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Hesam Malekfarnood

 


Education:


2016 - 2019  Diploma in experimental sciences


Kamal high school, Tehran, Iran


2019 - 2022  BSc, Medical Laboratory Sciences


School of paramedicine, Islamic Azad University Tehran Medical Unit (IAUTMU), Tehran, Iran


2024-Present


School of medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Msc in Medical Immunology


 


Honors and Awards:


1- Top 5% (Rank 4th) students of medical laboratory sciences joined in september 2019 (Mehr 1398) at IAUTMU


2- Accepted scientific poster In the first system biology congress in Farhikhtegan hospital, Dec 2021


3- Ranked first In the national competition "Impact of novel coronavirus on human health", Jul 2021


Research Title: Discovery of the molecular target against COVID-19 disease using In silico & Bioinformatic approaches


4- Placed 6th In the first National COVID-19 Hackathon among Doctoral, Master, and Bachelor competitors, Aug 2020


Project: Development of POCT for heart attack diagnosis using IoT


5- Top researcher student Is known by Iran ministry of education, Dec 2018


6- Silver medal In 11th Persian Young Physicist Tournament - PYPT, Feb 2018


7- Top selected project in 12th Tebyan International Festival of the student project, May 2017


8- Achieving 3rd provincial place In 2nd Khwarizimi Youth Festival, Jul 2016


9- Ranked 18th in the National Iran Health Ministry Grad School Entrance Exam


 


Skills:


Scientific skills:



  1. Medical Interdisciplinary Research

  2. Microfluidics

  3. Lab on a chip

  4. Organ on a chip


 


Laboratory skills:



  • Laboratory Instruments:



  1. Autoanalyzer

  2. Centrifuges

  3. Incubator



  • General Laboratory:



  1. Pipette

  2. Sterilize (Autoclaving)

  3. Titrate

  4. Weigh



  • Microscopy:



  1. Bright-field Microscopy

  2. Confocal Microscopy

  3. Phase-contrast Microscopy

  4. Fluorescence Microscopy



  • Biochemistry & Cell Biology:



  1. Enzyme assays

  2. UV/Vis spectrophotometers

  3. Acrylamide gel electrophoresis

  4. HPLC, Gas, TLC chromatography

  5. Electrophoresis

  6. PCR (Real-time PCR, RT-PCR, RT-qPCR)

  7. Cell culture (co-culture, mono-culture)

  8. Hormone

  9. Urine analysis



  • Immunology:



  1. ELISA

  2. Fluorescent antibody technique

  3. Immunoprecipitation

  4. Cytotoxicity assay

  5. Live/Dead assay



  • Bacteriology:



  1. Cell culture

  2. Prepare media

  3. Gram staining

  4. Interpretation of results and diagnosis



  • Hematology:



  1. Immunohematology

  2. Cell (RBC, WBC, Precursor, Malignancy) morphology

  3. Staining (Wright-Giemsa, BCB)

  4. Flow cytometry

  5. FISH


Software skills:



  1. Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel

  2. Adobe Photoshop

  3. Adobe Premiere

  4. Adobe Illustrator

  5. Adobe Audition

  6. C++ programming


 


Other skills:



  1. Critical thinking

  2. Teamwork

  3. Teaching

  4. Graphic Design

  5. Leadership


 


Experience:


USERN  and Miniature Talk 2023 Executive Board Member


USERN 2022 Research Internship, since April 2022 - present


USERN 2022 Publicity Internship, since Feb 2022 - jan 2023


Junior Researcher at Young researcher and elite club, since Nov 2021 - present


Project Intern at AZAR innovation working on Organ on a chip projects, since Dec 2021 - May 2022


Member of IAUTMU paramedical school research committee, since, April 2022 - present


 


Hobbies:


Swimming, Photography, Hiking, Camping, Nature and wildlife watching, Shooting, Movies, Music


 


Volunteering:


Volunteer Vaccinator at IAUTMU, since Oct 2021 -Dec 2021


 


UPDATE: Feb 2024


 


 


 


 


 


 

Administrative credits

  • Executive Activity - 2025

    2.20

  • Executive Activity - 2024

    2.50

  • Executive Activity - 2023

    3.30

  • Executive Activity - 2022

    2.00

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