Dr. Erfani Lab.
Vahid Erfani-Moghadam, PhD in Nanobiotechnology Department of Biotechnology, School of Advanced Medical Technologies, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran. P.O.Box: 49341-74611 Email: vahid.erfani@goums.ac.ir |
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Education and Qualifications:
PhD: (2009- 2014) Nanobiotechnology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Thesis: "Design and application of some dendritic nanocarriers on anticancer properties of curcumin from Turmeric (Curcuma longa)" Supervisor: Professor Majid Sadeghizadeh Work Experience
Ø Drug Encapsulation and Drug Conjugation by PAMAM Dendrimer and following characterization by NMR & FT-IR, PhD, Assistant Professor, (2014- now) Department of Biotechnology, school of Advanced Medical Technologies, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran. P.O.Box: 49341-74611. Email: vahid.erfani@goums.ac.ir Visiting researcher at Prof. Volga Bulmus, (16 Jul. 2014 - 20 Sep 2014). فرصت مطالعاتی Department of Chemical Engineering, Izmir Institute of Technology, Gulbahce, Urla, Izmir, 35430, Turkey. E-mail: volgabulmus@iyte.edu.tr Ø RAFT polymerization for a kind of arginine-based cationic polymers for gene delivery (at prof. Volga Bulmus laboratory ) Ø Determination encapsulation efficiency, loading and release of Drug (Curcumin) by spectroscopy for novel micelles, Ø Stability study with Dynamic Light Scattering(DLS) Ø Determination of Critical Micelle Concentration(CMC) by Pyridine fluorescence shift
Ø Cell culture and cytotoxicity experiments,(MTT), Ø PAMAM dendrimer surface Drug conjugation Ø Flow cytometry ( 1-quantitative curcumin absorbance, 2-cell cycle by PI and 3-apoptosis by PI/Annexcin) Ø Mouse breast cancer cell injection(Just to learn and have experience) Ø RNA extraction , cDNA synthesis and analysis of relative gene expression data using Real time PCR |
School of Advanced Medicl Technologies
Golestan University of Medical Sciences
Falsafi complex, Shastcola Rd.
Gorgan, Iran
Tel:+98-173-245-1653
Fax:+98-173-245-1654
Email: vahid.erfani@goums.ac.ir Group Members Research Interest Publications
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