FERDOUSI Farhana

Affiliation
Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences
Official title
Assistant Professor
ORCID
0000-0003-2816-9118
Email
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Research keywords
Bioinformatics, Omics Research
Clinical trial
Epidemiology
Research projects
Women In Science and Engineering: INternational CONnection (WISE-INCON), Joint Initatves in Research and Education of NTU-UGA-UT Trilateral Center2026-04 -- 2027-03ISODA HirokoNTU-UGA-UT Trilateral Center/1,200,000Yen
Regional Food Knowledge for Global Health: Functional Foods and Beyond, Tsukuba Global Science Week 2026, Conference Session2026-04 -- (current)Farhana FerdousiUniversity of Tsukuba/300,000Yen
Exploration of functional aromatic compounds that exert beneficial effects tailored to specific automobile use scenarios2023-11 -- 2027-03Isoda HirokoHonda Co., Ltd./89,336,500Yen
Construction of a Bioassay System for Functional and Safety Studies2025-04 -- 2026-03Farhana FerdousiMEDR&D Co., Ltd./1,000,000Yen
つくばデジタルバイオ国際拠点度 若手研究者支援プロジェクト2024-04 -- 2026-03Farhana Ferdousi共創の場形成支援プログラム（COI-NEXT)/2,000,000Yen
COI-NEXT 次世代を担う人材育成支援　支援タイプⅡ：海外機関における研究開発活動2023-04 -- 2025-03Farhana Ferdousi共創の場形成支援プログラム（COI-NEXT)/1,400,000Yen
COI-NEXT 次世代を担う人材育成支援　支援タイプⅠ2023-04 -- 2025-03Farhana Ferdousi, Kazunori Sasaki共創の場形成支援プログラム（COI-NEXT)/2,720,000Yen
Evaluation of Potential Role of Olive Leaf Extract as A Natural Way to Prevent and Improve Anemia: A randomized Clinical Trial2019-04 -- 2024-03Farhana FERDOUSIJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists4,160,000Yen
Career history
2024-01 -- (current)National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and TechnologyOpen Innovation Laboratory for Food and Medicinal Resource Engineering (FoodMed-OIL)Visiting Researcher
2023-05 -- (current)University of TsukubaInstitute of Life and Environmental SciencesAssistant Professor
2022-10 -- 2023-04University of TsukubaAlliance for Research on the Mediterranean and North AfricaSenior Researcher
2022-03 -- 2022-09National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)FoodMed-OILAIST Postdoctoral Researcher
2020-11 -- 2022-03University of TsukubaAlliance for Research on the Mediterranean and North Africa (ARENA), Faculty of Life and Environmental SciencesAssistant Professor
2020-04 -- 2020-10University of TsukubaAlliance for Research on the Mediterranean and North Africa (ARENA)Researcher (副主任研究員)
2017-10 -- 2020-03University of TsukubaAlliance for Research on the Mediterranean and North Africa (ARENA)Researcher
Academic background
2011-04 -- 2015-03University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences Doctoral Program in Clinical Sciences
2010-04 -- 2011-03University of Tsukuba Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences Masters Program in Medical Sciences
2002 -- 2007University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS)
Degree
2015-03PhDUniversity of Tsukuba
2011-03MPHUniversity of Tsukuba
2007MBBSUniversity of Dhaka
Licenses and qualifications
2009-04Certified Medical Practitioner, Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council
Academic societies
2018 -- (current)JAPANESE ASSOCIATION FOR ANIMAL CELL TECHNOLOGY
2015 -- (current)JAPAN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
2012 -- (current)JAPANESE SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE
Honors & Awards
2025-05GeroScience Outstanding Original Research Paper Award- Honorable MentionsCoauthored Original Article: Transcriptomics and biochemical evidence of trigonelline ameliorating learning and memory decline in the SAMP8 model by suppressing proinflammatory cytokines and elevating neurotransmitter release.
2025-05-1220th Japanese Association for Animal Cell Technology (JAACT) Encouragement AwardEstablishment of a stem cell-based predictive model using human amniotic epithelial cells to explore the multifaceted tissue-specific bioactivities of food components, plant extracts, and their bioactive compounds
2016-01Tropical Medicine and Health Best Paper Award 2016Tropical Medicine and Health誌に2015年に掲載された最も優秀な原著論文として表彰
2013-10Outstanding Speaker awardOral Research Presentation at Tsukuba Global Science Week 2013
Articles
Books
Conference, etc.
