Shahidul Islam
NDSU Dept 7670, PO Box 6050
Fargo, ND 58108-6050
Peltier 2004A, NDSU
Fargo, ND 58102
Doctor of Philosophy (2013)
School of Plant Biology, The University of Western Australia, Australia
Master of Science in Horticulture (2004)
Department of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Honors) (2001)
Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
• Adjunct Associate Professor at the Discipline of Agricultural Sciences, College of Science, Health, Engineering & Education at Murdoch University, Australia.
• Member of Expert Working Group on Nutrient Use Efficiency, Wheat Initiative.
• Associate Editor of Frontiers in Plant Science.
• Topic Editor of Foods.
• Member of Australian Society of Plant Scientists.
• Member of the Australian Grain Science Association.
• Member of Bangladesh Fruit Science Society.
• Life member of Bangladesh Society for Agricultural Science and Technology.
• Member of the Bangladesh Society for Horticultural Science.
• Member of the seed science society of Bangladesh.
• Member of Agriculturist Association of Bangladesh.
Wheat Quality,
Cereal chemistry,
Grain and end-product quality,
plant nitrogen use efficiency,
food analytical chemistry,
genetic improvement for food functionality and
improving bread functionality by adding alternate ingredients
Dr. Islam is married and father of two. He loves travelling and meeting new people.
• Research Fellow (Research Assistant Professor as of USA level): July 2016 to April 2022
Western Australia State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre (SABC); College of Science Health Engineering and Education (SHEE), Murdoch University, WA-6150
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow (Ac. level A): April 2013-June 2016
School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University, WA-6150
• Research Officer: May 2012 to March 2013
Department of Agriculture and Food Western Australia (DAFWA), South Perth, WA-6151
• Associate Professor: From November 2011 to June 2016 (On-leave)
Department of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
• Assistant Professor: June 2005 to November 2011
Department of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
• Lecturer: October 2002 to June 2005
Department of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
• Research Assistant: June 2000 to October 2002
Fruit Tree Improvement Project (funded by Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation); Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh
CFS 758 Fundamentals of Flour Testing and Baking
CFS 765 Advanced Cereal and Food Chemistry
CFS 450/650 Cereal Technology
2018-2022
1. Geisslitz S, Islam S, Buck L, Grunwald-Gruber C, Sestili F, Camerlengo F, Masci S, D’Amico S (2022) Absolute and relative quantitation of amylase/trypsin-inhibitors by LC-MS/MS from wheat lines obtained by CRISPR-Cas9 and RNAi. Frontiers in Plant Science (in press). [Q1]
2. Yang F, Zhang J, Zhao Y, Liu Q, Islam S, Yang W, Ma W. (2022) Wheat glutamine synthetase TaGSr-4B is a candidate gene for a QTL of thousand grain weight on chromosome 4B. Theor Appl Genet 135, 2369–2384. [Q1]
3. Appels R, Wang P, Islam S (2021) Integrating wheat nucleolus structure and function: variation in the wheat ribosomal RNA and protein genes. Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 686586. [Q1]
4. Zhang J, She M, Yang R, Jiang Y, Qin Y, Zhai S, Balotf S, Zhao Y, Anwar M, Alhabbar Z, Juhász A, Chen J, Liu H, Liu Q, Zheng T, Yang F, Rong J, Chen K, Lu M, Islam S, Ma W (2021) Yield-Related QTL Clusters and the Potential Candidate Genes in Two Wheat DH Populations. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22(21):11934. [Q1]
5. Yu Z, She M, Zheng T, Diepeveen D, Islam S, Zhao Y, Zhang Y, Tang G, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Blanchard C L, Ma W (2021) Impact and mechanism of sulphur-deficiency on modern wheat farming nitrogen-related sustainability and gliadin content. Commun Biol 4: 945. [Q1]
6. Wu L, Han X, Islam S, Zhai S, Zhao H, Zhang G, Cui G, Zhang F, Han W, You X, Ju Z, Lv P, Zhou J, Gao Q, Cui B, Wu Y, Yang Z, Liu Q, Yang F, Zhang J, Liu H (2021) Effects of Sowing Mode on Lodging Resistance and Grain Yield in Winter Wheat. Agronomy 11(7):1378. [Q1]
7. Zhang J, Islam S*, Zhao Y, Anwar M, Alhabbar Z, She M, Yang R, Juhasz A, Tang G, Chen J, Liu H, Jiang Y, Zhai S, Hu X, Rong J, Zhang Y, Qin Y, Liu Q, Yu Z, Zhang Y, Balotf S, Dowla M, Afrin S, Roy N, Mallik MR, Us Saieed MA, Rahman S, Sultana N, Ahmed SA-S, Florides C, Chen K, Sharma D, Height N, Biddulph B, Lu M, Mayer JE, Ma W (2021) Non-escaping frost tolerant QTL linked genetic loci at reproductive stage in six wheat DH populations. The Crop Journal (doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2021.02.015). [Q1]
