Email

nelufai@bcm.edu

Positions

Senior Research Assistant

Department of Pediatrics-Tropical Medicine
Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas United States

Education

MS from University of Houston

12/2018 - HOUSTON, Texas United States

Professional Development

A taxonomic and functional analysis of bacterial diversity in agricultural soil testing for organophosphate biodegradation

Conference (Presenter, 2018)

Sponsor: Texas Branch American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

Chlorpyrifos biodegradation capacity of bacterial consortia in agricultural soil

Conference (Presenter, 2018)

Sponsor: Texas Branch American Society for Microbiology (ASM)

Selected Publications

• Nelufa Islam & Rupa Iyer "Functional Analysis of Chlorpyrifos Biodegradation in Agricultural Soils Augmented with a Three-Strain Bacterial Consortium." Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 2021 Oct 8;232(10)
• "CRISPR/Cas9 screen uncovers functional translation of cryptic lncRNA-encoded open reading frames in human cancer.." 2023 Mar 1; Pubmed PMID: 36856111
• "From concept to delivery: a yeast-expressed recombinant protein-based COVID-19 vaccine technology suitable for global access." Expert Review of Vaccines. 2023 May 30;22(1):495-500. Pubmed PMID: 37252854
• "A Recombinant Protein XBB.1.5 RBD/Alum/CpG Vaccine Elicits High Neutralizing Antibody Titers against Omicron Subvariants of SARS-CoV-2." Vaccines. 2023 Oct 1;11(10):1557.