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Personal Information

§ Surname: Yazdani

§ Forename: Mazyar

§ Email: mazyar.yazdani@ibv.uio.no

mazyar.yazdani.edu@gmail.com

 

§ Correspondence Address: Department of Biosciences (former Biology), University of Oslo, pb 1066, Blindern, 0316 Oslo, Norway.

§ Current position: PhD student (Integrative Biology-Toxicology) and employee at the Department of Biosciences (former Biology), University of Oslo (UIO) [links: 1, 2].

 

 

 

 

 

 

Academic History

§ 2006 – 2008 Master of Science (M. Sc.) in Biology-Ecotoxicology, University of Putra (UPM), Malaysia.

§ 2001 – 2005 Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.) in Biology-Plant Sciences, University of Urmia (UU), Iran. (Conjoint degree)

 

Theses

§ PhD: “Oxidative stress and the development of cellular and tissue effects in animal models(Committee: Prof. Ketil Hylland, Prof. Ragnhild E. Paulsen and Prof. Tor Gjøen).

§ M. Sc: “Tolerance of fungous species Trichoderma atroviride (karst.) isolated from freshwater ecosystems towards Copper and Zinc” (Committee: Dr. Yap Chee Kong and Prof. Faridah binti Abdullah).

§ B. Sc: “Effects of CaCl2, NaCl and Pb(No3)2 on membrane stability of Zea Mays L. Seedlings” (Committee: Dr. S. Hosseini, Dr. T. Farbodnia, and Dr. F. F. Azarbaijani).

 

Employment

§ 2009 2013 Department of Biosciences (former Biology), University of Oslo, Norway.

 

Collaborations

 

2009 2013

§ School of Pharmacy, University of Oslo (UIO), Norway [Neurobiology Group and Physiology Group].

§ National Institute of Public Health (NIPH/FHI), Oslo, Norway [Prof. Gunnar Brunborg].

 

2008 2009

§ Center of Excellence in Environmental Forensics, University of Putra (UPM), Malaysia [Dr. Mohamad Pauzi Zakaria].

 

2006 2008

§ Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Putra (UPM), Malaysia [Prof. Tan Soon Guan].

 

Research, teaching and work experience (since 2003)

§ Involve in some biological and environmental projects.

§ Assist in the supervision of undergraduate and master students.

§ Lecture on some topics for undergraduate and postgraduate courses “Biological Concepts, Ecology, Ecotoxicology, & General Toxicology”.

§ Research, Laboratory, & Teacher Assistant.

 

Selected publications

§ Kathrin Sabine Ellesat, Mazyar Yazdani, Tor Fredrik Holth, Ketil Hylland, 2011. Species-dependent sensitivity to contaminants: an approach using primary hepatocyte cultures with three marine fish species. Journal of Marine Environmental Research 72: 216–224.

§ Mazyar Yazdani, Chee Kong Yap, Faridah Abdullah and Soon Guan Tan, 2010. An in vitro study on the adsorption, absorption and uptake capacity of Zn by using the bioremediator Trichoderma atroviride. Journal of Environment Asia, 3 (1): 53-59.

§ Mazyar Yazdani, Chee Kong Yap, Faridah Abdullah and Soon Guan Tan, 2009. Trichoderma atroviride as a bioremediator of Cu pollution: An in vitro study, Journal of Toxicological & Environmental Chemistry, 91 (7): 1305– 1314.

 

Conferences

A) Selected oral presentations

§ Mazyar Yazdani, “Effects of Bisphenol A in the development of the mouse cerebellum”, Integrative Biology meeting, May 2012, University of the Basque Country, Spain.

§ Mazyar Yazdani, “Oxidative stress in rainbow trout hepatocytes”, Integrative Biology meeting, June 2011, Drøbak, Norway.

§ Kathrin Sabine Ellesat, Mazyar Yazdani, Tor Fredrik Holth, Ketil Hylland, “Comparative cytotoxicity of statins and copper to primary hepatocytes of three marine fish species plaice (Pleuronectes platessa), dab (Limanda limanda) and Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)”, Norwegian Society of Pharmacology and Toxicology meeting (NSFT 2011), January 2011, Beitostølen, Norway.

§ Mazyar Yazdani, Chee Kong Yap, Faridah Abdullah, “Adsorption and Absorption of Cu in Trichoderma atroviride”, 3rd Biology Colloquium, December 2007, Marriot Putrajaya , Malaysia.

 

B) Selected poster presentations

§ Mazyar Yazdani, Ragnhild E. Paulsen, Tor Gjøen, Ketil Hylland, Reactive oxygen species and cytotoxicity in rainbow trout hepatocytes: effects of medium and incubation time”, May 2013, 23rd SETAC Europe annual meeting, Glasgow, Scotland.

