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Full Time Faculty Eusra Mohammad, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology
School of Health and Life Sciences
North South University
Plot 15, Block B, Bashundhara R/A, Baridhara,
Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh
Phone: 55 668 200 Ext. : |
I, Eusra Mohammad, Ph.D. is the newest addition as an Assistant Professor from Summer 2025 at Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Department of Health and Life Sciences, North South University.
I have earned my Ph.D. in “Bioinformatics and Computational Biology”, in the Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute of Multidisciplinary Sciences, Göttingen, Germany. My PhD research was particularly addressed to elucidate mechanisms of transcriptional cyclin dependent kinases (tCDKs) in transcriptional regulation. I designed and implemented computational analysis pipeline, analyzed and interpreted large scale multi-omics datasets (TT-seq, RNA-seq, ChIP-seq, MNase-seq, mNET-seq) with implementing and testing statistical methods on collaborative research projects to drive the projects to completion. Additionally, I implemented kinetic modelling of multi-omics data sets to corroborate the overall findings.
Subsequently, I have done my PostDoctoral Studies in "Biomedical Genomics" research group, Technische Universität Dresden — TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany focusing on the nuclear pore and how it affects gene regulation and genome stability in neural development and brain cancer. The objective was to use methods on multi-omics data analysis to investigate how 3D genome architecture in the nuclear pore affects gene regulation and genome stability with data on genome architecture, DNA damage, germline mutations in neurodevelopmental disorders, and somatic mutations in paediatric brain tumours.
I have also joined the Immunodeficiency Diseases – Lisa Westerberg Group in the Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Stockholm, Sweden where I worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Immunology to understand private and shared expression profiles and clonal evolution in pediatric lymphoma.
My background is in basic molecular biology and genetics. My interest in the associated processes has not changed, but the methodology became increasingly computational, deeper and deeper into deep learning.
I am thrilled to enhance my expertise and enthusiastic to be on board and look forward to the exciting discoveries and breakthroughs that my work will bring.
• CDK7 kinase activity promotes RNA polymerase II promoter escape by facilitating initiation factor release (2024)
Taras Velychko; Eusra Mohammad; Ivan Ferrer-Vicens; Iwan Parfentev; Marcel Werner; Cecilia Studniarek; Björn Schwalb; Henning Urlaub; Shona Murphy; Patrick Cramer; Michael Lidschreiber.
Molecular Cell. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2024.05.007
• The Cdk8 kinase module regulates Mediator-RNA polymerase II interaction (2021)
Sara Osman, Eusra Mohammad, Michael Lidschreiber, Alexandra Stuetzer, Fanni Bazsó, Kerstin Maier, Henning Urlaub, Patrick Cramer.
Journal of Biological Chemistry (JBC). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100734
• CDK12 globally stimulates RNA polymerase II transcription elongation and carboxyl terminal domain phosphorylation (2020)
Michael Tellier, Justyna Zaborowska, Livia Caizzi, Eusra Mohammad, Taras Velychko,Björn Schwalb, Ivan Ferrer-Vicens, Daniel Blears, Takayuki Nojima, Patrick Cramer and Shona Murphy.
Nucleic Acids Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaa514
• Aberration of the modulatory functions of intronic microRNA hsa-miR-933 on its host gene ATF2 results in type II diabetes mellitus and neurodegenerative disease development (2020)
Abul Bashar Mir Md. Khademul Islam, Eusra Mohammad and Md. Abdullah-Al-Kamran Khan.
Human Genomics 14. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40246-020-00285-1
• The Implication of Early Chromatin Changes in X Chromosome Inactivation (2019)
Jan Jakub Żylicz, Aurélie Bousard, Kristina Žumer, Francois Dossin, Eusra Mohammad, Simão Teixeira da Rocha, Björn Schwalb, Laurène Syx, Florent Dingli, Damarys Loew, Patrick Cramer, Edith Heard.
Cell. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2018.11.041
• Intronic miRNA miR-3666 is a potential modulator of its host gene FOXP2 functions in neurodevelopment and may contribute to the pathogenesis of neurological disorders schizophrenia and autism (2017)
Salwa Mohd. Mostafa, Md. Wahid Murad, Eusra Mohammad and Abul B.M.M.K. Islam.
Journal of Applied Biotechnology & Bioengineering. DOI:10.15406/jabb.2017.02.00022
• Recipient of fellowship to attend CiM-IMPRS Graduate School Symposium; University of Munster and the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Biomedicine; Munster, Germany (2017) and IMPRS-MCB Symposium; International Max Planck Research School for Molecular and Cellular Biology at the Albert Ludwig University Freiburg; Freiburg, Germany (2016)
• Recipient of ‘National Science and Technology fellowship’ for Master’s thesis, Ministry of Science and Technology, Bangladesh (2015)
• Recipient of “Best student group project” in "Dresden Summer School in Systems Biology"; Centre for Systems Biology Dresden (CSBD) and the International Max Planck Research School for Cell, Developmental and Systems Biology (2014)
• Recipient of "Deans Award, 2013" for outstanding result in biological sciences during undergraduate studies, Faculty of biological sciences, University of Dhaka (2013)
• Recipient of “Sumitomo Corporation, Japan scholarship” for outstanding academic performance in the faculty of
Biological Science (through four years of undergraduate) (2010-2013)
Oct’17 – Jun’22
Doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) in Bioinformatics and computational biology
Department of Molecular Biology, Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences and Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
Dissertation: Bioinformatic analysis of multi-omics data elucidates transcriptional cyclin dependent kinase mediated transcriptional regulation
Advisor: Prof. Dr. Patrick Cramer
Date of the thesis defence: June 03, 2022
Feb’14 – Aug’15
Master of Science (MS Thesis) in Genetic engineering and Biotechnology
Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dissertation: A Systems Biology approach delineates the modulatory role of intronic miRNA miR-933 and miR-1183 on functions of their respective host gene ATF2 and SP4
Supervisor: Dr. ABM Md. Khademul Islam
Jan’10 – Feb’14
Bachelor of Science (BS Honour’s) in Genetic engineering and Biotechnology
Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dissertation: In silico approach for identification of effective small molecules against Streptococcus mutans Cell Surface Protein SepM by targeting quorum-sensing signalling pathway
Supervisor: Dr. ABM Md. Khademul Islam
May'25 – present Assisstant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology; School of Health and Life Sciences
North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Jul’16 – Sep’17 Lecturer
Biotechnology Program; Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences
BRAC University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
May’16 – present Faculty
Centre for Bioinformatics Learning Advancement and Systematics Training (cBLAST)[https://bmb.du.ac.bd/cblast/]
First Online Bioinformatics Course in Bangladesh
University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Assigned course: Fundamental Bioinformatics: Sequence Analysis, Functional Annotation & Phylogeny.
Courses taught in differrent semesters
Undergraduate-Level Courses:
Summer 2025
An ambitious and highly motivated bioinformatician and computational biologist, with expertise in working with
large scale multidimensional datasets in an interdisciplinary approach to elucidate regulation of biological system.
Aspiring to acquire as well as leverage acquired knowledge and experience into a role to lead computational
research projects with vision and passion of serving humanity through research in biomedical science.