Sasan Ghaffari

Sasan Ghaffari

• Academic Status: Master’s student of hematology and blood banking at Tehran University of Medical Sciences
• School: Allied Medical Sciences
• Workplace: research assistant at digestive diseases research institute, Shariati Hospital, Tehran, Iran
• Contact Information:

[email protected]

tel: +989102118860

 Education:         

1. B. Sc: Clinical laboratory sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, 2012-2016

2. M. Sc: Hematology, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 2016-2019           

 Affiliations:

1. Student Scientific Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

2. Cell-Based Therapies Research Center, Digestive Disease Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3. Hematology Department, School of Allied Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

 Language Skills:

1. Farsi: Native

2. English: Fluent (MHLE:93, TOEFL:)

 Experiences and Skills:

1. Cell culture and molecular biology techniques

2. English editing, writing, and speaking

3. Diagnostic Hematology tests

 Grants and Contracts:

1. Optimizing Interleukin-2 Concentration, Seeding Density, and Bead to Cell Ratio for T-cell Expansion

2. Comparing the Competency of FBS and Human Autologous Serum in Expanding Cytokine-induced Killer Cells

3. Silver Grant of 4th USERN Congress in Budapest, Hungary

 Published Papers:

1. A Review on Leukemia and iPSC Technology: Application in Novel Treatment and Future

2. Evaluation of Wilms’ Tumor (WT1) Gene Methylation in Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia Patients

3. Methylation Profile of Von Hipple Lindau Gene Promoter in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Patients

4. Various signaling pathways in multiple myeloma cells and the effects of treatment on these pathways

5. Methylation Status of SMG1 Gene Promoter in Multiple Myeloma Patients

6. Report of a new six-panel flow cytometry marker for early differential diagnosis of APL from HLA-DR negative Non-APL leukemia

7. Impact of Various Culture Conditions on Ex Vivo Expansion of Polyclonal T-cells for Adoptive Immunotherapy

8. The Correlation Between Plasma Levels of Vitamin D and Epigenetic Alterations of Treg-Specific Demethylated Region (TSDR) in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

9. IL‐35, a double‐edged sword in cancer

10. Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Meets Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (Cell Journal, Article in-press, Spring 2021)



Abstracts and Presentations:

1. Predictive Value of Immature Reticulocyte Fraction in Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation Cell Harvesting

             Congress: XIV Annual Congress of Asian Association of Transfusion Medicine and 4th Iran International Congress of Transfusion Medicine

2. Ex Vivo Polyclonal T-cell Expansion for Cancer Immunotherapy Purposes

3. Unfavorable Toxicities Associated with Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T-cells

            Congress: 11th International Congress of Laboratory and Clinic

 Books:

1. A Review on Cancer Immunotherapy (Teymurzadeh Novin Publication)

2. Advanced Hemostasis Laboratory by Springer Publication (Under production)

 Memberships:

1. Former member of Immunology Network publication at TUMS

2. Former member of Pirapajoh publication at TUMS

3. European Academy of Allergy & Clinical Immunology (EAACI) junior member (EAACI Membership No.: EAACI21350)

 Research Interests:

1. Cancer Research

2. Cell Therapy and Immunotherapy

Outside Links:

1. Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=5iP7pEwAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=title#

2. Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Sasan_Ghaffari

3. Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57201772808

4. Publons: https://publons.com/researcher/2960778/sasan-ghaffari/

5. Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/mynetwork/