  • シナモイルキナ酸誘導体の皮膚バリア機能調節作用と そのメカニズム解析
    天野 聖乃; Mizushima Aprill Kee Oliva; Farhana Ferdousi; 礒...
    日本農芸化学会2026 年度京都大会/2026-03-09--2026-03-12
  • Behavioral, Transcriptomic, and Biochemical Evidence of Antidepressant and Neuroprotective Actions of Pine Needle Extracts
    Ogawa Hisako Iwahashi; Yasaka Eiji; Kondo Shinji; Ferd...
    JAACT2025/2025-12-08--2025-12-11
  • Transcriptomic Evidence of Black soybean Ethanolic Extract and 2-Aminobutyric Acid in Suppressing Neuroinflammation and Enhancing Synaptic Transmission
    Aktar Sharmin; Toda Kyoko; Ferdousi Farhana; Takahashi...
    JAACT2025/2025-12-08--2025-12-11
  • Multitarget neuromodulatory actions of rosemary: integrative evidence from molecular, behavioral, and clinical studies
    Isoda Hiroko; FERDOUSI Farhana; Sasaki Kazunori
    The 9th International Symposium on Curry and Spice/2026-04-22--2026-04-22
  • A stem cell–based predictive model using human amniotic epithelial cells (hAECs) to evaluate functionalities of food components, plant extracts, and their bioactive compounds
    FERDOUSI Farhana
    2nd Edition of Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine Conference (SCRM-2026)/2026-04-09--2026-04-10
  • Regulation of Neurogenesis and Myelination by Antioxidant Natural Compounds
    Isoda Hiroko; FERDOUSI Farhana; Sasaki Kazunori; Niki ...
    10th Mediterranean Neuroscience Society Conference/2025-06-07--2025-06-11
  • Rosemary as an anxiolytic and antidepressant: findings from preclinical studies and a pilot clinical trial
    Achour Mariem; FERDOUSI Farhana; Sasaki Kazunori; Sale...
    10th Mediterranean Neuroscience Society Conference/2025-06-07--2025-06-11
  • Anti-Stress and Anxiolytic Effects of Standardized Rosemary Extract: Materialization of functional food ingredients and Clinical Evidence
    Fukumitsu Satoshi; Kuwata Hidetoshi; Sasaki Kazunori; ...
    10th Mediterranean Neuroscience Society Conference/2025-06-07--2025-06-11
  • Establishment of a stem cell-based predictive model using human amniotic epithelial cells to explore the multifaceted tissue-specific bioactivities of food components, plant extracts, and their bioactive compounds
    FERDOUSI Farhana
    2023年度日本動物細胞工学会技術賞・奨励賞受賞講演、及び第50回動物細胞工学シンポジウム「AI x 物質生産」/2025-05-12--2025-05-12
  • Study on the Anti-inflammatory Effects of Tsuruazuki Extract using Murine Macrophage-like cells
    廣井美悠; 高橋 真哉; Ferdousi Farhana; 戸田恭子; 山本（前田）万里; 礒田博子
    JSBBA2025 Sapporo Annual Meeting/2025-03-04--2025-03-08
  • Global Transcriptome Analysis Reveals the Potential Role of Oleacein in Lipid and Glucose Metabolism and Inflammation in Adipocytes Derived from Healthy and Diabetic Adipose Stem Cells
    Wang Rui; Ganbold Munkhzul; Ferdousi Farhana; Tominaga...
    Japanese Association for Animal Cell Technology (JAACT) 2023/2023-11-28--2023-12-01
  • A Comparative Study to Understand the Molecular Mechanisms Contributing to the Enhanced Neurogenesis Effects of Caffeoylquinic and Feruloylquinic Acid Isomers in Adult Mice Neural Stem Cells
    Lin Hongyu; Sasaki Kazunori; Ferdousi Farhana; Hatanak...
    Japanese Association for Animal Cell Technology (JAACT) 2023/2023-11-28--2023-12-01
  • Ethylene Glycol Derivatives of Squalene Alleviate Excessive Lipogenesis and Inflammatory Response in 3T3-L1 Preadipocytes: A Comparative Whole- Transcriptomics Study
    Cheng Yu; Ferdousi Farhana; Foronda Bryan Angelo; Linh...
