Curriculum Vitae 1. Personal Information: Name Adel Surname Spotin Date of birth December 1981 Place of birth Tabriz, Iran Sex Male Nationality Iranian Hobbies Reading and

Sport 2. Addresses: Residential Tabriz- Iran E-mail Espotina@tbzmed.ac.ir, Adelespotin@gmail.com,

Adelespotin@yahoo.com Office Dep. of Parasitology and Mycology, Tabriz University of

Medical Sciences, Tabriz, .Iran

Postal Code: 51666614766 Phone + 98 4133373745 Fax + 98 4133373745

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3. Educations: 2014 Ph.D. in Medical Tabriz University of Medical Parasitology Sciences The Title of Ph.D Thesis: Detection of species and molecular typing of Leishmania in suspected patients of cutaneous leishmaniasis by targeting ITS-rDNA, Cytochrome b and ITS- microsatellite genes in Khuzestan province (Score; 20)

2009 M.Sc in Medical Mashhad University of Medical Parasitology Sciences The Title of M.Sc Thesis; The study of apoptotic effects on larva stages of Echinococcus granulosus (Score; 20)

2007 B.Sc. in Medical Paramedical University of Tabriz laboratory 4. Current position: Assistant professor, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran, 2014 Research Deputy of Parasitology and Mycology Department of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran 5. Professional experiences: Research experiences:

Phylogenetic analysis, Molecular Taxonomic of Parasites, Populatation genetic structure of parasites, Innate Immunity against parasites.

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Technical experiences

Molecular biology methods: Mononuclear cell culturing, Sequencing analyzing

Parasite culturing, staining, Antigèn preparation, morphometric Analysing

Different methods of DNA and RNA extraction, cDNA synthesis

Developing RT-PCR, RFLP-PCR, LAMP, Nested PCR, Multiplex PCR, and Real-time PCR

Immunochemistry methods:

Developing of ELISA ELISPOT

SDS-PAGE, Western Blotting

6. Deposition of 148 sequences of Leishmania, Echinococcus, Fasciola hepatica, and Cryptosporidium in the GenBank database based on following link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/?term=spotin Publications (Full texts): 1. Rahimi MT, Ahmadpour E, Rahimi Esboei B, Spotin A, Kohansal MH, Alizadeh

A, Honary S, Barabadi H, Ali Mohammadi M, Scolicidal activity of iosynthesized silver nanoparticles against Echinococcus granulosus protoscolices. International Journal of Surgery, International Journal of Surgery 19 (2015) 128e133.

2. A Spotin, S Gholami, AN Nasab, E Fallah, MM Oskouei, Shahbazi A. Designing and conducting in silico analysis for identifying of Echinococcus spp. with discrimination of novel haplotypes: an approach to better understanding of parasite taxonomic. Parasitology Research, 2015.

3. Hadi MIRAHMAD, Adel SPOTIN ,Shirzad FALLAHI, Niloofar TAGHIPOUR, Habibollah TURKI, SeyyedJavad SEYYED TABAEI1, Cloning and Sequence

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Analysis of Recombinant Plasmodium vivaxMerozoite Surface Protein 1 (PvMSP-142kDa) InpTZ57R/TVector, Iranian J parasitol (2015 Accepted)

4. A Spotin, S Rouhani, Pt Ghaemmaghami, A Haghighi, M R Zolfaghari, P Parvizi Different Unexpected Amastigote Shapes of Leishmania major with no Molecular Diversity in a Neglected Focus of Zoonotic Cutaneous Leishmaniasis, Iran. Iranian Biomedical Journal 2015.

5. A Spotin, MMA Majdi, M Sankian, A Varasteh. The study of apoptotic bifunctional effects in relationship between host and parasite in cystic echinococcosis: a new approach to suppression and survival of hydatid cyst Parasitology research, 2012.

6. MR Youssefi, R Tabaripour, VF Omrani, A Spotin. Genotypic characterization of Echinococcus granulosus in Iranian goats, Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease, 2013.

7. MM Amirmajdi, M Sankian, IE Mashhadi, A Varasteh, Spotin A. Apoptosis of human lymphocytes after exposure to hydatid fluid, Iranian journal of parasitology, 2011.

8. S Rouhani, A Mirzaei, A Spotin, P Parvizi. Novel identification of Leishmania major in Hemiechinus auritus and molecular detection of this parasite in Meriones libycus from an important foci of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in Iran. Journal of infection and public health, 2014.

