Ferdous Rastgar Jazii

Personal information

Name: Ferdous
Surname: Rastgar Jazii
Marital status: Married

E. Mail address: rastgar@nrcgeb.ac.ir
rastgar_jazii@yahoo.com

Addresses: National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB). Pajohesh Boulevard, Kilometer 17, Tehran-Karaj Highway. Builing A.
P.O. Box 14155-6343
Tehran, Iran

Tel: +98 21 44580380 (Office)
Fax: +98 21 44580399 & 44580395

Home: Apartment No 13, Building No 4, Mosalreza Alley, Ebrahim Nouri
Avenue, Nategh Nouri Street, (Bagh e Faze), Ashrafi Esphahani Boulevard, Tehran. +98 21 44420145 (Mobile phone: + 98 912 2017330)


Educational background:

PhD: Biochemistry, 1997, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
(IBB), University of Tehran, Iran.
University of Windsor, Canada, for undertaking parts of Ph D. program.



Title of Thesis: Two dimensional Gel Electrophoretic study of Polypeptides,
NIH3T3 Cell Transfection Assay of the Genomic DNA
Tumorogenicity and Analysis of Thrombospondin1(TSP1) in Patients with Esophageal Cancer.

MSc.: Biochemistry, 1989, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
(IBB), University of Tehran, Iran.

Title of Thesis: Analysis of Mutagenic Activity and Genotoxicity of Salted
Fishes and Drinking Water Consumed in Regions with the
Highest Incidence rate of Esophageal Cancer in Northern
Iran.



BSc.: Biology, 1986, University of Shiraz, Iran.



Fellowships and Assistantship:

1995-1996: Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Iran.
1995-1996: University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
1992-1994: Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Iran.


Professional activities:


2004- Till now; Head of the department of Proteomics at the National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB).

2004 – Till now; Member of both Iranian Proteomic Society and founder of the same Society.

2004- Till now; The head organizer of the joint Ph. D. program for Medical Molecular genetics at NIGEB.

2004- Till now; Member of council of higher education at NIGEB.

2004- Till now; Member of Iranian Proteomics Society.

1998-2002, Head of the department of Biochemistry at NIGEB.

1999 till then; Affiliated member of plant biotechnology group at NIGEB.

1997 till now; Member of Esophageal cancer research group at NIGEB.

1997-2002; Member of the Research Council Committee at NIGEB.

1997- till then; Faculty member at NIGEB.

1991-1996 Member of Iranian esophageal cancer research group.


Teaching experiences:

Cellular and Molecular Biology of Mutagenesis and Carcinogenesis for Ph.D. level.

Molecular Biology of Cell Cycle for Ph.D. students.

Biochemistry of Lipids and Carbohydrates for Ph.D. students.

Biochemistry of Cell Membrane, Ph.D. level.

Biochemistry of Proteins and Nucleic Acids for Ms.C. and Ph.D. level.

Structure and Replication of DNA for MS.C. and Ph.D. level.

Theory and Application of Molecular and Immunological Techniques for Ph.D. level.

Fundamentals and application of electrophoresis of proteins for Ph.D. level.

Advanced plant Biochemistry for Ph.D. level.

Advanced Soil Biochemistry for Ph.D. level.

Cell and Molecular Biology for MS.C. and BS.C. level.

Fundamentals of Biochemistry for medical and BS.C. students.

Molecular Evolution for BS.C. and MS.C. level.

Research assisting on different subjects including : histology, zoology, ecology, embryology,…..during my BS.C. in Shiraz university between 1982-1986.


Supervision on MSc. Thesis

Supervised: Fifteen students.

Advising MSc. Thesis: Three students.



Supervision of PhD. Thesis:

PhD. thesis supervised: Two students

PhD. thesis under supervision: Four students

Research Projects:

I) Director of research projects and international collaboration:

1999-2001 Over expression of salt resistant gene in tobacco in order to
obtain enhanced resistance to osmotic stress.

