YASAMAN BEHSHAD
Amherst,US
Summary
• Drug delivery and bioactive delivery
• Gene expression and regulation
• Recombinant DNA technology
• Apoptosis and cell death mechanisms
• Genomic variation and evolution
• CRISPR-Cas9 technology
• Bioinformatics and computational biology
• Cancer genetics
• Protein engineering and expression
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Research Assistance
Chemical Engineering Department, University of Maragheh
Maragheh, Iran
01.2020 - 01.2021
- Collaborated with post-docs and graduate students on in-vitro antibiotic drugs release from smart polymers
- Contributed and assisted in conducting antibacterial tests of polymeric material.
Research Assistance
Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Shahid Madani University of Azerbaijan
Tabriz, Iran
01.2017 - 01.2020
- Improved enzyme activity and stability of Trypsin in various pHs, organic solvents, and pHs by its covalent immobilization on magnetic gum Arabic modified Fe3O4 nanoparticles
- Managed lab and provided necessary technical and safety training to new graduate and undergraduate students to work with the lab facilities
- Mentored undergraduate students in their capstone projects
- Composed progress updates and communicated regularly with PI about project status & timelines
- Interpreted and assessed the experimental results
- Presented results in meetings and published in peer-reviewed journals.
Lecturer
Andishe-Mobtakeran and Sama high-schools
Bonab, Iran
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Developed and delivered lectures with a focus on creating an engaging learning environment by connecting course materials with real-life challenges
- Assessed students' performances by designing creative homework and exam assignments
- Managed biology lab and advised students in designing and planning various biology experiments
- Provided guidance on practical experiments such as tissue preparation, tissue dissection
- Conducted hands-on training for specimen collection and analysis
- Developed protocols for comprehensive animal tissue analysis.
Volunteer Biology teacher
kanoon Mohaddeseh high-school
Bonab, Iran
01.2010 - 01.2014
- Tutored high school students in biology to prepare them for university entrance exams
- Balanced undergraduate studies with volunteer teaching responsibilities
- Created study materials and practice tests to support students' exam preparation.
Education
M.Sc. in Cell & Molecular Biology -
Shahid Madani University of Azerbaijan
Tabriz, East AzerbaijanB.Sc. in General Biology -
University of Tabriz
Tabriz, East AzerbaijanSkills
- Protein engineering and expression
- Digestion, and cloning of plasmids, bacterial transformation
- Protein characterization: UV/Vis spectroscopy, enzyme activity assays
- Working experience with FT-IR, XRD, TGA, and SEM for nanoparticle analysis
- PCR
- In-vitro drug release test
- Disc diffusion technique for antibacterial test
- SwissPdb software for protein structure analysis
- Microsoft Office (eg, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc)
Affiliations
- dance
- biking
- hiking
- cooking
- painting
Language
- Turkish (native)
- Persian
- English
Reference
Dr. Mohammad Pazhang
Advisor/Associate Professor
Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahid Madani University of
Azerbaijan, Tabriz, Iran.
Email: pazhang@azaruniv.ac.ir
Dr. Mohammad Sabzi
Supervisor/Associate Professor
Senior Scientist-Department of Mechanical Engineering Department, North Dakota State
University (NDSU)
111 Dolve Hall | NDSU Dept. 2490, PO Box 6050, Fargo, North Dakota 58108
Associate Professor-Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of
Maragheh, Maragheh, Iran.
E-mail: mohammad.sabzi@ndsu.edu; mohammad.sabzi@eastman.com,
Phone: 701-730-7592
Timeline
Research Assistance
Chemical Engineering Department, University of Maragheh
01.2020 - 01.2021
Research Assistance
Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Shahid Madani University of Azerbaijan
01.2017 - 01.2020
Lecturer
Andishe-Mobtakeran and Sama high-schools
01.2015 - 01.2017
Volunteer Biology teacher
kanoon Mohaddeseh high-school
01.2010 - 01.2014
M.Sc. in Cell & Molecular Biology -
Shahid Madani University of Azerbaijan
B.Sc. in General Biology -
University of Tabriz
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