User:Sadaf Kasraie

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I'm a PhD fellow at the Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Medical University of Hannover, Germany and working at the Werfel Lab

Sadaf Kasraie

Email: kasraie.sadaf@mh-hannover.de
Phone: +49 9246 347
Fax: +49 9246 206
Address:
Ricklinger Str. 5
30449 Hannover
Germany

Contact Info

• Currently, I'm a PhD fellow at Division of Immunodermatology & Allergy Research, Department of Dermatology & Allergy, Hannover, Germany

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Education

• 2007-2010, PhD, PhD Program “Molecular Medicine” (Major Subject: Immunology), Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
• 2004-2006, M.Sc. in Microbiology (Major Subject: Genetics), Azad University Branch of Science and Research of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
• 2000-2004, B.Sc. in Microbiology, Azad University

Work Experience

• Since 2011: Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Department of Global Preclinical Drug Discovery, Research & Development, Grünenthal Pharma GmbH, Aachen, Germany

• 2007-2010: PhD Fellow in Division of Immunodermatology & Allergy Research, Department of Dermatology & Allergy, Hannover, Germany

• 2005-2007: Research Assistance in Department of Medical Genetic, National Institute for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran

Research interests

• Interest 1: Allergy & Immunology
• Interest 2: Genetics
• Interest 3: Pharmacology

Awards and Acheivements

• Winner: Prize in the abstract session, challenges in dermatologic allergy in clinics & research at the 29th Congress of the European Academy of Allergy & Clinical Immunology, London, UK (Jun, 2010) [1]
• Travel grant: European Academy of Allergy & Clinical Immunology (EAACI) (Jun, 2010).
• Travel grant: Hannover Biomedical Research School (HBRS) (Mar, 2010).
• Travel grant: Hannover Biomedical Research School (HBRS) (Mar, 2009).
• Travel grant: GlaxoSmithKline Stiftung (foundation) (Mar, 2009).
• PhD scholarship was awarded by Hannover Biomedical Research School (HBRS) (Oct, 2007).
• Certificate of 1st top ranked student in M.Sc. in Microbiology which was awarded by Islamic Azad University (Jan, 2007).
• Certificate of 1st top ranked student in B.Sc. in Microbiology which was awarded by Islamic Azad University (Jan, 2004).

Memberships

• International Society for Interferon and Cytokines Research (ISICR).
• Junior member of European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI).
• Associate member of GRK 1441/1. Regulation of Allergic Inflammatory Response in Lung and Skin.
• Iranian Genetics Society.
• Iranian Young Researcher Club.

Publications

(Pubmed)

• Kasraie S, Niebuhr M, Werfel T. Interleukin (IL)-31 induces pro-inflammatory cytokines in human macrophages and monocytes following stimulation with staphylococcal exotoxins. J Invest Dermatol. 2009; 129: 9-9 (abstract), Allergy. 2010; 65(6):712-721. (Original article) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19889120

• Kasraie S, Niebuhr M, Baumert K, Werfel T. Functional effects of Interleukin (IL)-31 in human primary keratinocytes. Allergy. 2010; 65: 204-204 (abstract), original article in Review.

• Kasraie S, Niebuhr M, Dittrich-Breiholz O, Kracht M, Werfel T. Macrophages from atopic dermatitis show a distinct CXCL10 production in response to staphylococcal α-toxin. Original article is submitted.

• Raap U, Gehring M, Kasraie S, Pauls I, Ständer S, Werfel T, Kapp A. Human eosinophils express the functional active IL-31 receptor A and are activated by IL-31 with induction of chemotaxis, mobilization of Ca2+, release of CCL 26 and reactive oxygen species via phosphorylation of STAT-3 and ERK 1/2. Allergy. 2010; 65: 349-349 (abstract), original article is submitted.

• Kasraie S, Houshmand M, Ahari SE, Moin M, Bahar MA, Shariat P. Investigation of tRNALys/Leu and ATPase 6 genes mutation in Iranian Ataxia Telangiectasia patients. Am J Hum Genet. 2006. (Abstract), Arch Med Sci. 2010 in press. (Original article)

• Kasraie S, Houshmand M, Banoei MM, Ahari SE, Panahi MS, Shariati P, Bahar M, Moin M. Investigation of tRNA(Leu/Lys) and ATPase 6 genes mutations in Huntington's disease. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 2008; 28(7):933-8. (Original article) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18386172

• Ahari SE, Houshmand M, Panahi MS, Kasraie S, Moin M, Bahar MA. Investigation on mitochondrial tRNA(Leu/Lys), NDI and ATPase 6/8 genes in Iranian multiple sclerosis patients. Cell Mol Neurobiol. 2007; 27(6):695-700. (Original article) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17619138

• Ahari SE, Houshmand M, Kasraie S, Moin M, Bahar MA, Shafa Shariat Panahi M, Ahangari G. Point mutations on Mitochondrial DNA in Iranian patients with Friedreich’s Ataxia. Am J Hum Genet. 2006. (Abstract), Iran J Child Neurology. 2007; 2(1):41-45. (Original article) http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/ijcn/article/view/473

Useful links

http://www.grunenthal.com http://www.mh-hannover.de/hbrs.html