Dr. Md. Murshed Hasan Sarkar

1. Ayaz, M., Sarkar, M.M.H., Islam, M.M. et al. Genomic and phenotypic insights into the probiotic and antimicrobial potential of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens BCSIR-AJ strain from garlic chutney. Arch Microbiol 208, 472 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-026-04993-5
2. Muhammad Irfanul Islam, Md. Samrat Mohay Menul Islam, Hajara Akhter, Sumaiya Islam Chowdhury, Mohammed Ayaz, Md. Murshed Hasan Sarkar, Saiful Islam, Metabolic diversity of Paenibacillus: Pan-genome insights on carbohydrate-active enzymes and biosynthetic gene clusters, The Microbe, Volume 12, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microb.2026.100761.
3. Islam MR, Hossen T, Sahib MS, Anne AB, Jahan E, Anzum T, Hakim RU, Huq TS, Rahman K, Rahman MH, Rahman KF, Pial KS, Fakruddin M, Mondol SM, Sarkar MMH, Islam SMBU. 2026. Draft genome sequence of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium SBI_US10_MRI_BD isolated from broiler chicken in Bangladesh. Microbiol Resour Announc 15:e01203-25. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.01203-25
4. Ahmed, T. M. F., Sarkar, M. M. H., Mehzabin, K., & Ismail, M. (2026). Genomic convergence of multidrug resistance, virulence-associated loci, and phage defense systems in Klebsiella pneumoniae from pharmaceutical wastewater in Bangladesh. Sci Rep (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-45102-2
5. Chowdhury, S. F., Sarkar, M. M. H., Al Sium, S. M., Naser, S. R., & Hossain, M. S. (2026). Metatranscriptomic insights into host-microbiome interactions underlying asymptomatic COVID-19 cases. Sci Rep 16, 11916 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-40563-x
6. Islam, M. R., Hossen, T., Sahib, M. S., Anne, A. B., Jahan, E., Anzum, T., & Hakim, R. U. (2026). Draft genome sequence of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium SBI_US10_MRI_BD isolated from broiler chicken in Bangladesh. Microbiology Resource Announcements, e01203-25.
7. Anne, A. B., Hossen, T., Sahib, M. S., Hakim, R. U., Islam, M. R., & Supty, S. M. (2026). Draft genome sequence of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium SBI_BS16_ABA_BD isolated from broiler chicken in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 15(1), e01175-25.
8. Begum, M., Barsha, K. F., Rahman, M. M., Sarkar, M. M. H., Chowdhury, S. F., Bhowmik, S., Shormi, A. S., & Bari, S. M. (2025). Gut microbiome profiling of antibiotic-treated Mystus cavasius using culture-based and shotgun metagenomic approaches. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 118(12), 183.
9. Dey, S. S., Al Bashera, M., Moulick, S. P., Ahmed, F., Sadiq, M. Z. A., Yeasmin, M. S., Rana, G. M. M., Saha, T., Prima, M. J., & Sarkar, M. M. H. (2025). Comparative analysis of four different solvent extracts of Annona muricata bark based on bioactive compounds and antibacterial effectiveness. Heliyon, 11(4).
10. Mahmud, M., Andersson, P., Bulach, D., Duchene, S., da Silva, A. G., Lin, C., Seemann, T., Howden, B. P., Stinear, T. P., & Taznin, T. (2025). Molecular epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 in Bangladesh. Viruses, 17(4), Article 517.
11. Naser, S. R., Chowdhury, S. F., Sarkar, M. M. H., Habib, M. A., Akter, S., Banu, T. A., Goswami, B., & Khan, M. S. (2025). Exploring the potential of Bacillus spp. for secondary metabolite production through genome mining approaches. Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 23(4).
12. Rasul, M. S., Uddin, M. M., Hossain, S. J., Sarkar, M. M. H., & Al Obaid, M. A. (2025). Comprehensive genomic analysis of Bacillus thuringiensis serovars: Core genome stability and pan-genome expansion. Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology.
