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Saeed Soheilivand
 

Position
 

Lab administrator of Microbial Biotechnology and Biosafety, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII)

 

Address
 

Microbial Biotechnology and Biosafety Department
Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII)
Seed and Plant Improvement Institute's Campus
P. O. Box: 31535-1897
Mahdasht Road, Karaj, Iran

Phone: +98 261 2703536
Fax: +98 261 2704539
Email: vand_soheily@yahoo.com soheili@abrii.ac.ir

Date of Birth
 

January 17, 1976 in Tabriz, Iran


Academic Education

 

2000 – 2003                                       M.Sc in Plant Breeding, Department of Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University (or University of Mazandaran), Sari, Iran

Title of M.Sc thesis: Optimization of Tissue Culture and Transformation in Rapeseed (Brassica napus L.), Under supervisors: Dr. A. M. Shakib and Dr. N. Babaeian with cooperation of Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII)

 

 

1994 – 1998                                       B. Sc in Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Department of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agronomy and Plant Breeding, Islamic Azad University, Karaj, Iran

 

 

Research projects

 

Head of Projects

 

-   Designing ABRII plasmid series for multi-silencing genes in RNAi researches (ongoing; 15 plasmid series)

 

-   Silencing of  potato PVY virus genes by RNAi technique (ongoing; 3 PVY-silecing constructs)

 

-   Isolation and modification of codon usage of phosphomannose isomerase gene and its cloning as a selectable marker in transformation (ongoing)

 

Collaboration in Projects

 

-   Development of recombinant monoclonal antibodies against Polymyxa betae

 

-   Production of Hepatitis B virus vaccine in microalgae Dunaliella salina

 

-  Genetic engineering of Lime for establishment of recombinant antibodymediated resistance against Iranian witches’ broom disease of lime (WBDL)

 

-    Evaluation of Sugar beet germplasms for resistance to Polymyxa betae ‌‌ by serological methods

 

-  Optimizing of gene transformation processes into microalgea Dunaliella salina

 

-  Investigation on impact of nanosilver particles on soil bacterial and fungal microflora cultured with Cotton

 

-   Detection of novel cry-Type gene(s) in native Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) isolates of Iran

 

-   Analysis of genetic diversity within and between Crocus sativus populations of Iran using molecular markers (SSR and AFLP)

 

-    Optimization of gene transfer to rapeseed

 

-    Optimization of tissue culture in rapeseed

 

-    Optimizing the standard identification method of genetic identity of varieties and testing the hybrid purity of Maize by Ultrathin-Layer Isoelectric Focusing of seed protein

 

-    Application of antimycoplasma properties of Bacillus subtilis surfactin in control of lime witches broom diseases 

 

-    Detection of native and  biofilm forming Bacillus subtilis isolates and survey of their  antagonistic potential against fusarium head blight of wheat in vivo and in vitro conditions

 

-   The effect of native PGPR (Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria) Streptomyces isolates on wheat salt tolerance

 

Research experience

 

-    Applied bioinformatics

-    Computer programming

-    Molecular analysis and designing in transformation field

-    Gene silencing

-    Gene isolation and cloning

-    Gene transformation

-    Tissue culture

 

Honors, Awards, and Citations

 

Citation Award for Valuable Endeavor and Research Achievements by Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII).


Patent (software designing)
 

Soheilivand S., Plant tissue culture media calculator software, 2009, Registered NO.: 203315, in: Presidential Strategic Planning and Supervision Deputy, State Informatics Higher Council Secretariat.


Publications

  

Book

 

Introduction to Bioethics, Translated by: Rahnama H., Shakib AM., Khayam Nekuei SM., Salehi Jozani GR., Parvin MR., Mahmoodzadeh H., Sadeghi A., Soheilivand S., Tohidfar M., 2009, Published by: Avicenna Research Institute and Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran, ISBN: 978-600-5406-08-5, Authors: J. Bryant, L. B. l. Velle, J. Searle, 240 p., 2005.

 

Papers

 

- Soheilivand S.,  Shakib A. M., Fathi Garababa M., Salehi Jouzani Gh.,  Daneshvar Tekmedash S., MoradaliM. F. and M. Tabatabaei, 2009, A statistical investigation into the effect of 24 morphological traits on stigma length in saffron (Crocus sativus L.), (submitted).