1999-2000 Improvement and optimization of the extraction of inclusion
bodies from E Coli expressing human growth hormone.

2000- Purification and analysis of Kiwifruit protease.

2002- 2006; Analysis of hypermethylation of CpG islands of tumor suppressor gene (APC) and its possible clinical application.

2002- 2005; Identification of molecular markers involved in salt tolerance in Aleuropus Lagopoides by application of Proteomic methods (in collaboration with Institute for Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany.


2003- 2006; Application of proteomics in the study and analysis of molecular changes associated with esophageal cancer (Squamous Cell Carcinoma of esophagus cancer, SCCE) in collaboration with National Institute of Health (NIH) and National Cancer Institute (NCI) at Frederick, USA.

2004- Until now; Analysis of salt and drought stress tolerance induciblity of some constructs containing the gene P5CS in Olive embryo.


II) Joint research projects

2006- Cloning, expression and purification of Bacillus thermocatenulatus lipase in yeast (Pichia pstorsis) (on going).




2002-2004 Cloning and modification of microbial desulfurization operon and designing suitable strains to enhance bio desulfurization of fossil fuels.


2001-2003 Purification of recombinant human GM-CSF from E. coli by osmotic shock.


III) Collaborative research project

1998-1999 A biochemical and genetic modification approaches to -Lactamase isolated from E. coli strains resistant to -Lactam antibiotics Iran.

IV) Supervisor of national research project

1998 Studies on Phenylalanine Hydroxylase gene (PHA) mutant in Iranian population.

V) Supervisor of research project:

2005- Molecular analysis ofT0 and T1 transgenic Brassica napus with EPSPS gene.

2006- Identification of PI3K (phosphtidyl inositol 3 kinase) isoforms in two human prostate cancer cell lines (PC3, DU-145) and analyzing their correlation with matrix metalloproteinase expression and activities.


VI) Research service to private sector:

2001 Analysis of mutagenicity of Germicide P by alkaline DNA damage method.


Workshops:

Director of workshops:


2002- 2007 (till now and annually); Application of proteomics in order to study, analysis and identification of related polypeptides and genes.


1997 Two dimensional gel electrophoresis of proteins, University of Ilam,
Iran.

1993 Two dimensional gel electrophoresis of proteins, in the Second Congress
of Biochemistry, Tehran, Iran.

II) Co director of workshops:

2001 PCR optimization, in PCR workshop held in Imam Hosain University,
Tehran , Iran.

1995 Molecular Toxicity workshop, NIGEB, Tehran, Iran.

1994 Recombinant DNA technology, NIGEB, Tehran, Iran.

1993 Edman degradation and Protein Sequencing, Institute of Biochemistry
and Biophysics (IBB), University of Tehran, Iran.

1992 Primary Cell Culture, IBB, University of Tehran, Iran.

1991 Workshop on Southern hybridization, Cloning and Sequencing, IBB,
University of Tehran, Iran.



III) Workshop participated:

2004 Microarray workshop, held by BIO-RAD Company at NIGEB

1994 Application of computer sciences in biochemistry and molecular
biology, NIGEB, Tehran, Iran.

RT-PCR amplification of the bi functional enzyme delta1 Pyrroline 5 Carb-
oxylate Synthase (P5CS).



Publications (International journals or ISI indexed):


F. Rastgar Jazii, A. A. Karkhane, B. Yakhchali, S.A. Fatemi, A. Deezagi. 2007, A simplified purification procedure for recombinant human granulocyte macrophagecolony stimulating factor from periplasmic space of Escherichia coli, Journal of Chromatography B., (revised in press).

F. Najafi, R. A. Khavari- Nejad, F. Rastgar- Jazii and M. Sticklen, 2007, Growth and some physiological attributes of Pea (Pisum sativum L.) as affected by salinity, Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences (accepted in press).

