Assistant High School

Mahsa Khatibeghdami

*** * ******** ***, *** ***, Chicago, IL 60605

Telephone: 773-***-****. Email: ********@****.***.***

Education

Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, US May 2014

MSc in Biotechnology

University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran March 2012

B.Sc. in Microbiology

Related Course Work: Immunology, Cancer Biology, Medical Bacteriology, Environmental Microbiology,

Virology, Biochemistry, Food Microbiology, Industrial Microbiology.

Certifications

Protecting Human Research Participants Certification, NIH Office of Extramural Research

CITI Good Clinical Practice Certification

CITI Health Information and Privacy and Security (HIPS)

CITI Human Subjects Research

IATA Certification, Mayo Clinical Laboratories

Shipping of category A & B biological substances (Tested as per 49CFR172.700/IATA 1.5)

Transporting Dangerous Goods, American Society of Clinical Laboratory Scienc e

Transporting Dangerous Goods, Mayo Clinical Laboratories

State of California Certification of Transporting Dangerous Goods, Department of Health Services, California

Skills

Biological Laboratory Techniques: DNA/ RNA Assays, Mammalian Cell/ Bacterial Culturing,

Media Preparation, Aseptic Techniques, Microbial Diagnostic Tests, Proteins and Enzymes Assays, pH conductivity,

ELISA,Cloning, Gel Electrophoresis, Time-laps Microscopy, Mini/Maxi Prep, PCR.

Computer Software: Microsoft Office Suite, SPSS, Photoshop. Bioinformatics.

Languages: Farsi (Native), English (Advance), French (Moderate), Arabic (Elementary)

Related Work Experience

Intern as a Medical Research Assistant, Apex Medical Research Inc. April 2014

Investigating new drugs on patients with diabetes type II

Research Assistant, Rush University Medical Center May-Aug 2013

Microbiology/Immunology Department - Studying new cancer treatments

Research Assistant, University of Illinois at Chicago Jun- Aug 2013

Microbiology/Immunology Department- Studying SHM in IgH locus.

Research Assistant, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran Oct 2011- Feb 2012

Studied a sample population of students in college for finding resistance of the rectum microflora toward

different antibiotics by antibiogram test.

Studied a sample population of students in college for finding the wide spreading of E.coli O157 among them in

long period of time.

Researched about the soil Actinomycetes for finding new species which produce huge amount of antibiotics with

great effects on some microbial indicators.

Assisted in sampling and isolation of halophilic bacteria from a hyper saline lake i n Iran.

Additional Professional Affiliations

Translator English-Farsi-English(Advanced), French-Farsi(Intermediate) March 2006 -Currently

Teaching Jul 2008- Jun 2012

Chemistry, Biology and English to undergraduate and high school students in different institute s and private classes.

Educational Consultant, Ghalamchi Organization, Tehran, Iran Jun 2010- May 2012

Guided high school students to improve the efficiency of their educational level.

Extracurricular activities

• Member of the edition team in "The Science Magazine of Universit y of Tehran". Sep. 2010- Feb. 2012

• Contributing to National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents chemistry workshop as teacher and

laboratory assistant. August 2008

• Participate in National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents a stronomy group with several amateur

observations in different parts of Iran. Sep. 2004 to Jun. 2005

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