Author name: saylakhan

On April 15th 2017 ideSHi organized a National Conference on Diagnosis of Genetic Disorders in Bangladesh: Present Situation and Future Directions. Scientists and clinicians stressed the need for initiating mandatory nationwide screening of new-born children in order to identify those at risk of having genetic diseases. Several genetic diseases like thalassemia, congenital hypothyroidism, Down syndrome, and muscular

The folks of ideSHi family took a long needed break and went for picnic to Zirani Bazaar, Savar on 02 March, 2018.

ideSHi along with American Society for Microbiology (ASM), BRAC University and International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research Bangladesh (icddr,b) held a workshop for students from Scholastica School, South Breeze School, Independent University Bangladesh, and Jahangirnagar University titled “Introduction to the World of Microbiology”. The workshop included debate sessions, and laboratory training sessions aimed at encouraging

The folks of ideSHi family took a long needed break and went for picnic to Zirani Bazaar, Savar on 16 December.

The following talks and posters featured ideSHi presenters at the 2016 annual BSBMB national conference on biochemistry and molecular biology for life sciences that took place in Nabab Nawab Ali Chowdhury Senate Bhaban, University of Dhaka, December 01.    Dr. Md. Alauddin– “Effect of fermented rice bran on metabolic syndrome in stroke prone spontaneously hypersensitive rat” (poster) Dr. Rosy

The 1st Annual General Meeting of the ideSHi foundation was held at the Health System Strengthening and Global Health cell (HSS & GH)/CMBT conference room, Institute of Public Health Building, Mohakhali, Dhaka, Bangladesh, on Saturday, 03 December. The AGM was dedicated to the loving memory of our Board of Trustee member and National Professor Late Dr.

Dr. Mohammad Sazzadul Islam presented his poster titled “Antimicrobial resistance pattern of acute respiratory infection (ARI) in under-five children in Bangladesh” at the World Life Science Conference (WLSC) 2016 organized by the China Association of Science and Technology (CAST) and the China Union of Life Science Societies which took place at China National Convention Center in Beijing, China, November

On August 29th, 2016, the Honorable minister of health and family welfare of the Government of People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Mohammad Nasim M.P inaugurated the Genetics and Genomics Laboratory at the institute for developing Science and Health initiatives (ideSHi).

Dr. Md Kaiissar Mannoor, Head and Scientist of ideSHi attended a foundational training workshop in genomics hosted by The Sabeti Lab at Harvard University and The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT during the 2016 ACEGID (African Center of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases) Summer program between July 18 and August 12.