Leishmaniasis Laboratory

Professor & Staff
-Head: Dr. Mehdi Mohebali (supervisor);VMD, MPH, Ph.D. in Medical Parasitology & Mycology(Professor)
-Dr. Homa Hajjaran, Ph.D. in Medical parasitology(Professor)
-Dr. Behnaz Akhoundi, Ph.D. in Medical parasitology (Associate Professor)
- Zabihollah Zarei (MSc in Parasitology)
- Zahra Kakooei (MSc in Medical Parasitology)
- Laboratory phone number: +982142933108 & +982142933094

Laboratory responsibilities

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Activities

-Educational activities for Ph.D. and MSc graduate students
-Educational activities for undergraduate students (Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Midwifery)

Educational

-Parasitology, Immunology, Epidemiology, Genomics and Proteomics of Leishmania spp. parasites.
-Experimental therapies and drug development

Research

-Diagnosis services for cutaneous leishmaniasis (microscopy, culture and molecular).
-Diagnosis services for visceral leishmaniasis (microscopy and culture), serological   diagnosis  (DAT, ELISA and   rK39   Dipstick).
-Molecular detection of Leishmania spp. Parasites isolated from human, animal reservoirs   and vectors.
-Cryopreservation of Leishmani aspp. Parasites.
-Preservation of L. major and L .infantum parasites on susceptible animal models

Services

Protozoology Lab (National Malaria Laboratory)

Professor & Staff
-Head: Dr. Mehdi Nateghpour, Ph.D. in Medical parasitology (professor)
-Dr. Afsaneh Motevallli Haghi, Ph.D. in Medical Parasitology (Assistant Professor)
-Leila Farivar (MSc in Medical Parasitology)
-Zahra Sayyad Talaee (Expert)
-Fatemeh Asgari BSc in Laboratory Sciences
- Laboratory phone number: +982142933061

Laboratory responsibilities

 Details

 Activities

-Based on the curriculum for the department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology provided and course   syllabus   for Ph.D. and MSc student in medical parasitology and medical students, Dentistry, Pharmacy,   Nursing and   Midwifery. The   following items are conducted;
-Teaching foreign students.
-Focal Point of Training Malaria subjects.
-Holding malaria microscopy diagnostic workshops.

 Educational

-Implementing advanced research projects on malaria parasites  for Ph.D. and MSc Theses.
-Development and implementation of research projects for malaria elimination programs in Iran.
-Collaboration with other research centers inside and outside of Iran.
-Stablishing continues culture of Plasmodium falciparum and working on Plasmodium berghei.
-Maintenance and cultivation of Plasmodium strains in vivo and in vitro conditions.
-Monitoring drug resistance in Plasmodia parasites in malaria endemic areas of Iran.

 Research

-Laboratory diagnosis of Plasmodia species using microscopic method 

-Perform advanced molecular diagnostic procedures in suspected cases

-Laboratory diagnosis of other blood parasites

 Services

Protozoology Lab (Toxoplasma and serology -IFA)

Professor & Staff
-Head: Dr. Hossein Keshavarz, Ph.D. in Medical parasitology (Professor)
- Dr. Saeedeh Shojaee, Ph.D. in Medical Parasitology (Professor)
-Mahboobeh Salimi (MSc in Medical Parasitology)
- Laboratory phone number: +982142933060

Laboratory responsibilities

Details

Activities

-Based on the curriculum for the department of Medical Parasitology and Mycology   provided  and course   syllabus   on Toxoplasma and other coccidian parasites for Ph.D.   and MSc student in Medical parasitology and   Medical   students,   Dentistry, Pharmacy,   Nursing and Midwifery.

Educational

-Implementing advanced research projects onToxoplasma parasite for Ph.D and MSc   theses.
-Collaboration with other research centers inside and outside of Iran.
-Maintenance and cultivation of Toxoplasma gondii strains (RH and Tehran) in vivo and in   vitro conditions.

Research

-Laboratory diagnosis of Toxoplasma using serology methods.
-Perform advanced molecular diagnostic procedures.
-Perform advanced immunological procedures (SDS PAGE and Immunoblotting).

Services