AHYA ABDI-ALI Azzahra University Department of Biology Faculty of Science Tehran-Iran e.mail; abdialya@alzahra.ac.ir abdialya@yahoo.com BIOGRAPHICAL DATA: Bachelor of Microbiology, 1987. Tehran University. M.Sc. of Microbiology, 1991. Tehran University Ph.D of Microbiology, 2003 Tarbiat Moddarres university Experience: Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran 1991-present Microbiology, Bacteriology and Protozoology at B.Sc. level Antibiotics and their mechanisms at M.Sc. level Microbial Physiology at M.Sc. level Advanced Bacteriology at Ph.D level Cellular Microbiology at Ph.D level Host & Parasite interaction at Ph.D level ADDITIONAL TRAINING: Workshop on “A Practical Approach in Plant Molecular Biology”, Istambul,Turkey, 1999 Visiting Graduate student, University of Manitoba, Canada , 2002 HONORS AND AWARD: Reseach Award, Alzahra University, Research Week 2003, 2004 Reseach Award, Alzahra University, Research Week 2005-2014 ABSTRACTS: Pyocin Typing and Antibiogram of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Isolated from 4 Hospitals.F.Malekzadeh,A.Abdi-Ali and M.Shahamat. ASM General Meeting (poster presentation)1992 Biological Phosphorus Removal of Wastewater. A.Dastani, A.M.Sadeghy and A.Abdi- Ali.8th Iranian Congress of Biology, Razi University, Iran, 1999 Isolation of Pyocin S2-Producing Strain from Clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains and Induction of Pyocin S2 by Mitomycin C, A.Abdi- Ali, F.Malekzadeh,A.Dizaji,G.Behzadian-nejad, 6th Iranian Congress of Biochemistry, 2001 Isolation of Pyocin S2-Producing Strain from Clinical Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains and Purification of its PyocinS2, A.AbdiAli,F.Malekzadeh.A.Dizaji,G.Behzadian Nejad.4th Iranian Congress of Microbiology,Shahed University,Tehran-Iran 2001 Effects of Pyocin S2 Produced by Endemic Pseudomonas aeruginosa 42A on Growth of Human Tumor and Normal Cell Lines. A.AbdiAli,F.Malekzadeh,A.Dizaji,A.Kazem-Nejad,13th Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Disease, Glagow/Uk,2003 Experimental Production Assay of Bacterial Alginate from Pseudomonas aeruginosa .Z.Fallahi, A.Abdi-Ali, F.Jalilvand , S.Sepehr.First National Congress of Molecular Cell Biology, Chamran University,2003 Growth Condition Effect on Alginate Production from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Z.Fallahi, A.Abdi-Ali, F.Jalilvand , S.Sepehr.53rd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Microbiologists,Laval/ Canada, 2003 Pseudomonas aeruginosa OrfB, OrfC, OrfD: Role in Carbohydrate Uptake.K.Lovetri, R.Habibian, A.Abdi-Ali, N.Hossein-Jazani, B.Solyo,E.A.Worobec.Pseudomonas Conference 2003, Qubec City, Canada,2003 Study of Biofilm Formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Using Modified Microtitre Plate and Scanning Electron Microscope. M.Mohammadi-mehr, A.Abdi-Ali. 12th Congress of Biology,Hamedan/ Iran,2004 PUBLICATIONS: 1-Endotoxin of Gram Negative Bacteria, A.Abdi-Ali. Journal of Sciences, Alzahra University Vol.7, No.1-2, 1995 2-Etiological examination of the Acute Diarrhoeal Diseases Infantil Hospital of Tehran.T.Falsafi, F.Mobasheri, and A.Abdi-Ali. Journal of Sciences, Alzahra University Vol.10, No.1, 1997 3-Drug Resistance To Shigella, Salmonella and Campylobacter spp in Pediatric Infection. T.Falsafi, A.Abdi-Ali and F.Mobasheri, M.Najafi.Iranian Journal of Pediatrics.Vol 12,No,1,1999 4-Prevalence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Pyocin and Antibiotic Biotype In four Tehran Hospitals.F.Malekzadeh,A.Abdi-Ali,M.Levin and M.Shahamat.International Journal of Environmental Health Research.Vol.5,229-238 ,1995. 5-Extraction and Purification of Pyocin S2 from an Endemic Pseudomonas aeruginosa ,Isolate 42A,A.AbdiAli,F.Malekzadeh,A.Dizaji,G.Behzadian Nejad,N.H.Jazani,Kowsar medical journal.Vol 7,No,3,2002. 6-Extraction of Lipopolysaccharide from outer membrane of Salmonella typhimurium PTCC 1734, N.H.Jazani, G.Behzadian Nejad, B.Tabarrai, Z.M.Hasan, A.Abdi-Ali, Kowsar medical journal.Vol 7,No 4, 2002. 7-Cytotoxic Effects of Pyocin S2 Produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa on the Growth of three Human Cell Lines,A.AbdiAli,E.A.Worobec,A.Dizaji and F.Malekzadeh. Canadian Journal of Microbiology.Vol.50, 2004. 8-Study of biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosausing modified microtitre plate and scanning electron microscope, M. MohammadiMehr, A.Abdi-Ali, Journal of army university of medical sciences of the I.R.Iran, Vol 2,2004. 