 

- Nazarian Amirani A.,  Jahangiri R.,  Salehi Jouzani Gh.,  Seifinejad A.,  Soheilivand S.,  Bagheri O.,  Keshavarzi M., and K. Alamisaeid, 2009, Coleopteran-specific and putative novel cry genes in Iranian native Bacillus thuringiensis collection, J Invertebr Pathol

 

- Salehi Jouzani Gh., Seifinejad A., Saeedizadeh A., Nazarian A., Yousefloo M., Soheilivand S., Mousivand M., Jahangiri R., Yazdani M., Maali Amiri R. and S. Akbari, 2008, Molecular detection of nematicidal crystalliferous Bacillus thuringiensis strains of Iran and evaluation of their toxicity on free-living and plant-parasitic nematodes, Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 54(10), 812-822.

 

- Mirzaei H. H., Meshkatalsadat M. H. and S. Soheilivand, 2007, Determination of essential oil composition of prangos acaulis (DC) borunm obtained by hydrodistillation and supercritical fluid extraction methods, Journal of Applied Scinces 7(17): 2535-2538.

 

- Soheilivand S., Agayev Y., Shakib A. M., Fathi A. and E. Rezvani, 2006, Comparison of diversity in flowering rate of two saffron (Crocus sativus) populations of IRAN, Acta Horticulturae, 739, 303-306.

 

- Sanei M., Agayev Y., Rahimyan H. and S. Soheilivand, 2006, New Cytotype of Crocus pallasii subsp. hausknechtii from west of Iran, Acta Horticulturae, 739, 203-207.

 

- Agayev Y., Shakib A. M., Soheilivand S. and Fathi M., 2006, Breeding of saffron (Crocus sativus L.): Possibilities and prospect, Acta Horticulturae, 739, 107-111.

 

  

International and national conference

 

- Soheilivand S., Salehi Jozani Gh., Kiyani A., Shakib A. M., Daneshvar Tekmedash S., Karimi E. and M. R. Safarnejad, 2009, Isolation and cloning of phosphomannose isomerase gene and modification of its codon usage to use in transformation into plants as selectable marker gene, The 6th National Biotechnology Congress of Iran, Tehran

 

- Kamali Z., Shakib A.M., Soloki M., Soheilivand S., Orujloo M. and M. Fathi, 2009, Histological process of somatic embryogenesis in saffron (Crocus sativus L.), The 6th National Biotechnology Congress of Iran, Tehran

 

- Salehi Jouzani1 G. R., Soheilivand S., Goldenkova I. V. and E. S. Piruzian, 2008, New methods for monitoring of transgenic crops, The Second National Biosafety Congress of Iran, Tehran.

 

- Soheilivand S., Shakib A. M., Salehi Jouzani Gh., Seifi Nejad A. and F. khelgati Panah, 2007, Preparation of cDNA library of PVY virus and using it in RNAi constructs lead to virus genes silencing, The 5th National Biotechnology Congress of Iran, Tehran.

 

- Kamali Z., Shakib A. M., Soloki M., Soheilivand S. and M. Ahmadraji, 2007, Response of saffron axillary and apical buds to embryogenesis using various concentrations of 2,4-D and BAP at two growth stages, The 5th National Biotechnology Congress of Iran, Tehran.

 

- Keify F., Mozaffari j., Beiki A. H., Shakib A. M., Haghnazari A., Soheilivand S., and Hasanloo M., 2007, Genetic diversity in cultivar clones and wild species of Iranian saffron,  The 5th National Biotechnology Congress of Iran, Tehran.

 

- Soheilivand S., Agayev Y., Shakib A. M., Fathei Garababa M., Rezvani Khorshidi E., 2006, Comparison of  flower numbers between two Iranian saffron population,  The 9th Iranian Crop Science Congress, Tehran.

 

- Soheilivand S., Agayev Y., Shakib A. M., Fathi A. and E. Rezvani, 2006, Study of relation between Saffron (Crocus sativus) stigma weight and morphological traits by factor analysis, Acta Horticulturae, Second International Symposium on Saffron Biology and Technology, Mashhad, Iran.

 

- Soheilivand S., Shakib A. M., Fathei Garababa M., Rezvani Khorshidi E., 2006, Modeling of regression for genetic traits related to number of flowers in saffron (Crocus sativus), The 9th Iranian Genetics Congress, Tehran.

