Dr. M. Jahangir Alam

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Texas AgriLife Research
Texas A&M University-Center for Food Safety
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Faculty_Natural Sciences (Part-time at Blinn College, Bryan)
Postdoctoral Research AssociateAppointed: 2008
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Mailing Address

Kleberg Animal & Food Sciences Center
Room 314B/313
Mail Stop: 2471 TAMU
College Station, Texas 77843-2471
United States

Contact Information

Mobile: (979) 703-2928
malam@tamu.edu
http://publicationslist.org/alammj

Qualifications

Ph.D., Okayama University, Microbiology, 2002.
M.Sc., University of Dhaka, Microbiology, 1989.
B.Sc. (Hons.), University of Dhaka, Biology, 1987.

Expertise and Research Interests

Pathogen research/Zoonosis
General and applied environmental microbiology
Microbial source tracking, Diagnostic microbiology
Food and water safety, Public health microbiology
Emerging and reemerging infectious diseases
Ecology and epidemiology of pathogenic bacterial,
viral(BVD,Rota, Herpes,Corona,PRRS,CDV,FIP,TGE, etc.)
algal, and parasitic agents/health and hygiene related fields.

Other Expertise

Teaching-Adjunct Faculty_Biology/Blinn College, Bryan, TX
Freelance writer of popular science in various news papers
Reviewed articles for various scientific journals.
Editor of magazine: "Surjadaya"
Forum member of various scientific groups
Developed and implemented research projects,
Supervised/trained students and researchers,
Lab management/procurement and quality control
Host Committee member-21st Bangladesh Convention FOBANA-2007(Wichita, KS)
Presented and published research findings in national and international meeting/conferences.

Future Research

Pathogens research, general and applied environmental microbiology; microbial source tracking; food and water safety; ecology and epidemiology of pathogenic bacteria,viruses and parasites, drug resistance, disease control/prevention related fields: All for the better understanding of microbial agents affecting health and disease

Industrial Relevance

Pathogens research, food and water safety, health and diagnostics; biomedical sciences, consultant, etc.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Disease Control, Disease Prevention, Escherichia Coli, Food Safety, Microbiology, Pathobiology, Water Quality, Water Treatment.

Additional Terms:

Aeromonas Hydrophila, Alexandrium Sp., Burkholderia Cepacia, Disease Control, E. Coli O157:H7, ELISA, Ecology, Enterococci Spp., Environment, Epidemiology, Escherichia Coli, Fecal Coliforms, Fish Pathogen, Food Poisoning Bacteria, Food Safety, HACCP, Handwashing, Hygiene, Microbiology, Microscopy, PCR/RT-PCR, Pathogen Research, Pathogen Survival, Pathogen Transmission, Pathogenic Viruses, Plesiomonas Shigelloides, Prevention, Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, QA, QC, Rapid Diagnosis, Salmonella, Salmonella Spp., Sanitation, Shigella spp., Skin Infection, Staphylococcus Aureus, Vibrio Parahaemolyticus, Vibrio Vulnificus, Water Microbiology, Water Quality, Water Treatment.

Memberships

American Society for Microbiology
Bangladesh Environmental Society
Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists
Global Network of Bangladeshi Biotechnologists
International Leptospirosis Society
National Geographic Society

Honors and Awards

2009, Madison Who's Who, Madison Who's Who
2003-2009, Who's Who in Science and Technology, Marquis
2002-2009, Who's Who in the World, Marquis
1997-2002, Japanese Govt. Scholarship (Monbusho), Okayama University & Ministry of Education, Japan, Microbiology
1981-1989, University Scholarship, University of Dhaka

Previous Positions

2003-2008, Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Kansas State University, Dept of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology/Entomology, USA
2002-2003, Guest Researcher (postdoctoral), Okayama University, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Japan
1997-2002, Monbusho Scholar (Ministry of Education, Japan), Okayama University Graduate School of Natural Science & Technology
1991-1997, Senior Research Officer/Research Officer, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, ICDDR
1988-1990, Research Fellow, ICDDR, Environmental Microbiology Laboratory, Laboratory Sciences Division

