• Study on cambial reactivation in hybrid poplar (Populus sieboldii x P. grandidentata) induced by localized heating of stem (MS Thesis)
• Cell biological studies on the mechanism of cambial activity in trees (PhD Thesis)
  

• Understanding the role of temperature in some hardwood and coniferous trees in Bangladesh - Funded by Ministry of Science and Technology
  

• Mechanism of regulation of seasonal cambial activity and their relationship with storage substances in trees - Funded by Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System (BAURES)
  

• Relationship between seasonal cambial activity and changes in storage materials around the cambium in trees - Funded by University Grants Commission (UGC)
  

• Responses to rising ambient temperature on cellular mechanism of wood formation in trees - Funded by Ministry of Science and Technology
  

• Accumulation pattern of storage substances in ray parenchyma cells of hardwood trees - Funded by Ministry of Science and Technology

• Fluctuation in the levels and localization of starch and lipids in cambium of hardwood trees  - Funded by Ministry of Science and Technology
• Microscopic investigation of wood formation: focusing artificial application of water in teak (Tectona grandis) in Bangladesh - Funded by Ministry of Education
  
• Exploration the role of temperature on wood formation of selected hardwood and coniferous trees in Bangladesh - Funded by The World Academy of Sciences (TWA
• Regulation of wood formation in trees by temperature and water - Funded by Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System  (BAURES)
  

Articles in Book:

• Ryo Funada, Yusuke Yamagishi, Shahanara Begum, Kayo Kudo, Eri Nabeshima, Widyanto Dwi Nugroho, Md Rahman Hasnat, Yuichiro Oribe,  Satoshi Nakaba. 2016. Xylogenesis in trees: from cambial cell division to cell death. In: Ryo Funada (ed). Secondary Xylem Biology-Origin, Function and Applications. Academic Press, London, UK.
• Satoshi Nakaba, Peter Kitin, Yusuke Yamagishi, Shahanara Begum, Kayo Kudo, Widyanto Dwi Nugroho, Ryo Funada. 2015. Three-dimensional imaging of cambium and secondary xylem cells by confocal laser scanning microscopy. In: Edward Chee Tak Yeung, Claudio Stasolla Michael John Sumner, Bing Quan Huang. Plant Microtechniques and Protocols. Springer, Heidelberg, London, New York.