13. Sarkar, M. M. H., Hasan, G. M. M. A., Das, A. K., Chowdhury, S. F., Naser, S. R., & Habib, M. A. (2025). Comprehensive genomic and phenotypic analysis of Enterobacter kobei isolates from milk. The Microbe, Article 100422.
14. Sarker, S. S., Sarkar, M. M. H., Sharmin, S. A., Tarannum, N., Akter, T., Alam, M. A., Miah, M. I., Shaikh, M. A. A., & Parveen, S. (2025). Molecular characterization of chromium tolerant and gelatin hydrolyzing bacterial isolates from tannery wastes: Perspective on chrome-tanned leather waste biodegradation in Bangladesh. Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 23(2), Article 100479.
15. Akter, T., Sarkar, M. H., Sarker, S. S., Tarannum, N., Naser, S. R., Chowdhury, S. F., & Parveen, S. (2025). Screening and genomic evaluation of keratinolytic protease producing Chryseobacterium sp. from tannery waste and its potential application in dehairing of goat skin. Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 23(1).
16. Al Sium, S. M., Goswami, B., Chowdhury, S. F., Naser, S. R., Sarkar, M. K., Faruq, M. J., Habib, M. A., Akter, S., Banu, T. A., & Sarkar, M. M. H. (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.
17. Goswami, B., Rahman, A., Jahan, I., Akter, S., Banu, T. A., Osman, E., Uzzaman, M. S., Habib, A., Alam, M. S., & Obaida, A. S. M. A. (2024). A rare homozygous ALX4 mutation in a Bangladeshi girl with frontonasal dysplasia type-2 (FND2). Heliyon, 10(15).
18. Khan, M. A. S., Islam, Z., Barua, C., Sarkar, M. M. H., Ahmed, M. F., & Rahman, S. R. (2024). Phenotypic characterization and genomic analysis of a Salmonella phage L223 for biocontrol of Salmonella spp. in poultry. Scientific Reports, 14(1), Article 15347.
19. Shefin, S. M., Rubaiya, A., Kamal, M., & Sarkar, M. M. H. (2024). A case report on pituitary tuberculosis. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 23(3), 864–868.
20. Goswami, B., Sarkar, M. M. H., Akter, S., Banu, T. A., Jahan, I., Hossain, M. S., Uddin, M. M., Nafisa, T., Molla, M. M. A., & Yeasmin, M. (2023). Emergence of SARS-CoV-2 variant of interest B.1.525 (Eta) in Bangladesh. Biologicals, 84, Article 101714.
21. Hoque, M. N., Rahman, M. S., Sarkar, M. M. H., Habib, M. A., Akter, S., Banu, T. A., Goswami, B., Jahan, I., Hossain, M. A., & Khan, M. S. (2023). Transcriptome analysis reveals increased abundance and diversity of opportunistic fungal pathogens in nasopharyngeal tract of COVID-19 patients. PLoS ONE, 18(1), e0278134.
22. Jinia, A., Jubyda, F. T., Sharmin, S., Rana, M., Dey, A. K., Farzana, T., & Sarkar, M. M. H. (2023). Prevalence of hepatitis B and C, and syphilis among aspirant migrant workers of Bangladesh. African Health Sciences, 23(2).
23. Mahmud, A. S. M., Seers, C. A., Shaikh, A. A., Taznin, T., Uzzaman, M. S., Osman, E., Habib, M. A., Akter, S., Banu, T. A., & Sarkar, M. M. H. (2023). A multicentre study reveals dysbiosis in the microbial co-infection and antimicrobial resistance gene profile in the nasopharynx of COVID-19 patients. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 4122.
24. Sarkar, M. M. H., Naser, S. R., Chowdhury, S. F., Khan, M. S., Habib, M. A., Akter, S., Banu, T. A., Goswami, B., Jahan, I., & Nayem, M. R. (2023). M gene targeted qRT-PCR approach for SARS-CoV-2 virus detection. Scientific Reports, 13(1), Article 16659.
25. Sarkar, M. M. H., Rahman, M. S., Islam, M. R., Rahman, A., Islam, M. S., Banu, T. A., Akter, S., Goswami, B., Jahan, I., & Habib, M. A. (2023). Comparative phylogenetic analysis and transcriptomic profiling of Dengue (DENV-3 genotype I) outbreak in 2021 in Bangladesh. Virology Journal, 20(1), Article 127.