9. M Sharbatkhori, A Spotin, H Taherkhani, P Parvizi. Molecular variation in Leishmania parasites from shadflies species of a zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in northeast of Iran, J Vector Borne Dis, 2013.

10. S Rouhani, P Parvizi, A Spotin. Using specific synthetic peptide (p176) derived AgB 8/1-kDa accompanied by modified patient’s sera: a novel hypothesis to follow-up of Cystic echinococcosis after surgery, Medical hypotheses, and 2013.

11. M Hajizadeh, E Ahmadpour, ATE Sadat, A Spotin. Hydatidosis as a cause of acute appendicitis: a case report Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease, 2013.

12. A Spotin, M Mokhtari Amirmajdi, M Sankian, A Varasteh Expression of Apoptosis Inducing-Ligands, TRAIL and Fas-L in Hydatid Cyst Germinal Layer and Normal Tissue. Journal of Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, 2012.

13. E Ahmadpour, A Kazemi, A Daryani, A Spotin. Parasites Genomics. Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 2013.

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14. A Shahbazi, J Zaman, M Asgharzadeh, A Spotin. Genetic mutations in 57 and 58 codons gene of Plasmodium vivax dihydrofolate reductase - Bimonthly Journal of Hormozgan University of Medical 2013.

15. A Siyadatpanah, F Tabatabaei, AE Zeydi, A Spotin. Parasitic

Contamination of Raw Vegetables in Amol, North of Iran, Archives of Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2014.

16. A Spotin, S Rouhani, P Parvizi The associations of Leishmania major and

Leishmania tropica aspects by focusing their morphological and molecular features on clinical appearances in Khuzestan province, Iran. BioMed research international, 2014.

17. N Najafzadeh, MM Sedaghat, SS Sultan, A Spotin, P Parvizi. The

existence of only one haplotype of Leishmania major in the main and potential reservoir hosts of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis using different molecular markers in a focal area in Iran. Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2014.

18. Adel Spotin, MM Amirmajdi, Immune responses against Echinococcus larva stage. 1386, Navide no journal (Persian language). 19. Shariatzadeh, S.A., Spotin, A., Gholami, S., Fallah, E., Hazratian, T., Mahami-Oskouei, M., Montazeri, F., Moslemzadeh, H.R. and Shahbazi, A., 2015. The first morphometric and phylogenetic perspective on molecular epidemiology of Echinococcus granulosus sensu lato in stray dogs in a hyperendemic Middle East focus, northwestern Iran. Parasites & vectors, 8(1), pp.1-10. 20- Spotin, A. and Parvizi, P., 2015. Comparative study of viscerotropic pathogenicity of Leishmania major amastigotes and promastigotes based on identification of mitochondrial and nucleus sequences. Parasitology research, pp.1-8. 21. Spotin A, Mahami-Oskouei M, Harandi MF, Baratchian M, Bordbar A, Ahmadpour E, Ebrahimi S. Genetic variability of Echinococcus granulosus complex in various geographical populations of Iran inferred by mitochondrial DNA sequences. Acta tropica. 2017 Jan 1;165:10-6. 22. Naseri M, Akbarzadeh A, Spotin A, Akbari NA, Mahami-Oskouei M, Ahmadpour E. Scolicidal and apoptotic activities of albendazole sulfoxide and albendazole sulfoxide-loaded PLGA-PEG as a novel nanopolymeric particle against Echinococcus granulosus protoscoleces. Parasitology research. 2016 Dec 1;115(12):4595-603. 23. Berahmat R, Spotin A, Ahmadpour E, Mahami-Oskouei M, Rezamand A, Aminisani N, Ghojazadeh M, Ghoyounchi R, Mikaeili-Galeh T. Human cryptosporidiosis in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Parasitology research. 2017 Apr 1;116(4):1111-28.

