Curriculum Vitae Name: Azadeh Montaseri Date and place of birth: 31. Dec. 1981/ Kermanshah, Iran Email address: montaseri_azi@yahoo.com Educations: B.Sc. (1999-2003) Nursing, School of nursing, Hamedan University of Medical Science, Kermanshah, Iran. M.Sc. (2004-2007) Medical Histology, Faculty of Medicine, Kermanshah University of Medical Science, Iran. Ph.D (2008-2012) Medical Histology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Honors and Awards: Awards as the annual selected student in Nursing School, Hamedan University of Medical Science, Hamedan, Iran, October 2001 and June 2003. 1
Awards as the selected student in the 2 nd Yazd international congress of reproductive medicine, 11-13 may 2007, Yazd, Iran. Award as the first ranked student in Histology filed in Ph.D entrance exam, 2007, February, Tehran, Iran. Research Interest: Cell and Tissue Culture, Tissue engineering, Molecular Biology. Workshops: Medical Research Methods and statistics Workshop, Kermanshah University of Medical Science, September 2005. Medical Research Methods Workshop for student, Kermanshah University of Medical Science, November 2005. Paper Writing workshop, Kermanshah University of Medical Science, February 2006. English paper writing workshop, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 2008. 2
An introduction to tissue engineering workshop, 8 th congress of Anatomical Sciences, 2008, Tehran, Iran. An introducing to web designing workshop, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, October 2012, Kermanshah, Iran. Student evaluating methods workshop, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, January 2013, Kermanshah, Iran. Teaching experience: Medical Faculty: (2004-2006) Histological technique for medical students. (2007-2012) Practical histology for medical and master students. (2011-2012) Medical embryology for medical students. Pharmacy Faculty: (2005-2006) and (2011-2012) Histology for Pharmacy students. Nursing and Midwifary Faculty: (2005-2006) Midwifery (B.Sc.) students: Histology and Embryology. (2005-2006) Laboratory Sciences students: Histology. 3
Membership: Member of Iranian Society of Anatomical Science (ISAS), 2004-2006. Member of International Cartilage Repair Society (ICRS), 2011- now. M.Sc. thesis title: Survey of the effect of atorvastatin and letrozole on cultured human Endometrium in three- dimensional fibrin matrix (2006). Ph.D thesis title: Platelet derived growth factor (PDGF) effects on chondrocyte growth and proliferation in allograft cartilage transplantation in a model of articular cartilage damage. Publications: Montaseri A, Pourheydar M, Khazaei M, Ghorbani R.: Anti-fertility effects of Physalis Alkekengi Alcoholic extract in female rats, Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine, 2007, 5(1): 13-16. [IF=0.235] 4
Montaseri A, Khazaei M, Ghorbani R, Rezaei M.: Bi-Phasic effects of Atorvastatin on human cultured endometrial tissue in threedimensional culture, Journal of Reproduction and infertility, 2007, 7(4): 358-366. [Scopus, EBSCO] Khazaei M, Montaseri A, Casper RF.: Letrozole stimulates the growth of human endometrial explants cultured in three-dimensional fibrin matrix. Fertility and Sterility. 2009, 91(5 Suppl): 2172-6. [IF= 3.775] Khazaei M., Montaseri A., Khazaei MR., Khanahmadi M.: Study of Foeniculum vulgare Effect on Folliculogenesis in Female Mice, International journal of fertility and sterility, 2011, 5(3): 122-196. [Index copernicus] Aleagha ME, Montaseri A, Tahmasian M, Shobiri E, Torbaghan SS. Recurrent intracranial hemangiopericytoma compatible to synovial sarcoma. J Pak Med Assoc. 