November 10, 2016

Muhymin Islam

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Education:
PhD, Electrical Engineering – The University of Texas at Arlington
BSc, Electrical & Electronics Engineering – Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology

Research Project:
Viability sorting based on biophysical properties of cells
Sorting and study of genetic/phenotypic properties of leukemia cells
Delivery of biomolecule inside cell through mechanoporation

Journal Publications:

  1. M. Islam, M. M. Bellah, M. Hasan, A. Sajid, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, “Effects of Nanotexture on Electrical Profiling of Single Tumor Cell and Detection of Cancer from Blood in Microfluidic Channels,” Scientific Reports, vol. 5, pp 13031 (2015).
  2. M. Islam, M. A. I. Mahmood, M. M. Bellah, A. Sajid, P. Allen, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, “Nanotextured Polymer Substrates Show Enhanced Cancer Cell Isolation and Cell Culture,” Nanotechnology, vol. 26, pp 225101 (2015).
  3. M. Islam, S. M. Iqbal and S. Ghosh, “Nanotextured Glass Coverslips for the Enhanced Growth of PC12 Cells,” Nanotechnology, vol. 27, pp 415501 (2016).
  4. M. Islam, M. M. Bellah, M. R. Hasan, A. D. Ellington, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, “Electrical Profiling and Aptamer Functionalized Nanotextured Surface in a Single Biochip for the Detection of Tumor Cells,” Fucntional Nanostructures (2016).
  5. M. Islam, W. Asghar, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, “Cell Elasticity-based Microfluidic Label-free Isolation of Metastatic Tumor Cells,” British Journal of Medicine and Medical Research, vol. 4, issue 11, pp 2119-2128 (2013).
  6. A. I. Mahmood, Y. Wan, M. Islam, W. Ali, H. Madiha, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, “Micro+Nanotexturing of Substrates to Enhance Ligand-assisted Cancer Cell Isolation,” Nanotechnology, vol. 25, no. 47, pp 475102 (2014).
  7. A. Ilyas, W. Asghar, M. Islam, J. U. Menon, A. S. Wadajkar, K. T. Nguyen, S. M. Iqbal, “Salt-leaching Synthesized Porous PLGA Nanoparticles show Enhanced Drug Release,” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 12, no. 6, pp 1082-1088 (2013).
  8. W. Asghar, M. Islam, A. S. Wadajkar, Y. Wan, A. Ilyas, K. T. Nguyen and S. M. Iqbal, “PLGA Micro and Nanoparticles Loaded into Gelatin Scaffold for Controlled Drug Release,” IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 11, no. 3, pp 546-553 (2012).

Conference Proceedings:

  1. M. Islam, A. Sajid, M. M. Bellah, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, “The Effects of Nanotexturing Microfluidic Platforms to Isolate Brain Tumor Cells,” American Physical Society, San Antonio, Texas, USA (March 1-6, 2015).
  2. M. Islam, M. M. Bellah, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, “Cell Affinity Chromatography and Electrical Measurements to Detect Cancer Cells in Microfluidics,” BMES, San Antonio, Texas, USA, (October 22-25, 2014).
  3. M. Islam, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, “Mechanical Discrimination of Tumor Cells from Electrical Data Recorded in Microfluidic Channels,” NANOSMAT, Houston, Texas, USA (May 17-22, 2014).
  4. M. Islam, A. I. Mahmood, Y. T. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, “Effects of Nanotextured PDMS on Cell Culture and Growth,” The Electrochemical Society, Orlando, Florida, USA (May 11-15, 2014).
  5. M. Islam, A. I. Mahmood, M. M. Bellah, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, “Nanotextured PDMS Substrates for Enhanced Roughness and Aptamer Immobilization for Cancer Cell Capture,” American Physical Society, Denver, Colorado, USA (March 7-10, 2014).
  6. M. Islam, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, “Characterization of Nanotextured PDMS for Cancer Cell Isolation,” Texas Society for Microscopy, Arlington, Texas, USA (March 6-8, 2014).
  7. M. Islam, Y.-t. Kim and S. M. Iqbal, “Cell Elasticity-based Microfluidic Isolation of Metastatic Tumor Cells,” at The Joint Fall 2013 Meeting of the Texas Sections of the American Physical Society, Brownsville, Texas, USA (October 10-12, 2013).

Contact:
muhymin.islam@me.gatech.edu
Office: 315 Ferst Drive Wing 1D #1417 (IBB Building)