Yamchi, A. Rastgar Jazii, F. Mousavi, A. Karkhane, A. A. and Renu, S. 2007 Proline accumulation in transgenic tobacco as a result of expression of the Arabidopsis ∆1-Pyrroline-5-Carboxylate Synthetase (P5CS) during osmotic stress, Journal of Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology, (16), No. 1, 9-15


Ferdous Rastgar Jazii, Zahra Najafi, Reza Malekzadeh, Thomas P Conrads, Abed Ali Ziaee, Christian Abnet, Mansour Yazdznbod, Ali Asghar Karkhane, Ghasem H Salekdeh, 2006 Identifi cation of squamous cell carcinoma associated proteins by proteomics and loss of beta tropomyosin expression in esophageal cancer. World Journal of Gastroentrology (44): 7104-7112.


Najafi, F. Kavari Nejad, R. A. and Rastgar Jazii, F. 2006, Physiological Changes in Pea ( Pisum sativum L. cv. Green Arrow) under NaCl Salinity. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 9 (5) 974 – 978.


F. Najafi, F. Rastgar Jazii, R. A. Kavari – Nejad and M. Sticklen. 2005 Salt Tolerance in Transgenic Pea ( Pisum sativum L.) Plant by P5CS Gene Transfer. Journal of Plant Biotechnology (7) No4 PP. 233 – 240.


A. Sokhansangj, A. A. Karkhane and F. Rastgar Jazii. 2005, Identification and Characterization of Salt-Inducible Polypeptide in Paenibacillus sp., a Moderately Halophilic Bacterium. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 2005 (100), No 5 PP. 573 - 575).


Reza Aghanouri, Mostafa Ghanei, Jafar Aslani, Hossein Keivani-Amine, Ferdos Rastegar, and Ali Karkhane, 2004 Fibrogenic cytokine levels in bronchoalveolar lavage aspirates 15 years after exposure to sulfur mustard.
American Journal of Physiology - Lung cellular and Molecular Physiology (287) L1160-L1164.



Haghbeen, K. Rastgar Jazii, F. Karkhane, A. A. and Shareefi Borojerdi, S. 2004, purification of tyrosinase from edible mushroom, Iranian Journal of Biotechnology (2) 189 – 194.


S. Akabarzadeh, J. Raheb and F. Rastgar Jazii. 2004 Cloning and sequencing of desulfurization operon from a newly isolated bacterium Rhodococcus FMF. Iranian Journal of Biotechnology (2) No1, 19-24.


S. Kazemi Noureini, A. A. Ziaee, F. Rastgar-Jazii, M. Yazdanbod, 2004, Telomerase Activity in Iranian Patients With Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences, Medical Journal of I.R. Iran, (18) No.2, 147-152.


S. S. Fatemi, et al. 2003, A new vision to selection of a proper strain from recombinant Escherichia Coli strains with the same genetic structure expressing periplasmic hGM – CSF, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering (96) No.6, 578-580.


Ebrahimzadeh, H. et al, 2003, Oxidative enzyme activities and soluble protein in leaves and fruits of olive during ripening, Journal Food Biochemistry (27) 181-196.


Alireza Sepehr et al, 2001, Distinct pattern of TP53 mutations in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus in Iran, Oncogene (20) 7368-7374.


Rastgar_Jazii, F. et al, Application of Two Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis and NIH3T3 Cell Transfection Assay in the study of Tumor Associated
Proteins and Genomic DNA Tumorogenicity in Malignant Human Esophageal Specimens, Journal of Sciences of IRI, 1998(9) No4 pp 216-224.


Rastgar Jaszii, F. and Zia’ee, A. A. Drinking Water and Esophageal Cancer in Northern Iran, Journal of Medical Sciences of IRI 1996(21) No1&2 pp20- 28.


Daii, M. et al, Esophageal Cancer Screening in Northeast Iran, A Pilot Study, Journal of Medical Sciences of IRI, 1993(18) No 1&2 pp 8-14.


