Summary
Education
Honors and Awards
Publications
Work History
Interests
References
Timeline
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Ali Heidari

Ali Heidari

PhD Student
University of Muenster

Summary

Fascinated by science especially Chemistry and Biology. Passionate about music.

Education

Ph.D. - Bottom-up Synthetic Biology

University of Muenster
Muenster, GERMANY
2019 - 2023

M.Sc. - Synthetic Chemistry of Nucleic Acids And Peptides

Western University
Ontario, CANADA
2017 - 2019

B.Sc. - Chemistry

Isfahan University of Technology
Isfahan, IRAN
2013 - 2017

Honors and Awards

2022

  • JSPS Summer program Fellowship - Visiting researcher at Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Tech.

2020

  • Famelab, British Council qualifier -Qualified for the second round of Famelab competition (an international scientific talks competition)

2019

  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)

2018

  • Graduate student teaching assistant award -Selected as a distinguished teaching assistant, Western University, ON, Canada

2017

  • Distinguished Cultural Activist, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran

Publications

2022

  • Heidari, A.; Oya Ilke Sentürk, Shuo Yang, Alex Joesaar, Pierangelo Gobbo, Stephen Mann, Tom F.A.de Greef, Seraphine V. Wegner. Orthogonal Light-dependent Membrane Adhesion Induces Social Self-sorting and Member-specific DNA Communication in Synthetic Cell Communities (Manuscript submitted)

2021

  • Heidari, A.; Hermann, M.; Hudson, R. H. E. A Simple Fluorescent Assay for the Detection of Peptide Nucleic Acid-Directed Double Strand Duplex Invasion. Biopolymers 2021, Biopolymers 2022, 113(1), e23475.
  • Lenders, M.; Scharnetzki, D.; Heidari, A.; Di Iorio, D.; Wegner, S. V.; Brand, E. Generation and Characterization of a Polyclonal Human Reference Antibody to Measure Anti-Drug Antibody Titers in Patients with Fabry Disease. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2021, 22 (5), 1–13.
  • Barca, C.; Wiesmann, M.; Calahorra, J.; Wachsmuth, L.; Döring, C.; Foray, C.; Heidari, A.; Hermann, S.; Peinado, M. Á.; Siles, E.; Faber, C.; Schäfers, M.; Kiliaan, A. J.; Jacobs, A. H.; Zinnhardt, B. Impact of Hydroxytyrosol on Stroke: Tracking Therapy Response on Neuroinflammation and Cerebrovascular Parameters Using PET-MR Imaging and on Functional Outcomes. Theranostics 2021, 11 (9), 4030–4049.

2020

  • Heidari, A.; Ghorbani-Choghamarani, A.; Hajjami, M.; Hudson, R. H. E. Fluorescent Biaryl Uracils with C5- Dihydro-and Quinazolinone Heterocyclic Appendages in PNA. Molecules 2020, 25 (8), 1995-2005.

2019

  • Hudson, R. H. E.; Heidari, A.; Martin-Chan, T.; Park, G.; Wisner, J. A. On the Necessity of Nucleobase Protection for 2-Thiouracil for Fmoc-Based Pseudo-Complementary Peptide Nucleic Acid Oligomer Synthesis. J. Org. Chem. 2019, 84 (21), 13252–13261.
  • Ghorbani-choghamarani, A.; Tahmasbi, B.; Hudson, R. H. E.; Heidari, A. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials Supported Organometallic Palladium Catalyst into Mesoporous Channels of Magnetic MCM41 Nanoparticles for Phosphine-Free C-C Coupling Reactions. Microporous Mesoporous Mater. 2019, 284, 366–377.

Work History

Research Assistant

University of Münster
Münster
11.2019 - Current

Teaching Assistant

Western University
London
09.2017 - 07.2019

Organic Chemistry Tutor

MCAT-Prep
London
03.2018 - 01.2019

Coordinator and Chief Editor

Iranian Chemistry Student Society
Isfahan
07.2014 - 04.2017

Water Quality Analyst

Kermanshah Oil Refining Company
Kermanshah
01.2016 - 09.2016

Chemistry and Biology Teacher

GAJ Institute
Isfahan
07.2015 - 07.2016

Interests

Guitar

Piano

Astrophysics

Football

Video game

References

  • Prof. Seraphine V. Wegner University of Muenster, Germany

email: wegnerse@uni-muenster.de

  • Prof. Robert H. E. Hudson Western University, Canada

email: rhhudson@uwo.ca

  • Prof. G. H. Mohammadnezhad Isfahan University of Technology, Iran

email: mohammadnezhad@ cc.iut.ac.ir

Timeline

Research Assistant

University of Münster
11.2019 - Current

Ph.D. - Bottom-up Synthetic Biology

University of Muenster
2019 - 2023

Organic Chemistry Tutor

MCAT-Prep
03.2018 - 01.2019

Teaching Assistant

Western University
09.2017 - 07.2019

M.Sc. - Synthetic Chemistry of Nucleic Acids And Peptides

Western University
2017 - 2019

Water Quality Analyst

Kermanshah Oil Refining Company
01.2016 - 09.2016

Chemistry and Biology Teacher

GAJ Institute
07.2015 - 07.2016

Coordinator and Chief Editor

Iranian Chemistry Student Society
07.2014 - 04.2017

B.Sc. - Chemistry

Isfahan University of Technology
2013 - 2017
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