Syed Rashel Kabir, son of a former police officer and freedom fighter Md. Mir. Abdul Quium (late), was born in Rangpur district of Bangladesh. He completed B.Sc. (Hons.) and M.Sc. (Thesis) degree with an outstanding academic record (1st class 1^st position) from the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Rajshahi where he is currently working as a full professor. He was awarded Ph.D degree from Tohoku University, Japan in 2004. He was also appointed as a staff member followed by JSPS postdoctoral fellow at the same University in Japan. He went to Kunming Institute of Zoology, China for one year to conduct advanced research on Glioblastoma stem cancer cells under CAS-PIFI fellowship in 2017. He got the prestigious UGC award-2011 and UGC gold medal award-2016 for his outstanding contribution in the fields of Clinical, Pharmaceutical & Medical sciences, and also in the life science, respectively. Due to his wholehearted effort, Bangladesh got full membership status of Asia Pacific Protein Association (APPA) where he is contributing as a council member. He is also working as editorial board members and life members of several journals and professional organizations, respectively. He published a book chapter, 29 articles in SCI and non-SCI category journals and 99 conference abstracts. Currently, a number of Ph.D, M.Phil and M.Sc students are working on the anticancer mechanism of lectins and biogenic silver nanoparticles against different human cancer cell lines under his direct supervision.