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Nobel Laureate Abel Laureate Advisory Board Member USERN President USERN Policy Making Council USERN Manager USERN Deputy Junior Ambassador

Major: Molecular Biology & Genetics

Field: Molecular biology

Mohaddese
  Pourashoury
 

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Gender, Female.
Nationality, Iranian.
Birth date, May 26, 1995.

 

EDUCATION

2014 – 2021   DVM (Doctor of Veterinary Medicine) – Islamic Azad University, Garmsar Branch

Thesis: Thermosensitive CS/GP Hydrogels with Silk and TiO2 Nanoparticles for Delivery of Doxorubicin in Combination with Sonodynamic Therapy in Brest Cancer

Grade: 16.11 out of 20

 

SKILLS AND ABILITIES

Molecular Genetic Lab

Gel Electrophoresis (Agarose, Polyacrylamide), Solubilization, DNA Extraction, PCR, Primer design, PCR-RFLP, PCR-ARMS, PCR-Tetra-ARMS, Real-time PCR, RNA Extraction

Bioinformatic

Data quality control, BLAST, Whole genome sequencing analysis, RNA-Seq data analysis using CLC Genomic workbench

Animal Lab

Blood sample collection from rodents, provided primary husbandry care for laboratory rodents, Performed and assisted in various surgical procedures, performed tail IV, IP, SC, IM injections and oral gavage, assisted in making xenograft models of human breast cancer

Cell Culture

Cell culture, Cell counting, PBMC isolation, MTT Assay

PUBLICATIONs

Manuscript In Progress

  • Thermosensitive CS/GP Hydrogels with Silk and TiO2 Nanoparticles for Delivery of Doxorubicin in Combination with Sonodynamic Therapy in Brest Cancer

 

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY

Persian      Native
English       IELTS Overall Score 8.0 (C1)
Spanish    Elementary Proficiency

 

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

Summer Schools
  • October 2021- Cancer Core Europe Summer School 2021
 
Coursera Courses
  • September 2021- Introduction to the Biology of Cancer (With Honors) by Johns Hopkins University, Grade Achieved: 100%
  • October 2021- Introduction to Genetics and Evolution by Duke University, Grade Achieved: 76.70%
  • November 2021- Understanding Cancer Metastasis by Johns Hopkins University, Grade Achieved: 97.82%
  • January 2022- Understanding Prostate Cancer by Johns Hopkins University, Grade Achieved: 99.50%
  • January 2022- Cancer Biology – a Johns Hopkins University Specialization
 
Other courses
  • Dec 2021- Principles of Working with Laboratory Animals by National Institute for Medical Research and Development

Work Experience and Volunteering

 

  • 2021 to 2022 – Internship at Tehran University of Medical Sciences – School of Pharmacy Animal Lab
  • December 2021- Present – Researcher at Tehran University of Medical Sciences
  • January 2022 - Present – USERN Intern
  • August 2022 – Present USERN UQR Coordinator
  • Social media manager and content creator for Cheetah Adventures
  • January 2021 – February 2021 – Volunteered as Translator at One Health Lessons

AWARDS

 

  • Best junior presenter at the third round of USERN Miniature Talk 2022.

 

CONGRESS PRESENTATION

 

Oral Presentation

  • Cancer Vaccines; Promising tools to fight cancer. (NOV.2022). The 7th International USERN Congress, Muscat, Oman.

REfrences

 

Prof. N. Rezaei

  •  professor of clinical immunology and allergy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Associate Dean of International Affairs in the School of Medicine and the Director of Global Academic Program.
Email: rezaei_nima@yahoo.com

 

Dr. H. Hosseinzade
  • Assistant Prof. at the Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch. Karaj, Iran
Email: Hhhesamodin@gmail.com
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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