Publications and Presentations

#Published:

• Al Sium, S. M. et al. (2025). An insight into the genome-wide analysis of bacterial defense mechanisms in a uropathogenic Morganella morganii isolate from Bangladesh. PloS one, 20(1), e0313141.  Q1 Journal

• Eranti P, et al. (2025). Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on computational biology early career researchers: A global retrospective study. PLoS Computational Biology, 21(10):e1013554. Q1 Journal

• Ananna, N. T.et al. (2024). Characterization of two lytic bacteriophages infecting carbapenem-resistant clinical Klebsiella pneumoniae in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Virus Research, 350, 199491. Q1 Journal

• Al Sium, S.M., et al. (2024). Adapting beyond borders: Insights from the 19th Student Council Symposium (SCS2023), the first hybrid ISCB Student Council global event. Bioinformatics Advances, 4(1), vbae028 Q1 Journal

• Grover, A., et al. (2023). 1st ASCS: Expanding the ISCB Student Council Symposia to Asia. F1000Research, 12, 703. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.135767.1 Q1 Journal

• Aiemjoy, K., et al. (2022). "Estimating typhoid incidence from community-based serosurveys: a multicohort study." The Lancet Microbe 3(8): e578-e587. Q1 Journal

• Akram A, Al Sium SM et al (2022). "Genome sequence of SARS-CoV-2 sublineage BA.2.12.1 strain from Bangladesh." New Microbes New Infections. 49:101050.  Q2 Journal

• Kilpatrick, A. M., et al. (2022). "Characterizing domain-specific open educational resources by linking ISCB Communities of Special Interest to Wikipedia." Bioinformatics 38(Supplement_1): i19-i27. Q1 Journal

• Chowdhury, A. T., et al. (2022). "Nationwide restrictions to combat consecutive COVID-19 waves: Lessons learnt from a developing country like Bangladesh." Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations, 13(3), em00799 

• Saha, S., et al. (2021). "New waves, new variants, old inequity: a continuing COVID-19 crisis." BMJ Global Health 6(8): e007031. Q1 Journal

• Saha, S., et al. (2021). "COVID-19 rise in Bangladesh correlates with increasing detection of B.1.351 variant." BMJ Global Health 6(5): e006012. Q1 Journal

• Chowdhury, S. F., et al. (2021). "Research and management of rare diseases in the COVID-19 pandemic era: challenges and countermeasures." Frontiers in Public Health 9: 640282. Q1 Journal

• Islam, H., et al. (2020). "A Generalized Overview of SARS-CoV-2: Where Does the Current Knowledge Stand?" Electronic Journal of General Medicine 17(6). Q3 Journal

• Habib, M. A., et al. (2019). "Comparative Analysis on Antioxidant Activities of Barks from Sonneratia caseolaris Grown in Three Saline Zones of Sundarbans." Biological Medicianl Chemistry, 7(1). 

# Submitted / Accepted / Preprint:

• Evaluating the accuracy of Salmonella Typhi Hemolysin E and lipopolysaccharide IgA to discriminate enteric fever from other febrile illnesses in South Asia (Under Review at Emerging Infectious Diseases) 

• "Unraveling Epigenetically Deregulated lncRNAs as High-risk Prognostic Markers in Lung Adenocarcinoma" - Under Review at Bioinformatics Advances

• “The Growing Concern of Colistin Resistance and Its Dissemination in South Asia: A Systematic Review” – Submitted to Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance (Under Review)

• Brum, E., et al. (2021). "Surging COVID-19 in Bangladesh driven by B. 1.351 variant." medRxiv. (Preprint)

#Presentations:

• Al Sium SM at el. 2023. Towards the Record-Breaking Dengue Outbreak in Bangladesh: Understanding the Unprecedented Challenge Amid the COVID-19. GIW - ISCB Asia 2023, Singapore

• Al Sium SM at el. 2023. Analysis and Mitigation: The Dual Threat of Dengue and COVID-19 in Urban and Rural Areas of Bangladesh. 31th International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMBECCB2023), France

• Al Sium SM, Bateman A. 2020. AntiFam 6.0: Are We Close to Getting Rid of Spurious Proteins in Sequence Databases? 6th ISCB European Student Council Symposium - ESCS2020. (Best Poster Award) +   28th International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) + 16th ISCB Student Council Symposium – SCS2020. (Best Poster Award)  

• Al Sium SM, Chowdhury SF (2018). Production of Agarwood Oil within 3 Months using Biotechnological Approaches. 1st National Biotechnology Fair. (Idea Based Best Poster Award)

#Database entry:

• 178 spurious protein families in AntiFam 6.0

• 1000+ SARS CoV-2 sequences in GISAID