Published Papers in Farsi:


S. Jahanbakhsh-Ghodehkahriz, G. Karimzadeh and F. Rastegar, 2007 Low temperature-induced accumulation of, and SDS-PAGE changes in soluble proteins in the leaves of spring and winter wheat genotypes, Journal of Agricultural Sciences (JAST) (16) No. 4, 31-41.

F. Rastgar Jazii, Z. Najafi, M. Yazdanbod and A. A. A. Karkhane, 2007, Proteomics and indentification of molecular marker in squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus, Paramedical Sciences (accepted in press).

Najafi, Z. Rastgar Jazii, F. and Malekzadeh, R. 2005, Proteome, proteomics and proteins analysis methods, Modern Genetics No3 Summer Edition, 8-13.

Yamchi, A. Rastgar Jazii, F. Ghobadi, S. Mousavi, A. and Karkhane, A. A., 2005, Over expression of ∆1 – pyrroline 5 carboxylate synthetase (P5CS) in order to enhance transgenic tobacco plant to osmotic stress ( Nicotina tabaccum cv. Xanthi), The Journal of Science and Technology of Agriculture and Natural Resources No 4 (8) 31 – 39.

Abbassie, A., Rastgar Jazii, F., Yzdi Samadi, B. And Sokhansange, A., 2003, Synthesis of cDNA and amplification of P5CS by applying mRNA from Arabidopsis thaliana, Iranian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, (34) 607 – 615.

F. Rastgar Jazii, 2001, Skin, its structure and the effect of biological products on its protection, maintenance an function, Hygienic and Cosmetic Magazine, October, 112 -117.




Published Abstracts:

International:


Rastgar Jazii, F. Najafi, Z. Malekzadeh, R. et al, 2006, Proteomics and proteome analysis of squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus, Differentiation (74), No. 8 pp 457

Mostafavi, M. Rezaei – Tavirani, M. Rastgare Jazi, F. et al 2006, Proteomic study of astreocye aging, Joint Third and Fourth Structural Biology and Functional Genomics Conference, 4-7 December, p.222.


Mostafavi, M. Rezaei – Tavirani, M. Rastgare Jazi, F. et al 2006, Introducing the AGP1 as a cell differentiation factor in the astrocytes: A proteomics approach, Joint Third and Fourth Structural Biology and Functional Genomics Conference, 4-7 December, p. 221.


Vafakhah, M. Mostafavi, M. Rastgare Jazi, F. 2006, Study of the role of aldolase C in the astrocyte aging: A proteomics study, Joint Third and Fourth Structural Biology and Functional Genomics Conference, 4-7 December, p. 219.


Jahanbakhsh, S. Karimzadeh, G. and Rastgar, F. 2006, Protein accumulation and chlorophyll fluorescence changes in spring wheat and winter wheat genotypes in response to cold treatment, Plant and Microbe Adaptation to Cold, May 16 – 20, Salsmaggiore Terme, Italy, P. 63.


F. Rastgar Jazii, et al., 2005, Assessment of APC promoter hypermethylation and possible application as a molecular marker for monitoring squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus, Clinical Biochemistry (38) No 9 p843

Farzaneh, M. and Rastgar Jzii, F. 2005, Application of dot blotting for detecting the expression of P5CS gene in transgenic olive plantlets, FEBS Letters (272) supplement 1.


F. Rastgar Jazii, M. Zare, M. Alivand, N. Karimi and M Yazdanbod
Improved and modified methylation specific PCR for the analysis of APC gene promoter hypermethylation in squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus, 2004, 10th Asian-Pacific Congress of Clinical Biochemistry, September 18-23 Perth, Western Australia.


Rastgar Jazii, F. et al, Evaluation of APC promoter hyper methylation in squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus and the effect of applied primers sensitivity, Yugoslav Medical Biochemistry 2003, (22) Supplement 2, p 153.


