Sarkar M. A. Kawsar , BSc, M.Sc, M.Phil, Ph.D., Post Doc
Sarkar M. A. Kawsar is a Professor and researcher at the Kawsar Laboratory of Carbohydrate & Nucleoside Chemistry Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science The UNIVERSITY OF CHITTAGONG, Chittagong 4331, Bangladesh.
Training Highlights of Prof. Dr. Sarkar M. A. Kawsar
- Visiting Professor at the Department of Nanobioscience at Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
- Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Genome System Sciences, Graduate School of Nano Biosciences, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan,
- Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Genome System Sciences, Graduate School of Nano Biosciences, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan.
- Master of Philosophy degree at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Master of Science degree at the Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, in 1998*) University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh
Editor in Chief, Special Journal of Chemistry
As Editor in Chief, special journal of Chemistry, Prof. Dr. Sarkar M. A. Kawsar will provide strategic leadership in the following areas:
- the fast and transparent peer review process
- Providing the final judgment on the articles
- The editor should remember the policy of fast and effective peer review and further process,
- responsible for any query regarding reconsideration of
- selecting potential reviewers
- responsibility to contact selected reviewers
- convey the expectations of the journal to the reviewers
- The editor should keep in mind the time required for reviewing articles
- If any special issue proposal is submitted to
- Allow for the timely topics and suggest potential guest Editors
- Editors should ensure the smooth functioning of the whole process in
- Editors should provide time to time input regarding the targeted readers’ Editors should comply with the guidelines and protocols provided by the publishing house.
Selected Publications
- Md Z.H. Bulbul, Tasneem S. Chowdhury, Md M.H. Misbah, Jannatul Ferdous, Sujan Dey, Imtiaj Hasan, Yuki Fujii, Yasuhiro Ozeki, Sarkar M. A. Kawsar. Synthesis of new series of pyrimidine nucleoside derivatives bearing the acyl moieties as a potential antimicrobial agent, Pharmacia, (Bulgarian Pharmaceutical Science Society), (Europe), Accepted, Vol. 67/68, 2020/21
- Md Z.H. Bulbul, Mohammed Anowar Hosen, Jannatul Ferdous, Tasneem S. Chowdhury, Md M.H. Misbah, Sarkar M. A. Kawsar. DFT Study, Physicochemical, Molecular Docking and ADMET Predictions of some Modified Uridine Derivatives, International Journal of New Chemistry, Accepted, Vol. 7/8, 2020/21
- Tasneem S. Chowdhury, Jannatul Ferdous, Md Z.H. Bulbul, Md M.H. Misbah, Sujan Dey, Imtiaj Hasan, Sarkar M. A. Kawsar Antimicrobial and anticancer activities of some partial acylated thymidine derivatives, Journal of Bio-Science, (Institute of Biological Sciences, R.U.), Accepted, Vol. 29, 2021
- Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, Mohammed Anowar Hosen, Yuki Fujii, Yasuhiro Ozeki. Thermochemical, DFT, Molecular Docking and Pharmacokinetic Studies of Methyl β–D-galactopyranoside Esters, Journal of Computational Chemistry , (New York, USA), 4(4), 452-462, 2020
- Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, Mohammed Anowar Hosen. An optimization and pharmacokinetic studies of some thymidine derivatives, Turkish Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, Accepted, Vol. 4, 2020
- Md M.H. Misbah, Jannatul Ferdous, Md Z.H. Bulbul, Tasneem S. Chowdhury, Sujan Dey, Imtiaj Hasan, Sarkar M. A. Kawsar. Evaluation of MIC, MBC, MFC and anticancer activities of acylated methyl β-D-galactopyranoside esters, International Journal of Biosciences, 16(4), 299-309, 2020
