🔍 Research Interests
- Cancer Genomics
- Spatial Transcriptomic
- Transcriptome Analysis
- Gene Networks
- Machine Learning
🧬 Research Experiences
- 2025.06 - 2025.09 Endotypy: Building a robust endotyping pipeline, LBI for Network Medicine
- 2025.05 - 2025.06, Transcriptomic analysis of A20 knock out Lung cancer in mouse models, Nuclear Medicine Division, Medical University of Vienna
- 2024.09 - 2025.03, UCP2 expression in pro- and anti-inflammatory macrophages derived from different tissues in mouse models, Department of Pathophysiology and Biophysics, Veterinary Medicine University
- 2023.09 - 2024.02, Bulk RNA-Seq Analysis of CGE, PopGen Institute, Veterinary Medicine University
- 2019.01 - 2022.09, Searching for Cancer Biomarker using Transcriptomic Analysis, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
📖 Educations
- 2018.09 - 2022.09, Master of Science in Cell and Molecualr Biology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
- 2014.09 - 2018.09, Bachelor of Science in Cell and Molecualr Biology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
📝 Publications
Journals
-Chitgaran S , Mahmoudian RS, Khatami SS, Nasrabadi F, Soltani E, Emami Razavi AN, Kamali F, Bahrami AR, Moghaddam Matin M, Farshchian M. Heterogeneous expression of long noncoding RNA RP11-109D20.2: Insights into regulatory gene expression roles in colon cancer. Iran J Basic Med Sci 2025; 28
-Barzegar et al. Aberrant expression of SPRING1 is involved in the progression of B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. (Under review)
-Barzegar et al. Identification of a Novel CSRP2 Transcript via Alternative Splicing Analysis in Acute Myeloid Leukemia: A case report. (Pending submission)
Posters
-Long non-coding RNA RP11-109D20.2 as a novel biomarker in colorectal cancer, Chitgaran, S. et al., 6th International Conference on Personalized Medicine and Functional Genomics (PMFG2022), Sidra Medicine, Doha, Qatar
-Profiling the expression of lncRNAs involved in colorectal cancer progression in search for suitable diagnostic biomarkers. Chitgaran, S. et al., 1st International Conference on Human Genetics and Genomics, Iranian Journal of Pediatric Hematology Oncology (2021), Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
-REG4, CEACAMS, OLFM4 are among the most recurrently fused genes in patients with colorectal cancer. Chitgaran, S. et al., 1st International Conference on Human Genetics and Genomics, Iranian Journal of Pediatric Hematology Oncology (2021), Yazd University, Yazd, Iran
-United to Battle Against the Common Enemy. Chitgaran, S., Farshchian, M., 3rd International Nastaran Cancer Symposium (2017), Mashhad, Iran.
💻 Teaching Experiences
-Bulk RNA-seq Data Analysis Workshops, ACECR, Mashhad, Iran. 2021-2023
-R programming language, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. 2020-2023
-Mendeley Workshop, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. 2018-2019
-Arithland referee in high school competitions and teaching mathematics to kids under 12 by playing games, Mashhad, Iran. 2014-2016
-High School Mathematics Teacher, Kavosh Pre-University Institute, Mashhad, Iran. 2014-2015
💬 Talks
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UCP2 expression in tissure resident macrophages using bulk RNA-Seq in mouse models, 34th Biophysics Workshop, Recent research on mitochondrial carriers in artificial and cellular systems, Vienna, Austria, February 2025.
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Profiling of lncRNA expression in patients with colorectal cancer by transcriptome analysis in search for suitable diagnostic marker, XXXIII Biophysics Workshop, Membranes and Membrane Proteins: New Insights and Method, Strobl, Austria, September 2024.
🎖 Honors and Awards
- 2021, First place in “Thesis Presentation” National Contest, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
- 2018 Awarded from the National Organization of Educational Testing for the 23nd National Olympiad in the Field of Molecular Biology (Ranked 15th in National and 1st in Sectional Competition), Tehran, Iran.
- 2017 Awarded from the National Organization of Educational Testing for the 22nd National Olympiad in the Field of Molecular Biology (Ranked 13th in National and 3rd in Sectional Competition), Tehran, Iran.
🔥 News
- 2025.01: 🎉🎉 My master thesis paper “Heterogeneous expression of long noncoding RNA RP11-109D20.2: Insights into regulatory gene expression roles in colon cancer” is published at IJBMS
- 2024.09: 🎉🎉 I started my position as project assistant in the Biophysics and Pathophysiology group at the department of Biomedical Science in Veterinary Medicine Universitry of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
🧑🏫 Reference
Reference will be available upon request.