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PERSONAL INFORMATION                                                                                          

Davod Khalafkhany

Date of Birth: May 5, 1985

Place of Birth: Urmia, Iran

Citizenship: Iran

E-mail: dkhalafkhany@gmail.com

Language skills: Persian (Native), Azerbaijan (Native), English (Advanced), Turkish (Multilingual)

EDUCATION

2017-Present   PhD. Student, Molecular Biology and Genetics, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey.

2009-2012   Master of Science in Virology, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Science, Iran.

2005-2008   Bachelor of Veterinary Laboratory Science, Urmia University, Urmia, Iran.

2003-2005   Associate Degree of Veterinary Medicine, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran.

RESEARCH INTEREST

Immunology, Host and Pathogen Interactions, innate immunity against viruses, molecular virology.

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Immunohistochemistry, IF and Confocal microscopy, in situ Hybridization,  Q-PCR,  Cloning, BAC recombineering, CRISPER/Cas9, cell culture, ELISA, Western Blotting, Flow cytometry.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2012-2017: Academic, Teaching Assistant and Lab Demonstrator, Urmia University of medical science, Urmia, Iran.

POSTER PRESENTATION

Prevalence of occult hepatitis B virus infection in cryptogenic patients in Ahvaz; 6th Iranian congress of virology 17-19 October 2012, Tarbiat Modarres University Tehran, Iran.

ORAL PRESENTATION

Determination of Hepatitis delta virus (HDV) genotype among HBV and HDV seropositive patients in Ahvaz, South-west of Iran; 6th Iranian congress of virology 17-19 October 2012, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran.

COMPUTER & SOFTWARE SKILLS

SPSS, Mega6, SnapGene viewer , Microsoft Office, Arlequin

COURSE RESPONSIBILITIES

Basics of PCR and primer design (MSc students): Using web based software for primer designing (workshop)

Virology laboratory protocols (MSc students):

Mega 6 and phylogenetic analysis (MSc students):

PUBLICATIONS                                                                                              

  1. Khalafkhany D, Makhdoomi K, Taghizadeh Afshari A, Motazakker M. Prevalence and genotype distribution of cytomegalovirus UL55 sequence in renal transplant recipients in north west of Iran. Journal of medical virology. 2016 Mar 1.
  2. Rasti M, Makvandi M, Neisi N, Azaran A, Rastegarvand N, Khalafkhany D, Jahangirnezhad E, Teimoori A, Hadian M, Shabani A, Shamsizadeh A. Three cases of mumps virus and enterovirus coinfection in children with enteroviral meningitis. Medicine. 2016 Dec 1;95(49):e5610.
  3. Khalafkhany D, Makvandi M, Javanmard D, Hamidi-Fard M, Samarbaf-Zadeh AR. Determination of Hepatitis Delta Virus Genotype among HBV Carriers in Southwest of Iran. Iranian Journal of virology. 2013 Jan 13; 6(1):6-12.
  4. Davod J, Manoochehr M, Eskandar H, Davod K, REZA SZ. Hepatitis G virus and its prevalence and genotypes in patients with hepatitis B and C in Ahvaz, southwestern Iran. Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences. 2013 Jan 1; 43(3):474-8.
  5. Makvandi M, Neisi N, Khalafkhany D, Makvandi K, Hajiani E, Shayesteh AA, Zadeh AM, Sina AH, Hamidifard M, Rasti M, Aryan E. Occult Hepatitis B Virus Among the Patients With Abnormal Alanine Transaminase. Jundishapur journal of microbiology. 2014 Aug; 7(8).
  6. Makvandi M, Khalafkhany D, Rasti M, Neisi N, Omidvarinia A, Mirghaed AT, Masjedizadeh A, Shyesteh AA. Detection of Hepatitis C virus RNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with abnormal alanine transaminase in Ahvaz. Indian journal of medical microbiology. 2014 Jul 1;32(3):251.
  7. Askari B, Khaleqsefat E, Khalafkhani D, Khalaj-Kondori M, Khademvatan K, Soraya H. Study on a novel polymorphism in the VKORC1 promoter region using bioinformatic tools and warfarin dosing data. Thrombosis Research. 2017;158:76-8.
  8. Nakhjiri E, Saboory E, Roshan-Milani S, Rasmi Y, Khalafkhani D. Effect of prenatal restraint stress and morphine co-administration on plasma vasopressin concentration and anxiety behaviors in adult rat offspring. Stress. 2017;20(2):205-11.