- Yuki Fujii, Marco Gerdol, Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, Imtiaj Hasan, Francesca Spazzali, Tatsusada Yoshida, Yukiko Ogawa, Sultana Rajia, Kenichi Kamata, Yasuhiro Koide, Shigeki Sugawara, Masahiro Hosono, Jeremy R.H. Tame, Hideaki Fujita, Alberto Pallavicini, Yasuhiro Ozeki. A GM1b/asialo-GM1 oligosaccharide-binding R-type lectin from purplish bifurcate mussels Mytilisepta virgata and its effect on MAP kinases, The FEBS Journal (FEBS PRESS, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., Federation of European Biochemical Societies), 287(12), 2612-2630, 2020
- Tasneem S. Chowdhury, Jannatul Ferdous, Md M.H. Misbah, Md Z.H. Bulbul, Sarkar M. A. Kawsar. Partial acylation of pyrimidine thymidine derivatives, Journal of the Bangladesh Chemical Society (Official Journal of Bangladesh Chemical Society), 31(2), 40-48, 2019
- Sarkar M. A. Kawsar. An efficient and easy route for the synthesis of methyl β-D- galactopyranoside derivatives, Journal of the Bangladesh Chemical Society 31(2), 49-57, 2019
- Md Mirajul Islam, Md Arifuzzaman, Md Monjur Rahman, Mohammad Atiar Rahman and Sarkar M. A. Kawsar. Novel Methyl 4,6-O-Benzylidene--D-Glucopyranoside Derivatives: Synthesis, Structural Characterization and Evaluation of Antibacterial Activities, Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry, 47(2), 153-164, 2019
- Monjur Rahman, Mirajul Islam, Md Arifuzzaman, Jannatul Ferdous, Mohammad A. Rahman, Imtiaj Hasan, A.K.M. Asaduzzaman and Sarkar M. A. Kawsar. Two steps synthesis of uracil-1- β-D-ribofuranoside esters: Characterization, Antibacterial and Anticancer Activities, J of the Bang Chem Society , 30(1), 46-56, 2019
- Sumi R. Devi, Sanjida Jesmin, Mahfuz Rahman, Mohammad A. Manchur, Yuki Fujii, Robert A Kanaly, Yasuhiro Ozeki, Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, Microbial Efficacy and Two Step Synthesis of Uridine Derivatives with Spectral Characterization, ACTA Pharmaceutica Sciencia , 57(1), 47-68, 2019
- Shagir A. Chowdhury, Priyanka Chakraborty, Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, M. M. H. Bhuiyan, M. M. Matin. Regioselective acylation, Pass prediction and Antimicrobial Properties of some Protected Glucopyaranosides, Journal of the Bangladesh Chemical Society , 30(1), 01-09, 2018
- Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, Md M. Rahman, Mariam Islam, Mohammad A. Manchur, Imtiaj Hasan, Sultana Rajia. An in vitro assessment of antibacterial, antifungal and cytotoxic effects of D-glucopyranoside derivatives, International Journal of Biosciences (Bangladesh), 12(6), 408-416, 2018
- Md Arifuzzaman, Md Mirajul Islam, Md Monjur Rahman, Mohammad Atiar Rahman, Sarkar M. A. Kawsar. An Efficient Approach to the Synthesis of Thymidine Derivatives Containing Various Acyl Groups: Characterization and Antibacterial Activities, ACTA Pharmaceutica Sciencia (TÜRKİYE), 56(4), 7-22, 2018
- Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, Mariam Islam, Sanjida Jesmin, Mohammad A. Manchur, Imtiaj Hasan, Sultana Rajia. Evaluation of the antimicrobial activity and cytotoxic effect of some uridine derivatives, International Journal of Biosciences, 12(6), 211-219, 2018
- Rahman M, Sanjida J, Sumi R. Devi, Rahman M, Mariam Islam, Hossain M. K, Kanaly A. R, Fuji Y, Hayashi N, Ozeki Y, Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, Selective acylation of some carbohydrate derivatives using the direct method, Journal of the Bangladesh Chemical Society 29(2), 21-28, 2017
- Sanjida J, Sumi R. Devi, Rahman M, Mariam Islam, Kanaly A. R, Fuji Y, Hayashi N, Ozeki Y, Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, An efficient synthesis and spectroscopic characterization of some uridine derivatives, Journal of the Bangladesh Chemical Society (Official Journal of Bangladesh Chemical Society), 29(2), 12-20, 2017
