CURRICULUM VITAE

- Dec 2007: Acting as Temporary Advisor to WHO/EMRO in running workshop on "Field
sampling methods", Kabul, Afghanistan
April 2007: Acting as Temporary Advisor to WHO/EMRO in running Capacity Building
in Vector Control, Kabul, Afghanistan
- November 2006: Coordinator for WHO-PII course on Medical Entomology for 3
Afghani trainees
- January 2005: WHO Genomics and Bioinformatics Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand
- September 2003: EMBO Mosquito Genome Workshop, Crete, Greece
- September 2001: Acting as Temporary Advisor to WHO/EMRO in reviewing and
finalizing the research proposals
- September 2000- onwards: lectures on Molecular Biology and Biotechnology in PII and
different universities
- September 1999: I lectured in “international & regional workshop on latest progress in
biotechnology” in Tehran, Iran
- June 1999: I organized and lectured in “PCR workshop: principles, methods and
applications” in ZUMS, Iran
- December 1997: I tutored and supervised a workshop on “molecular techniques for the
identification of malaria vectors applied to population genetics” in Universidade Nova de
Lisboa in Portugal
Research works:
Molecular mechanism/s of insecticide resistance in malaria vectors
Functional genome (lectin, actin, ubiquitin, G6PDH, …) analysis in insect vectors of
human diseases
Vector-Parasite interaction in malaria model (CPB, WARP)
Wolbachia in Culicidae mosquitoes: detection and possible use in Gene driving
Molecular systematics and population genetics of malaria vectors
Bacterial fauna of Culicidae mosquito
Molecular key to Iranian anophelines (19 species)
Malaria knowledge assessment in whom referred to rural and urban passive tables of
malaria in Sistan & Baluchistan
Publications:
51) Zakeri S, Babaeekho L, Mehrizi AA, Abbasi M, Djadid ND (2011). Isotype Composition
and Avidity of Naturally Acquired Anti-Plasmodium vivax Duffy Binding Protein (PvDBP)
in Individuals from an Area with Unstable Malaria Transmission. Am J Trop Med Hyg 84(6):
944-50.
50) Dinparast Djadid N, Nikmard M, Zakeri S, Gholizadeh S (2011). Characterization of
calpastatin gene in Iranian Afshari sheep. Iranian J Biotechnology 9; 145-149
49) Zakeri S, Amiri N, Afsharpad M, Djadid ND (2011). Genetic variability of CYP2B6
polymorphisms in Southeast Iranian population. Accepted in Indian J Med Res.
48) Mehrizi AA, Zakeri S, Rafati S, Salmanian AH, Djadid ND (2011). Evaluation of
immune responses elicited by co-immunization of merozoite surface protein-1 of
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