1. Applied Microbiology in aquaculture and agriculture

2. in vitro diagnostics

3. Recombinant gene products

1. Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) young scientist prize in the field of Biological Sciences for the year 2007, http://www.bas.org.bd/awards/twas-young-scientist-award.html
2. Bangladesh Academy of Sciences (BAS) Gold Medal Prize in the field of Molecular Biology and Genomics for the year 2007
3. University Grants Commission of Bangladesh (UGC) Award 2006 in the field of Physical and Biological Sciences
4. The NIH Fellowship to do the post-doctoral research 2002-2004 in the Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
5. The Charles Wallace William trust fund and UMIST studentship for doing Ph.D. at UMIST, Manchester, UK, 1997-2000

1. Probiotic Technology for application in shrimp industries and fish aquaculture
2. Recombinant gene products and their application in biotech industries
3. Agriculturally important microorganisms and their application under changing climate conditions

Khatun M, Alam SMA, Khan AH, Hossain MA, Haq JA, Jilani MSA, Rahman MT and Karim MM. 2017. The novel PCR primers to diagnose Visceral Leishmaniasis using peripheral blood, spleen or bone marrow aspirates. Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine. 10 (8) 753-759. (IF 0.925)

Rahman MT and Karim MM. 2017. Metallothionein: a potential link in the regulation of zinc in nutritional immunity. Biological Trace Element Research (DOI: 10.1007/s12011-017-1061-8) (IF 1.798)

Hossain FE, Ramim AM, Rahman MS, Faruque AMO, Naser MN and Karim MM. 2017. Identification of bacterial agents causing mortality in post-larvae of giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) in southwest coastal districts of Bangladesh. Aquaculture Research, 48 (7) 3545-3555 (IF 1.606)

Karim MM, Svitkin Y, Kahvejian A, DeCrescenzo G, Costa-Mattioli M and Sonenberg N. 2006. A mechanism of translational repression by competition of Paip2 with eIF4G for poly(A) binding protein (PABP) binding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. USA, 103(25): 9494-9499 (IF 9.423)

Karim MM, Hughes JMX, Warwicker J, Scheper GC, Proud CG and McCarthy JEG. 2001. A quantitative molecular model for modulation of mammalian translation by the eIF4E-binding protein 1. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276 (23) 20750-20757. (IF 3.43)

Ptushkina M, von der Haar, T, Karim MM, Hughes JMX and McCarthy JEG. 1999. Repressor binding to a dorsal regulatory site traps human eIF4E in a high cap-affinity state. EMBO Journal 18 (14) 4068-4075. (IF 10.434)