 International seminar/conference attended

•  Shahanara Begum, Satoshi Nakaba, Md. Azharul Islam, Yusuke Yamagishi, Yuichiro Oribe, Ryo Funada. Title: Induction of latewood formation and earlier cambial dormancy during active seasons of cambium by localized cooling in conifers. 62^nd Annual Meeting of Japan Wood Research Society. Hokkaido, March 2012.
• Md. Azharul Islam, Satoshi Nakaba, Yusuke Yamagishi, Shahanara Begum, Ryogo Nakada and Ryo Funada. 2012. Histochemical Changes in Ray Parenchyma Cells of Larix kaempferi from Sapwood to Heartwood. The 62nd Annual Meeting of Japan Wood Research Society, Hokkaido, Japan, March 2012.
• Shahanara Begum, Satoshi Nakaba, Yusuke Yamagishi, Ryo Funada. Title: Differences in cold response of plant cytoskeleton at low temperature in Abies firma during seasons of active and dormant cambium. The 3^rd International Symposium of Indonesian Wood Research Society. Yogyakarta, Indonesia, November 2011.
• Widyanto Dwi Nugroho, Satoshi Nakaba, Yusuke Yamagishi, Shahanara Begum, Sri Nugroho Marsoem, Ryo Funada. Title: Changes in wood anatomical characteristics on artificially inclined Acacia mangium seedlings. The 3^rd International Symposium of Indonesian Wood Research Society. Yogyakarta, Indonesia, November 2011.
• Ryo Funada, Shahanara Begum, Satoshi Nakaba, Yusuke Yamagishi, Widyanto Dwi Nugroho, Yuichiro Oribe. Title: Regulation of cambial activity in woody plants in relation to environmental conditions. Stavanger, Norway, August 2011.
• Shahanara Begum, Satoshi Nakaba, Yusuke Yamagishi, Ryo Funada. Title: Effects of rapid decrease in temperature on localized heating-induced cambial activity in conifers during winter dormancy. 2^nd International Conference on Environmental Aspects of Bangladesh. Kita Kyushu, Japan, September 2011.
• Shahanara Begum, Satoshi Nakaba, Yusuke Yamagishi, Shiori Fukuhara, Yuichiro Oribe, Ryo Funada. Title: Decrease in temperature produced latewood like structure in localized-heat induced differentiating xylem during winter dormancy in conifers. 61^th Annual Meeting of Japan Wood Research Society. Kyoto, March 2011.
• Shahanara Begum, Satoshi Nakaba, Yuichiro Oribe, Takafumi Kubo, Ryo Funada. Title: Species-dependent cambial sensitivity to rising temperatures by artificial heating and natural condition in hybrid poplar (Populus sieboldii x P. grandidentata) and Cryptomeria japonica trees: 60^th Annual Meeting of Japan Wood Research Society. Miyazaki, March 2010.
• Shahanara Begum, Shiori Fukuhara, Satoshi Nakaba, Takafumi Kubo, Ryo Funada. Title: Differences in the sensitivity and stability of microtubules at low temperature in Abies firma: 59^th Annual Meeting of Japan Wood Research Society. Nagano, March 2009.
• Shahanara Begum, Satoshi Nakaba, Yuichiro Oribe, Takafumi Kubo, Ryo Funada. Title: Induction of cambial activity and xylem differentiation by increase in temperature in hybrid poplar and Cryptomeria japonica trees: The Korean Society of Wood Science and Technology Annual Meeting, Korea, April 2009.
• Shahanara Begum, Satoshi Nakaba, Yuichiro Oribe, Takafumi Kubo, Ryo Funada. Title: Cambial reactivation and xylem differentiation in hybrid poplar and Cryptomeria japonica trees by localized heating and under natural conditions: The 7th Pacific Regional Wood Anatomy Conference (PRWAC). Kualalumpur, Malaysia, August 2009.
• Ryo Funada, Shahanara Begum, Satoshi Nakaba, Yuichiro Oribe. Title: Cambial cell biology in trees. Seoul, Korea, November 2009.
• Shahanara Begum, Satoshi Nakaba, Yuichiro Oribe, Takafumi Kubo, Ryo Funada. Title: Effects of low temperature on localized heating-induced cambial activity and xylem differentiation in Cryptomeria japonica during winter dormancy: 58^th Annual Meeting of Japan Wood Research Society. Tsukuba, March 2008.
• Shahanara Begum, Satoshi Nakaba, Yuichiro Oribe, Takafumi Kubo, Ryo Funada. Title: Cambial reactivation and xylem differentiation in hybrid poplar by localized heating and under natural conditions: Wood Matters - A Celebration of the Work of John Barnett. London, May 2008.
• Ryo Funada, Satoshi Nakaba, Shahanara Begum, Masayuki Shibagaki, Yuichiro Oribe, Takafumi Kubo. Title: Microtubules and wood formation: Wood Matters - A Celebration of the Work of John Barnett. London, UK, May 2008.
• Mi-hwa Jung, Yasumiko Wakabayashi, Satoshi Nakaba, Shahanara Begum, Tomoyuki Fujii, Takafumi Kubo, Ryo Funada. Title: Anatomical changes in the main stems by the application of methyl jasmonate and salicylic acid: The Korean Society of Wood Science and Technology Annual Meeting, Korea, April 2007.
• Shahanara Begum, Satoshi Nakaba, Yuichiro Oribe, Takafumi Kubo, Ryo Funada. Title: Temperature responses of cambial reactivation, xylem differentiation and bud burst in hybrid poplar for two winter seasons: 57^th Annual Meeting of Japan Wood Research Society. Hiroshima, August 2007.
• Shahanara Begum, Satoshi Nakaba, Yuichiro Oribe, Takafumi Kubo, Ryo Funada. Title: Effect of localized heating on cambial reactivation in deciduos diffuse-porous hardwood hybrid popular (Populus sieboldii x P. grandidentata): The 6th Pacific Regional Wood Anatomy Conference (PRWAC). Kyoto, Japan, December 2005.
• Ryo Funada, Satoshi Nakaba, Shahanara Begum, Masayuki Shibagaki, Yuichiro Oribe, Takafumi Kubo. Title: Changes in stability of microtubules depending on cambial activity: The 6th Pacific Regional Wood Anatomy Conference (PRWAC). Kyoto, Japan, December 2005.