Dr. Seydur Rahman

Research Articles

• Bhaswati Kashyap, Sagar Ramrao Barge, Simanta Bharadwaj, Barsha Deka, Seydur Rahman, Aparajita Ghosh, Prasenjit Manna, Partha Pratim Dutta, Yunus Sheik, Raghuram Kandimalla, Suman Kumar Samanta, Joshodeep Boruwa, Shilpi Saikia, Deepsikha Swargiary, Parul Kamboj, Deepika Tuli, Uttam Pal, Jagat C. Borah, Sanjay Kumar Banerjee, Narayan Chandra Talukdar. (2021) Evaluation of therapeutic effect of Premna herbacea in diabetic rat and isoverbascoside against insulin resistance in L6 muscle cells through bioenergetics and stimulation of JNK and AKT/mTOR signaling cascade. Phytomedicine, 93: 153761.
• Parul Kamboj, Soumalya Sarkar, Sonu Kumar Gupta, Neema Bisht, Deepika Kumari, Md. Jahangir Alam, Sagar Barge, Bhaswati Kashyap, Barsha Deka, Simanta Bharadwaj, Seydur Rahman, Partha Pratim Dutta, Jagat C. Borah, Narayan Chandra Talukdar, Sanjay K. Banerjee and Yashwant Kumar (2021) Methanolic Extract of Lysimachia Candida Lindl. Prevents High-Fat High-Fructose-Induced Fatty Liver in Rats: Understanding the Molecular Mechanism Through Untargeted Metabolomics Study. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 12:653872.
• Seydur Rahman, Sudhanya Ray Hajong, Jérémy Gévar, Alain Lenoir, Eric Darrouzet (2016) Cuticular Hydrocarbon Compounds in Worker Castes and their Role in Nestmate Recognition in Apis cerana indica. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 42(5): 444-451.
• Seydur Rahman, Sudhanya Ray Hajong, S.S. Shemilt, F.P. Drijfhout (2016) Cuticular Hydrocarbons in Queens, Workers and Drones of the Indian Honey Bee Apis cerana indica (Fab.). Entomologia Generalis, 36(2): 117-126.
• Seydur Rahman, Thangkhiew, Ibamelaker and Sudhanya Ray Hajong (2014) Hypopharyngeal Gland Activity in Task-Specific Workers Under Brood and Broodless Conditions in Apis Cerana Indica (Fab.). Journal of Apicultural Science, 58: 59-70.
• Seydur Rahman and Sudhanya Ray Hajong (2013) Quantitative Changes in Lipids and Carbohydrates of Temporal Workers and Drones in Apis cerana indica (Fabricius). Halteres, 4: 59-67.
• Ananta Swargiary, Hankhray Boro, Birendra Kumar Brahma and Seydur Rahman (2013) Ethno-Botanical Study of Anti-Diabetic Medicinal Plants used by the Local People of Kokrajhar District of Bodoland Territorial Council, India. Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies, 1(5): 51-58.
• Devashish Kar, Anjam Hussain Barbhuiya, Arifuddin, Masuk Ahmed Barbhuiya, Pankaj Chetia, Riajul Islam and Seydur Rahman (2007) Traditional Riverine Fish Catching Devices of Assam. Fishery Technology, 44(2): 137-146.

Patent

International

• Bhaswati Kashyap, Simanta Bharadwaj, Sagar Barge, Barsha Deka, Yunus Sheikh,  Seydur Rahman, Aparajita Ghosh, Partha Pratim Dutta, Raghuram Kandimalla, Jagat C Borah, M. C. Kalita, Sanjay K Banerjee and Narayan C. Talukdar. A Herbal Composition from ‘Premna herbacea’, useful for prevention of obesity and type 2 diabetes and a method for its extraction. Patent Application No. PCT/IN2019/050887, Publication date: 11-06-2020, Publication No.: WO2020/115767 A1 (International).

