| Md. Habib Ullah Masum |
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Lecturer
Department of Genomics and Bioinformatics Faculty of Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering |
Mr. Masum joined the Department of Genomics and Bioinformatics at Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) as a Lecturer in June 2024. His research interests focus on bioinformatics, microbial genomics, and antimicrobial resistance in livestock and poultry pathogens. He has expertise in in-silico vaccine and drug design, 16S rRNA metagenomic analysis, whole-genome analysis, and R programming. Previously, he served as a Research Assistant in the Microbiology, Cancer, and Bioinformatics (MCB) Research Group (2021–2023). His current research aims to integrate advanced computational approaches, including machine learning and artificial intelligence, to investigate pathogen genomics and antimicrobial resistance, contributing to improved animal health, food safety, and public health in Bangladesh.
| • | Lecturer in Genomics and Bioinformatics, Chattogram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) from June 30, 2024 to Present |
| • | Research Assistant in Genomics Research Group, CVASU from June 1, 2023 to May 31, 2024 |
| • | Founder Member in Microbiology, Cancer and Bioinformatics Research Group, NSTU from Aug. 1, 2020 to Present |
| Course Name | Course Code | Department |
|---|---|---|
| Fundamentals of Computer and IT (Theory) | 0611-CIT-101 (T) | Department of Genomics and Bioinformatics |
| Fundamentals of Computer and IT (Practical) | 0611-CIT-101 (P) | Department of Genomics and Bioinformatics |
| Basic Bioinformatics (Theory) | 0511 -BAB – 201 (T) | Department of Genomics and Bioinformatics |
| Basic Bioinformatics (Practical) | 0511 -BAB – 201 (P) | Department of Genomics and Bioinformatics |
| Advanced Bioinformatics and Programming (Theory) | 0611-ABP– 401 (T) | Department of Genomics and Bioinformatics |
| Advanced Bioinformatics and Programming (Theory) | 0611-ABP– 401 (P) | Department of Genomics and Bioinformatics |
Email:
habibullahmasummbg5005@gmail.com
mhumasum@cvasu.ac.bd
Cell Phone: 01876068166
03,
Administrative Building,
Department of Genomics and Bioinformatics,
Research and Farm-based campus, Hathazari, Chattogram-4330.
Master of Science (MS) in Microbiology
Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU)
Thesis on: Revelation of Resistome of Mastitis Suffering Water Buffalo Milk Microbiome Associated with the Diseases Complication: Metagenomics and Microbiological approaches.
Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Microbiology
Noakhali Science and Technology University (NSTU)
Project on: In-silico characterization and structure-based functional annotation of unnamed proteins from Alexandrium fundyense involved in saxitoxin biosynthesis.
Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC)
Chattogram Cantonment Public College (CCPC)
Secondary School Certificate (SSC)
Hathazari Parbati Model Govt. High School
"Arpita Roy Memorial Merit Award 2022", Awarded by the Department of Microbiology, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali-3814, Bangladesh
R&D project from the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Bangladesh (Fiscal year 2025-26)
Graduate Microbiology Society (GMS), Bangladesh.
American Society for Microbiology, USA.
2026:
Masum MHU, Nayem MR, Mahdeen AA, Sultana S, Barua A. Characterizing the Milk Microbiome in Subclinical Mastitis: A Pilot 16S rRNA-Based Study in Cattle and Water Buffalo. Vet Med Sci. 2026 Sep;12(5):e71154. doi: 10.1002/vms3.71154. PMID: 42554132; PMCID: PMC13439521.
Masum MHU, Chamonara K, Uddin MS, Hossain I, Roy SC, Hossain MI, Hosen MR, Siddiqua A, Al Mukarrom A. Comprehensive genomic analysis of avian Escherichia coli from Noakhali uncovers multidrug resistance, metal resistance, and zoonotic signatures. Scientific Reports. 2026.
Uddin MS, Chamonara K, Nayem MR, Siddiqua A, Chowdhury S, Hossain I, Ahasan ASML, Masum MHU. Comparative gut microbiome analysis of Rohu fish from Halda River and Kaptai Lake using 16S rRNA sequencing. Scientific Reports. 2026;16(1):8811.
Mahdeen AA, Hossain I, Masum MHU, Rabbi TMF, Islam S. A novel mRNA-based multiepitope vaccine candidate against Cryptosporidium hominis and Cryptosporidium parvum employing reverse-vaccinology and immunoinformatics approaches. PLoS ONE. 2026;21(2):e0343643.
