Position

Scientific board member of Physiology and Proteomics Department

Address

Department of Physiology and Proteomics
Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII)
Seed and Plant Improvement Institutes Campus
P. O. Box: 31535-1897
Mahdasht Road, Karaj, Iran

Phone: +98 261 2703536
Fax: +98 261 2704539
Email: shobbar@abrii.ac.ir

Place of Birth

Tehran, Iran

Academic Carrier

Ph.D., 2002-2007, Molecular Genetics & Genetic Engineering, Department of Plant Breeding, Faculty of Agriculture, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran.

M. Sc., 1997‑1999, Genetics, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran.

B. Sc., 1993‑1997,  Biology-Plant Science, Department of Biology,

Faculty of Science, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.

Research Area

• Abiotic stresses including drought, salinity and cold 

• Identification, expression and functional analysis of the interesting genes

• Bioinformatics 

Honours and Awards

The first rank among 2007 Ph.D. graduates of Molecular genetics and genetic engineering with the best thesis (the mark of 20/20), Department of Plant breeding, Faculty of  Agriculture, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran.

The second biotechnology award for the research project entitled Sequence and gene expression analysis of psr9, A phosphate starvation responsive gene, 2001, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran.

The first rank among 1999 M.Sc. graduates of Genetics with the best thesis (the mark of 20/20), Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran.

The first rank among 1997 B.Sc. graduates of Biology-Plant Science, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran.

Publications

Zahra-Sadat Shobbar, Rowena Oane, Rico Gamuyao, Justina de Palma, Mohammad Ali Malboobi, Ghasem Karimzadeh, Mokhtar Jalali Javaran, John Bennett (2008) Abscisic acid regulates gene expression in cortical fiber cells and silica cells of rice shoots. New phytologist 178 (1): 68-79.

Zahra-Sadat Shobbar, Mohammad Ali Malboobi, Mokhtar Jalali Javaran, Ghasem Karimzadeh, Ghasem Mohammadi-Nejad, Muturajan Raveendran, John Bennett (2008) Incomplete rice panicle exsertion in cytoplasmic sterile lines and gibberellic acid effect. Iranian journal of agricultural science 39. In press.

Zahra-Sadat Shobbar, Mohammad Ali Malboobi, Ghasem Karimzadeh, Mokhtar Jalali Javaran, Ghasem Mohammadi Negad, John Bennett (2008) Drought stress and plant hormonal impact on rice peduncle elongation. Iranian journal of biology 21(3): 411-420

Zahra-Sadat Shobbar, Mohammad Ali Malboobi, Daniel D. Lefebvre (2005) Identification and expression analysis of two Arabidopsis LRR-protein encoding genes responsive to some abiotic stresses. Iranian Journal of Biotechnology 3 (4): 216-224.

S.M. Samaee, Z.S. Shobbar, H. Ashrafi, M. Hosseini-Mazinani, M. Sheidai (2003) Molecular characterization of olive germplasm in Iran by use of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD): Correlation with phenotypic studies. Acta Horticulture (ISHS) 623:169-175.

Presentations

Zahra-Sadat Shobbar, Mohammad Ali Malboobi, John Bennett (2008) Molecular analysis of stress-induced growth arrest. 2nd international student conference of biotechnology, Nov 15-17, Tehran, Iran.

Zahra-Sadat Shobbar, Mohammad Ali Malboobi, John Bennett (2008) Conservation of stress-induced growth arrest phenomenon across tissues and developmental stages of rice. 15^th National & third international conference of biology, Aug 19-21, Tehran, Iran.

Maryam-Sadat Shobbar, Vahid Niknam, Zahra-Sadat Shobbar, Hasan Ebrahimzadeh (2008) Analysis of some physiological responses of rice seedlings to iso-osmotic concentrations of NaCl and mannitol. 15^th National & third international conference of biology, Aug 19-21, Tehran, Iran.

Omid Azhari, Maryam-Sadat Shobbar, Zahra-Sadat Shobbar (2008) Comparative analysis of cold, salinity and drought stresses effects on growth and phenotype of 16 rice varieties. 15^th National & third international conference of biology, Aug 19-21, Tehran, Iran.

Maryam-Sadat Shobbar, Omid Azhari, Zahra-Sadat Shobbar, Vahid Niknam, Hosein Askari (2008) Comparative analysis of cold, salinity and drought stresses effects on some physiological parameters of rice seedlings, 1^st National plant biology congress, Aug 13-15, Talesh, Iran.

Zahra-Sadat Shobbar, Mohammad Ali Malboobi, John Bennett (2008) Conservation of ABA-Induced Growth Arrest Mechanism from Arabidopsis to Rice. 10^th Iranian Genetic Congress, May 21-23, Tehran, Iran.

