Independent inquiry. Shared purpose.
Our environment.
Our health.
One connected story.
From the water around us to the microbes within it, we study the connections that shape a healthier Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Initiative for Life Sciences and Environmental Research
Environmental & public health
The environment is part of the story.
How do aquatic environments support the persistence of Vibrio cholerae between outbreaks?
Explore this researchWhy we exist
Good science starts
with questions
close to home.
In Bangladesh, environmental health and human health share the same water.
BILSER brings together expertise in microbial ecology, pathogen genomics, food and nutritional science, and environmental health. Our purpose is to build locally relevant evidence that researchers and public health decision-makers can use.
We are a newly established, independent nonprofit scientific initiative based in Pabna, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Our ambition is long term: connect field questions with laboratory investigation, develop collaborative research, and make the resulting knowledge accessible.
Explore our scientific focusA real question, with a published starting point.
A 2021 study co-authored by Prof. Faruque examined environmental Vibrio cholerae in Bangladesh and bacterial signalling through autoinducer-2. It connects our interest in aquatic environments with the biology of infectious disease.
Read the study · PLOS ONE, 2021 Researcher’s prior work, published before BILSER. Original institutional attribution is retained.People behind the science
Independent initiative.
Connected expertise.
Our leadership brings academic experience from Bangladesh’s research community. Explore their institutional records and the roles they hold at BILSER.
Current academic affiliation
Independent University, Bangladesh
Professor, School of Environment and Life Sciences
Current academic affiliation
Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University
Professor, Food Technology and Nutritional Science
Earlier research appointments
Prof. Faruque’s career also includes BRAC University and icddr,b.
Recognition in medical sciences
Prof. Faruque received the 2005 TWAS Prize in Medical Sciences for contributions to understanding cholera epidemics.
Affiliations refer to individual researchers. They do not imply institutional partnership, sponsorship, or endorsement of BILSER.
Meet the full research teamHow we work
Credibility is a practice.
Ask precisely.
Study specific mechanisms: how biofilms help bacteria persist, how phages influence pathogens, and how genetic elements carry resistance.
Credit accurately.
Distinguish researchers’ publication histories from BILSER outputs. Keep original affiliations, DOI links, and publication records visible.
Build responsibly.
Develop projects with clear investigator roles, accurate funding disclosures, and ethics and biosafety review where required.
Our operating status, openly stated.
BILSER is an independent nonprofit scientific research initiative based in Pabna, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Our registration and correspondence details are listed below. Governance and financial disclosures will be added as they are formalised.
Institutional information
Correspondence address
BILSERFloor 3, Road 44Meril RoadPabna, RajshahiBangladesh- NGO Bureau Reg No
- 10215
- Registration validity
- 26 April 2024 – 25 April 2034
- Registration certificate
- View certificate
- Organization type
- Independent nonprofit research initiative
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