24. Nourollahpour Shiadeh M, Riahi SM, Adam I, Saber V, Behboodi Moghadam Z, Armon B, Spotin A, Nazari Kangavari H, Rostami A. Helicobacter pylori infection and risk of preeclampsia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 2017 Sep 20:1-8. 25. Ozlati M, Spotin A, Shahbazi A, Mahami-Oskouei M, Hazratian T, Adibpor M, Ahmadpour E, Dolatkhah A, Khoshakhlagh P. Genetic variability and discrimination of low doses of Toxocara spp. from public areas soil inferred by loop-mediated isothermal amplification assay as a field-friendly molecular tool. Veterinary world. 2016 Dec;9(12):1471. 26. Mahami-Oskouei M, Kaseb-Yazdanparast A, Spotin A, Shahbazi A, Adibpour M, Ahmadpour E, Ghabouli-Mehrabani N. Gene flow for Echinococcus granulosus metapopulations determined by mitochondrial sequences: a reliable approach for reflecting epidemiological drift of parasite among neighboring countries. Experimental parasitology. 2016 Dec 1;171:77-83. 27. Spotin A, Parvizi P. Comparative study of viscerotropic pathogenicity of Leishmania major amastigotes and promastigotes based on identification of mitochondrial and nucleus sequences. Parasitology research. 2016 Mar 1;115(3):1221-8. 28. Galeh TM, Kazemi A, Mahami-Oskouei M, Baradaran B, Spotin A, Sarafraz S, Karamat M. Introducing nitazoxanide as a promising alternative treatment for symptomatic to metronidazole-resistant giardiasis in clinical isolates. Asian Pacific journal of tropical medicine. 2016 Sep 1;9(9):887-92. 29. Gholami S, Laktarashi B, Shiadeh MM, Spotin A. Genetic variability, phylogenetic evaluation and first global report of Theileria luwenshuni, T. buffeli, and T. ovis in sheepdogs in Iran. Parasitology research. 2016 May 1;115(5):2125-30. 30. Mohammadzadeh A, Spotin A, Mahami-Oskouei M, Haghighi A, Zebardast N, Kohansal K. Gene migration for re-emerging amebiasis in Iran’s northwest–Iraq borders: a microevolutionary scale for reflecting epidemiological drift of Entamoeba histolytica metapopulations. Parasitology research. 2017 Jan 1;116(1):217-24. 31. Khezri A, Fallah E, Mostafazadeh M, Spotin A, Shahbazi A, Mahami-Oskouei M, Hazratian T. Molecular and morphometric characterization of Acanthamoeba spp. from different water sources of Northwest Iran as a neglected focus, co-bordered with the country of Iraq. Jundishapur journal of microbiology. 2016 Nov;9(11). 32. Galeh TM, Spotin A, Mahami-Oskouei M, Carmena D, Rahimi MT, Barac A, Ghoyounchi R, Berahmat R, Ahmadpour E. The seroprevalence rate and population genetic structure of human cystic echinococcosis in the Middle East: A systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Surgery. 2018.

33. Koshki MH, Nourian A, Rahimi MT, Daryani A, Spotin A, Ahmadpour E. Natural products applied against hydatid cyst protoscolices: A review of past to present. Acta tropica. 2017 Sep 19. 34. Fallahi S, Rostami A, Birjandi M, Zebardast N, Kheirandish F, Spotin A. Parkinson’s disease and Toxoplasma gondii infection: Sero-molecular assess the possible link among patients. Acta tropica. 2017 Sep 1;173:97-101. 35. Karimi M, Rostami A, Spotin A, Rouhani S. Ruptured pulmonary hydatid cyst: a case report. Journal of Parasitic Diseases. 2017 Sep 1;41(3):899-902. 36. Badirzadeh A, Mohebali M, Asadgol Z, Soong L, Zeinali M, Mokhayeri Y, Shirzadi MR, Spotin A. The burden of leishmaniasis in Iran, acquired from the global burden of disease during 1990-2010. Asian Pac J Trop Dis. 2017;7:513-8. 37. Moshrefi M, Spotin A, Kafil HS, Mahami-Oskouei M, Baradaran B, Ahmadpour E, Mansoori B. Tumor suppressor p53 induces apoptosis of host lymphocytes experimentally infected by Leishmania major, by activation of Bax and caspase-3: a possible survival mechanism for the parasite. Parasitology research. 2017 Aug 1;116(8):2159-66 38. Reaghi S, Haghighi A, Harandi MF, Spotin A, Arzamani K, Rouhani S. Molecular characterization of Fasciola hepatica and phylogenetic analysis based on mitochondrial (nicotiamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase subunit I and cytochrome oxidase subunit I) genes from the North-East of Iran. Veterinary world. 2016 Sep;9(9):1034. 39. Jafari R, Sanei B, Baradaran A, Spotin A, Bagherpour B, Darani HY. Genetic characterization of Echinococcus granulosus strains isolated from humans based on nad1 and cox1 gene analysis in Isfahan, central Iran. Journal of helminthology. 2017 Nov:1-7. 40. Niyyati M, Arab-Mazar Z, Lasjerdi Z, Lorenzo-Morales J, Espotin A, Yadegarynia D, Gachkar L, Roodsari SR. Molecular characterization of Acanthamoeba strains isolated from the oral cavity of hemodialysis patients in Iran. Parasitology research. 2017 Nov 1;116(11):2965-9. 42. Berahmat R, Mahami-Oskouei M, Rezamand A, Spotin A, Aminisani N, Ghoyounchi R, Madadi S. Cryptosporidium infection in children with cancer undergoing chemotherapy: how important is the prevention of opportunistic parasitic infections in patients with malignancies?. Parasitology research. 2017 Sep 1;116(9):2507-15. 43. Ghoyounchi R, Ahmadpour E, Spotin A, Mahami-Oskouei M, Rezamand A, Aminisani N, Ghojazadeh M, Berahmat R, Mikaeili-Galeh T. Microsporidiosis in Iran: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Asian Pacific journal of tropical medicine. 2017 Apr 1;10(4):341-50. 44. Nabie R, Spotin A, Rouhani S. Subconjunctival setariasis due to Setaria equina infection; a case report and a literature review. Parasitology international. 2017 Feb 1;66(1):930-2.