Zahra-Sadat Shobbar, Mohammad Ali Malboobi, Mokhtar Jalali Javaran, Ghasem Karimzadeh, John Bennett (2007) OsPP2C5, an ABA and drought stress inducible protein phosphatase 2C in rice. 5^th National Biotechnology Congress of Iran, Tehran, Iran.

Bennett J., Liu J.X.1, Ji X.M.1, Raveendran M.1, Oane R.1, Liao D.Q.1, Shobbar, Z.1, Chen J.X.1, Tuberosa R.2, Satoh K.J.1, Kikuchi S.S.1, Bruskiewich R.1, Lafitte R.1, Leung H.1

Flowering-stage drought stress in rice: proteome, metabolome and transcriptome of anthers and peduncles The 2nd International Conference on Integrated Approaches to Sustain and Improve Plant Production Under Drought Stress; Rome, Italy, September 24-28, 2005.

Zahra-Sadat Shobbar, Muthurajan Raveendran, Dengqun Liao, Mohammad Ali Malboobi and John Bennett (2005) Dissecting ABA-GA antagonism in the control of peduncle elongation during drought stress. International Rice Genetics V congress. Manila, Philippines.

Z.S. Shobbar, M. A. Malboobi, M. R. Nouri-Daloee, D. D. Lefebver (2001) Sequence and expression pattern analysis of psr9 gene encoding a putative leucine-rich protein involved in the phosphate-starvation response in plant. International Seminar on Genetics and Molecular Biology of Stress Tolerance in Plants. February 19-22, Marmara Research Center (MRC), Turkey.

Z.S. Shobbar, M. A. Malboobi, M. R. Nouri-Daloee, D. D. Lefebver (2000) Isolation and characterization of a cDNA clone encoding a putative leucine-rich-repeat protein involved in the phosphate-starvation response in plants. 6^th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology, June 18-24, Quebec, Canada.

Z.S. Shobbar, D. D. Lefebver, M. R. Nouri-Daloee, M. A. Malboobi (1999) Evidence for the involvement of adenylate cyclases in plant response to phosphate starvation. First ICGEB Symposium on Plant Signal Transduction, Oct. 4-6, New Delhi, India.

Z.S. Shobbar and M.A. Malboobi (2001). The expression pattern of psr9 gene in response to environmental stresses and its evolutionary conservation among plant species. 2 ^th  Congress of biotechnology, Karaj, Iran.

Z.S. Shobbar, M. R. Nouri-Daloee, D. D. Lefebver, M. A. Malboobi (2000) Structure and Expression analysis of  psr9 gene Arabidopsis thaliana Plants. 9^th Iranian Congress of Biology, August 15-17, Tehran University, Iran.

Z.S. Shobbar, D. D. Lefebver, M. R. Nouri-Daloee, M. A. Malboobi (1999) Isolation of a phosphate starvation responsive gene, psr9, which encodes an adenylate cyclase. 8^th Iranian Congress of Biology, Aug. 31- Sept. 2, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran.

Z.S. Shobbar (2000) Gel Electrophoresis. A course Pamphlet, Recombinant DNA Preliminary Workshop, Sept. 23-28, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute (ABRII), Karaj, Iran.

Z.S. Shobbar (2000) Working method with some laboratory instruments. A course Pamphlet, GLP Workshop, Sept. 18-20, National Research Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NRCGEB), Tehran, Iran.

M. Reza Samaee, Z. Shobbar, H. Ashrafi, M.Sheidai, M.H. Mazinani (2002) Molecular characterization of Iranian olive (Olea europea L) by use of random amplified polymorphic markers. XXVI ^th International Horticulture Congress. Auguest 11-17, Toronto, Canada.

K. Esfahani, T. Lohrasebi, Z.S. Shobbar, M.A. Malboobi and A.A. Shah-Nejat Boushehri, (2001).The effects of phosphate deficiency on expression of an Arabidopsis thaliana acid phosphatase gene. 9^th FAOBMB Congress, Lahore, Pakistan.

K. Esfahani, T. Lohrasebi, Z.S. Shobbar, M.A. Malboobi and A.A. Shah-Nejat Boushehri, (2001). The expression pattern of a phosphate starvation inducible gene encoding an acid phosphatase from Arabidopsis thaliana. 10 ^th  Iranian congress of Biology, Shiraz, Iran.

 K. Esfahani, T. Lohrasebi, Z.S. Shobbar, M.A. Malboobi and A.A. Shah-Nejat Boushehri, (2001). Studying of the expression pattern of an acid phosphatase gene from Arabidopsis thaliana under some stresses. 2 ^th  Congress of biotechnology, Karaj, Iran.

M. A. Malboobi, R. Aliyari,  T. Lohrasebi, Z. Shobbar, D.D. Lefebvre  (2000) Conservation of bacterial vir box in a plant phosphate-starvation inducible promoter. 6^th International Congress of Plant Molecular Biology, June 18-24, Quebec, Canada.