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Maqsudul Alam

December 14, 1954 –December 20, 2014

Geneticist

Lived 60 years

Born in
Faridpur Sadar Upazila
Passed away in
Honolulu

Maqsudul Alam (Bengali: মাকসুদুল আলম; 14 December 1954 – 20 December 2014) was an East Bengal-born life-science scientist who is known for his work on genome sequencing. His work on genome sequencing started with bacteria Idiomarina loihiensis in 2003. He came into the focus of Bangladeshi people after his work on genome sequencing of jute species and jute attacking fungus.

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maqsudul_Alam