8. Cao H, Duncan O, Islam S, Zhang J, Ma W, Millar A H (2021) Increased wheat protein content via introgression of a HMW glutenin selectively reshapes the grain proteome. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. doi.org/10.1016/j.mcpro.2021.100097. [Q1]
9. Liu Q, Yang F, Zhang J, Liu H, Rahman S, Islam S, Ma W, She M (2021) Application of CRISPR/Cas9 in Crop Quality Improvement. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22, 4206. [Q1]
10. Al-Saedi N, Agarwal M, Islam S, Ren Y (2021) Study on the Correlation between the Protein Profile of Lupin Milk and Its Cheese Production Compared With Cow’s Milk. Molecules 26(8), 2395. [Q1]
11. Sultana N, Islam S, Juhasz A, Ma W (2021) Wheat leaf senescence and its regulatory gene network. The Crop Journal. (doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2021.01.004). [Q1]
12. Hu X, Zhang Y, Zhang J, Islam S, She M, Zhao Y, Tang G, Jiang Y, Rong J, Ma W (2021) Consensus Genetic Linkage Map Construction Based on One Common Parental Line for QTL Mapping in Wheat. Agronomy 11(2):227. [Q1]
13. Islam S, Zhang J, Zhao Y, She M, Ma W (2021) Genetic regulation of the traits contributing to wheat nitrogen use efficiency. Plant Science 13:110759. [Q1]
14. Roy N, Islam S*, Al-habbar, Z, Yu Z, Liu H, Lafiandra D, Masci S, Lu M, Sultana N, Ma W (2021) Contribution to bread making performance of two different HMW glutenin 1Ay alleles expressed in hexaploid wheat. Jounal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 69 (1), 36–44. [Q1]
15. Ahmed SA, Zhang J, Farhan H, Zhang Y, Yu Z, Islam S, Chen J, Cricelli S, Foreman A, Ende WV, Ma W, Dell B (2020) Diurnal changes in water soluble carbohydrate components in leaves and sucrose associated TaSUT1 gene expression during grain development in wheat. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21: 8276. [Q1]
16. Dowla MANNU, Islam S, Stefanova K, Hara GO, Ma W, Edwards I (2020) Phenology and Dwarfing Gene Interaction Effects on the Adaptation of Selected Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Advanced Lines across Diverse Water-Limited Environments of Western Australia. Agriculture 10 (10), 470. [Q2]
17. Sultana N, Islam S*, Juhasz A, Yang R, She M, Alhabbar Z, Zhang J, Ma W (2020) Transcriptomic Study for Identification of Major Nitrogen Stress Responsive Genes in Australian Bread Wheat Cultivars. Frontiers in Genetics 11:583785. [Q1]
18. Kalunke RM, Tundo S, Sestili F, Camerlengo F, Lafiandra D, Lupi R, Larré C, Denery-Papini S, Islam S, Ma W, D’Amico S, Masci S (2020) Reduction of Allergenic Potential in Bread Wheat RNAi Transgenic Lines Silenced for CM3, CM16 and 0.28 ATI Genes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21(16): 5817. [Q1]
19. Rahman S, Islam S, Yu Z, She M, Nevo E, Ma W (2020) Current Progress in Understanding and Recovering the Wheat Genes Lost in Evolution and Domestication. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21(16): 5836. [Q1]
20. Al-Saedi N, Agarwal M, Ma W, Islam S, Ren Y (2020) Study on Effect of Extraction Techniques and Seed Coat on Proteomic Distribution and Cheese Production from Soybean Milk. Molecules 25:3237. [Q1]
21. Islam S, Wang P, Vincent D, Khan JM, Juhasz A, Diepeveen D, Lipscombe RJ, Ma W, Appels R (2020) Proteomic profiling of developing wheat heads under water-stress. Functional & Integrative Genomics 20:695-710. [Q1]
22. Al-Saedi N, Agarwal M, Ma W, Islam S*, Ren Y (2020) Proteomic Characterisation of Lupin (Lupinus angustifolius) Milk as Influenced by Extraction Techniques, Seed Coat and Cultivars. Molecules 25:1782. [Q1]
23. Zhang Y, Hu X, Juhasz A, Islam S, Yu Z, Zhao Y, Li G, Ding W, Ma W (2020) Characterising avenin-like proteins (ALPs) from albumin/globulin fraction of wheat grains by RP-HPLC, SDS-PAGE, and MS/MS peptides sequencing. BMC Plant Biology 20:45. [Q1]
24. Wang X, Appels R, Zhang X, Bekes F, Diepeveen D, Ma W, Hu X, Islam S* (2020) Solubility variation of wheat dough proteins: A practical way to track protein behaviors in dough processing. Food Chemistry 312:126038. [Q1]
25. Roy N, Islam S*, Yu Z, Lu M, Lafiandra D, Zhao Y, Anwar M, Mayer JE, Ma W (2020) Introgression of an expressed HMW 1Ay glutenin subunit allele into bread wheat cv. Lincoln increases grain protein content and breadmaking quality without yield penalty. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 133:517-528. [Q1]
26. Ma W, Yu Z, She M, Zhao Y, Islam S (2019) Wheat gluten protein and its impacts on wheat processing quality. Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering 6:279-287.
