Microbiologist | Tuberculosis & Mycobacteriology

Tanzida Begum Rumi is a microbiologist with academic training in microbiology and research experience in tuberculosis and mycobacteriology. Her academic and laboratory background includes work in bacterial culture, microscopy, acid-fast staining, serological testing, antibiotic profiling, biochemical assays, DNA and plasmid extraction, PCR and gel electrophoresis.

She completed her MSc in Microbiology from Jahangirnagar University with a CGPA of 3.75/4.00 and her BSc (Honours) in Microbiology from the same university with a CGPA of 3.61/4.00.

Her professional profile is particularly connected with tuberculosis laboratory work and public-health microbiology. Her current professional affiliation shown on her visiting card is Regional TB Reference Laboratory (RTRI), Khulna, under the National TB Control Programme (NTP), Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

Her thesis research at the Mycobacteriology Laboratory of icddr,b focused on improving detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis among smear-negative patients using the TB-Beads method.