Career Summary

Md Abdur Rahman holds a B.Pharm from East West University, Dhaka, and pursued his M.Sc. in Nutrition and Biomedicine at the Technical University of Munich. With a professional background spanning three years across esteemed pharmaceutical companies in Germany and Bangladesh—Eurofins PHAST, Radiant Pharmaceuticals, Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd., and Incepta Pharmaceuticals—he has taken on roles of analyst, marketing brand executive, and research and development officer respectively. Throughout his academic journey, he secured two academic scholarships and received the distinction of Magna Cum Laude. During his master's program, he engaged in two impactful internship projects and conducted his master's thesis at Helmholtz Zentrum Muenchen, a distinguished German research institute. His initial project involved exploring dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHODH) expression under varying influences of glucose, L-glutamine, and arginine using mammalian cell culture, RT-qPCR, and western blot techniques. Subsequently, he successfully engineered a stable cell line expressing ascorbate peroxidase (APEX)-2 through cloning and mammalian cell culture methods. His master's thesis centred on identifying endogenous ligands against the nuclear receptor Tr4, employing cloning, protein isolation, purification, and LC-MS techniques. Additionally, he possesses advanced expertise in DNA isolation, agarose gel electrophoresis, RNA extraction, cDNA synthesis, protein isolation, and bioassay.