9-Isolation and Assay of Alginate from Hospital Pseudomonas aeruginosa. A.AbdiAli, Z.Fallahi, F.Jalilvand, Sh.Sepehr. Journal of science University of Tehran. Vol 30, 2005. 10-Alginate extraction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and study of penetration of antibiotic agents through alginate using a sandwich cup method, M. Mohammadi-Mehr, A.Abdi-Ali, Z. Fallahi, N. MarkaziMoghadam, Journal of army university of medical sciences of the I.R.Iran, vol 3, 2005. 11-Study of plasmid profiles and antibiotic resistance in hospital Pseudomonas aeruginosa, A.Abdi-Ali, V. Nikbin, MM. Feizabadi, S.Gharavi, Z. Fallahi, Iranian journal of biology, vol 18, 2005. 12-Bactericidal activity of various antibiotics against biofilm-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa, A.Abdi-Ali, M.Mohammadimehr, Y.AghaAlaei, International journal of antimicrobial agents, Vol 27, 2006. In vitro study of bactericidal activity of β-lactam and aminoglycoside antibiotics against biofilm cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, A.AbdiAli, M. Mohammadi-Mehr, Y,Agha Alaei, N. Markazi-Moghadam, Iranian journal of biology, Vol 18, 2006. 13-Role of orfD Pseudomonas aeruginosa H103 gene in glucose uptake. N.Hosseini Jazani, A.Abdi-Ali, E.Worobec. Journal of Kerman University of medical Sciences, vol 13(4), 2006. 14-Study of antibiotic resistance by efflux in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, A.Abdi-Ali, A. Rahmani-Badi, T. Falsafi, V. Nikename, Pakistan journal of biological sciences, vol 10(6), 2007. 15-Pulsed field gel electrophoresis and plasmid profile analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa at two hospitals in Tehran, Iran. V.S.Nikbin, A.Abdi-Ali, M.M.Feizabadi, S.Gharavi, Indian journal of medical research, 126, 2007. 16-Antibacterial effects of water soluble green tea extracts on multi antibiotic resistant isolates of Acinetobacter sp. N.Hosseini Jazani, Sh. Shahabi, A.Abdi-Ali, M. Zartoshti, Pakistan journal of biological sciences, vol 10 (9), 2007. 17-Antibacterial effects of water soluble green tea extracts on multi antibiotic resistant isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. N.Hosseini Jazani, Sh. Shahabi, A.Abdi-Ali, Pakistan journal of biological sciences, vol 10 (9), 2007. 18-In vitro antibacterial activity of garlic against isolates of acinetobacter sp. N.Hosseini Jazani, Sh. Shahabi, A.Abdi-Ali, S. Zarrin, N, Ali Daei, Journal of biological sciences 7(5), 2007. 19-Association of MexAB-OprM with intrinsic resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to aminogycosides. A. Rahmani-Badi, A.AbdiAli, T. Falsafi, V, Annals Microbiology, 57 (3), 2007. 20-Purification of alginate from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and study of it’s compound with garlic immunomodulator fraction on humoral immunity in BALB/C mice. A.Abdi-Ali, M.Shafie, T.Ghazanfari, S.Honarmandian, K.Khajeh, Journal of infectious diseases and tropical medicine, Vol (36), 2007. 21-Role of Efflux Transporters in Resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to Fluoroquinolones. A. Rahmani - Badi, A. Abdi–Ali, T. Falsafi, Z. Falahi , Iranian journal of biology, vol 21, 2008. 22-Study of antibiotic resistance of clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumanii in presence of efflux pump inhibitor. A. Abdi–Ali, P.Nikasa,M. Bahar, V.Niknam , Journal of infectious diseases and tropical medicine, Vol 42,2008. 23-The Effect of Combination of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Alginate and an Immunomodulator Protein of Garlic on Opsonophagocytosis in Murine Model.T.Ghazanfari, Sh. Honarmandian, A .Abdi-Ali, M Shafiei, KH. Khajeh, Journal of Kerman University of medical Sciences, vol (4), 2008. 24-Effect of 3 different biocides on biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. A .Abdi-Ali, F. khani-jui abad, Iranian journal of biology, vol 21, 2008. 25- Effects of Quinolone and Macrolid antibiotics against plancktonic and biofilm cells of Pseudomonas aeruginosa In vitro. M.Mohammadimehr,A.Abdi-Ali, Journal of infectious diseases and tropical medicine, vol 13(41),2008. 26-Antibiotic resistance of clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumanii in presence of efflux pump inhibitor. P Nikasa, A Abdi Ali, MA Bahar, V Niknam, Journal of infectious diseases and tropical medicine, vol 13(42),2008. 