Publications

  • Alam MJ, Zuberer DA, and TJ Gentry. (2009) Growth of Escherichia coli in Soil Solution: Potential Impacts on Pathogen Survival and Dissemination, The 109th General Meeting of ASM, Pennsylvania Convention, from May 17-21, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania., American Society for Microbiology.
  • Alam MJ, Renter DG, Ives SE, Thomson DU, Sanderson MW, Hollis LC, Nagaraja TG. (2009) Potential associations between fecal shedding of Salmonella in feedlot cattle treated for apparent respiratory disease and subsequent adverse health outcomes., Veterinary Research., 40 (2), [1-13]
  • Alam MJ, Renter DG, Taylor EV, Mina M, Moxley RA, and DR Smith (2009) Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Salmonella serotypes recovered from pens of commercial feedlot cattle using different types of composite samples., Current Microbiology., 58 (4), 354-359
  • Z Xu, L Li, M E Shirtliff, M J Alam, S Yamasaki, L Shi. (2009) Occurrence and Characteristics of Class 1 and 2 Integrons in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates from Patients in South China., Journal of Clinical Microbiology., 47, 230-234
  • Reinstein S, Fox JT, Shi X, Alam MJ, Renter DG, Nagaraja TG. (2009) Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Organically- and Naturally-Raised Beef Cattle., Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 75, 5421-5423
  • Wang L, Shi L, Alam MJ, Geng Y, and Li L. (2008) Specific and rapid detection of foodborne Salmonella by Loop-mediated isothermal amplification method., Food Research International., 41, 69-74
  • Xu Z, Shi L, Alam MJ, Li L, and Yamasaki S (2008) Integron-bearing methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative Staphylococci in South China, 2001-2004, FEMS Microbiology Letters, 278, 223-230
  • Wang L, Li L, Alam MJ, Geng Y, Li Z, Yamasaki S, and Shi L. (2008) Loop-mediated isothermal amplification method for rapid detection of the toxic dinoflagellate Alexandrium, which causes algal blooms and poisoning of shellfish., FEMS Microbiology Letters, 282, 15-21
  • Yan H, Shi L, Alam MJ, Li L, Liansheng L and Yamasaki S. (2008) Usefulness of Sau-PCR for molecular epidemiology of nosocomial outbreaks due to Burkholderia cepacia which occurred in a local hospital in Guangzhou, China., Microbiology and Immunology, 52, 283-286
  • Xu Z, Li L, Alam MJ, Zhang L, and S. Yamasaki. (2008) First Confirmation of Integron-Bearing Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus., Current Microbiology., 57 (3), 264-268.
  • Reinstein S, Fox JT, Shi X, Alam MJ, and Nagaraja TG (2007) Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in the American Bison (Bison bison), Journal of Food Protection, 69, 2555-2560
  • Almes KM, Shi X, Nagaraja TG, Zurek L, Alam MJ, Sargeant JM (2007) Multiple PFGE Patterns of Escherichia coli O157 Within Bovine Fecal Samples, Submitted
  • Sanderson MW, Sargeant JM, Shi X, Nagaraja TG, Zurek L, Alam MJ (2006) Longitudinal emergence and distribution of Escherichia coli O157 genotypes in a beef feedlot, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72 (12), 7614-7619.
  • Alam MJ and Zurek L (2006) Seasonal prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in beef cattle feces, Journal of Food Protection, 69 (12), 3018-3020
  • Alam MJ (2005) Low abundance of Vibrio cholerae with ctx gene in the Seto-Inland Sea, Japan, Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology., 22 (1), 47-49
  • Alam MJ and Zurek L (Dec 2004) Association of Escherichia coli O157:H7 with houseflies on a cattle farm [Research highlight on this article in Nature Reviews (microbiology), Feb. 2005; page-99], Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 70 (12), 7578-80
  • Alam MJ, Miyoshi S, and Shinoda S. (2004) Abundance of potentially pathogenic Vibrio vulnificus in a subtropical sea, Bangladesh Journal of Microbiology, 21, 55-58
  • Alam MJ, Miyoshi S, and Shinoda S (Aug 2003) Studies on pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus during a warm weather season in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan, Environmental Microbiology, 5 (8), 706-10
  • Alam MJ, Miyoshi S and Shinoda S. (2003) Detection of mRNA in viable-but-nonculturable (VNC) Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 9, 7-10
  • Alam MJ (2003) Isolation of a biofilm forming rugose variant of Vibrio parahaemolyticus serovar O3:K6 from seawater, Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science, 9, 107-119
  • Alam MJ (2002), Environmental investigations of potentially pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the Seto-Inland Sea, Japan, Ph.D. Thesis, Okayama University, Japan, Mar 2002
