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Dr. Muntasir Billah
[email protected]
Education
1. The University of Sydney, Australia
Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology (2018-Current) School of Public Health
(Distance Learning, Part-time) 2. Flinders University, Australia
Graduate Certificate in Public Health, 2018 School of Public Health
3. The University of Sydney, Australia PhD in Molecular Cardiology 2013- 2017 School of Medicine
Dept. of Cardiology, Kolling Institute of Medical Research
Thesis Title: Cardioprotective effect of remote ischemic preconditioning and the role of early growth response-1 (Egr-1) as a master switch regulator.
4. The University of Technology Sydney, Australia Bachelor of Biomedical Science 2009-2012
School of Biomedical Science Distinction Average
Employment Experience
Postdoctoral Research Scientist (Feb 2018-August 2018) Kolling Institute of Medical Research
The University of Sydney, Australia
Internship (May 2011-June 2012) NSW Newborn Genetic Screening Lab
Children’s Hospital at Westmead, NSW, Australia_
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor (Sep 2018- Current) School of Life Sciences
Independent University Bangladesh
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Publications
1. Mudaliar H, Rayner B, Billah M, Kapoor N, Lay W, Dona A, Bhindi R, Remote ischemic preconditioning attenuates Egr-1 expression following myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury through activation of the JAK-STAT pathway. International Journal of Cardiology, 2017, 228: 729-741.
2. Billah M, Ridiandries A, Mudaliar H, Dona A, Hunyor SN, Khachigian LM, Bhindi R, Circulating mediators of remote ischaemic preconditioning: search for the missing link between non-lethal ischaemia and cardioprotection (Under Revision, Oncotarget) 3. Billah M, Ridiandries A, Mudaliar H, Dona A, Hunyor SN, Khachigian LM, Bhindi R,
Remote ischemic preconditioning induces cardioprotective autophagy and signals through IL-6 dependent JAK-STAT pathway (Under review)
4. Billah M, Ridiandries A, Rayner BS, Mudaliar H, Dona A, Hunyor SN, Khachigian LM, Bhindi R Egr-1 functions as a master switch regulator of remote ischaemic preconditioning- induced cardioprotection (Under review)
Conference papers, presentations and workshops
1. “Autophagy is essential for remote preconditioning-induced cardioprotection and may involve JAK-STAT pathway for autophagy activation”. Basic Cardiovascular Sciences (BCVS) Scientific Sessions conference, Portland, USA, 2017
2. “Early growth response-1 functions as a master regulator of remote hypoxic
preconditioning.” Cardiac Society of Australia New Zealand Annual Scientific meeting, Melbourne, Australia, 2015
3. “Early growth response-1 functions as a master regulator of remote hypoxic preconditioning.” Optimizing Reperfusion Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 2014 4. “Remote hypoxic preconditioning protects against apoptosis in myocardial ischemia
reperfusion injury.” New Horizon Conference, Sydney, Australia, 2014
Peer reviewer
1. Journal of Applied Physiology
2. Journal of Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics (JCPT) 3. American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
Selected grants
1. How does producing resistance to the loss of blood supply reduce the damage caused by a heart attack? (Heart Research Australia, 2013-2017) (PI: Professor Ravinay Bhindi, Co- investigator: Muntasir Billah)
2. How does decreasing levels of Egr-1 limit heart injury after a heart attack? (Heart Research Australia, 2014-2017) (PI: Professor Ravinay Bhindi, Co-investigator:
Muntasir Billah)
3. Cardioprotective effect of remote ischaemic preconditioning and the role of Egr-1 as a master switch regulator (Heart Research Australia, 2014-2016). (PI: Muntasir Billah, Co- investigator: Professor Ravinay Bhindi)