Foad Rommasi

EDUCATION

College / University

Tarbiat Modares University of Tehran

Highest Degree

Master of Science

Major Subjects

Cell and Molecular Biology, Biochemistry

Country

Iran

Lab Experience

Dry-lab skills: R programing language, Systems biology, RNA-seq and microarray data analysis
Wet-lab techniques: Microscopy (light, fluorescence), bacterial and animal cell culture, Cellular assays (MTT, Scratch, transwell, drug internalization and flow cytometry assays) molecular techniques (Gene cloning, qRT-PCR, blotting techniques, PAGE and electrophoresis)

Projects / Research

2023: M.Sc. thesis on “Identification of the influence of melatonin on the expression of common upregulated hub genes in the occurrence and progression of colorectal cancer using systems biology analyses”, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2022: Scientific intern at the University of Bayreuth, fully funded by DAAD, Bayreuth, Germany
2021: Research assistant and member of the Research Center of Nanostructured and Advanced Materials (CNAM), Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Sharif University of Technology as a part of the Ahmadi Roshan Program of the national elite foundation of Iran, Tehran, Iran
2020: Research assistant at the main research laboratory of Tehran University of Medical Sciences as a part of the Ahmadi Roshan Program of the national elite foundation of Iran, Tehran, Iran
2019: Intern at the section of Mycobacteriology and pulmonary diseases of Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Scholarships / Awards

2023 – 2024:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
2022:	Winner of DAAD scholarship for conducting a scientific internship at the University of Bayreuth in Germany
2021:	Stipend by the 5^th Shahid Ahmadi Roshan program, Funded by the national elite foundation of Iran
2020:	Stipend by the 4^th Shahid Ahmadi Roshan program, Funded by the national elite foundation of Iran

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

Having been passionate about studying cancer, I was primarily focused on cancer biology in the recent years. To dive into detail, I am more interested in combining the newly emerged methods such as Omics with the previous knowledge in genetics to investigate the how the body reacts to a tumor, or an infection by regulating the genes’ expression and proteins’ interactions in the molecular dimensions. Moreover, unveiling the unknown details on the immunological and physiological responses to tumorigenesis on one hand, and infections on the other hand have been always exciting for me; hence, I would like to get more engaged with research in such areas. Furthermore, studying microbiota and its role in the body, drug delivery, particularly novel strategies for cancer treatment and finally, systems biology can be mentioned as my other scientific interests. My publications in the aforementioned topics can be accessed here.