45. Hajizadeh M, Rahimi MT, Spotin A, Ahmadpour E. A rare cause of dysphagia: pharyngeal ascariasis. Journal of Parasitic Diseases. 2016 Dec 1;40(4):1411-3. 46. Noori J, Spotin A, Ahmadpour E, Mahami-Oskouei M, Sadeghi-Bazargani H, Kazemi T, Sakhinia E, Aghebati-Maleki L, Shahrivar F. The potential role of toll-like receptor 4 Asp299Gly polymorphism and its association with recurrent cystic echinococcosis in postoperative patients. Parasitology research. 2018 Mar 30:1-1. 47. Galeh TM, Spotin A, Mahami-Oskouei M, Carmena D, Rahimi MT, Barac A, Ghoyounchi R, Berahmat R, Ahmadpour E. Reply letter to: Letter to the editor on the article" The seroprevalence rate and population genetic structure of human cystic echinococcosis in the Middle East: A systematic review and meta-analysis". 48. Spotin A, Karamat M, Mahami-Oskouei M, Shahbazi A, Ahmadpour E, Galeh TM, Fallahi S. Genetic variability and transcontinental sharing of Giardia duodenalis infrapopulations determined by glutamate dehydrogenase gene. Acta tropica. 2018 Jan 1;177:146-56. 49. GHODRATI M, SPOTIN A, HAZRATIAN T, MAHAMI-OSKOUEI M, BORDBAR A, EBRAHIMI S, FALLAHI S, PARVIZI P. Diagnostic Accuracy of Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay as a Field Molecular Tool for Rapid Mass Screening of Old World Leishmania Infections in Sand Flies and In Vitro Culture. Iranian journal of parasitology. 2017 Oct;12(4):506. 50. RASTAGHI AR, Spotin A, Khataminezhad MR, Jafarpour M, Alaeenovin E, Najafzadeh N, Samei N, Taleshi N, Mohammadi S, Parvizi P. Evaluative Assay of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Genes to Diagnose Leishmania Species in Clinical Specimens. Iranian Journal of Public Health. 2017 Oct;46(10):1422. 51. Khoshakhlagh P, Spotin A, Mahami-Oskouei M, Shahbazi A, Ozlati M. Loop-mediated isothermal amplification as a reliable assay for Toxocara canis infection in pet dogs. Parasitology research. 2017 Sep 1;116(9):2591-7. 52. Fallah E, Jafarpour Z, Mahami-Oskouei M, Haghighi A, Niyyati M, Spotin A, Khezri A. Molecular Characterization of Acanthamoeba Isolates from Surface Resting Waters in Northwest Iran. Iranian journal of parasitology. 2017 Jul;12(3):355. 53. Seyyedtabaei SJ, Rostami A, Haghighi A, Mohebali M, Kazemi B, Fallahi S, Spotin A. Detection of Potentially Diagnostic Leishmania Antigens with Western Blot Analysis of Sera from Patients with Cutaneous and Visceral Leishmaniases. Iranian journal of parasitology. 2017 Apr;12(2):206. 54. Rouhani S, Raeghi S, Spotin A. Spermatogenic and Phylo-molecular Characterizations of Isolated Fasciola Spp. From Cattle, North West Iran. Pakistan journal of biological sciences: PJBS. 2017;20(4):204-9. 55. Karimi M, Ghasemikhah R, Mirahmadi H, Spotin A, Rouhani S, Tabaei SJ. Discrimination of Mixed Infections of Echinococcus Species Based on in Silico Sequence Analysis: A New Way of Reflecting Overlapped Strains in Indigenous