27. Yu Z, Peng Y, Islam S, She M, Lu M, Lafiandra D, Roy N, Juhasz A, Yan G, Ma W (2019) Molecular characterization and phylogenetic analysis of active y-type high molecular weight glutenin subunit genes at Glu-A1 locus in wheat. Journal of Cereal Science 86:9-14. [Q1]
28. Zhang Y, Hu X, Islam S, She M, Peng Y, Yu Z, Wylie S, Juhasz A, Dowla M, Yang R, Zhang J, Wang X, Dell B, Chen X, Nevo E, Sun D, Ma W (2018) New insights into the evolution of wheat avenin-like proteins in wild emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccoides). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115:13312. [Q1]
29. Yang R, Juhasz A, Zhang Y, Chen X, Zhang Y, She M, Zhang J, Maddern R, Edwards I, Diepeveen D, Islam S, Ma W (2018) Molecular characterisation of the NAM-1 genes in bread wheat in Australia. Crop and Pasture Science 69:1173-1181. [Q1]
30. Alhabbar Z, Yang R, Juhasz A, Xin H, She M, Anwar M, Sultana N, Diepeveen D, Ma W, Islam S* (2018) NAM gene allelic composition and its relation to grain-filling duration and nitrogen utilisation efficiency of Australian wheat. PLOS ONE 13:e0205448. [Q1]
31. Alhabbar Z, Islam S, Yang R, Diepeveen D, Anwar M, Balotf S, Sultana N, Maddern R, She M, Zhang J, Ma W, Juhasz A (2018) Associations of NAM-A1 alleles with the onset of senescence and nitrogen use efficiency under Western Australian conditions. Euphytica 214:180. [Q1]
32. Yu Z, Islam S, She M, Diepeveen D, Zhang Y, Tang G, Zhang J, Juhasz A, Yang R, Ma W (2018) Wheat grain protein accumulation and polymerization mechanisms driven by nitrogen fertilization. The Plant Journal 96:1160-1177. [Q1]
33. Dowla M A N N U, Edwards I, O'Hara G, Islam S, Ma W (2018) Developing Wheat for Improved Yield and Adaptation Under a Changing Climate: Optimization of a Few Key Genes. Engineering 4:514-522. [Q1]
34. Yu Z, Juhasz A, Islam S, Diepeveen D, Zhang J, Wang P, Ma W (2018) Impact of mid-season sulphur deficiency on wheat nitrogen metabolism and biosynthesis of grain protein. Scientific Reports 8:2499. [Q1]
35. Balotf S, Islam S, Kavoosi G, Kholdebarin B, Juhasz A, Ma W (2018) How exogenous nitric oxide regulates nitrogen assimilation in wheat seedlings under different nitrogen sources and levels. PLOS ONE 13:e0190269. [Q1]
36. Roy N, Islam S, Ma J, Lu M, Torok K, Tomoskozi S, Bekes F, Lafiandra D, Appels R, Ma W (2018) Expressed Ay HMW glutenin subunit in Australian wheat cultivars indicates a positive effect on wheat quality. Journal of Cereal Science 79:494-500. [Q1]
• UWA Scholarship for International Research Fee (SIRF) and University of Western Australia Award (UPAIS) to study PhD in the School of Plant Biology of the University of Western Australia.
• UWA Graduate Research Travel Award 2012.
• Australian Plant Science Society Travel Award 2011.
• Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation Fellowship to complete the Master of Science in Horticulture at Bangladesh Agricultural University.
• Merit scholarship in undergraduate level at Bangladesh Agricultural University.