Chamonara K, Masum MHU, Uddin MS, Siddiqua A, Sultana S, Islam S. Genomic and phenotypic characterization of Vibrio cholerae strain SU109: a genomic investigation of a shrimp-associated strain from Bangladesh. BMC Genomics. 2026;27(1):334.
Uddin MS, Chamonara K, Masum MHU, Siddiqua A, Hossain I, Sultana S, Islam S. Genomic and phylogenomic exploration of Vibrio cholerae strain SU129B isolated from Penaeus vannamei: Resistance, virulence, and evolutionary dynamics in Bangladeshi aquaculture. PLoS ONE. 2026;21(3):e0344787.
Akter S, Hoque MN, Musa T, Masum MHU, Shikder MF, Siddiki AZ. Urbanization shapes gut bacterial communities and metabolic functions in migratory wild birds across Bangladesh. BMC Microbiology. 2026;26(1):416.
Masum MHU, Uddin MS, Chamonara K, Sultana S, Islam S, Siddiqua A. Whole genome and phylogenomic insights into Vibrio parahaemolyticus from Pacific White Shrimp reveal resistance and virulence traits in Bangladeshi aquaculture. PLoS ONE. 2026;21(4):e0346962.
Masum MHU, Heema HP, Mahdeen AA, Lokman SM, Tasnim Z, Hasan MR, Arpa SH, Parvin R, Ferdous J, Uddin MS. System immunoinformatics-based design of a multi-epitope vaccine candidate against La Crosse virus. PLoS ONE. 2026;21(5):e0350287.
2025:
Masum MHU, Parvin R, Lokman SM, Tasnim Z, Alam MM, Ferdous J. Revelation of potential antiviral activity of Azadirachta indica against Zika virus protease: An integrated molecular docking and dynamic simulation approach, Computational and Structural Biotechnology Reports, 2, 2025, 100042, 2950-3639. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csbr.2025.100042.
Parvin R, Masum MHU, Heema HP, Akter A, Hossain MA, Siddiki AMAMZ. Designing of a multiepitope-based vaccine against echinococcosis utilizing the potent Ag5 antigen: Immunoinformatics and simulation approaches. PLoS One. 2025;20(2):e0310510. Published 2025 Feb 12. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0310510
Yasmin Z, Hossain MA, Chowdhury S, Masum MHU, Rahman MS, Hoque MN, Siddiki AMAMZ (2025). Comparison of fecal bacteriome of diarrhoeic and non-diarrhoeic calves revealed diversified community structures. The Microbe. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.microb.2025.100251
Masum MHU, Mahdeen AA, Barua A. Revolutionizing chikungunya vaccines: mRNA breakthroughs with molecular and immune simulations. Bioinformatics and Biology Insights. 2025;19.
Barua A, Masum MHU, Mahdeen AA. A reverse vaccinology and immunoinformatic approach for the designing of a novel mRNA vaccine against stomach cancer targeting the potent pathogenic proteins of Helicobacter pylori. Bioinformatics and Biology Insights. 2025;19.
Mahdeen AA, Arpa SH, Hasan MR, Barua L, Ferdous J, Masum MHU. Next-gen vaccine design: integrating proteomics and bioinformatics for Japanese encephalitis. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Reports. 2025;2:100049.
Masum MHU, Lokman SM, Parvin R, Rahman MS, Chowdhury EH, Chamonara K, Chowdhury S, Mahdeen AA, Khatun MM. Novel fungal metabolites as dual cholinesterase inhibitors: A computational approach for Alzheimer’s disease therapy. PLoS ONE. 2025;20(6):e0326219.
Masum MHU, Ferdous J. Subtractive proteomics and immunoinformatics approaches uncover a potent cell wall protein target in Candidozyma auris. In Silico Research in Biomedicine. 2025; article 100034.
Masum MHU, Khatun MM, Akter F, Parvin R, Mahdeen AA. Phytochemical Inhibitors Against MPOXV: Insights from Molecular Dynamic Simulation and Pharmacokinetics Profile. In Silico Research in Biomedicine. 2025; article 100056.
Chamonara K, Uddin MS, Masum MHU. 16S rRNA metagenome analysis of gut bacteriome of rohu (Labeo rohita) from Halda River and Kaptai Lake, Bangladesh. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 2025;14(10):e00590-25.
Uddin MS, Chamonara K, Sultana S, Islam S, Siddiqua A, Masum MHU. Whole-genome sequences of four Vibrio species isolated from shrimp in local markets of Bangladesh. Microbiology Resource Announcements. 2025;14(12):e01096-25.
