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Md. Jubayer Hossain

Founder & Executive Director of CHIRAL Bangladesh. Computational biologist, health data scientist, and educator dedicated to closing the research supervision gap through open science and undergraduate empowerment.

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Md. Jubayer Hossain

Md. Jubayer Hossain

Founder & Executive Director · CHIRAL Bangladesh

Md. Jubayer Hossain is a computational biologist and health data scientist based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. In 2020, he founded CHIRAL Bangladesh (Centre for Health Innovation, Research, Action and Learning) with a singular mission: to close the critical supervision gap in Bangladesh by placing undergraduate students directly onto active computational health research projects and mentoring them through to peer-reviewed publication.

Under his leadership, CHIRAL has grown into a vibrant, volunteer-run research incubator that champions open science, reproducible workflows, and student first-authorship. He has trained more than 3,000 researchers, students, and healthcare professionals in research methodology, bioinformatics, and health data analytics.

Beyond the centre, he serves as a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Public Health at Daffodil International University, Bioinformatics Faculty at cBLAST (University of Dhaka), a Senior Collaborator on the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME, University of Washington), and an official Nextflow Ambassador for Seqera.

20+ Peer-reviewed
publications
3K+ Researchers & students
trained
10+ Undergraduate cohorts
mentored
2020 Year CHIRAL
founded
Research Themes

What he works on

Bridging single-cell multi-omics, predictive machine learning, and epidemiological surveillance to address urgent healthcare challenges in resource-constrained settings.

Omics & Oncology

Computational Biology

Integrative analysis of single-cell RNA-seq, bulk transcriptomics, and spatial transcriptomics to uncover immune microenvironment dynamics and novel prognostic biomarkers in cancers.

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Machine Learning

Bio-AI & Deep Learning

Applying neural architectures to single-cell data integration, automated cell-type annotation, and genomic antimicrobial resistance prediction (DeepAMR).

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Population Health

Epidemiology & GBD

Investigating disease burden (cancers, TB, mental health, vaccine coverage) via the Global Burden of Disease consortium, alongside regional surveillance for dengue and AMR.

Public Health →
Open Science

Reproducible Workflows

Engineering scalable, cloud-ready computational pipelines using Nextflow, Docker, and nf-core standards, ensuring scientific transparency and open regional capacity.

Software & Tools →
Experience & Background

Appointments & leadership

Academic & Research

Appointments

  • Visiting Scholar · Department of Public Health, Daffodil International University (2025 – Present)
  • Faculty (Bioinformatics) · cBLAST, University of Dhaka (2023 – Present)
  • Senior Collaborator · Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), University of Washington (2025 – Present)
  • Nextflow Ambassador · Seqera (2025 – Present)
  • Research Intern · icddr,b (2022)
Initiatives & Ventures

Ecosystem Leadership

  • Founder & Executive Director · CHIRAL Bangladesh (2020 – Present) — Volunteer-run research centre
  • Founder & CEO · DeepBio Limited (2025 – Present) — Multi-omics research & bioinformatics services
  • Founder & Lead Instructor · DeepBio Academy (2020 – Present) — Hands-on computational biology education
  • Founder & Lead · Agami AI (2026 – Present) — National AI literacy initiative for youth
Training & Credentials

Education & Training

  • M.S. in Microbiology · Jagannath University (2019–2020)
    Focus: Chikungunya genomic surveillance and outbreak frameworks under Dr. Syeda Tasneem Towhid
  • B.Sc. in Microbiology · Jagannath University (2016–2019)
    Focus: Benchmarking Whole Genome Sequencing analysis pipelines
  • Certificate in Computational Biology · BRAC University (2026)
  • Specialized AI for Public Health Training · Child Health Research Foundation (CHRF, 2023)
The CHIRAL Model

Mentorship built on first authorship

In Bangladesh, undergraduate science curricula offer limited exposure to modern computational workflows, study design, or scientific publishing. Under Md. Jubayer Hossain's supervision model, students join real research projects from day one.

Students formulate research questions, develop analysis protocols, write version-controlled analysis code in R, Python, and Nextflow, and draft manuscripts for submission to international indexed journals. Crucially, students retain first authorship on work they lead — ensuring genuine ownership and opening doors to postgraduate study and international research careers.

Teams trained under this approach have published in The Lancet family of journals, Scientific Reports, BMC Genomics, and Health Science Reports, and have presented their work at major academic conferences such as IEEE BECITHCON.

Mentorship approach
One-to-one guidance from protocol formulation to peer-reviewed publication.
Core principle
Students first-author their manuscripts. Supervision is not co-option.
Core toolchain
Python, R, Nextflow, Docker, Quarto, Git & GitHub.
Target audience
Undergraduate and early-career researchers across life sciences, computer science, and public health.
Scholarly Output

Selected publications

A selection of peer-reviewed articles and Global Burden of Disease collaborations led or co-authored by Md. Jubayer Hossain.

View all CHIRAL publications → Google Scholar Profile ↗ ORCID Record ↗
Connect & Collaborate

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Research collaboration

Joint grant applications, collaborative multi-omics projects, single-cell data analysis, and student research co-supervision.

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Speaking & workshops

Keynotes, guest lectures, and hands-on workshops on Nextflow, reproducible bioinformatics, single-cell analysis, and Bio-AI.

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Join CHIRAL

Undergraduates seeking research supervision or professionals wanting to mentor can apply directly through the centre.

Opportunities at CHIRAL →
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