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dividerFaculity MemberdividerMorteza Ebrahimi
Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran
Assistant Professor,
Director of Secondary Metabolites Biotechnology Institute (Isfahan)
Morteza Ebrahimi
Assistant Professor, Director of Secondary Metabolites Biotechnology Institute (Isfahan)
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email m.ebrahimi@abrii.ac.ir
  • Introduction
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  • Science Articles

Introduction:

Name: Morteza

Family: Ebrahimi

Date of Birth: 11/04/1972

Place of birth: Tehran-Iran

Department: Plant Tissue Culture

Affiliation: Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran.

Dr. Morteza Ebrahimi joined ABRII-CB in 2003 and started his career as a searcher at the Dept. of Plant Tissue Culture. He is experienced in plant tissue culture techniques and collaborated with a group of researchers in ABRII to commercialize the production of the potato seed tuber in Iran, since 2003. It is more than ten years that he is managing for preparation of pathogen-free stock plants of potato’s different varieties for distribution in several private companies. He is now dedicated to micropropagation and production of secondary metabolites using Bioreactor technology and the development of closed plant production systems in medicinal plants. One of his objectives and interests is implementing metabolite engineering in medicinal plants. 

Education:

  • PhD in Genetic Engineering and Molecular Biology

UPM/Serdang-Malaysia, 2010-2015

Thesis: “ISOLATION AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF EgCBF3 ENCODING AN OIL PALM CBF/DREB TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AND EFFECTS OF ITS ECTOPIC EXPRESSION IN TOMATO (Solanum lycopersicum cv. MT1)”

  • MS in Plant Breeding

Zabol University/Zabol, Iran, 2000-2002

Thesis: “THE STUDY OF SALT STRESS TOLERANCE OF IRRADIATED SOMATIC EMBRYO IN SOYBEAN (GLYCINE MAX. L)”

  • BS in Agronomy and Plant Breeding

Mazandaran University/Sari-Iran, 1992-1996

 

Honor, Awards, and Scholarships:

  • Honored for activities in potato minituber production, 2007, Agri-Jahad minister
  • Awarded for the best researcher in ABRII-CR, 2006, Head of the institute
  • Honored for the best research expert in ABRII, 2008, Head of the institute
  • Appreciation for the presentation of the best research proposal in the first exposition of Innovation & creativity – Isfahan Province, 2008, Isfahan Governor
  • Honored for achievements in stevia and Aloe vera micropropagation, 2012, Agri-Jahad minister
  • Awarded for the best researcher in ABRII-CR, 2016, Head of the institute
  • Honored for the best research expert in ABRII, 2019, Head of the institute

 

Research Interest:

  • Plant tissue culture
  • Genetic engineering of metabolic pathways
  • Bioreactor-based production of secondary metabolites
  • Production of medicinal plants in closed plant production systems

 

Analysis and Introduction of Elite Genotypes of Licorice’s (Glycirrhiza glabra L.) Wild Populations in Iran

 

Development of a low-cost disposable bioreactor for pilot-scale production of hairy roots in medicinal plants

 

Production of medicinal plants in closed plant production systems

 

Projects:

No.

Title of project

From

To

Venue

Responsibility in project

Collaboration

Main Researcher

1

Potato minituber production

2003

2007

ABRII

*

 

2

Production of disease free plantlet of potato and distribution between the minituber producers

2008

 

ABRII-CR

*

 

3

Breaking of potato minituber dormancy

2004

2005

ABRII-CR

 

*

4

Alfalfa artificial seed production

2004

2007

ABRII-CR

 

*

5

Genetic identification of Iranian almond genotypes using molecular markers

2004

2008

ABRII-CR

*

 

6

Micropropagation of male sterile onion genotypes

2005

2006

ABRII-CR

*

 

7

Aloe vera Micropropagation Using Tissue Culture Technique

2006

2007

ABRII-CR

 

*

8

Study of Elicitors Effect on Taxol Production in Immobilized Cell culture System of Yew (Taxus baccata)

2006

2008

ABRII-CR

 

*

9

Optimization of a semi-mass micropropagation protocol of Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) using nodal cutting and organogenesis techniques

2007

2009

ABRII-CR

 

*

10

Seed dormancy breaking of assafoetida (Ferula assa-foetida L.)