26. Boby, F., Bhuiyan, M. N. H., Saha, B. K., Dey, S. S., Saha, A. K., Islam, M. J., Bashera, M. A., Moulick, S. P., Jahan, F., & Zaman, M. A. U. (2023). In silico exploration of Serratia sp. BRL41 genome for detecting prodigiosin biosynthetic gene cluster (BGC) and in vitro antimicrobial activity assessment of secreted prodigiosin. PLoS ONE, 18(11), e0294054.
27. Hoque, M. N., Sarkar, M. M. H., Khan, M. A., Hossain, M. A., Hasan, M. I., Rahman, M. H., Habib, M. A., Akter, S., Banu, T. A., & Goswami, B. (2022). Differential gene expression profiling reveals potential biomarkers and pharmacological compounds against SARS-CoV-2: Insights from machine learning and bioinformatics approaches. Frontiers in Immunology, 13, Article 918692.
28. Rahaman, M. M., Sarkar, M. M. H., Rahman, M. S., Islam, M. R., Islam, I., Saha, O., Akter, S., Banu, T. A., Jahan, I., & Habib, M. A. (2022). Genomic characterization of the dominating Beta, V2 variant carrying vaccinated (Oxford–AstraZeneca) and nonvaccinated COVID-19 patient samples in Bangladesh: A metagenomics and whole-genome approach. Journal of Medical Virology, 94(4), 1670–1688.
29. Hoque, M. N., Sarkar, M. M. H., Rahman, M. S., Akter, S., Banu, T. A., Goswami, B., Jahan, I., Hossain, M. S., Shamsuzzaman, A. K. M., & Nafisa, T. (2021). SARS-CoV-2 infection reduces human nasopharyngeal commensal microbiome with inclusion of pathobionts. Scientific Reports, 11(1), Article 24042.
30. Sarkar, M. M. H., Rabbi, M. F. A., Akter, S., Banu, T. A., Goswami, B., Jahan, I., Hossain, M. S., Osman, E., Uzzaman, M. S., & Habib, M. A. (2021). Genome sequence of a SARS-CoV-2 P.1 variant of concern (20J/501Y.V3) from Bangladesh. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 10(27), e00524-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/mra.00524-21
31. Banu, T. A., Sarkar, M. M. H., Akter, S., Goswami, B., Jahan, I., Osman, E., Uzzaman, M. S., Habib, M. A., Mahmud, A. S. M., & Uddin, M. M. (2021). Genome sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 Delta (B.1.617.2) variant of concern detected in Bangladesh. Microbiology Resource Announcements, 10(48), e00849-21.
32. Sarkar, M. M. H., Yagi, R., Endo, Y., Koyama-Nasu, R., Wang, Y., Hasegawa, I., Ito, T., Junttila, I. S., Zhu, J., Kimura, M. Y., & Nakayama, T. (2021). IFNγ suppresses the expression of GFI1 and thereby inhibits Th2 cell proliferation. PLoS ONE, 16(11), e0259699.
33. Nabi, A., Chowdhury, F. M., Jahan, Z., Sarkar, M. M. H., Rabbi, F., & Ahsan, C. R. (2019). Cross-reacting surface proteins between different Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains and their immune responses in animal models. Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology, 36(1), 15–21.
34. Sarkar, M. M. H., Afroz, J., Jubyda, F. T., Sharmin, S., Faruq, M. J., Dey, A. K., Ahmed, S., Rahman, M. Z., Chowdhury, A. N., & Ibrahim, M. (2019). Community acquired multi-drug resistant clinical strains from tracheal aspirates of patients in hospital settings in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
35. Chowdhury, F. M., Rahman, M. Z., Sarkar, M. M. H., Rabbi, F., Khan, S. I., Ahsan, C. R., & Birkeland, N.-K. (2017). Protection against shigellosis caused by Shigella dysenteriae serotype 4 in guinea pigs using Escherichia albertii DM104 as a live vaccine candidate strain. Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica, 64(2), 151–164.
36. Islam, M. B., Sarkar, M. M. H., Shafique, M. Z., Jalil, M. A., Haque, M. Z., & Amin, R. (2013). Phytochemical screening and anti-microbial activity studies on Leea macrophylla seed extracts. Journal of Scientific Research, 5(2), 399–405.

