I am working as a postdoctoral research fellow (molecular dynamics) at the Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology – AIBN at the University of Queensland. Previously, I completed my postdoctoral work at the University of Sydney, funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science and at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS).
A mathematician by training, I was awarded my PhD in computational biophysics from UTS in 2020 for my work on how nanoparticles interact with lung surfactant monolayers using Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations. I worked on industry and ARC-funded projects to expand my computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and computational biophysics knowledge and skills. My research mainly focuses on computational biophysics and materials, including membranes, membrane-protein interaction, polymers, interactions between small molecules with membranes, and nanoparticle simulation in biological environments.
Journal Article: Hfe Permease and <i>Haemophilus influenzae</i> Manganese Homeostasis
Ganio, Katherine, Nasreen, Marufa, Yang, Zihao, Maunders, Eve A., Luo, Zhenyao, Hossain, Sheikh Imamul, Ngu, Dalton H. Y., Ellis, Daniel, Gu, Jin, Neville, Stephanie L., Wilksch, Jonathan, Gunn, Adam P., Whittall, Jonathan J., Kobe, Boštjan, Deplazes, Evelyne, Kappler, Ulrike and McDevitt, Christopher A. (2024). Hfe Permease and Haemophilus influenzae Manganese Homeostasis. ACS Infectious Diseases, 10 (2), 436-452. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00407
Journal Article: The concentration-dependent effect of hydrocortisone on the structure of model lung surfactant monolayer by using an in silico approach
Islam, Mohammad Zohurul, Hossain, Sheikh I., Deplazes, E., Luo, Zhen and Saha, Suvash C. (2022). The concentration-dependent effect of hydrocortisone on the structure of model lung surfactant monolayer by using an in silico approach. RSC Advances, 12 (51), 33313-33328. doi: 10.1039/d2ra05268g
Journal Article: The role of ion-lipid interactions and lipid packing in ion-induced pores and transient defects caused by phenolic compounds
Hossain, Sheikh I., Seppelt, Mathilda, Nguyen, Natalie, Stokes, Chelsea and Deplazes, Evelyne (2022). The role of ion-lipid interactions and lipid packing in ion-induced pores and transient defects caused by phenolic compounds. Biophysical Journal, 121 (18), 3520-3532. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.08.001
Hossain, Sheikh I., Islam, Mohammad Z., Saha, Suvash C. and Deplazes, Evelyne (2022). Drug meets monolayer: understanding the interactions of sterol drugs with models of the lung surfactant monolayer using molecular dynamics simulations. Methods in molecular biology. (pp. 103-121) edited by Charles G. Cranfield. New York, NY United States: Humana Press. doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1843-1_9
Hfe Permease and <i>Haemophilus influenzae</i> Manganese Homeostasis
Ganio, Katherine, Nasreen, Marufa, Yang, Zihao, Maunders, Eve A., Luo, Zhenyao, Hossain, Sheikh Imamul, Ngu, Dalton H. Y., Ellis, Daniel, Gu, Jin, Neville, Stephanie L., Wilksch, Jonathan, Gunn, Adam P., Whittall, Jonathan J., Kobe, Boštjan, Deplazes, Evelyne, Kappler, Ulrike and McDevitt, Christopher A. (2024). Hfe Permease and Haemophilus influenzae Manganese Homeostasis. ACS Infectious Diseases, 10 (2), 436-452. doi: 10.1021/acsinfecdis.3c00407
Islam, Mohammad Zohurul, Hossain, Sheikh I., Deplazes, E., Luo, Zhen and Saha, Suvash C. (2022). The concentration-dependent effect of hydrocortisone on the structure of model lung surfactant monolayer by using an in silico approach. RSC Advances, 12 (51), 33313-33328. doi: 10.1039/d2ra05268g
Hossain, Sheikh I., Seppelt, Mathilda, Nguyen, Natalie, Stokes, Chelsea and Deplazes, Evelyne (2022). The role of ion-lipid interactions and lipid packing in ion-induced pores and transient defects caused by phenolic compounds. Biophysical Journal, 121 (18), 3520-3532. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2022.08.001
Concentration-dependent cortisone adsorption and interaction with model lung surfactant monolayer
Islam, Mohammad Zohurul, Hossain, Sheikh I., Deplazes, Evelyne and Saha, Suvash C. (2022). Concentration-dependent cortisone adsorption and interaction with model lung surfactant monolayer. Molecular Simulation, 48 (18), 1627-1638. doi: 10.1080/08927022.2022.2113397
Structural and biochemical characterization of Acinetobacter baumannii ZnuA
Alquethamy, Saleh, Ganio, Katherine, Luo, Zhenyao, Hossain, Sheikh I., Hayes, Andrew J., Ve, Thomas, Davies, Mark R., Deplazes, Evelyne, Kobe, Boštjan and McDevitt, Christopher A. (2022). Structural and biochemical characterization of Acinetobacter baumannii ZnuA. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 231 111787, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.111787
The impact of chromate on Pseudomonas aeruginosa molybdenum homeostasis
Maunders, Eve A., Ngu, Dalton H. Y., Ganio, Katherine, Hossain, Sheikh I., Lim, Bryan Y. J., Leeming, Michael G., Luo, Zhenyao, Tan, Aimee, Deplazes, Evelyne, Kobe, Boštjan and McDevitt, Christopher A. (2022). The impact of chromate on Pseudomonas aeruginosa molybdenum homeostasis. Frontiers in Microbiology, 13 903146, 1-19. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.903146
Concentration-dependent effect of the steroid drug prednisolone on a lung surfactant monolayer
Islam, Mohammad Zohurul, Krajewska, Martyna, Hossain, Sheikh I., Prochaska, Krystyna, Anwar, Azraf, Deplazes, Evelyne and Saha, Suvash C. (2022). Concentration-dependent effect of the steroid drug prednisolone on a lung surfactant monolayer. Langmuir, 38 (14), 4188-4199. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02817
Is the SARS CoV-2 omicron variant deadlier and more transmissible than Delta variant?
