Milad Shahbazi

EDUCATION

College / University

Isfahan University

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Animal Biology

Country

Iran

Lab Experience

Wet-lab: CRISPR/Cas9: sgRNA Design, Knock-In, Knock-out, Transfection, Transduction, Molecular Cloning, Recombinant Protein Expression and Purification, Western blot, SDS-PAGE, RNA/DNA extraction, Lab Animal Handling, Medication Administration, Surgery of Murine Models
Dry-lab: RNA-seq Data Analysis, Analysis of NGS Data in Galaxy Europe server, basic knowledge of R, Python, R and Bash

Projects / Research

2022: Internship at Royan Institute for Biotechnology,Isfahan, Iran; Project “Varicocele Induction in Male Wistar Rats”, supervised by Dr. Mohammad Hossein Nasr-Esfahani, Male Infertility group

Scholarships / Awards

2024 – 2025:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
2023 – 2024:	Ranked as the top student in my class based on overall GPA

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

My academic interests gravitate around how cancer cells evade the immune system through various methods such as developing multi drug resistance (MDR), and creating an immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment. I am also fascinated by the role of stem cells in embryonic development and tissue regeneration, with the question that how some animals such as Axolotls and Planarian Flatworms have such unmatched healing powers, able to regenerate limbs, heal their spinal cords and many more fascinating feats. I believe the answer lies in the genetic code. So, my intention is to employ technologies such as CRISPR/Cas9 system, scRNA-Seq and spatial transcriptomics to investigate individual cell behaviors and spatial gene expression patterns, aiming to unravel the molecular pathways orchestrating these events, be it chaos in cancer or harmony in development.