page_title: Maqsudul Alam
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Maqsudul Alam / Personal life
caption_attribution_description: English: Maqsudul with his daughter Liliana
context_page_description: Maqsudul Alam was a Bangladeshi-born life-science scientist who is known for his work on genome sequencing. His work on genome sequencing started with bacteria Idiomarina loihiensis in 2003. He came into the focus of Bangladeshi people after his work on genome sequencing of tosha jute in 2010, white jute in 2013 and jute attacking fungus in 2012.
  Alam also worked on genome sequencing of transgenic papaya in 2007, rubber tree in 2009, bacteria Methylacidiphilum infernorum in 2007, Methylocella silvestris BL2 in 2009, Saprospira grandis str. Lewin in 2011, Geobacillus thermoleovorans CCB_US3_UF5 in 2011, Thermus sp. strain CCB_US3_UF1 in 2011, Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Typhi P-stx-12 in 2011, Thermomyces lanuginosus Strain SSBP and Pantoea anthophila in 2014.
context_section_description: Alam married Irina Anatolievna during his stay in Russia. Alam was a Ph.D student and Anatolievna was a medical student at that time. The couple had one daughter named Liliana Maqsudulovna Alam (1986-2019). In 1992, the family moved to United States. The couple was divorced in 1997.
  Alam later married Rafia Hasina in 2009.
caption: Maqsudul with his daughter Liliana
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