Areas. Archives of Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2017(In Press). 56. Nabie R, Halimi M, Spotin A. A Rare Case Series of Intraorbital Unilocular Hydatid Cysts in Pediatric Patients. Archives of Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2017(In Press). 57. Spotin A, Moslemzadeh HR, Mahami-Oskouei M, Ahmadpour E, Niyyati M, Hejazi SH, Memari F, Noori J. Phylogeography, genetic variability and structure of Acanthamoeba metapopulations in Iran inferred by 18S ribosomal RNA sequences: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Asian Pacific journal of tropical medicine. 2017 Sep 1;10(9):855-63. 58. Rouhani S, Raeghi S, Mirahmadi H, Harandi MF, Haghighi A, Spotin A. Identification of Fasciola spp. in the East of Iran, Based on the Spermatogenesis and Nuclear Ribosomal DNA (ITS1) and Mitochondrial (ND1) Genes. Archives of Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2017;12(2). 59. Spotin A, Eghtedar ST, Shahbazi A, Salehpour A, Sarafraz S, Shariatzadeh SA, Mahami-Oskouei M. Molecular Characterization of Trichomonas vaginalis Strains Based on Identifying Their Probable Variations in Asymptomatic Patients. Iranian journal of parasitology. 2016 Oct;11(4):507.

8. Abstracts in Scientific Meetings:

Mohammad Taghi Rahimi, Afsane Amooei, Ehsan Ahmadpour, Bahman Rahimi Esboei, Adel Spotin, Mohammad Hasan Kohansal Koshki, Ahad Alizadeh, Soheila Honary, Hamed

Barabadi, Milad Ali Mohammadi, Azadeh Mizani SYNTHESIS OF ECO-FRIENDLY SILVER NANOPARTICLES FROM PENICILLIUM ACULEATUM AGAINST PROTOSCOLICES OF HYDATID CYSTS. NICOPA 9 Guilan, Iran; 20-22 May 2015

Abbas Najafi Nasab, Abbas Shahbazi, Esmaeil Fallah, Mahmoud

Mahami Oskouei, Shirzad Gholami, Vahid Semnani, Adel Spotin,

Ali Shariatzadeh. DESIGNING AND CONDUCTING IN-SILICO

ANALYSIS FOR IDENTIFYING OF ECHINOCOCCUS SPP.

WITH DISCRIMINATION OF NOVEL HAPLOTYPES: AN

APPROACH TO BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF PARASITE TAXONOMIC STATUS, NICOPA 9 Guilan, Iran; 20-22 May 2015.

MORPHOMETRIC AND MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF

ADULT ECHINOCOCCUS GRANULOSUS IN EAST AZERBAIJAN PROVINCE Seyyed Ali Shariatzadeh ,Abbas shahbazi , Esmaeil fallah , Shirzad Gholami , Adel Spotin , Fattaneh Montazery , Abbas Najafinasab , Sanaz Taghizadeeghtedar, NICOPA 9 Guilan, Iran; 20-22 May 2015.

Sahar Ebrahimi, Ali Bordbar , Parviz Parvizi, Adel Spotin. HIGH INFECTION FREQUENCY, LOW DIVERSITY OF LEISHMANIA MAJOR AND FIRST DETECTION OF LEISHMANIA TURANICA IN HUMAN IN NORTHERN IRAN, ,ICOPA 9 Guilan, Iran; 20-22 May 2015.

P Ghaemmaghami, P Parvizi, A Spotin. CHARACTERIZATION OF LEISHMANIA PARASITES IN SUSPECTED PATIENTS OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASIS BY TARGETING ITS-RDNA, ITS-MICROSATELLITE IN SHUSH CITY, NORTHERN KHUZESTAN (2012-2013S). - IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 2014.

N Samei, P Parvizi, A Spotin. IDENTIFYING OF CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASES BY AMPLIFYING CYT B GENE IN INDIGENOUS FOCI OF Iran. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, 2014.

A Spotin, S Rouhani, P Parvizi, P Ghaemmaghami. DIFFERENT

PHENOTYPIC ASPECTS WITH NO GENOTYPIC HETEROGENEITY IN

LEISHMANIA MAJOR ISOLATES OF SUSPECTED PATIENTS IN

NORTHERN KHUZESTAN PROVINCE IRANIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC

HEALTH, 2014. Adel Spotin, Parviz Parvizi, Soheila Rouhani. Sequencing and

Phylogenetic analysis of ITS-rDNA gene of Leishmania parasites in human in north of Khuzestan, 8th biotechnology congress, Tehran, 2013.