    Japanese Association for Animal Cell Technology (JAACT) 2023/2023-11-28--2023-12-01
  • A Whole-transcriptomic Study Using a Stem Cell-Based Model for Comparing the Multi-tissue-specific Bioactivities of Rare Olive Compound Oleacein and Oleocanthal
    Rasid Elda Nurafnie Ibnu; Ferdousi Farhana; Takahashi ...
    Japanese Association for Animal Cell Technology (JAACT) 2023/2023-11-28--2023-12-01
  • A Whole-transcriptomic Study Using a Stem Cell-Based Model for Comparing the Multi-tissue-specific Bioactivities of Rare Olive Compound Oleacein and Oleocanthal
    Ferdousi Farhana; Sasaki Kazunori; Tominaga Ken-ichi; ...
    Japanese Association for Animal Cell Technology (JAACT) 2023/2023-11-28--2023-12-01
  • A Comprehensive Bench to Bed Approach to Uncover the Hematological Health Benefits of Olive Leaf Extract
    Ferdousi Farhana
    Tsukuba Conference 2023/2023-09-26--2023-09-28
  • A Comprehensive Bench to Bed Approach to Uncover the Hematological Health Benefits of Olive Leaf Extract
    Ferdousi Farhana
    Tsukuba Conference 2023/2023-09-26--2023-09-28
  • Trigonelline Prevents Age-related Learning and Memory Decline in a Senescence Accelerated Mouse Model by Suppressing Proinflammatory Cytokines and Elevating Neurotransmitter Release
    Ferdousi Farhana
    第16回日本ポリフェノール学会学術集会/2023-08-31
  • イソラムネチンが与える多臓器への影響評価解析 ートランスクリプトーム解析を通じてー
    藤原裕雄; Ferdousi Farhana; ⻘沼和宏; 富永健一; Hiroko Isoda
    16th Annual Meeting of Japan Polyphenol Society/2023-08-31
  • マメ由来成分のヒト神経細胞モデルSH-SY5Yを用いた抗神経炎症作用のメカニズム解析
    加藤あゆみ; Sharmin Aktar; 高橋 真哉; Ferdousi Farhana; 戸田恭子; 山...
    第16回日本ポリフェノール学会学術集会/2023-08-31--2023-08-31
  • オリーブ葉抽出物のHIF1 発現を介した抗貧血作用
    近藤　真司; Ferdousi Farhana(生命環境系); 趙　金暢; 山内　健; スイダサリ　ソフィア; 横澤　美紀...
    JAACT2022/2022-07-26--2022-07-27
  • Human amniotic membrane-derived epithelial stem cell as a potential tool to explore biological functions of naturally occurring compounds
    Farhana(生命環境系) Ferdousi; Isoda Hiroko
    日本動物細胞工学会 2022年度大会 (JAACT2022)/2022-07-26--2022-07-27
  • Study on the anti-inflammatory effect of microalgae Botryococcus terribilis extracts
    山本 星里; 高橋 真哉; Ferdousi Farhana; Linh Tran Ngoc; 有村 隆志; 打上...
    The2022 Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrochemistry (JSBBA)/2022-03-15--2022-03-18
  • Study of Therapeutic Effects of Olive Leaf Extract on Phenylhydrazine-Induced Anemia Mice Model
    Zhao Jinchang; Kondo Shinji; Suidasari Sofya; Yokozawa M...
    63RD AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY ANNUAL MEETING/2021-12-11--2021-12-14
  • Effects of Oral Intake of Olive Leaf Extract on Hematological Parameters: A Double-Blinded, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial in Progress
    Ferdousi Farhana; Alam Masud; Araki Risa; Suidasari Sofy...
    63RD AMERICAN SOCIETY OF HEMATOLOGY ANNUAL MEETING/2021-12-11--2021-12-14
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Intellectural property rights
  • HIF-1activator
    Hiroko Isoda; FERDOUSI Farhana; Shinji Kondo
Works
  • Regulating Cell Fate of Human Amnion Epithelial Cells Using Natural Compounds
    Meriem Bejaoui; Ferdousi Farhana; Yun-Wen Zheng; Tatsuya ...
