Profile

Academic Degrees and Qualification

• MS in Crop Botany (SAU): 2013-2014
• B.Sc.Ag.(Hons.) (SBAU): 2007-2012
• PhD in Agricultural Science (Kyoto University, Japan): 2016-2020

Positions and Affiliations

• Associate Professor, Department of Crop Botany & Tea Production Technology, Sylhet Agricultural University, 22 October 2020 - till date
• Assistant Professor, Department of Crop Botany & Tea Production Technology, Sylhet Agricultural University, 22 October 2015 - 21 October 2020
• Lecturer, Department of Crop Botany & Tea Production Technology, Sylhet Agricultural University, 22 October 2013 - 21 October 2015

Awards and Scholarships

• Monbukagakusho: MEXT Scholarship for Doctoral Program (2016-2019)
• National Science and Technology (NST) Fellowship for Masters Program (2013-2014)

Professional Memberships

• General member-Japanese Universities Alumni Association Bangladesh (JUAAB)
• Life member-Krishibid Institution, Bangladesh (KIB)
• Life member-MEXT Scholars Association
• Crop Science Society of Japan (2016-2020)

Conference contributions (Oral Presentations)

• Tanaka TK, Tabassum R and Abe T. 2019. Analysis on White Immature Grains of the Rice Mutant Line 13 -45 (VI) Temperature responses in a glasshouse. The 248th Annual Meeting of the Crop Science Society of Japan (CSSJ), Tottori, Japan.
• Tanaka TK, Tabassum R, Dosaka T, Masuoka C, Tsuyama M, Mukai Y, Nukigi C, Ichida H, Morita R and Abe T. 2019. Isolation of the chalky grain mutant 13-45 in rice (Oryza sativa L.). RIKEN Accelerator Progress Report, Kobe, Japan.
• Tanaka TK, Tabassum R, Dosaka T and Abe T. 2019. Analysis on White Immature Grains of the Rice Mutant Line 13-45 (V) Functional analysis of the candidate gene product for mutation. The 247th Annual Meeting of the CSSJ, Tsukuba, Japan.
• Tabassum R, Tanaka TK and Abe T. 2018. Analysis on White Immature Grains of the Rice Mutant Line 13 -45 (IV) Quantitative comparison among cultivars. The 245th Annual Meeting of the CSSJ, Utsunomiya, Japan.
• Tanaka TK, Tabassum R and Abe T. 2017. Analysis on White Immature Grains of the Rice Mutant Line 13 -45 (III) Quantitative comparison of temperature responses. The 243rd Annual Meeting of the CSSJ, Tokyo, Japan.

Conference contributions (Poster Presentations)

• Tabassum R, Tanaka TK and Abe T. 2020. Analysis on White Immature Grains of the Rice Mutant Line 13-45 (VII) Four years analyses on temperature responses at grain filling stage. The 249th Annual Meeting of the CSSJ, Tsukuba, Japan.

Attended Conferences and Workshops

• International Online Symposium 2020 on Education and Research in Global Environmental Studies in Asia, Kyoto University, Japan; Nov 30-Dec 01, 2020
• The Second International Workshop on Field Phenotyping and Modeling for Cultivation; Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) International Virtual Meeting; December 8-9, 2020

Training

• Optimising DNA purification in plants for next generation sequencing applications; LGC, Biosearch Technologies, Inc., UK; January 19, 2021
• Sampling, Analysis & Management of Scientific Data with Report Writing & Editing (August 16-19, 2015), Faculty of Agriculture, Sylhet Agricultural University, Bangladesh