Farinaz Afsari PhD

I am a Biochemist and Molecular Cell Biologist with an excellent background in Cell Signalling field of study. I have done extensive research in bone, cartilage, cardiomyocytes, stem cell and neurons for number of years and I am highly skilled in many advanced biological techniques such as Confocal and Electron Microscope, Flow cytometry, 3D Cell Culture, Drosophila Genetics and I am familiar with Matlab and Mathworks.

I am very interested in application of stem cell treatments for neurodegenarative disease and I am looking for more advanced and innovative technology to facilitate this procedure.

Confocal Images for ATG5 staining of Drosophila ommatidia by Farinaz Afsari PhD in Dr Chris Elliott, Biology and Professor Alex Wade, Psychology, Laboratories @ University of York

I have done my BSc (Hons) degree in Biochemistry and I always found performing experiments in the Chemistry Laboratory at UOY really interesting and rewarding. There, I have learned how to essentially conduct precise and accurate experimenal works. These skills were conveyed to my PhD and Postdoctoral research work and led to obtaining a very successful PhD in Molecular Medicine at The University of Edinburgh and as a consequence several productive postdoctoral fellowships in Cardiovascular Diseases at The University of Cincinnati and Stem Cell and Parkinson's Disease at The University of York.

I am highly skilled in cell culture techniques and have worked on Glia, Bone, Chondrocytes, Cardiomyocytes and Mesenchymal Stem Cells. I am also very experienced in performing 2D and 3D cell culture in stem cells.