Teaching
2025-11 -- 2025-11Master's Life Science Innovation SeminarUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-04 -- 2025-06Master's Life Science Innovation SeminarUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-11 -- 2025-11Doctor's Life Science Innovation SeminarUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-05 -- 2025-06Doctor's Life Science Innovation SeminarUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-10 -- 2025-12Essential Experiments in Agrobiology and ForestryUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-04 -- 2025-07Essential Experiments in Agrobiology and ForestryUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-12 -- 2026-02Special Practices in Biological Sciences for Agrobiology and ForestryUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-10 -- 2026-02Human Subjects Research: BasicUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-04 -- 2025-08Human Subjects Research: BasicUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-11 -- 2025-11Food FunctionalityUniversity of Tsukuba.
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Other educational activities
2023-06 -- 2023-06Organizing an interactive Q&A session with Professors Colin Goding (Univ. of Oxford), Jane Mellor (Univ. of Oxford), Custodia Garcia Jimenez (University Rey Juan Carlos), Panagis Filippakopoulos (Univ. of Oxford)Tsukuba Life Science Innovation Program
2025-12 -- 2025-12Organizing an interactive Q&A session with Professor Delphine Margout, University of MontpellierTsukuba Life Science Innovation Program
2025-12 -- 2025-12Co-ordinating an Open Seminar 'Novel Functional Olive Oil: Functional Foods versus Novel Food' by Professor Delphine Margout-Jantac, University of MontpelierTsukuba Life Science Innovation Program
2024-11 -- 2024-11Organizing an Interactive Workshop on ‘Fellowship Application Writing’ and a ‘Journal Club’ led by Professor Colin Goding (University of Oxford), Professor Steingrimsson Eirikur (University of Iceland), Professor Gyrd Hansen Mads (University of Denmark), Dr. Lionel Robert Larue (Institut Curie)Tsukuba Life Science Innovation Program
2025-10 -- 2025-10Co-ordinating an Open Seminar 'Microtechnology for Analyzing Food Ingredient Functionality and Digestion' by Prof. Karin Schroën, Wageningen University, The NetherlandsTsukuba Life Science Innovation Program
2025-09 -- 2025-11Co-organizing 1st Montpellier–Tsukuba Joint Annual e-Congress on Food Security and SafetyTsukuba Life Science Innovation Program
2025-06 -- 2025-06Co-ordinating an Open Seminar 'Melanoma Cell Fate – From the Inside and the Outside' by Prof. Richard White, University of OxfordTsukuba Life Science Innovation Program
2025-06 -- 2025-06Co-ordinating an Open Seminar 'Collagen Imaging Research and Development of Genetic Resources for ECM Research' by Dr. Yoshihiro Miwa, RIKEN BioResource Research CenterTsukuba Life Science Innovation Program
2025-06 -- 2025-06Organizing an interactive Q&A session with Professors Colin Goding (Univ. of Oxford), Jane Mellor (Univ. of Oxford), Custodia Garcia Jimenez (University Rey Juan Carlos), Panagis Filippakopoulos (Univ. of Oxford), and Richard White (Univ. of Oxford)Tsukuba Life Science Innovation Program
2025-06 -- 2025-06Co-organizing a FD seminar 'The University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Medicine PhD program' by Professor Colin GodingTsukuba Life Science Innovation Program
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Talks
  • A Comprehensive Database on Tissue-specific Bioactivities of Plant Extracts
    FERDOUSI Farhana
    University of Montpellier, France/2025-03-27
  • Exploration of Neuroprotective Medicinal Plants and Their Bioactive Compounds: Targeted Omics-Based Investigations Using Stem Cell–Based Tools and In Vitro and In Vivo Disease Models
    FERDOUSI Farhana
    University of Grenoble Alpes/2026-03-17
University Management
2023-05 -- (current)Tsukuba Life Science Innovation ProgramCore Committee Member
Other activities
2025-03 -- 2025-03Participation in International R&D Hub Development by the Alliance for Research on the Mediterranean and North Africa (ARENA) [Visit to University of Grenoble Alpes and University of Montpellier]
2026-03 -- 2026-03Women In Science and Engineering: INternational CONnection (WISE-INCON) Project [Visit to Université Grenoble Alpes]
2025-12 -- 2025-12Participation in International R&D Hub Development by the Alliance for Research on the Mediterranean and North Africa (ARENA) [visiting University of Dhaka and icddr,b in Bangladesh]

(Last updated: 2026-05-11)