2008

2008

ABRII-CR

 

*

11

Optimization of a semi-mass micropropagation protocol of Fragaria vesca L. using tissue culture technique

2008

2009

ABRII-CR

*

 

12

Mass production of assafoetida (Ferula assa-foetida L.) using tissue culture techniques

2008

2011

ABRII-CR

*

 

13

Genetic mapping of almond flowering genes(s)

2007

2011

ABRII-CR

*

 

14

Optimization of a micropropagation protocol for pear dwarf rootstocks  OH×F-87 and Pyrodwarf using tissue culture techniques

2010

2012

ABRII-CR

*

 

15

Micropropagation of Medicinal plant Kelussia odorotissima Mozaff

2014

2017

ABRII-CR

 

*

16

Analysis and Introduction of Elite Genotypes of Licorice’s (Glycirrhiza glabra L.) Wild Populations in Iran

2016

2020

ABRII-CR

 

*

17

Pilot scale production of hypercin and hyperforin in hairy root cultures of Hypericum perforatum in bioreactor

2016

2020

ABRII-CR

 

*

18

Hairy root culture of Valeriana officinalis in bioreactor for production of Valerenic acid

2019

2020

ABRII-CR

 

*

19

Withania somnifera hairy roots cultivation in bioreactor

2019

2021

ABRII-CR

 

*

20

Echinacea purpurea hairy roots cultivation in bioreactor

2019

2021

ABRII-CR

 

*

21

Optimization of the Hypericum perfuratum in vitro shoot culture and ex-vitro culture for production of hypercin and hyperforin

2019

2021

ABRII-CR

 

*

22

Greenhouse study of transgenic RNAi potato for resistance to potato viruse

2018

2021

ABRII-CR

*

 

 

Publications

Research papers:

  • Jorjani E., M. Ebrahimi, F.Majd, M.Naseri Tafti and B.Naserian (2004) Study of salt stress tolerance of irradiated calli in soybean (Glycine max L.).J. Agric.Sci.Natur.Vol.11(2)
  • Ebrahimi M., M.Khayam Nekiei and S.Kadkhodaei (2009) Study of Some factors Influencing Embryogenesis and Maturation of Soybean (Glycine max L.) Somatic Embryos. J.  Sci. & Tech. of Agric. & Natur. Resour. Vol. 12, No. 46(A)
  • Otroshi M., A. Zamani, M. Khodambashi, M. Ebrahimi and P.C. Struik (2009) Effect of Exogenous Hormones and Chilling on Dormancy Breaking of Seeds of Assafoetida (Ferula assafoetda L.). Research Journal of Seed Science. 2(1):9-15
  • Otroshi M., M. Ebrahimi and A. Pezeshki (2009) Effects of Some Plant Growth regulators on Sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua L.) Organogenesis. Iranian Journal of Horticultural Science and Technology., Vol.10, No.2.
  • Nasiri Madiseh Z., M.R. Mofid, M. Ebrahimi, M.Khayam Nekiei and M. Khosroshahli (2010) Islolation of taxol producing endophytic fungi of Iranian yew (Taxus baccata L.). Scientific Journal of Shahrekord University of Medical Science.
  • Karimi N., M. R. Mofid, M. Ebrahimi and S. M. Khayyam Nekouei (2010) EFFECT OF GENOTYPE, EXPLANT SIZE AND POSITION ON CALLUS INDUCTION IN CEREUS PERUVIANUS MILL. (CACTACEAE). Trakia Journal of Sciences, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp 33-37.
  • Karimi N., M. Mofid, M. Ebrahimi and R. Naderi (2010) EFFECT OF AREOLE AND CULTURE MEDIUM ON CALLUS INDUCTION AND REGENERATION CEREUS PERUVIANUS MILL. ( CACTACEAE ). Trakia Journal of Sciences, Vol. 8, No 2.
  • Karimi N., Naderi R., Mofid M.R. and M. Ebrahimi (2010) Investigation of a medicinal and ornamental plant propagation , the Cereus peruvianus Mill. and using tissue culture technique. Journal of Medicinal Plant. Vol. 2, No. 34.
  • Pezeshki A., M. Ebrahimi , M. Khayyam Nekuei and S. Kadkhodaei  (2010)  Effects of several plant growth regulators, carbon source and amino acids on somatic embryos obtained from embryogenic cell suspension cultureof alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) (Text in Persian). Iranian Journal of Rangelands Forests Plant Breeding and Genetic Research. 18(1):63-73
  • Ashrafi S., M. R. Mofid, M. Otroshi, M. Ebrahimi and M. Khosroshahli (2010) EFFECTS OF PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS ON THE CALLOGENESIS AND TAXOL PRODUCTION IN CELL SUSPENSION OF Taxus baccata L. Trakia Journal of Sciences, Vol. 8, No 2, pp 36-43
  • Roozbeh S., M. Otroshy, R. Bozorgipoor, M. Ebrahimi, A. Moeini Najafabadi and P.C. Struik (2011) MICROPROPAGATION OF FERULA ASSA-FOETIDA L. (A MEDICINAL PLANT) VIA DIRECT SOMATIC EMBRYOGENESIS. International Symposium on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants IMAPS2010
  • Kadkhodaei S., A.B. Ariff, H. Rajabi Memari, N.R. Ramakrishnan and M. Ebrahimi (2011) Construction of an expression vector for production of tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) in a transgenic microalgae bioreactor. 2011 International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Technology IPCBEE vol.11 (2011) © (2011) IACSIT Press, Singapore
  • Omidvar V., S.N.A. Abdullah, M. Ebrahimi, C.L. Ho and M. Mahmood (2013) Gene expression of the oil palm transcription factor EgAP2-1 during fruit ripening and in response to ethylene and ABA treatments. BIOLOGIA PLANTARUM 57 (4): 646-654
  • Ebrahimi M., A. Pezeshki, M. Khayyam Nekuei and S. Kadkhodaei  (2014) Investigation effect of kind and concentration of sodium alginate encapsulation in germination and growth of alfalfa artificial seed. QUARTERLY PAJOUHESH-VA-SAZANDEGI. 101:48-54.
  • Movahedi A., J. Zhang, P.Gao, Y. Yang, L. Wang, T. Yin, S. Kadkhodaei, M. Ebrahimi and Q. Zhuge (2014) Expression of the chickpea CarNAC3 gene enhances salinity and drought tolerance in transgenic poplars. Plant Cell Tiss Organ Cult DOI 10.1007/s11240-014-0588-z
  • Mirniam A., P. Roshandel, M. Otroshi and M. Ebrahimi (2013) A Novel Protocol for Stevia rebaudiana Bert Regeneration. J. Adv. Lab. Res. Biol. IV(I):15-22
  • Ebrahimi M., Siti Nor Akmar A, Maheran AA, Parameswari N (2015) A novel cbf that regulates abiotic stress response and ripening process in oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) fruits. Tree Genetics & Genomes. DOI: 10.1007/s11295-015-0874-x
  • Ebrahimi M., Siti Nor Akmar A, Maheran AA, Parameswari N (2016) An oil palm Egcbf3 conferred stress tolerance in transgenic tomato through modulation of ethylene signalling pathway. J. of Plant Physiology. DOI:10.1016/j.jplph.2016.07.001
  • Ebrahimi M., A. Mokhtari and R. Amirian (2017) A highly efficient method for somatic embryogenesis of Kelussia dorotissima Mozaff., an endangered medicinal plant. Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture. DOI:10.1007/s11240-017-1314-4.
  • Ebrahimi M., A. Mokhtari and R. Amirian (2017) Effects of basal media and some physical parameters on micropropagation of stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni). Iranian Journal of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, 33(3):373-385. DOI: 10.22092/ijmapr.2017.107061.1828