N. Motamed, F. Rastgar, A. Karkhane and Ebrahimzadeh. Two Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis and analysis of polypeptides in developmental stages of olive fruit ripening, 2003 Molecular and Cellular Proteomics (2) No.9, 743.

Rastgar_Jazii, F. et al, Purification of recombinant human GM-CSF from EColi by osmotic shock, The 18th International Congress of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, October 20-25, 2002, Kyoto, Japan.


Rastgar Jazii, F. et al, Analysis of Thrombospondin 1 in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Esophagus, 2001, the 9th Asian – Pacific Congress of Clinical
Biochemistry, 11-16, November, New Delhi, India.


Ghandili, S. et al, Resistance pattern of enterobacter species to third- generation cephalosporins isolated from Iran, 2001, submitted to the 2nd
International meeting on anti microbial chemotherapy in clinical practice (ACCP), 21-24 October, Genoa, Italy

Rastgar Jazii, F. et al, Study of the Tumor Associated Polypeptides by Two Dimensional; Gel Electrophoresis and Application of NIH3T3 Cell
Transfection Assay in the investigation of the Genomic DNA Tumorogenicity In Human Esophageal Cancer, Anticancer Research, 1998(18)No 6Cpp4934.


Abed-Ali Zia’ee et al, Risk Assessment of Some Traditional Food Items Consumed in Areas With High Risk of Esophageal Cancer in North Iran.
Mutation Research ,1997(379) No1, ppS162.


Zia’ee, A. A. et al, Loss of Heterozygosity and P53 Mutations in Esophageal Cancer, Iranian Academic Association in North America(IAA), 2nd Annual Conference, 1997, sep, pp36.


A. A. Zia’ee et al. Loss of heterozygosity involving 17P and q and P53 Gene mutations Inside Exons 5-9 in Iranian Patients with Esophageal Cancer,
2nd World Congress on Advances in Oncology,1997, Oct 16-18 Athens, Greece.

A. A. Zia’ee and F. Rastgar, Drinking Water Genotoxicity and it’s Possible Role in the Etiology of Oesophageal Cancer in Caspian Littoral of Iran;
Mazandaran Province, European Journal of Cancer, 1991(27), Sup3 No6.028


A.A. Zia’ee and F. Rastgar, Studies on the Possible Role of Diet in the Induction of Osophageal Cancer in High Risk Regions in the Caspian Provinces of IRAN, Anticancer Research, 1990(10), 5B, pp 1457.


Full papers or Abstracts presented in the National congresses:


A) Published complete paper in the national congresses:


Yamchi, A. et al., 2005, Analysis of growth and germination T2 generation of transgenic tobacco plant expressing P5CS exposed to different salt concentration in order to obtain plants resistant to osmotic stress, 4th National Biotechnology Congress of Iran.

Rastgar Jazii, et al., 2005, Proteomics and identification of polypeptide markers for squmous cell carcinoma of esophagus, 4th National Biotechnology Congress of Iran.

Karkhane, A. A. et al., 2005, Identification of salinity induced polypeptide in moderately halophilic bacteria, 4th National Biotechnology Congress of Iran.

Karkhane, A. A. et al., 2005, Concanvalin A partial purification of RhoD antigen, 4th National Biotechnology Congress of Iran.

Yamchi, A. Rastgar Jazii, F. et al 2005, Over-expression of P5CS in tobacco plant in order to increasing resistance to osmotic shocks and analysis of different salt treatment on germination and growth stages of T2 generation, 4th National Biotechnology Congress of Iran.

Yamchi, A. Rastgar Jazii, F. et al., 2003, Over expression of delta-1-proline 5 Carboxylate synthase (P5CS) for attaining enhanced resistance to osmotic stress, 3rd National Biotechnology Congress of Iran.

A.A. Karkhane et al., 2003, Evidences for allosteric behavior of tyrosinase by applying edible Iranian adapted mushroom tyrosinase, 3rd National Biotechnology Congress of Iran.