§ Mazyar Yazdani, Ragnhild E. Paulsen, Tor Gjøen, Ketil Hylland, Comparison of three fluorescence probes for ROS detection in primary cultures of rainbow trout hepatocytes”, Norwegian Society of Pharmacology and Toxicology meeting (NSFT 2011), January 2011, Beitostølen, Norway.

§ Mazyar Yazdani, Kathrin Sabine Ellesat, Ragnhild E. Paulsen, Ketil Hylland,  Developing a model for oxidative stress studies in fish hepatocytes, Society for Free Radical Research (SFRR 2010) Meeting, September 2010, Oslo, Norway.

§ Mazyar Yazdani, Chee Kong Yap, Faridah Abdullah and Soon Guan Tan, Trichoderma atroviride as a bioremediator of Cu pollution: An in vitro study, Pameran Reka cipta Penyelidikan & Inovasi (PRPI 2009), July 2009, University of Putra, Malaysia.

§ Mazyar Yazdani, Chee Kong Yap, Faridah Abdullah, “Identification of Trichoderma atroviride as a potential bioremediator of Zn polluted freshwater ecosystem”, Pameran Reka cipta Penyelidikan & Inovasi (PRPI 2007), November 2007, University of Putra, Malaysia.

§ Mazyar Yazdani, Chee Kong Yap, Faridah Abdullah, Exhibition of Invention, “Use of Fungi as Bioremediators of Heavy Metal Pollution”, Pameran Reka cipta Penyelidikan & Inovasi (PRPI 2006), August 2006, University of Putra, Malaysia.

 

Selected workshops, meetings, symposia and training courses

§ Fourth Annual ENBDC workshop, “Methods in Mammary Gland Biology and Breast Cancer”, April 2012, Weggis, Switzerland.

§ Workshop on “Towards Toxicity Assessment Without Animals”, September 2011, Scandic Rosendahl, Tampere, Finland.

§ 9th International Comet Assay Workshop (ICAW 2011), September 2011, Surmeli Hotel, Kusadasi, Turkey.

§ Workshop on “Applied Pharmaceutical Toxicology (APT 2011)”, May 2011, Genentech, South San Francisco-CA, USA.

§ Workshop on “DNA Markers: from Phenotype to Genotype”, February 2009, University of Putra, Malaysia.

 

§ 6th International meeting on “Thrombosis and Hemostasis Issues in Cancer”, April 2012, Seminario Vescovile Beato “Giovanni XXIII”, Bergamo, Italy.

§ Helsinki Drug Research 2011 (HDR 2011) – “Tools for admet and pharmaceutical nanotechnology”, the University of Helsinki, September 2011, Helsinki, Finland.

§ Main meeting of The Physiological Society (Physiology 2011), July 2011, University of Oxford, Oxford, England.

§ Main meeting of Norwegian Society of Pharmacology and Toxicology (NSFT 2010), January 2010, Beitostølen, Norway.

 

§ Symposium on “Advances in In-Vitro Cell and Tissue Culture”, May 2012, Leeuwenberghkerk, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

§ 5th International Symposia on “Advancing the Chemical Sciences (ISACS5) – Challenges in Chemical Biology”, July 2011, University of Manchester, Manchester, England.

§ Symposium on “Biomarkers in in vitro systems ….and how to apply them in risk evaluations”, March 2011, Mol, Belgium.

 

§ 1st European Doctoral College on Environment and Health (EDCEH 2010), June 2010, University of Rennes, France.

 

Evaluation

§ Iinvited to participate in the peer review process of submitted manuscripts to some agricultural, biological, and environmental journals.

 

Scholarships, honors, prizes and awards:

§ Doctoral research fellow funded by the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway.

§ Graduate research fellow for master program funded by the Graduate Studies Scholarship Office, University of Putra, Malaysia.

§ Featured on Journal of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics (2011: 90 6, p758–760; Nature publishing groupIF 6.4) as highlighted member of American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (ASCPT).

§ Young Physiologist Bursary award for Physiology 2011, University of Oxford, England.

§ Co-author of an awarded research (prize for the best research and oral presentation) in student section of NSFT 2011, Beitostølen, Norway (presented by Kathrin Sabine Ellesat).

§ Gold medal award in scientific competition “Exhibition of Invention, Research & Innovation 2009”, University of Putra, Malaysia.

§ Bronze medal award in scientific competition “Exhibition of Invention, Research & Innovation 2007”, University of Putra, Malaysia.

§ Selected by the book donation scheme of the Canadian government as researchers who actively working in the (bio-)sorption field, September 2008.

§ Received great appreciation by students for teaching during three semesters, July 2007 – October 2008, University of Putra, Malaysia.

 

Selected membership (2009 2013)

§ AACR, ASCPT, ASCB, BPS, CSPS, ESTIV, GTA, INVITROM, ISSX, PS, RSC, SETAC, SFRBM, SIVB, SOT, & SSCT.

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

 

 

 

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