Duong, Bao V., Larpruenrudee, Puchanee, Fang, Tianxin, Hossain, Sheikh I., Saha, Suvash C., Gu, Yuantong and Islam, Mohammad S. (2022). Is the SARS CoV-2 omicron variant deadlier and more transmissible than Delta variant?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (8) 4586, 4586. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19084586
Islam, Mohammad Zohurul, Hossain, Sheikh I., Deplazes, Evelyne and Saha, Suvash C. (2022). The steroid mometasone alters protein containing lung surfactant monolayers in a concentration-dependent manner. Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, 111 108084, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2021.108084
Molecular basis of transport of surface functionalised gold nanoparticles to pulmonary surfactant
Jiao, Fengxuan, Hossain, Sheikh I., Sang, Jianbing, Saha, Suvash C., Gu, YuanTong, Hughes, Zak E. and Gandhi, Neha S. (2022). Molecular basis of transport of surface functionalised gold nanoparticles to pulmonary surfactant. RSC Advances, 12 (28), 18012-18021. doi: 10.1039/d2ra01892f
Al Noman, Abdullah, Islam, Md. Shofiqul, Sana, Samiron, Mondal, Prapti, Meem, Rima Islam, Rana, Sohel, Mondol, Debashish, Sana, Manoshi, Hossain, Sheikh I., Joarder, Taufique and Mazumder, Kishor (2021). A review of the genome, epidemiology, clinical features, prevention, and treatment scenario of COVID-19: Bangladesh aspects. Egyptian Journal of Bronchology, 15 (1) 8. doi: 10.1186/s43168-021-00053-2
Shape matters: the interaction of gold nanoparticles with model lung surfactant monolayers
Hossain, Sheikh I., Luo, Zhen, Deplazes, Evelyne and Saha, Suvash C. (2021). Shape matters: the interaction of gold nanoparticles with model lung surfactant monolayers. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 18 (183) 20210402, 1-10. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2021.0402
Polydisperse aerosol transport and deposition in upper airways of age-specific lung
Islam, Mohammad S., Larpruenrudee, Puchanee, Hossain, Sheikh I., Rahimi-Gorji, Mohammad, Gu, Yuantong, Saha, Suvash C. and Paul, Gunther (2021). Polydisperse aerosol transport and deposition in upper airways of age-specific lung. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 (12) 6239, 6239. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18126239
Hossain, Sheikh, Gandhi, Neha S., Hughes, Zak E. and Saha, Suvash C. (2021). Computational studies of lipid-wrapped gold nanoparticle transport through model lung surfactant monolayers. Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 125 (5), 1392-1401. doi: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c09518
Hossain, Sheikh I., Saha, Suvash C. and Deplazes, Evelyne (2021). Phenolic compounds alter the ion permeability of phospholipid bilayers via specific lipid interactions. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 23 (39), 22352-22366. doi: 10.1039/d1cp03250j
The role of SP-B(1-25)peptides in lung surfactant monolayers exposed to gold nanoparticles
Hossain, Sheikh, Gandhi, Neha S., Hughes, Zak E. and Saha, Suvash C. (2020). The role of SP-B(1-25)peptides in lung surfactant monolayers exposed to gold nanoparticles. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 22 (27), 15231-15241. doi: 10.1039/d0cp00268b
Hossain, Sheikh I., Gandhi, Neha S., Hughes, Zak E., Gu, Y. T. and Saha, Suvash C. (2019). Molecular insights on the interference of simplified lung surfactant models by gold nanoparticle pollutants. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Biomembranes, 1861 (8), 1458-1467. doi: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.06.001
Computational modelling of the interaction of gold nanoparticle with lung surfactant monolayer
Hossain, Sheikh, Gandhi, Neha S., Hughes, Zak E. and Saha, Suvash C. (2019). Computational modelling of the interaction of gold nanoparticle with lung surfactant monolayer. MRS Advances, 4 (20), 1177-1185. doi: 10.1557/adv.2019.93
Islam, M. Z., Hossain, S. I., Deplazes, E., Bhowmick, S. and Saha, S. C. (2021). Molecular dynamics study of prednisolone concentration on cholesterol based lung surfactant monolayer. International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 18–20 December 2019. Melville, NY, United States: A I P Publishing. doi: 10.1063/5.0037471
Hossain, Sheikh Imamul and Alam, Md. Mahmud (2016). Soret and Dufour effects on MHD viscoelastic fluid flow through a vertical flat plate with constant suction. 11th International Conference on Mechanical Engineering, ICME 2015, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 18–20 December 2015. Melville, NY United States: AIP Publishing. doi: 10.1063/1.4958367
Effects of thermal diffusion on viscoelastic fluid flow through a vertical flat plate
Hossain, Sheikh Imamul and Alam, Md. Mahmud (2015). Effects of thermal diffusion on viscoelastic fluid flow through a vertical flat plate. 6th BSME International Conference on Thermal Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 19-21 December 2014. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.proeng.2015.05.114
Anika, Nisat Nowroz, Hoque, Md Mainul, Hossain, Sheikh Imamul and Alam, Md Mahmud (2015). Thermal diffusion effect on unsteady viscous MHD micropolar fluid flow through an infinite vertical plate with hall and ion-slip current. 6th BSME International Conference on Thermal Engineering, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 19-21 December 2014. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.proeng.2015.05.052