Sahar Ebrahimi, Parviz Parvizi, Hamid Belgheiszadeh, Kamyar Amraee, Somayeh Moahammadi, Adel Spotin, Molecular typing of sandflies, proven and possible vectors of leishmaniasis in Khuzestan province, using two genes elongation factor_1α and cytochrome b , 8th biotechnology congress, Tehran, 2013

Roozbeh Taslimian,. Parviz Parvizi, Ahmad Reza Esmaili, Adel Spotin

Javad Samii, Sahar Ebrahimi Hesari Molecular typing of Leishmania

major parasite in the main vector of leishmaniasis in Khuzestan by targeting the ITS-rDNA gene 8th biotechnology congress, Tehran, 2013

Spotin A, Mokhtari AM, Sankian M, Varasteh AR. Apoptosis of

human lymphocytes after exposure to fertile and infertile Hydatid fluid 10th International Congress of Immunology and Allergy of Iran. 2010.

●Spotin A, Mokhtari AM, Sankian M, Varasteh AR. Expression of

Apoptosis Inducing-Iigands, TRAIL and Fas-L in Hydatid Cyst Germinal

Layer and Normal Tissue.17. ULUSAL PARAZİTOLOJİ KONGRES in Kars

University, Turkey, for poster presentation on 4–7 July 2011. ●Adel Spotin, Parviz Parvizi, Soheila Rouhani Mitochondrial cytochrome b

gene; a molecular marker for Leishmania characterization and identification of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis in suspected patients in Khuzestan

province. 7TH microbiology congree, Shiraz. Iran. ●Adel Spotin, Parviz Parvizi, Soheila Rouhani. Isolation and identification of

Leishmania parasites in suspected patients of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis by

targeting ITS-rDNA and Microsatellite genes, Shush city, Northern Khuzestan

2012-2013., 14th microbiology congress, Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran.

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9. Publications (Books):

Spotin A, "Current topics in Echinococcus", Chapter of Echinococcus shiquicus and Echinococcus felidis, Rijeka, Croatia, InTech press, July 2015 (English language). Spotin A, Shafie R, Ahmadpour E, Zaman J. Parasitology for Exam, Khosravi press, Tehran, Iran , 2011 (Persian language). Spotin A, Ghazanfari H, Majnoni A; Question bank of medical Helminthology , Mir press, Tehran , Iran, 2014 (Persian language). Fallah E, Shahbazi A, Spotin A. Compréhensive Parasitology for médical students, Shervin presss, Tabriz, Iran, 2014 (Persian language).

10. Accomplished and Current PhD & Master’s thesis students under

supervisor and advisor:

1- Characterization of Fasciola sp. Based on spermatogenesis,…….(Accomplished; Second Advisor; PhD)

2- Determination of contamination rate of Tabriz public areas soil to ……. (Accomplished; First Supervisor; MS )

3-Application of loop-mediated isothermal amplification method (LAMP)

……… (Accomplished; First Supervisor; MS )

4-Determination of Toxocara spp. infection rate ……… (Accomplished;First Supervisor; MS)

5- Genotyping of Giardia duodenalis of human isolates in ……..

(Accomplished; First Supervisor; MS).

6- Identification of Entamoeba histolytica, Entamoeba dispar and ……… (Accomplished; First Supervisor; MS).

7- The survey of apoptotic effect of Leishmania major ……. (Accomplished; First Supervisor; MS).

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8- The surveying polymorphism of the PFOR and NR genes, …….(Accomplished; First Supervisor; MS).

9- In vitro evaluation of the apoptotic effect of albendazole sulfoxide and albendazole sulfoxide loaded PLGA-PEG nanoparticles against ……. (Accomplished; First

Supervisor; MS).

10- Microscopic and molecular evaluation of intestinal Microsporidia in children

……. (Accomplished; First Advisor; MS).

11- Comparison of Cryptosporidium infection in children with ……… (Accomplished; First Advisor; MS).

12- IDENTIFYING OF CAUSATIVE AGENTS OF CUTANEOUS LEISHMANIASES BY AMPLIFYING CYT B GENE IN INDIGENOUS FOCI OF

Iran (Accomplished; First Advisor; MS).

13-Identification of Leishmania spp., based on biochemical and molecular

methods in different foci of Iran (Accomplished; First Advisor; MS).

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