- Fujii Y, Fujiwara T, Koide Y, Hasan I, Sugawara S, Rajia S, Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, Yamamoto D, Araki D, Kanaly RA, Ogawa Y, Fujita H, Ozeki Y., Internalization of a novel, huge lectin from Ibacus novemdentatus (slipper lobster) induces apoptosis of mammalian cancer cells, Glycoconjugate Journal (Springer, USA), 34(1), 85-94, 2017
- Hasan I., Gerdol M., Fujii Y., Rajia S., Koide Y., Yamamoto D., Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, Ozeki Y, cDNA and gene structure of MytiLec-1, A bacteriostatic R-type lectin from the Mediterranean mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis), Marine Drugs (MDPI, Basel, Switzerland), 14(5), 92-105, 2016
- Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, S. S. B. S. Nishat, M. A. Manchur, Y. Ozeki, Benzenesulfonylation of Methyl α-D-Glucopyranoside: Synthesis, Characterization and Antibacterial Screening, International Letters of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy (SciPress, Switzerland), 64, 95-105, 2016 18
- Shagir A. C., Bhuiyan M. M. R., Ozek Y., Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, Simple and rapid synthesis of some nucleoside derivatives: structural and spectral characterization, Current Chemistry Letters (Growing Science, Poland), 5(2), 83-92, 2016
- Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, Refat Asma, Khaleda Mymona, Mohammad Abul Manchur, Imtiaj Hasan and Yasuhiro Ozeki., Synthesis, Reactions, Spectral Behavior and Biological Evaluation of Some New D-Glucopyranoside Derivatives as Potential Antimicrobial Agents, Hacettepe Journal of Biology and Chemistry 43(4), 309-322, 2015
- Hasan I., Sugawara S., Fujii Y., Koide Y., Terada D., Iimura N., Fujiwara T., Takahashi K. G., Kojima N., Rajia S., Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, Kanaly R. A., Uchiyama H., Hosono M., Ogawa Y., Fujita H., Hamako J., Matsui T., and Ozeki Y., MytiLec, a mussel R-type lectin, interacts with surface glycan Gb3 on Burkitt’s lymphoma cells to trigger apoptosis through multiple pathways, Marine Drugs (MDPI, Basel, Switzerland), 13(12), 7377-7389, 2015
- Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, Hamida A. A., Sheikh A. U., Hossain M. K., Shagir A. C., Sanaullah A. F. M., Manchur M. A., Imtiaj H., Ogawa Y., Fujii Y., Koide Y., Ozeki Y., Chemically Modified Uridine Molecules Incorporating Acyl Residues to Enhance Antibacterial and Cytotoxic Activities, International Journal of Organic Chemistry, , 5(4), 232-245, 2015
- Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, Sharif U., Manchur M. A., Fujii Y., Ozeki Y., Acylation of D-glucose Derivatives over C5H5N: Spectral Characterization and In vitro Antibacterial Activities, International Journal of Biological Chemistry, 9(6), 269-282, 2015
- Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, Sharif U., Samia S. B. S. N., Manchur M. A., Ozeki Y., Synthesis, Characterization and Antibacterial Susceptibility of Some Benzenesulfonyl and N-acetylsulfanilyl Derivatives of Methyl α-D-glucopyranoside, Current Research in Chemistry, (Knowledgia Review, Malaysia), 7(2), 21-33, 2015
- Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, Khaleda M., Refat A., Manchur M. A., Koide Y., Ozeki Y., Infrared, 1H-NMR Spectral Studies of some Methyl 6-O-Myristoyl-α-D-Glucopyranoside Derivatives: Assessment of Antimicrobial Effects, International Letters of Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, (SciPress, Switzerland, 58, 122-136, 2015
- Koide Y., Hasan I., Asanuma A., Fujii Y., Ogawa Y., Kobayashi H., Rajia S., Sarkar M. A. Kawsar, Kanaly R. A., Ozeki Y. Expression of various types of glycans in the Lugworm (Perinereis nunta Var. Vallata), Annals of Marine Biology and Research, California, USA, 2(1), 1005 (ID), 2015