 

- Sanei M., Agayev Y., Rahimyan H. and S. Soheilivand, 2006., Karyotype analysis in some Iranian crocus species, Acta Horticulturae, Second International Symposium on Saffron Biology and Technology, Mashhad, Iran.

 

- Sanei M., Agayev Y. Rahimyan H. and S. Soheilivand, 2006, Karyotype and C-banding patterns of miotic chromosomes in Crocus cancellatus subsp. Damascenus (Herbert), The 9th Iranian Genetics Congress, Tehran.

 

- Soheilivand S., 2005, The study of gene flow from the transgenic plants to the related species, The first National Biosafety Congress of Iran, Karaj.

 

- Soheilivand S. and N. Babaeian, 2005, The effects of inoculation times, different Agrobacterium concentrations and co-culture durations on gene transformation of Brassica napus, The 8th Iranian Crop Science Congress, Gilan.

 

- Soheilivand S. and N. Babaeian, 2005, The study of interaction between low pH and cefataxim antibiotic to control Agrobacterium, The 8th Iranian Crop Science Congress, Gilan.

 

- Soheilivand S., 2005, Determination of kanamycin resistance threshold in rapeseed explants, The First National Oil Seed Plants Congress, Gorgan.

 

- Soheilivand S. and N. Babaeian, 2004, Study the effect of kinetin and 2,4-D on regeneration from cotyledon explants in rapeseed, The 3th National Biotechnology Congress of Iran, Mashhad.

 

- Soheilivand S., Babaeian N. and A. M. Shakib, 2003, The study of shoot regeneration in different canola (Brassica napus) cultivars using cotyledon and hypocotyl explants, The 7th Iranian Crop Sciences Congress, Karaj.

 


Teaching Experience

 

- Statistics and Probabilities and Experiment Design, courses delivered in Institute of Technical & Vocational Higher Education, University of Applied Science and Technology (Membership of University of Applied Science and Technology Teachers)

 

- Workshop on Biotechnology of Plant Pest and Disease Biocontrol agents, in the Agriculture Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Karaj, Iran, 9 - 11 November, 2009

 

- Biotechnology of Plant Pest and Disease Biocontrol agents, in the Agriculture Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Karaj, Iran, 16 - 19 June, 2008 (Workshop) 

 

- Gene Silencing Using RNAi Technique, in the Agriculture Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Karaj, Iran, 30 April – 3 May 2005 (Workshop)

 

Advisor of M. Sc Thesis

 

-   Regeneration and Possibility of Mutation Induction in Saffron, University of Zabol, 2008

 

-  Silencing of the BnSHP1 Gene in Rapeseed (Brassica napus) Using RNAi Method, University of Zabol, 2007

 

-  Evaluation of Genetic Diversity in Crocus sativus (Saffron) Varieties by Molecular Markers, University of Zanjan, 2007

 

- Karyotype Analysis in Six Iranian Crocus species, University of Mazandaran, 2006.

 

Memberships

 

Member of Special Committee

 

-  Member of genetic engineering committee in Agriculture Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII)

-  Member of Bioethics committee in Agriculture Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII)

-  Member of Biosafety committee in Agriculture Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII)

-  IT (Information Technology) Candidate of Agriculture Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII) in Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO) of Iran

 

Member of Societies

 

-  Iranian Biotechnology Society

-  Iranian Nanobiotechnology Society

-  Iranian Genetic Society

-  Iranian Society of Crop Production and breeding

-  Iranian Biosafety Society

 

Workshops

 

-    Patent in biotechnology

-    Biotechnology law

-    Nanobiotechnology

-    Nanobiotechnology in agriculture

-    Integrated information network

-    Advanced statistical methods in genetics and molecular plant breeding

-    International Computer Driving License (ICDL) training

-    Bioethics in agricultural biotechnology 

-    Internal audit ISO 9001: 2000

-   Principles, necessaries describing and the quality management system documentary of ISO/IEC17025 standard in the laboratory

-    Biological control of rapeseed diseases

-  Codex alimentarius and safety evaluation methods of foods produced by modern biotechnology

-     Using of modern energies in agriculture

-     Optical microscope

 

Language
 

Farsi, English