2010 Jul;60(7):586-8. [Pubmed] Buhrmann C, Mobasheri A, Busch F, Aldinger C, Stahlmann R, Montaseri A, Shakibaei M.: Curcumin Modulates Nuclear Factor _B (NF-_B)-mediated Inflammation in Human Tenocytes in Vitro ROLE OF THE PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE/Akt PATHWAY. The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 2011, 286(32): 28556-66. [IF=6.91] Montaseri A, Busch F, Mobasheri A, Buhrmann C, Aldinger C, Rad JS, Shakibaei M.: IGF-1 and PDGF-bb Suppress IL-1b-Induced 5
Cartilage Degradation through Down-Regulation of NF-kB Signaling: Involvement of Src/PI-3K/AKT Pathway. Plose One, 2011, 6(12): e28663. [IF= 4.351] Montaseri A., Roshangar L., Soleimani Rad J., Shafaei H., Jarolmasjed S., Navali AM.: Formation of repaired hyaline cartilage using PDGF-treated chondrocyte/pcl construct in rabbit knee articular cartilage defect. Annals of Biological Research, 2012, 3 (4):1975-1984. [Pubmed]. Abstracts: Monetaseri A. Pourhaidar M., Khazaei M,: Survey of Physalis alkikengi extract on mouse fertility. 17 th congress of Physiology & pharmacology, Oct 2005, Kerman, Iran. Pour-Heidar M., Yadeghari M., Khazaei M. Montaseri A.: Survey of effect of hydroalcoholic extract of Facaria vulgaris extract on rat testis. 7 th Iranian congress of Anatomical Sciences, May 2006, Kashan, Iran. Bakhtiari M, Ghorbani R. Montaseri A, Molodi M, Pour-Heidar M, Khazaei M.: Teratogenic effect of caffeine administration on mineral concentration of femur in rat s fetus. 9 th Iranian Nutrition congress, Sep 2006, Tabriz, Iran. Pour-Heidar M, Ghorbani R, Khazaei M, Monetaseri A.: Ethanol and protective effect of vitamin E on morphology and histology of Rat 6
testis. 9 th Iranian nutrition congress, Sep 2006, Tabriz, Iran. Montaseri A, Molodi M, Ghorbani R, Pour-Heidar M, Bakhtiari M, Khazaei M.: Teratogenic effect of caffeine administration on mineral concentration of femur osteogenesis in rat s fetus. 9 th Iranian Nutrition congress, Sep 2006, Tabriz, Iran. Montaseri A., Khazaei M., Ghorbani R., Rezaei M.: Biphasic effects of Atorvastatin on cultured human endometrium in three-dimensional fibrin matrix. 2 nd Yazd International congress of reproductive medicine. 11-13 May, Yazd, Iran. Khazaei M., Ghorbani R., Montaseri A.: Letrozole effects on in vitro culture of human endometrial explants in fibrin matrix. 8 th Royan congress, 2007, September, Tehran, Iran. Montaseri A., Roshangar L., Soleimani Rad J., Shafaei H., Khaki AA., Jarolmasjed H., Navali A.M.: Formation of hyaline cartilage tissue using chondrocyte/pcl construct transplantation in rabbit articular cartilage lesions.14th National Turkish Anatomy Congress, June/July 2012, Ankara, Turkey. Montaseri A., Roshangar L., Soleimani Rad J., Shafaei H., Jarolmasjed H., Navali A.M.: Cartilage tissue engineering using chondrocyte/pcl constructs in rabbit articular cartilage lesions. 10 th Iranian Congress of Anatomical Sciences, 9-12 May, Rasht, Iran 7
Experimental activities: Cartilage tissue engineering. Western blot analysis technique. Culture of Bone Marrow Derived Stem Cells (BMSCs). Three-dimensional culture of human endometrial tissue in fibrin matrix. Staining of nervous system tissue with AgNor: Golgi method. Differentiation of bone and cartilage in rat neonate: Alizarine Red S and Alcian blue staining method. Languages: English and German. Familiar to Italian and Turkish languages. Interests: I like to be a good teacher and really like to research in high levels, so I try to take it. I like painting and Iranian traditional music, too. 8