B) Published abstracts in the national congresses:


F. Rastgar Jazii, R. Malekzadeh and A. A. A. Ziaee, 2007, Cancer, Proteomics and study of molecular alterations associated with cancer development, The first Iranian Proteomics Congress, 21th Feburary, University of Tehran.


Rezaei Tavirani, M. et al 2007, Proteomics study of human astrocytes aging, The first Iranian Proteomics Congress, 21th Feburary, University of Tehran.


Rezaei Tavirani, M. et al 2007, Alteration in glycolysis pathway during human astrocytes aging, The first Iranian Proteomics Congress, 21th Feburary, University of Tehran.


Torkashvand, F. et al 2007, The comparison between astrocyte and fibroblast proteomes, The first Iranian Proteomics Congress, 21th Feburary, University of Tehran.


Motamed, N. Sohrabi, R. and Rastgar Jazii, F. 2007, Olive plant proteome analysis of somatic embryogenesis for application in transformation and somaclonal variation, The first Iranian Proteomics Congress, 21th Feburary, University of Tehran.


Alivand, M. Rastgar-Jazii, F. and Zare, M. 2006, Analysis of APC tumor suppressor gene promoter methylation status in adenocarcinoma of stomach and serum, The 14th National Conference and the 2nd International Conference of Biology of Iran, August 27-29, Tarbiat Modares University, P.839.


Najjar Sadeghi, R. Mesbah, S. A. and Rastgar Jazii, F. 2006, Analysis of promoter methylation of P15 in patients with squmous cell carcinoma of esophagus, The 14th National Conference and the 2nd International Conference of Biology of Iran, August 27-29, Tarbiat Modares University, p. 452.


Vafakhah, M. Rastgar Jazii, F. and Rezaei, M. 2006, Study of proteome changes associated with human astrocytes aging, The 14th National Conference and the 2nd International Conference of Biology of Iran, August 27-29, Tarbiat Modares University, P. 395.


Sohrabi, R. Motamed, N. Rastgar Jazii, F. and Payvandi, M. 2006, Proteomic analysis of somatic embryogenesis in olive plat (Olea europaea L.), The 14th National Conference and the 2nd International Conference of Biology of Iran, August 27-29, Tarbiat Modares University, P. 393.


Rastgar Jazii, F. et al., September 2005, Proteomics of squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus, 8th Iranian Clinical Biochemistry and the first International Clinical on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, university of Tarbiat Moddaress, and Iranian Journal of Biochemisstry and Molecular Biology (1) No1, pp 19.


Rastgar Jazii, F. et al., 2005, proteomics and proteome analysis of suamous cell carcinoma of esophagus, 4TH Iranian International Congress of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, university of Shahid Behsti.


Zare, M. et al., 2004, APC promoter hypermethylation: A molecular marker for monitoring squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus with MSP method, 15th Annual Conference of Cancer Institute, Cancers of Gastrointestinal Tract, university of Tehran, Cancer Institute.


Karimzadeh, G. et al., 2004, Cold-induced Leaf Soluble Protein Accumulation in Winter Wheat, The 2nd Congress on Applied Biology (International Approach), Azad university, Mashhad.


Karimzadeh, G. et al., 2004, Cold-induced Polypeptides in the Leaves of Spring and Winter Wheat Genotypes, The 2nd Congress on Applied Biology (International Approach) Azad university, Mashhad.


Farzaneh, M. and Rastgar Jazii, F. 2004, Provision of anti p5cs and application of it in the analysis of the expression of stress. The p5cs gene in transgenic versus non transgenic olive under osmotic stress, The 12th Conference of Biology of Iran, Hamadn, university of Bo-Ali.


Z. Najafi, and F. Rastgar Jazii, 2004, Application of Proteomics in the study and analysis of the molecular changes in squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus, The 12th Conference of Biology of Iran, Hamadn, university of Bo-Ali.


Gheiratmand, L. et al., 2004, Production of olive transformant plantlets using Agrobacterium Tumefacience harboring P5CS gene for improving salt tolerance, The 12th Conference of Biology of Iran, Hamadn, university of Bo-Ali.

