Ramona Haji-Seyed-Javadi

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Education
University of Tehran

Cell and Molecular Biology, BS 2008

University of Tehran

Cell and Molecular Biology 2011

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Molecular and Integrative Physiology, PhD 2014-present

Research Interest

Exosomes are nanoparticles released from cells which contain small RNAs, mRNA and proteins that affect cells at distant sites. Many of the reproductive cellular components carry specific markers which allow the exosomes to be distinguished from those produced by other cell types. We aim to isolate and purify exosomes from a pregnant woman’s blood, uterine fluid and fetus side of placenta, then compare RNA sequence of their content to each other as well as comparing those individually to their genome in order to understand which genes are being transcribed.

Publications

Haji-Seyed-Javadi R, Jelodari-Mamaghani S, Paylakhi SH, Yazdani S, Nilforushan N, Fan JB, Klotzle B, Mahmoudi MJ,
Ebrahimian MJ, Chelich N, Taghiabadi E, Kamyab K, Boileau C, Paisan-Ruiz C, Ronaghi M, Elahi E. “LTBP2 mutations
cause Weill-Marchesani and Weill-Marchesani-like syndrome and affect disruptions in the extracellular matrix” HumMutat 2012; 33(8):1182-7. doi: 10.1002/humu.22105. Epub 2012 May 29.

Jelodari-Mamaghani S, Haji-Seyed-Javadi R, Nilforushan N, Yazdani S, Kamyab K, Elahi E. “Contribution of LTBP2 to etiology of primary open angle glaucoma and pseudoexfoliation syndrome”. Mol Vis 2013;19:333-47.

Contact

hajisey2@illinois.edu

A publish.illinois.edu site