National

• Jagat C. Borah, Narayan C. Talukdar Pranjan Barman, Naba Kumar Hazarika, Seydur Rahman, Yunus Sheikh and Kangkan Jyoti Kalita, 2020. Herbal formulation for prevention of type 2 diabetes mellitus and conditions associated therewith. (National) Application No.: 202031027554, Filing date: 29-06-2020

Book Chapters

• Seydur Rahman (2020) Physiochemical contents and free radical scavenging properties of honey and pollen collected by Apis cerena indica (Fab.), Advances in Multidisciplinary and Current Research (Vol. 6), 51-67, ISBN: 978-3-96492-199-4, Weser Books, Zittau, Germany.
• Seydur Rahman and Sudhanya Ray Hajong (2015) Life cycle, Growth Rate and Developmental Phases in Workers and Drones of the Indian Honeybee, Apis Cerana Indica Fab. Biodiversity, Environment and Functional Biology, 77-86, ISBN: 978-93-84935-15-3, Published by Lucknow University, Excellent Publishing House, New Delhi, India.

Qualified State Eligibility Test-North Eastern Region (SET-NE)

Awards/Honors/Fellowships/Recognitions:

• Resource Person on the Workshop & Training programme of “Sweet Revolution in Bodoland Territorial Region through Scientific Harvest of Honey from Wild Bees” under National Beekeeping and Honey Mission (NBHM), National Bee Board, Government of India, at Bengtol College, Kajalgaon, Assam on 18th January, 2023.
• National Post-Doctoral Fellow (SERB-DST), New Delhi, 2017-2019
• 2nd prize in poster presentation at the SERB School on Chemical Ecology, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 8-22 July, 2018.
• 1st prize in poster presentation at the International Conference on Entomology, Department of Zoology and Environmental Sciences, Punjabi University, Punjab, India, 17-19 Feburary, 2012.
• JRF/SRF for pursuing Ph. D. from University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India.
• "Research Fellowship in Science for Meritorious Students" for pursuing Ph. D. from University Grants Commission, New Delhi, India.

Invited Talk

• Delivered an invited talk on “Economic and Scientific Perspective of Honey bees” in the National Webinar on "Entrepreneurial Potentials of Apiculture" organised by St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Jakhama, Nagaland on 24th September, 2021.
• Delivered an invited talk on “ROS-dependent apoptotic effect of honeybee propolis in human breast cancer cells in vitro” in the National Webinar on “Recent Approaches in Zoological Sciences” with special reference to Biodiversity, Medical Entomology and Molecular Biology organized by Nongstoin College, Meghalaya on 17th Feb, 2021.
• Delivered an invited talk on “The pecking order of reactive oxygen species – A boon in health and management of associated disease by natural source” in the Webinar on “Recent Advances on Biological Research” organized by Bodoland University, Kokrajar, Assam, 27th May, 2020.
• Delivered an invited talk on “Apitherapy - A Potential source in modern medicine” in the National Webinar on "Biological Sciences and Application” organized by Nongstoin College, Meghalaya on 1st December, 2018.

Experience of organizing/leading team in national scientific programmes

• Core committee member of National programme “EC Meeting of the Tribal Sub Plan Scheme (Science for Equity, Empowerment & Development DST, Govt of India)” held at Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology, Guwahati, 1-2 August, 2019.
• Treasurer with additional charge as technical member of “National Workshop on Translational Research on Natural Products for therapeutic uses: North-East Chapter”, held at Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology, Guwahati, 21st November, 2017.
• Group leader of Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology (IASST), Guwahati to showcase Research and Development activities and technologies of IASST at the “106th Indian Science Congress” held between 3-7 Jan, 2019 at Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, Punjab.
• Group leader of Institute of Advanced Study in Science & Technology (IASST), Guwahati to show case Research and Development activities and technologies of IASST at the “National Science Day” 28th Feb-1st March 2019 held at Regional Science Centre, Guwahati.