Hesam Malekfarnood

Education:

2016 - 2019  Diploma in experimental sciences

Kamal high school, Tehran, Iran

2019 - 2022  BSc, Medical Laboratory Sciences

School of paramedicine, Islamic Azad University Tehran Medical Unit (IAUTMU), Tehran, Iran

Honors and Awards:

1- Top 5% (Rank 4th) students of medical laboratory sciences joined in september 2019 (Mehr 1398) at IAUTMU

2- Accepted scientific poster In the first system biology congress in Farhikhtegan hospital, Dec 2021

3- Ranked first In the national competition "Impact of novel coronavirus on human health", Jul 2021

Research Title: Discovery of the molecular target against COVID-19 disease using In silico & Bioinformatic approaches

4- Placed 6th In the first National COVID-19 Hackathon among Doctoral, Master, and Bachelor competitors, Aug 2020

Project: Development of POCT for heart attack diagnosis using IoT

5- Top researcher student Is known by Iran ministry of education, Dec 2018

6- Silver medal In 11th Persian Young Physicist Tournament - PYPT, Feb 2018

7- Top selected project in 12th Tebyan International Festival of the student project, May 2017

8- Achieving 3rd provincial place In 2nd Khwarizimi Youth Festival, Jul 2016

Skills:

Scientific skills:

1. Medical Interdisciplinary Research
2. Microfluidics
3. Lab on a chip
4. Organ on a chip

Laboratory skills:

• Laboratory Instruments:

1. Autoanalyzer
2. Centrifuges
3. Incubator

• General Laboratory:

1. Pipette
2. Sterilize (Autoclaving)
3. Titrate
4. Weigh

• Microscopy:

1. Bright-field Microscopy
2. Confocal Microscopy
3. Phase-contrast Microscopy
4. Fluorescence Microscopy

• Biochemistry & Cell Biology:

1. Enzyme assays
2. UV/Vis spectrophotometers
3. Acrylamide gel electrophoresis
4. HPLC, Gas, TLC chromatography
5. Electrophoresis
6. PCR (Real-time PCR, RT-PCR, RT-qPCR)
7. Cell culture (co-culture, mono-culture)
8. Hormone
9. Urine analysis

• Immunology:

1. ELISA
2. Fluorescent antibody technique
3. Immunoprecipitation
4. Cytotoxicity assay
5. Live/Dead assay

• Bacteriology:

1. Cell culture
2. Prepare media
3. Gram staining
4. Interpretation of results and diagnosis

• Hematology:

1. Immunohematology
2. Cell (RBC, WBC, Precursor, Malignancy) morphology
3. Staining (Wright-Giemsa, BCB)
4. Flow cytometry
5. FISH

Software skills:

1. Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel
2. Adobe Photoshop
3. Adobe Premiere
4. Adobe Illustrator
5. Adobe Audition
6. C++ programming

Other skills:

1. Critical thinking
2. Teamwork
3. Teaching
4. Graphic Design
5. Leadership

Experience:

USERN  and Miniature Talk 2023 Executive Board Member

USERN 2022 Research Internship, since April 2022 - present

USERN 2022 Publicity Internship, since Feb 2022 - jan 2023

Junior Researcher at Young researcher and elite club, since Nov 2021 - present

Project Intern at AZAR innovation working on Organ on a chip projects, since Dec 2021 - May 2022

Member of IAUTMU paramedical school research committee, since, April 2022 - present

Hobbies:

Swimming, Photography, Hiking, Camping, Nature and wildlife watching, Shooting, Movies, Music

Volunteering:

Volunteer Vaccinator at IAUTMU, since Oct 2021 -Dec 2021

UPDATE: Sep 2022