Dr maqsudul alam biography of rory

In two successive years, expatriate Bangladeshi scientist Dr Maqsudul Alam achieved two milestones in genomics &#; sequencing the genomes of papaya and rubber plants.

These successes shot Alam into spotlight in the scientific fraternity and hit headlines in the world&#;s leading scientific journals in and but that could not quench his thirst for doing something special to benefit his motherland.

Maqsudul Alam, born in Faridpur &#; a region known for growing jute &#; finally translated his dream into reality this month by successfully leading a team of Bangladeshi scientists and researchers in decoding jute plant genome.

In Alam&#;s own words, “It worked as an orchestra, the timing was right; the team members were passionate and talented.

After he led genome sequencing of a transgenic papaya in Hawaii, Alam did the same for rubber in Malaysia last year.

But deep in his mind, he always nurtured a craving for doing the same for jute at some opportune t