research program–(Oct. 2018 - Sep. 2021).
Obtained the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) Scholarship for Master of Science program– (Oct. 2016 - Sep, 2018).
Awarded Excellent Student Award in Masters of Science – 2018 (received from the president of JAIST).
Granted the Dutch-Bangla Bank Foundation (DBBF) Scholarship for Bachelor of Science program (from July 2011 to June 2015).