27-Antibiofilm activities of certain biocides in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. F.Khani-Juy Abad, A Abdi Ali, S.Gharavi, Iranian journal of Microbiology, vol 1, 2009. 28-The inhibitory effect of colloidal silver nanoparticles on three bacterial strains and macrophages in a 24 h cell culture.Z.Shavandi, T. Ghazanfari, K. Nazeri-Moghadam, A Abdi-Ali, Daneshvar (Medicine),no.88, 2010. 29-Evaluation of three methods of DNA extraction from Pseudomonas aeruginosa by spectrophotometer nanodrop and gel electrophoresis. S.Azami, E.Asgarani, A Abdi Ali. Journal of applied biology,vol 23,2011. 30-Association between existence of integrons and multi-drug resistance in Acinetobacter isolated from patients in southern Iran. S.Japoni, A. Japoni, S. Farshad, A Abdi-Ali, M. Jamalidoust.Polish journal of Microbiology. Vol 60, 2011. 31- Biofilm in urinary tract pathogens. G. Rahmani , P Mohammadi , A. Abdi-Ali. Journal of infectious diseases and tropical medicine. Vol 56, 2012. 32- In vitro evaluation of proton motive force dependent efflux pumps among multidrug resistance Acinetobacter baumannii isolated from patients at Tehran hospitals. P Nikasa, A Abdi Ali, A Rahmani-Badi, Arif Al-Hamad. JJM. 6(7),2013. 33- Design and Evaluation Rapid Antibacterial Susceptibility Testing for Enterobacteriaceae and non-fermentative bacteria. Z Bolandghamat Pour, S Salmanzadeh-Ahrabi, A Abdi Ali .Journal of applied biology. Winter 1392. 34-Assessment of biofilm formation and resistance to imipenem and ciprofloxacin among clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumanii in Tehran.S Hendiani, A Abdi Ali, P Mohammadi. JJM. 2014, 7 (1). 35- Synergistic Effects of Bismuth _ Thiols and various Antibiotics against Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm. M Varposhti, A Abdi Ali, P Mohammadi.JJM. 2014, 7 (3). 36- Effects of Extracts and an Essential Oil from Some Medicinal Plants against Biofilm Formation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. M Varposhti, A Abdi Ali, P Mohammadi, A Saboora. J Med Microbiol Infec Dis. 2013, 1(1): 36-40. 37- Association Between Metallo-β-lactamases and Integrons with MultiDrug Resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates. S Azami, A Abdi Ali, E Asgarani. J Med Microbiol Infec Dis.2013, 1(1): 46-51. 38- Eradication of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms by the Combination of n.butanolic Cyclamen coum Extract and Ciprofloxacin. M Shafiei, A Abdi Ali, F Shahcheraghi, A Saboora, K Akbari Noghabi.JJM. 2014, 7(2). 39-Purification and characterization of alginate lyase from mucoid pseudomonas aeruginosa strain 214. P.Ghadam, H. Golfakhrabadi, P Mohammadi A Abdi Ali. Caspian Journal of Biology. In press. 40- Optimization of Tetrazolium Salt Assay for Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Using Microtiter Plate Method .P Sabaeifard, A Abdi-Ali, M Soudi, R Dinarvand . Journal of microbiological methods.105 ,2014 . 41- Comparison of two methods for quantification of Acinetobacter baumannii biofilm formation. S Hendiani, A Abdi Ali, P Mohammadi. Biological Journal of Microorganism. Vol. 2, No. 8, Winter 2014. 42- The Study of Synergistic Effects of n.butanolic Cyclamen coum Extract and Ciprofloxacin on inhibition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm formation. A Abdi-Ali, Morvarid Shafiei ,Fereshteh Shahcheraghi, Azra Saboora, Tooba Ghazanfari. Biological Journal of Microorganism. Vol. 3, No. 12, Winter 2015. 43- Antibacterial Susceptibility Patterns and Cross-Resistance of Acinetobacter, Isolated from Hospitalized Patients, Southern Iran. S Japoni, S Farshad, A Abdi Ali, A Japoni. Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal. 2011; 13(11):832-836. 44-The effect of Cyclamen coum on pyocin production by P.aeruginosa. Z Ahmadbeigi, A Saboora, A Abdi-Ali. International journal of phytomedicine.2014(6) : 177-181. 45- Isolation and purification of an effective thermal stable alginate lyase on hospital Pseudomonas aeruginosa alginate Ghadam P., Shahriari Atashgah Kh., Abdi Ali A. and Mohammadi P. Journal of biology.2015(4):565-573 46- Synthesis of silver nanoparticles and study of its synergistic effects of silver nanoparticles in combination with imipenem and two biocides against biofilm producing Acinetobacter baumannii. S Hendiani, A Abdi Ali, P Mohammadi, S Kharrazi.Nanomedicine Journal.2015 accepted. Book: Pathogenic and Clinical Microbiology; A Laboratory Manual, translated to Persian, 2004, by Alzahra University Publication.