CURRICULUM VITAE

15 Feb. 2009

Name: SEYED FAZLOLLAH MOUSAVI

Date of Birth: 21 April 1964

Citizenship: Iran

Present position: Assistant Professor

Address: Department of MicrobiologyPasteur Institute of Iran69, Pasteur Ave. Tehran-13164Tel/Fax: +98 21 66405535

E-mail Addresses: sadatff@yahoo.commousavi@pasteur.ac.ir

EDUCATION

2005-2009 Ph.D in Microbiology & Immunology

Tohoku University of Medical Sciences, Sendai, Japan

1998-2000 Master of Science in Bacteriology

Tarbiat Modarres University, School of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran,September 2001

1993-1997 Bachelor of Science in Microbiology

Faculty of Sciences Esfahan University, Esfahan

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Doctoral Dissertation

2004-2008 Advisor: Dr. Naoto Ishii, Tohoku University of Medical Sciences, Sendai Japan

Dissertation entitled “OX40 costimulatory signals potentiate memory commitment of

effector CD8+ T cells”

• Analysis of mucosal tolerance in the presence or absence of OX40 signals.

2000-2004 Mentor, Pasteur institute of Iran,Department of Bacteriology, Tehran, Iran

• Molecular epidemiology of Enterbacria by Ribotyping.

Master Dissertation

1998-2000 Advisor: Dr.Sattari Morteza, Tarbiat Modarres University, School of Medical

Sciences, Tehran, Iran

• Production and Purification of Exotoxin A from Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

TEACHING EXPERIENCES

2002-2009 Systematic and practical bacteriology for Ph.D. students in

Biotechnology and M. Sc. students in Microbiology, Pasteur Institute of Iran.

2003-2009 Systematic Bacteriology for resident students in Microbiology, Pasteur

Institute of Iran.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• Japanese Society for Immunologists

• Iranian Society for Microbiology

PUBLICATIONS and ABSTRACTS

1. Seyed Fazlollah Mousavi, Pejman Soroosh, Takeshi Takahashi, Yasunobu Yoshikai, Hao

Shen, Leo Lefrancois, Jannie Borst, Kazuo Sugamura, and Naoto Ishii.(2008) OX40

Costimulatory Signals Potentiate the Memory Commitment of Effector CD8+ T Cells.

Journal of Immunology, 181(9): 5990-6001.

2. Naoto Ishii, Shouji Ine, Pejman Soroosh, Seyed Fazlollah Mousavi and Kazuo

Sugamura(2008) Differential roles for OX40 and IL-7 on homeostasis of effector memory

CD4+ T Cells. The FASEB Journal,22:lb360.

3. Mohammad R. Pourshafie; Mahnaz Saifi, Seyed F. Mousavi , Manijeh Sedaghat,

Gholamreza H. Nikbakht, Salvatore Rubino.(2008) Clonal diversity of Salmonella enterica

serotype Typhi isolated from patients with typhoid fever in Tehran. Scandinavian Journal

of Infctious Disesase, 40(1):18-23.

4. Sattari, M.; Mousavi, S. F. and Allameh, A., (2001) Toxoid of Exotoxin A in Pathogenesis

of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Clinical Microbiology Infection, 7(Suppl.1): 231.

5. Toxicogenicity of Clostridium botulinum Strains Isolated from Natural Sources in the North

of Iran, Sattari, M. and Mousavi, S. F., The 1st Congress of Occupational and

Environmental Toxicology, Kerman, Iran, 23-25 Feb, 1999.

6. Inhibiting Effect of Chemical Agents on Growth of Clostridium botulinum. Sattari, M. and

Mousavi, S. F., The 14th Iranian Congress of Physiology of Pharmacology, Tehran, Iran,

16-20 May, 1999.

7. Production of Exotoxin A in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Strains Isolated from Hospitalized

Patients. Sattari, M, and Mousavi, S. F., The 8th Iranian Biology Conference, Kermanshah,

Iran, 31 Aug-2 Sep, 1999.

8. The Biological Effect of Exotoxin A Pseudomonas aeruginosa on Laboratorial Animals.

Sattari, M., Mousavi, S. F. and Allameh, A., The 6th Iranian Congress of Toxinology and

Poisoning, Ahvaz, Iran. 16-18 Nov, 1999.

9. Physicochemical Condition of Cultural Medium of production of Botulinum Toxin Type A.

Mousavi, S. F. and Sattari, M. , The 8th Iranian congress of Infectious Diseases and

Tropical Medicine, Tehran, Iran, 16-20 Jan, 2000.

10. Effect of Iron on Production of Exotoxin A in Cultures of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Sattari

M., Mousavi, S. F. and Allameh, A., The 3th Iranian Congress of Microbiology, Hamedan,

Iran, 23-25 Aug, 2000.

11. Production and Purification of Exotoxin A. Mousavi, S. F., Sattari, M. and Allameh, A. ,

8th World Congress of the International Society on Toxinology, Paris, France, 18-22 Sep,

2000.

12. Using Tetrodotoxin–like Obtained from Puffer Fish as Nutrient by Bacteria in Order to

Grow. Sayad Safapour, A. R.; Vatanpour, H.; Safayea, H. and Mousavi, S. F., 8th World

Congress of the International Society on Toxinology , Paris, France, 18-22 Sep, 2000.

13. Various Laboratory Methods in Detecting of Exotoxin A from Pseudomonas aerugonosa.

Sattari, M., Mousavi S. F. and Allameh, A., The 9th Iranian Congress of Infectious

Diseases and Topical Midicine, Tehran, Iran, 14-18 Jan, 2001.

14. Detection of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa from Clinical Samples by Amplification of the

Exotoxin A Gene Using PCR. Mousavi, S. F., Parzadeh, M., Saifi, M. and Pourshafie, M.

R., The 7th Iranian Congress of Microbiology, Semnan, Iran, 1-3 Feb, 2005.

15. Determination of Virulence Genes and Antimicrobial Resistance in Shiga Toxin Producing

E. coli (STEC) and Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) Isolated from diarrheal cases. Aslani,

M. M., Mousavi, S. F., Shoraj, F. and Reaisi, J., The 7th Iranian Congress of Microbiology,

Semnan, Iran, 1-3 Feb, 2005.

16. OX40-OX40L Inteactions determine the Size of Memory CD8+ T cells Pools Against

Listeria Infection. Seyed Fazlollah Mousavi, Pejman Soroosh, Yasunobu Yoshikai, Kazuo

Sugamura, and Naoto Ishii, The 37th Annual Meeting of the Japanese for Immunology,

Tokyo,Japan,20-22Nov, 2007.

17. Seyed Fazlollah Mousavi, Pejman Soroosh, Takeshi Takahashi, Yasunobu Yoshikai,

Kazuo Sugamura, and Naoto Ishii.(2008) OX40 Costimulatory Signals Potentiate the

Memory Commitment of Effector CD8+ T Cells. The 38th Annual Meeting of the Japanese

for Immunology, Tokyo,Japan,1-3Des, 2008.