Profiles

Marjan received her BSc degree in Cellular and Molecular Biology from Shiraz School of Science, Iran. she really enjoyed doing research in biological and medical sciences, so she decided to continue her education in Immunology. She completed MSc and PhD degrees in Immunology in the School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. In 2006, she was awarded a one year research scholarship from Iran's Ministry of Health and Education to do research in one of the most prestige immunopharmacology labs, directed by Professor Carlo Riccardi, at the department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Perugia University, Italy.

Nafiseh graduated with an HBSc in Cell and Molecular Biology with a specialization in Microbiology from Azad North-Tehran University, Iran. She worked for 5 years at Pasteur Institute of Iran, in the departments of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology as a research scientist. In 2009, she completed her MSc in Biology from University of Waterloo and investigated the effects of obesity on the progression of colon cancer and liver disease by checking the apoptotic genes expression levels in rat model of obesity.