Abed Chaudhury
Abed Chaudhury is a Bangladeshi geneticist and science writer living in Australia.
Work in science
Dr. Abed Chaudhury is a well-known geneticist and writer in both Bengali and English who together with colleagues in Australia isolated the FIS (fertilization independent seed) genes; fis mutants can produce partial seed without fertilization. These are the first characterised genes involved in apomixis, a method of making seed without the father.
Completing his Bachelor degree in Chemistry from Dhaka University,[1] Abed Chaudhury got his Ph.D. from University of Oregon, USA and did post-doctoral research at National Institutes of Health and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, of USA, and was a visiting scientist at École Normale Supérieure in France.
He is leading a group of scientists in Australia in his research.
Mr. Chaudhury was a student of Notredame College of Dhaka.
Mr. Chaudhury was a student of Dhaka University.
Mr. Chaudhury is currently living in Australia.
Writing
His first book Shoibal O Ontorikko (Bengali: শৈবাল ও অন্তরীক্ষ ) was an anthology of poems published by Dibya Prokash in 1999.
Books
- Manusher Gene, Gener Manush
- Anuvaber Neelnaksha (Blueprint of Feelings)
- Shoibal O Ontorikko (Poems, published in 1999 by Dibya Prokash)
- Durbashishir O Porbotmala
- Paradigm Shift (Essays, published in 2007 by Shomoy prokashon)
- Nirbachito Kobita by Shucheepatra
- Anguished Rivers and Other Designs by Sucheepatra
- Shopno Sotta Nodi o onnanno Kobita by Boipotro Proshoni
Columns
- Durba Sisir O Porbotmala
- Life in PriyoCanberra, at PriyoAustralia.com
He has written many articles in several science journals for scientists and in normal papers for general people in Bengali and English.