Research

Bioaerosols and airborne antimicrobial resistance

The living fraction of air pollution, and whether it carries drug resistance

metagenomics · culture

How the work is done

Parallel co-located sampling, with one filter medium optimised for chemistry and another for DNA recovery, so biology and chemistry describe the same air. DNA extraction and quantitative PCR. Metagenomic sequencing with resistance gene annotation. Analysis of whether resistance genes and metal resistance genes sit together on mobile genetic elements, which distinguishes genuine co-selection from mere correlation.

Which records carry this theme is derived from each record’s title, not chosen by its authors. The rules are in data/research-themes.yaml and every tag stores the term that produced it, shown in the chip’s tooltip. Theses use the laboratory’s own “Area of Research” where it is specific enough. Three publications and one thesis match no theme and are deliberately left untagged.

Publications 2

  1. 2 December 2024

    Antibiotic resistance of bioaerosols in particulate matter from indoor environments of the hospitals in Dhaka Bangladesh

    Badhon Ali Khan, Shatabdi Roy, Nishat Tahsin, Kalpana Baidya, Keshob Chandra Das, Md. Safiqul Islam, Nazmul Ahsan, Abdus Salam

    Scientific Reports, 14(1)

    Bioaerosols and airborne antimicrobial resistance Urban and indoor air quality in Dhaka

  2. 30 June 2022

    Multi-Drugs Resistant Bacteria Associated Particulate Matter In The Ambient Atmosphere of Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Ankhy RS, SJ Proma, N Ahsan, F Jeba, MS Islam, A Salam

    Journal of Biodiversity Conservation and Bioresource Management, 7(2), 1-12

    Bioaerosols and airborne antimicrobial resistance Urban and indoor air quality in Dhaka

Theses 1

  1. Completed 2023

    Antibiotic resistance of bioaerosols in particulate matter from indoor environments of the hospitals in Dhaka Bangladesh

    Badhon Ali Khan

    Supervisor: Dr. Abdus Salam
    Co-supervisor: Md. Nazmul Ahsan

    Polymer science, Bioaerosol, Material Science

    Bioaerosols and airborne antimicrobial resistance Mitigation and filtration materials Urban and indoor air quality in Dhaka