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

2024

School of medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Msc in Medical Immunology

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: Feb 2024