  • Hosseinia M.S., D. Samsampoura, M. Ebrahimi, J. Abadíac, M. Khanahmadi (2018) Effect of drought stress on growth parameters, osmolyte contents, antioxidant enzymes and glycyrrhizin synthesis in licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra L.) grown in the field. Phytochemistry 156: 124–134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2018.08.018
  • Hosseini M.S., D. Samsampour, M. Ebrahimi, J. Abadía, M. Khanahmadi (2019) Evaluation of morphological characteristics, photosynthetic pigments and some antioxidants of two genotypes of licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra) under drought stress condition. Journal of Plant Process and Function. 8(32): 299-309
  • Sobhani Najafabadi A., M. Khanahmadi, M. Ebrahimi, K. Moradi, P. Behroozi, and N. Noormohammadi (2019) Effect of different quality of light on growth and production of secondary metabolites in adventitious root cultivation of Hypericum perforatum. PLANT SIGNALING & BEHAVIOR. e1640561-1_e1640561-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2019.1640561
  • Tavakoli F., M. Rafieiolhossaini, R. Ravash and M. Ebrahimi (2020) Subject: UV-B radiation and low temperature promoted hypericin biosynthesis in adventitious root culture of Hypericum perforatum. Plant Signaling & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1080/15592324.2020.1764184 
  • Moradi Sarabshelli A., S.K. Kazemitabar, M. Ebrahimi*, G. Kiani and M. Khanahmadi (2020). The study of effect of myo-inositol on biomass and secondary metabolites value in adventitious roots of st. John’s wort (Hypericum perforatum L.). Journal of Plant Process and Function. 9(36): 169-183
  • Sobhani A., M. Khanahmadi, A. Jalali, K. Moradi, N. Noormohammadi, M. Ebrahimi (2021) Development of a low-cost disposable bioreactor for pilot scale production of Hypericum perforatum L. adventitious roots. Industrial Crops & Products. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.113096
  • Hosseinia M.S., M. Ebrahimia*, D. Samsampourb, J. Abadíac, M. Khanahmadia, R.Amiriana, I. Naseh Ghafooria, M. Ghaderi-Zefreheid, Y. Gogorcena (2021) Association analysis and molecular tagging of phytochemicals in the endangered medicinal plant licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra L.). Phytochemistry https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2020.112629
  • Sobhani A., M. Khanahmadi, M. Ebrahimi, K. Moradi, P. Behroozi, N. Noormohammadi (2019) Effect of different quality of light on growth and production of secondary metabolites in adventitious root cultivation of Hypericum perforatum. Plant signaling & behavior 14(9):1-9. DOI: 0.1080/15592324.2019.1640561
  • Valdiani A., O.K. Hansen, l.B. Nielsen, V.K. Johannsen, M. Shariat, M.I. Georgiev, V. Omidvar, M. EbrahimiR. Abiri (2019) Bioreactor-based advances in plant tissue and cell culture: challenges and prospects. Critical Reviews in Biotechnology 39(1):20-34. DOI: 10.1080/07388551.2018.1489778
  • Hosseini M.S., D. Samsampour, M. Ebrahimi*, J. Abadía, A. Sobhani Najafabadi, E. Igartua and M. Khanahmadi (2020) Evaluation of glycyrrhizin contents in licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra L.) under drought and soil salinity conditions using nutrient concentrations and biochemical traits as biomarkers. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum (2020) 42:10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-020-03090-4
  •  Tavakoli F., M. Rafieiolhossaini, R. Ravash and M. Ebrahimi (2020) Subject: UV-B radiation and low temperature promoted hypericin biosynthesis in adventitious root culture of Hypericumperforatum. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 15:7, 176418., DOI:10.1080/15592324.2020.1764184
  • Sobhani A., M. Khanahmadi*, A.Jalali, K. Moradi, N. Noormohammadi and M. Ebrahimi (2020) Development of a low-cost disposable bioreactor for pilot scale production  of Hypericum perforatum L. adventitious roots. Industrial Crops & Products. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2020.113096
  • Hosseini M.S., M. Ebrahimi*, D. Samsampour, J. Abadía, M. Khanahmadi, R. Amirian, I.N. Ghafoori, M. Ghaderi-Zefrehei, Y. Gogorcena (2020) Association analysis and molecular tagging of phytochemicals in the endangered medicinal plant licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra L.). Phytochemistry. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phytochem.2020.112629

 

Patents:

  • Mass production protocol of Aloe vera L., an ornamental-medicinal plant, using tissue culture technique, 2007
  • Mass production protocol of stevia (Stevia rebaudiana Ber.) using tissue culture technique, 2008
  • An applied method for breaking of Seed dormancy of assafoetida (Ferula assa-foetida L.), 2008
  • Biotechnology Multimedia Database (BMDB), 2008
  • Mass production protocol of Fragaria vesca using tissue culture technique, 2009
  • Mass production protocol of sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L) using tissue culture technique, 2009

 

 

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