Dr. Ghasem Hosseini Salekdeh Royan Institute, Iran E-mail : h_salekdeh@abrii.ac.ir Web-site :

Dr. Salekdeh received his PhD in Genetics at International Rice Research Institute, Philippines in 2002. His thesis work was focused on the proteome response of rice to drought and salinity stresses. He returned to Iran as an assistant professor at Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Karaj. In 2005, he started his collaboration with Department of Stem Cells at Royan Institute, Tehran. He is currently Head of Physiology and Proteomics Department at ABRII and head of Proteomics and Molecular Biology Lab at Royan Institute. He is council member of the Asia Oceania Human Proteome Organization (AOHUPO) and coordinator of Biotechnology Network of ECO countries.

On a national level, Dr. Salekdeh is President of the Iranian Proteomics Society (IPS). In 2007, he received National Biotechnology Award from Tarbiat Modares University. Dr. Salekdeh main research interests are within the field of proteomics and molecular biology. He has published over 30 research publications and has written a text book on Molecular Markers.