Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
- Albert Einstein
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
― Charles Darwin
You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him discover it in himself.
- Galileo
I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or
a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
- Isaac Newton
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.
― Marie Curie
Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and calls the adventure Science.
Manosh Biswas a biologist, deaded exprenced in the genetics, genomics, bio-statistics, moleculr biology,
biotechnology and bioinformatics (computational biology).
BSC in Botany, MSc in Plant Breeding, MPhil in Biotechnology, PGD in IT and PhD in Molecular biology and Bioinformatics.
I began my academic journey with a bachelor's degree in Botany from the University of Rajshahi in Bangladesh,
which fueled my interest in biology. Motivated by this passion,
I pursued a Master's degree in Plant Breeding and a MPhil in Biotechnology from the same university.
During my MPhil program, I realized that applying my knowledge of biology to real-world problems in agriculture was my true calling.
This inspired me to explore bioinformatics, which I discovered was essential in driving better problem-solving approaches in genetics and molecular biology.
As a result, I became interested in programming and pursued a postgraduate diploma in Information Technology (equivalent to an MSc) at the same university.
Equipped with these skills, I sought out more extensive opportunities and was awarded a Ph.D. scholarship in Molecular Biology
and Bioinformatics at Huazhong Agricultural University in China.
My Research Interest
Pan-genomics, Metagenomics and Metatranscriptomics
Whole Genome Assembly and Annotation
RNA-seque Assembly, Annotation and Expression Profiling
Single-cell transcriptomics, expression analysis
Automation the workflow for Illumina, nanopore, HiC, 10X genomics data analysis annotation pipeline
NGS-based analysis of miRNAs, mRNAs, smallRNAs
Build, running, testing pipeline for big data including statistical methods
Genotype by Sequencing, Genome wide association study
Understanding self-incompatibility mechanism in land plants
Disease resistant breeding for crop plants
Repetitive elements evolution and function
Translocation, Epigenetics and Molecular cytogenetics
Genome Editing by CRISPR
Key Achivement
Awarded research fund from NSFC (Natural Science Foundation China) for work as an Independent researcher and PI (Principle Investigator).
This fund is prestigious and very competitive research fund for young international researchers. Grant number: 31550110217
More than 70 research articles have been published in reputed journals e.g. Nature genetics, Annals of Botany, PlosOne,
Molecular Genetics and Genomics, BMC Plant Biology; Molecular Biology Reports, Scientia Horticulture, Genetic resource
and Crop evaluation, Plant Cell Tissue & Organ Culture, etc. The cumulative impact factor (CIF) and citation index (CI)
of my papers is 90+ and 2854+, respectively and h - index is 26 (as per Google Scholar and ResearchGate).
More than 10 international collaboration successfully stablished. Working as gust editor for IGMS and Agronomy journals.
Nominated as editorial board member for several international journals. Serving as a regular reviewer for half dozen reputed
journals including Elsevier, Springer, MDPI and BMC publishers.
Key Skills
Highly experienced to handle and analysis large scale genomic and transcriptomes data sets for QC, trimming, cleaning, assemble,
annotations, expression, evolution, diversity, valiant calling and population structure.
Long years of experiencs in tissue culture, cell-culture, bacteria culture, fungi culture.
Experienced in various wet-lab experiments setup and carry out individually including DNA, RNA extraction, PCR, RTPCR, Gene-cloning,
sequencing, vector constriction, genetic-transformation, chromosome preparation,
karyotyping, FISH, GISH, Florescence microscopy, flow-cytometry, protoplast fusion, protein purification, 2D gel electrophoresis,
southern-bloating.
Good scripting skills in Perl, Python, Bash, R, HTML, CSS, JAVA Scripts, PHP, C, C++, SQL.
Expert for international collaboration, quick learner, multi-tasker, good problem solving skill,
Excellent time management and organizational skills.
Academic Awards & Distinctions
Research grant Natural Science Foundation of China 2016-2017. Grant number: 31550110217
China Post Doc Fellowship 2010-2013 and 2013-2015
Chinese government scholarship for PhD (CSC) 2006-2010
1st prize wine for best article at 5th Annual Congress of the Chinese Society of Citriculture. China 2010
2nd prize wine for best article at 4th Annual Congress of the Chinese Society of Citriculture. China 2009
NST Fellowship of Bangladesh Government for MPhil. 2003-2006.
Post Graduate Fellowship of RU 1999-2001.
Graduate Scholarship of RU 1996-1999.
Full free Student ship (Based on overall academic performance during secondary school level.)
Bangladesh Journal of Genetics and Biotechnology (2009-Present)[link]
International Journal of Agronomy and Agricultural research (2011-Present)[link]
Reviewer for peer-reviewed journal
Scientia Horticulture
PlosOne
Molecular Biology Reporters
ACTA Physiologiae Plantarum
Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture
African Journal of Biotechnology
International Journal of Bioscience
Journal of Biodiversity and Environmental Sciences (JBES)
Frontiers in Plant Science
BMC Genomics
BMC Research Note
Job/Experiences
2022 Sept - Present Research Fellow in Bioinformatics for Plant Genome Biology School of Life Sciences University of Sussex, UK
2018 Janu - 2022 Aug Research Associate (Bio informatics), Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK. Project “Modelling and genomics resources to enhance exploitation of the sustainable diverse Ethiopian starch crop Enset”. funded by Global Challenges Research Fund under a Foundation Award for Agricultural Food Systems from Biotechnology Biological Sciences Council (BBSRC).
2016 Apr - 2017 Dec Bio-informatician, Department of Horticulture, Sunchon National University. Funded by: Golden Seed Project of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA), South Korea.
2016 Janu - 2017 Dec Principle-investigator: Project: "Genome-wide SSR, SNP marker development and generate online-based molecular marker database for characterization of Musa/Banana germplasm." Funded by: International Young Scientist Research Fund of Natural Science Foundation China. Host institute: Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China.
2013 Feb - 2016 Feb Post-doc in disease resistance (Bio-informatician for NGS and transcriptomic), Institute of Fruit Tree Research, Guangdong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China. and Life Science college, South China Agricultural University, China. Project title: Molecular Breeding approach for disease resistant Banana Variety improvements.
2010 July - 2013 Feb Post-doc in Plant Science, Huazhong Agricultural University, China (PI: Dr. Xiu-xin Deng and Co-PI: Dr. Zhang Xiaolong). Project: Citrus Genome sequencing Project.