Awards & Honors

·         Young Emerging Scientist (YES) Award (2024) from Bangladesh Society of Microbiology (BSM)

·         Awarded the Doctor of Philosophy (Medicine) degree by Chiba University, Japan, on March 24, 2017.

Ph.D. in Immunology, Graduate School of Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

M.Sc. in Microbiology; Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka

B.Sc. in Microbiology; Department of Microbiology, University of Dhaka

• Invited Lecture: Comprehensive Transcriptomic Profiling Reveals Molecular Signatures of Dengue Severity Progression in Human PBMCs. 39th Annual International Conference of the Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM 2025), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Invited Speaker: 2nd RSG Bangladesh CompBio Symposium, Organized by ISCB RSG Bangladesh (2025).
• Plenary Speaker: 1st National Conference and Workshop on NextGen Microbiology: Genomics and Research in the Age of AI, Department of Microbiology, Jashore University of Science and Technology (2025).
• Appreciation Award & Invited Speaker: 37th Annual Conference of the Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (2024).
• Guest Speaker (Hands-on Training): Bioinformatics and Molecular Biology Hands-on Training, Independent University, Bangladesh (2023).
• Presentation Judge: 1st RSG Bangladesh CompBio Symposium, Organized by ISCB RSG Bangladesh (2023).
• Invited Lecture: IFNγ Inhibits Th2 Cell Proliferation through Downregulation of GFI1 Gene Expression. ICEPSD 2022, Department of Immunology, Chiba University, Japan.
• Oral Presentation: Comparative phylogenetic analysis and transcriptomic profiling of the Dengue outbreak in Bangladesh. BCSIR Congress 2023, Bangladesh.
• Oral Presentation: Roles of IL-2 on Th9 Cell Differentiation. 3rd Chiba–Uppsala Academia Joint Workshop (2014), Japan.
• Oral Presentation: Protective efficacy of genomic DNA of Streptococcus pneumoniae in mice. 5th International Conference on Microbiology of Food, Health and Environmental Problems and Prospects in Developing Countries (2010), University of Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Senior Scientific Officer (2020–2026), Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Chattogram, Bangladesh.

Scientific Officer (2011–2020), Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR), Bangladesh.

Research Officer (2010–2011), International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b), Bangladesh.

Membership

·         Member, Japanese Society of Immunology (JSI)

·         Member, Graduate Microbiologist Society (GMS), Dhaka

·         Member, Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM)

Dr. Sarkar’s research interests lie at the intersection of immunology, genomics, and infectious disease biology, with a strong translational focus on improving public health outcomes in resource-limited settings. He is particularly fascinated by the mechanistic underpinnings of host–pathogen interactions—ranging from T-cell regulation (Th1/Th2 balance, IFNγ signaling) to the immunopathogenesis of emerging viral infections such as dengue and COVID-19.

His interests extend deeply into genomic epidemiology, where he utilizes whole-genome sequencing and RNA-Seq to track viral evolution, identify key genetic pathways in disease progression, and uncover novel biomarkers. He is equally committed to applied molecular diagnostics, striving to develop affordable, locally produced detection tools that enhance diagnostic accuracy in endemic regions. More recently, his work has expanded into environmental microbiome research, exploring soil microbial diversity as a resource for understanding ecosystem health and its potential links to human disease. Across all these domains, Dr. Sarkar is driven by a commitment to bridging basic mechanistic research with field-deployable solutions for infectious disease control and surveillance.