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Zahra Rastian
Address: Persian Gulf Marine Biotechnology
Research Center, Bushehr , Iran
Email: zrastian@gmail.com
Academic Educations
Postdoctoral fellowship
2015
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PhD of Nanotechnology-chemical engineering
Tehran University
Tehran-Iran
2014
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M. Sc in Biotechnology-chemical engineering
Iran University of Science and Technology
Tehran-Iran
2004
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B. Sc in Food processing-chemical engineering
Amirkabir University (Tehran Polytechnic University)
Tehran-Iran
Sabbatical
Aarhus University, Denmark
2013
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Work Experience
-Research assistant in Cell culture-virus lab expert, Research deputy of Bushehr University of
Medical Sciences, 2004-2009
-Student officer, Bushehr Medical Science University- Iran, 1999-2001
-Quality control and lab expert, Bushehr-Sorna Pasta Company, 1998-1999
Tutorial
Fluid mechanics, mineral chemistry, balance of material and energy, Bushehr Azad University,
2007
Workshops:
National workshop of influenza lab care, NPMC in Tabriz University, 2005
Safety in nanotechnology, Technology Park of Tehran University, 2009.
Nano fiber producing through Electrospining, Fanavaran company, Tehran, 2015
Interests and Techniques:
Plasma and chemical functionalization of carbon nanomaterials
Enzyme immobilization
Microtitration, colorimetric method and TLC-FID (enzyme activity).
Antioxidant activity
Electrospining
Collagen extraction
Awards and Acknowledgments:
-Postdoctoral fellowship from National Elites Foundation
-Appreciation letter from governor general assistant for lecture
-Selected researcher of Bushehr medical university in research week
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Publications:
1- Zahra Rastian, Abbas Ali Khodadadi, Farzaneh Vahabzadeh, Christian Bortolini,
Mingdong Dong, Yadollah Mortazavi, Mogharei. Masoud Vesali Naseh, Zheng Guo,Facile
Surface functionalization of multiwalled carbon nanotubes by soft dielectronic barrier
discharge plasma: generate compatible interface for lipase immobilization, 2014,
Biochemical Engineering Journal, 90:16-26.
2- Zahra Rastian, Abbas Ali Khodadadi, Farzaneh Vahabzadeh, Yadollah Mortazavi,
Mogharei, Functionalization of Multi
-Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Lipase
Immobilization, , 2013, The Journal of MacroTrends in Technology and Innovation 1(1): 6571.
3- Keivan Zandi, Elissa Ramedani, Khosro Mohammadi, Saeed Tajbakhsh, Zahra
Rastian,Moradali Fouladvand, Forough Yousefi, Iman Deilami and Fatemeh Farshadpour,
Evaluation of antiviral activities of curcumin derivatives against HSV-1 in Vero cell line. 2010,
Nat Prod Commun 5(12):1935-8.
4- Anticancer activity of sargassum oligocystum water extract against human cancer cell lines,
k. zandi, s. ahmadzadeh, s. tajbakhsh, z. rastian, f. yousefi, f. arshadpour, k. sartavi, 2010, eur
rev med pharm Pharmacol, 14(8): 669-673.
5- Keivan Zandi, Saeed Tajbakhsh, Iraj Nabipour, Zahra Rastian, Forough Yousefi,
Samin Sharafian and Kohzad Sartavi, In vitro antitumor activity of Gracilaria corticata
(a red alga) against Jurkat and molt-4 human cancer cell lines, 2010, African Journal of
Biotechnology, 9(40): 6787-6790.
6- Keivan Zandi, Seyed Sajjad Eghbali, Rasool Hamkar, Shahnaz Ahmadi, Elissa ramedani,
Iman Deilami, Heidar Aziz Nejad, Fatemeh Farshadpour, Zahra Rastian, Prevalence of
various Human Papillomavirus (HPV) genotypes among women who subjected to routine Pap
smear test in Bushehr city (South west of Iran)2008-2009, , 2010, virology journal, 7(65).
7- Keivan Zandi, Marzieh Taherzadeh, Ramin Yaghoubi, Saeed Tajbakhsh, Zahra Rastian,
Moradali Fouladvand and Kohzad Sartavi, Antiviral activity of Avicenia marina against
herpes simplex virus type 1 and vaccine strain of poliovirus (an in vitro study). 2009, Journal
of medicinal plants research. Vol. 3 (10), pp: 771-776.
8- Z. Rastiana; M. Mehranianb; F. Vahabzadehb; K. Sartavi, Antioxidant activity of brown
algae sargassum vulgar and sargassum angustrifolum. 2007. Journal of Aquatic Food
Product Technology. Vol 16 (2)
9- Keivan Zandi, Moloud Abbas Zadeh, Kohzad Sartavi and Zahra Rastian, Antiviral activity
of Aloe vera against herpes simplex virus type 2: An in vitro study. 2007. African journal of
biotechnology. Vol. 6 (15)
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10- Rastian Zahra, Mehranian Mehrnaz, Vahabzadeh Farzaneh and Sartavi Kohzad,
Antioxidant activity of
extract from a brown alga sargassum boveanum. 2007.African
journal of biotechnology. Vol. 6 (24)
Conferences:
1- Zahra Rastian, Zheng Guo, Mindong Dong, Carbon based nanomaterials for lipase
immobilization: effect of geometry, International Symposium on Nanoengineered Composites,
Denmark, 2015
2- Zahra Rastian, Functionalization of Multi -Walled Carbon Nanotubes for Lipase
Immobilization, The Macrotrend conference, France, 2013.
3- Zandi K, Taherzadeh M, Tajbakhsh S, Yaghoubi R, Rastian Z, Sartavi K, Antiviral activity of
Avicennia marina leaf extract on HSV-1 and vaccine strain of polio virus in vero cells. 13th
International Congress on Infectious Diseases (ICID), 2008. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
4- Screening of genital human papilloma viruses by PCR method among women ob Bushehr
port, IRAN, Viral Oncologythird European congress of virology, 2006, Germany (poster)
5- Zahra Rastian, Fereshteh Naeimpour, Investigation about the effect of biomass component on
Streptomyces Growth by flux analysis" in 1st international biological science Congress of Karaj,
2006.
6- Zahra Rastian, Fereshteh Naeimpour, Analysis of Turnover and Maintenance Energy by MFA
in Streptomyces, in 4th Biotechnology Congress of Kerman , 2005
7- Zahra Rastian, Fereshteh Naeimpour, Survey on Amino acids as only Nitrogen and Carbon
Source for Streptomyces Growth, in 9th Chemical Engineering Congress of Tehran IUST , Nov
2004
8- Zahra Rastian, Fereshteh Naeimpour,, Survey on Nitrogen Sources in Streptomyces
(published in the Faraiand Journal of Sharif University), in the 4th Student Chemical
Engineering Congress of Sharif University,Oct 2003
9- Zahra Rastian, thFereshteh Naeimpour,Actinorhodin Production in Streptomyces and Flux
Analysis, in the 8 Chemical Engineering Congress of Mashhad, Oct 2003
10- Zahra Rastian, Fereshteh Naeimpour, Flux Analysis in Streptomyce, in the 3rd Biotechnology
Congress of Mashhad, Sep. 2003
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