Zare, M. and Rastgar Jazii, F., 2004, Analysis of APC promoter hyper methylation in squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus with MSP method, The 12th Biology Conference, Hamadan, university of Bo-Ali.


Moamed, N. Gheiratmand, L. and Rastgar Jazii, F. 2003, Analysis of the effects of several P5CS gene constructs transformation into olive embryo in order to obtain enhanced resistance to salt stress, 11th National Biology Conference of Iran, Urumieh University, 211-24th , Agust.


Motamed, N. et al., September 2002, Electrophoretic analysis of proteins in the process of growth and ripening of Olive fruit, The 1st Iranian conference on Plant Science and Biodiversity, Faculty of Science university of Tehran.


F. Rastgar Jazii, et al., May 2002, Engineering and production of transgenic plants resistant to osmotic stress, The 1st Conference on the application of Biotechnology in Kerman Province, Scintific and Industerial Research Organization of Iran and Kerman Research Institute, Kerman.


F. Rastgar, January 2001, Molecular basis of cancers, Seminar on Medical Genetics and Basis of Molecular Medicine, university of Tehran, Imam Khomaini hospital.


Abbassie, A. et al., 1999, Over expression and identification of ∆1 pyrroline 5 Carboxylate Synthase by applying RT-PCR, First Iranian congress of Biochemistry and Biophysics IBB, university of Tehran.


F. Rastgar Jazii, et al., 1998, Application of two dimensional gel electrophoresis in the study of tumor asssociated polypeptides and NIH3T3 cell transfection assay in the investigation of tumor genomic DNA tumorigenecity in malignant human esophageal cancer, The 7th Conference of Biology of Iran, university of Isfahan.


Pourmahdi, Z. et al., 1996, Studies on the possible role of some dietary item in the induction of oesophageal cancer in high risk regions in the Caspian provinces of IRAN, The 4th Cngress of Nutrition, Tehran.


Pour-mahdi, Z, et al., 1995, Detection of P53 mutation induced by extracts prepared from meat foodstaffs consiumed in oesophageal cancer high risk areas of Mazandaran, The Third Iranian Congress of Biochemistry & Laboratory Sciences, Tabriz university of Medical Sciences & Health Services, Tabriz.


A.A. Ziaaee et al., 1993, Two dimensional gel electrophoresis of oesophageal cancer in Iranian patients, 2nd Biochemistry Congress, IBB, university of Tehran.


Rastgar, F. and Ziaee, a. A. 1991, Studies on the damaging effects of drinking water on the DNA in the high risk areas with wesophageal cancer in Mazandaran province, The 1st Biochemical Congress of Iran, university of Tarbiat Modaress.


A. A. Zia'ee, et al ., March 1987, The possible role of food staffs in the etiology of esophageal cancer in Northern Iran, The 2nd Congress of Medical university of Mazandaran; the disease common to the province,


International Training Course Participation and presentation:

I)- Guest speaker; 2005, Cloning and expression of the Delta 1 pyrroline 5 Carboxylate Synthetase in order to obtain transgenic tobacco plant with enhanced resistance to osmotic stress (drought and salinity), Leibniz Institute for Plant Genetic and Crop Plant Research (IPK) Gatersleben, Germany.

II)-Key speaker; F. Rastgar Jazii, et al, 2005; Proteomics and identification of polypeptide markers of squamous cell carcinoma of esophagus, 4th National Biotechnology Congress, 15 – 17 Agust, Kerman, Iran.

III)-International training course on screening and drought tolerance in food crops ICRO/UNESCO/ ARC-Roodeplaat, South Africa, 19-30 June, 2000.

IIV)-Guest speaker in the above training course, Title of speech: Design and RT-PCR amplification of the bi functional enzyme delta1 Pyrroline 5 Carb-
oxylate Synthase (P5CS).