Prof. Dr. Shahin Eghbalsaiedi Abueshaghi

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsAnimal Breeding, Animal Nutrition, Animal Husbandry,General Genetics, Functional Genome Research
KeywordsCRISPR/Cas9, Safety gene drive, Active genetics, Animal health, Sleeping beauty
Honours and awards

2017: Georg-Forster Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 04 October 2017-31 May 2019, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Mariensee, Germany.

2016: Award and Prize for “The Best Lab manager (Biotechnology and Transgenesis lab)”, 4th National Farhikhtegan Festival of Science, Research, and Technology, June 2016, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

2015: Registration Grant from Gordon Research Conferences, Germinal Stem Cell Biology, May 31-June 5, 2015, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.

2014: ISTT-Registration Award, 2014, Transgenic Technologies Meeting, 6-8 October, University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

2013: Award and Prize for “The best researcher in Isfahan (Khorasgan) branch, Islamic Azad University

2012: Award and Prize for “The best researcher in Isfahan Province”

2012: Best Presentation Award in ‘12th Iranian Genetic Congress, 22-24 May 2012, Tehran, Iran’ for “Transfer of EGFP transgene into ovine lambs through AI-Laparoscopy”.

2012: Selected project (Chicken female-to-male sex reversal) in “the 3rd Presidential Festival on Science in Practice, Tehran, Iran. September 2012”

2011: Award and Prize for “The best researcher in Isfahan (Khorasgan) branch, Islamic Azad University”.

2011: Selected project (Major genes on Iranian Sheep Prolificacy) in “the 2nd Presidential Festival on Science in Practice, Tehran, Iran. September 2011”

Current contact address

CountryIran
CityIsfahan
InstitutionIslamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Wilfried A. KuesInstitut für Nutztiergenetik, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut Bundesforschungsinstitut für Tiergesundheit, Neustadt
Prof. Dr. André BleichZentrales Tierlabor und Institut für Versuchstierkunde, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover
Prof. Dr. Elisabeth ZeisbergAbteilung Kardiologie und Pneumologie, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen
Start of initial sponsorship01/12/2017

Programme(s)

2017Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

20241. Shahin Eghbalsaied*, Clancy Lawler, Björn Petersen, Raul A. Hajiyev, Steve R. Bischoff, Stephen Frankenberg: CRISPR-Cas9-mediated base-editors and their prospects for mitochondrial genome engineering. In: Gene Therapy, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41434-023-00434-w 2024, 15