Uddin MS, Masum MHU, Hosen MR, Roy SC, Rahman ABZN, Siddiquee NH, Siddiqua A, Hossain I, Peas T. Multidrug Resistance and Virulence Gene Profiles of Escherichia coli in Broiler Chickens: A Study From Noakhali, Bangladesh. Veterinary Medicine International. 2025; article 1157843.
Masum MHU, Parvin R, Heema HP, Akter A, Ferdous J. Exploitation of Biocomputational Approaches for siRNA-Mediated Gene Silencing of HPV: A Novel Therapeutic Strategy for Cervical Cancer. Cancer Reports. 2025;8(12):e70434.
Masum MHU, Lokman SM, Chamonara K, Rahman MS, Chowdhury EH, Parvin R, Bhuiyan MR, Enam MN, Mahdeen AA. Bioactive fungal metabolites as SIRT2 antagonists: A computational quest for cancer treatment. PLoS ONE. 2025;20(12):e0339474.
2024:
Parvin R, Masum MHU, Ferdous J, Mahdeen AA, Khan MSI (2024) Designing of a chimeric multiepitope vaccine against bancroftian lymphatic filariasis through immunoinformatics approaches. PLOS ONE 19(9): e0310398. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0310398
Masum MHU, Wajed S, Hossain MI, Moumi NR, Talukder A, Rahman MM (2024) An mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer designed by applying in silico immunoinformatics and reverse vaccinology approaches. PLOS ONE 19(7): e0305413. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0305413
Masum MHU, Barua A. Revelation of potent ES-62 activity of a hypothetical protein from Wuchereria bancrofti proteome by In-silico based Characterization and Functional Annotation. Informatics in Medicine Unlocked. 2024 2024/07/03/:101545. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imu.2024.101545
Masum MHU, Ferdous J, Lokman S, Siddiki AMAMZ. Designing of a multiepitope-based chimeric vaccine against dengue virus serotype 3 (DENV-3) through next-generation reverse vaccinology approaches. Informatics in Medicine Unlocked. 2024 2024/01/01/;44:101422. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imu.2023.101422
2023:
Masum MHU, Rajia S, Bristi UP, et al. In Silico Functional Characterization of a Hypothetical Protein From Pasteurella Multocida Reveals a Novel S-Adenosylmethionine-Dependent Methyltransferase Activity. 2023;17:11779322231184024. doi: 10.1177/11779322231184024
Shishir TA, ....Mondol SM, Masum MHU et al. Genome-wide study of globally distributed respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) strains implicates diversification utilizing phylodynamics and mutational analysis. Scientific reports. 2023 2023/08/19;13(1):13531. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-40760-y
Rahman MM, Masum MHU, Talukder A, Akter R. An in silico reverse vaccinology approach to design a novel multiepitope peptide vaccine for non-small cell lung cancers. Informatics in Medicine Unlocked. 2023 2023/01/01/;37:101169. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imu.2023.101169
Talukder A, Rahman MM, Masum MHU. Biocomputational characterisation of MBO_200107 protein of Mycobacterium tuberculosis variant caprae: a molecular docking and simulation study. Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. 2023 2023/10/13;41(15):7204-7223. doi: 10.1080/07391102.2022.2118167
2022:
Baten N, Wajed S, Talukder A, Masum MHU, Rahman MM. Coinfection of fungi with SARS-CoV-2 is a detrimental health risk for COVID-19 patients. Beni-Suef University Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences. 2022 2022/05/04;11(1):64. doi: 10.1186/s43088-022-00245-9
Rahman MM, Masum MHU, Wajed S, Talukder A. A comprehensive review on COVID-19 vaccines: development, effectiveness, adverse effects, distribution and challenges. VirusDisease. 2022 2022/03/01;33(1):1-22. doi: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13337-022-00755-1
Exploring breed-specific differences in female reproductive biomarkers of Bangladeshi goats. Funded by World Bank, through UGC-HEAT projects (Member, ID: 13365)
1. Unveiling the Unique Bacteriome Signature of Halda River Fish: A 16S Metagenome Approach to Gut Microbiome Analysis, Funded by UGC-Implemented by Research and Extension, Chattgram Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (Principal Investigator, Fiscal year: 2024-25, 2025-26).
2. Comparative Microbiome Analysis of Black Bengal and Jamunapari Goats: Insights into Gut Health and Productivity, Funded by Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST, R & D) (Principal Investigator, Fiscal year: 2025-25).