  • Alam MJ, Tomochika KI, Miyoshi SI, and Shinoda S (Feb 2002) Environmental investigation of potentially pathogenic Vibrio parahaemolyticus in the Seto-Inland Sea, Japan, Fems Microbiology Letters, 208 (1), 83-7
  • Alam MJ, Tomochika K, Miyoshi S and Shinoda S (2002) Abundance of Vibrio parahaemolyticus having tdh and/ or trh genes in an area of Seto-Inland Sea, Japan, Biocontrol Science, 7, 37-42.
  • Alam MJ, Tomochika K, Miyoshi S, and Shinoda S (2001) Analysis of seawaters for the recovery of culturable Vibrio parahaemolyticus and some other vibrios, Microbiology and Immunology, 45 (5), 393-7
  • Islam MS, Rahim Z, Alam MJ, Begum S, Moniruzzaman SM, Umeda A, Amako K, Albert MJ, Sack RB, Huq A, and Colwell RR (Jan-Feb 1999) Association of Vibrio cholerae O1 with the cyanobacterium, Anabaena sp., elucidated by polymerase chain reaction and transmission electron microscopy, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 93 (1), 36-40
  • Islam MS, Alam MJ, Begum A, Rahim Z, Felsenstein A, and Albert MJ (Mar-Apr 1996) Occurrence of culturable Vibrio cholerae O139 with ctx gene in various components of the aquatic environment in Bangladesh, Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 90 (2), 128
  • Hoque BA, Mahalanabis D, Pelto B, Alam MJ (Dec 1995) Research methodology for developing efficient handwashing options: an example from Bangladesh, The Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 98 (6), 469-75
  • Hoque BA, Mahalanabis D, Alam MJ, Islam MS (Jan 1995) Post-defecation handwashing in Bangladesh: practice and efficiency perspectives, Public Health, 109 (1), 15-24
  • Islam MS, Alam MJ, Miah MA, Felsenstein A and Sack RB. (1995) Detection of non-culturable Vibrio cholerae O139, by PCR and fluorescent antibody methods, in laboratory microcosms, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 11, 597-598
  • Hoque BA, Alam MJ, and Sack RB. (1995) Household disinfection of drinking water, International Association of Hydrological Sciences, 233, 31-34
  • Islam MS, Alam MJ and Khan SI (1995) Occurrence and distribution of culturable Vibrio cholerae O1 in aquatic environments of Bangladesh, International Journal of Environmental Studies., 47, 217-223.
  • Islam MS, Alam MJ, Khan SI, and Huq A. (1994) Faecal pollution of freshwater environments in Bangladesh, International Journal of Environmental Studies, 46, 161-165
  • Hoque BA, Sack RB, Siddiqi M, Alam MJ, Hazera N and Nahid A (1993) Environmental health and the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone, Disasters, 17, 143-153
  • Islam MS, Alam MJ, Khan SI and Huq A (1992) Abundance of Aeromonas spp. in various components of pond ecosystems in Dhaka, Bangladesh, International Journal of Environmental Studies, 39, 297-304
  • Islam MS, Alam MJ and Neogi PKB (1992) Seasonality and toxigenecity of Vibrio cholerae non-O1 isolated from different components of pond ecosystems of Dhaka City, Bangladesh, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 8, 160-163
  • Islam MS, Alam MJ, and Khan SI (1991) Distribution of Plesiomonas shigelloides in various components of pond ecosystems in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Microbiology and Immunology, 35 (11), 927-32
  • Alam MJ (1989), The ecology of Vibrionaceae in freshwater pond environs of Dhaka, Bangladesh, M.Sc. Thesis, Dhaka, Bangladesh, University of Dhaka (Dept. of Microbiol.), Dec 1989
  • Alam MJ, Renter DG, Ives SE, and Nagaraja TG., Salmonella in clinically ill cattle in a commercial feedyard., The 106th General Meeting of American Society for Microbiology in Orlando, FL (May 21-25, 2006).
  • Alam MJ and Zurek L., Association of Eschechia coli O157:H7 with house flies (Musca domestica) on beef cattle farm., Internatinal Conference on Emerging and Infectious Diseases. Feb 29-Mar 3, 2004. Atlanta, GA, USA.
  • Renter DG, Alam MJ, Ives SE, Hollis LC, Thomson DU, Sanderson MW, Nagaraja TG., Fecal shedding of Salmonella in feedlot calves that were treated for apparent respiratory disease., Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases. December 3-5, 2006
  • Alam MJ and L. Zurek., Role of houseflies in transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in the cattle farm environment., American Society for Microbiology, Missouri Valley and Missouri Branches Meeting. April 8 & 9, 2005, Manhattan, Kansas.
  • Alam MJ, Tomochika K, Miyoshi S and Shinoda S, Study on the detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus from seawaters., The 28th Conference of The Society of Antibacterial and Antifungal Agents, Japan. May 23-24, 2001. Osaka, Japan.

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