Resume
Basics
| Name | Amir Taheri-Ghahfarokhi |
| Position | CSO and co-founder at Immitra Bio GmbH |
| Amir.Taheri.Ghahfarokhi@gmail.com | |
| Phone | +41 - 76 744 1629 |
| Url | https://ghahfarokhi.github.io/ |
| Summary | Molecular Biologist, Genome Editor, CRISPR expert. |
Work
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2025.01 - current CSO and co-founder
Immitra Bio GmbH
Lead the preclinical programs, combining CRISPR-Cas9 and Hematopoeitic Stem Cells technologies towards developing novel cell and gene therapy products.
- Gene Editing
- HSPCs
Education
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2010.09 - 2014.08 Mashhad, Iran
PhD
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran, and Monash University, Australia
Molecular Genetics
- Theory of Relativity
Awards
- 2017
PostDoc of the Year 2017
AstraZeneca
Recognized as the PostDoc of the year among 120 postdocs across three AstraZeneca R&D sites in SE, UK, and USA, for his work on charcterizing novel Cas9s.
Publications
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2018.07.19 RIMA - Decoding non-random mutational signatures at Cas9 targeted sites
Nucleic Acids Research; 16:8417–8434
Contribution: Designed and conceived the study, performed experiments and bioinformatics analysis, prepared figure and drafted the manuscript. corresponding author.
Skills
| Molecular Biology | |
| CRISPR-Cas9 | |
| Genome engineering | |
| ZFNs and TALENs | |
| Cas9 discovery | |
| Mutation analysis |
| Bioinformatics | |
| Linux | |
| Deep sequencing | |
| CHANGE-Seq | |
| Visual Basics for Applications | |
| HTML and JS |
Languages
| Persian | |
| Native speaker |
| English | |
| Fluent |
Interests
| Biotechnology | |
| Therapeutic gene editing | |
| Bioinformatics |
Projects
- 2018.01 - 2018.01