Education
BS, Islamic Azad University, Iran
MS, Imam Khomeini Internatinoal University, Iran
MS, Keck Graduate Institute & City of Hope
PhD Candidate, Irell & Manella Graduate School of Biological Sciences, City of Hope
MSTM thesis mentor: Christine Brown, PhD
MSTM thesis project: Improve Antitumor Effect of CAR T Cells Through Optimization of Manufacturing and Gene Editing Strategies
Fellowships, honors, awards:
Best Presentation Award - Symposium of Application of CRISPR, National Institute of Research, Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran
Merit scholarship - First ranked in undergraduate student, Islamic Azad University, Iran
Merit scholarship - Second ranked in the graduate study, Imam Khomeini Internatinoal University, Iran
Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council Scholarship
Research/Professional Experiences:
Research Assistant – Stem Cell Technology Research Center, Tehran, Iran
Undergraduate Research Assistant – Plant Virus Department of Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, Tehran, Iran
Graduate Research Assistant – Molecular Biology and Tissue Culture Labs, Imam Khomeini Internatinoal University, Iran
Publication:
1. Ghassemi B, Shamsara M, Soleimani M, Kiani J, Rassoulzadegan M. (2019) “Pipeline for the generation of gene knockout mice using dual sgRNA CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome editing”. Analytical Biochemistry and bioscience journal, 568: 31-40.
2. Ghasemi B, Hosseini R and Nayeri FD (2015). "Effects of cobalt nano particles on artemisinin
production and gene expression in Artemisia annua". Turkish Journal of Botany, 39: 769-777.
3. Ghassemi B, Hosseini R and Nayeri FD (2015). “The Impact of Carbon Source, Explants and
Growth Regulators on Callogenesis and Organogenesis of Artemisia annua”. Notulae Scientia
Biologicae, 1;7 (4):475-485.
4. Gassemi B, Jamalkhah M, Shokri G, Kehtari M, Soleimani M, Rassoulzadegan M, Shamsara M,
Kiani J. “Cas9-transgenic mouse facilitates generation of genome-edited mice and Cells”. Molecular therapy-nucleic acid journal. in press.
5. Ghassemi B, Hosseini R, and Nayeri FD. “A nano elicitor induces artemisinin production and
affects the expression of involving biosynthesis genes”. Horticulture, Environment and Biotechnology journal. in press.