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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name Kestendjieva, SnejanaAddress 15 Krum Kyuliavkov str., Sofia, Bulgaria

Telephone

Fax

E-mail snejok@abv.bg

Nationality Bulgaria

Date of birth 19.07.1979

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Dates (from – to) 09.2006 - on • Name and address of employer Molecular immunology Department, Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction, Sofia,

Bulgaria• Type of business or sector Education and research

• Occupation or position held Junior scientist third degree• Main activities and responsibilities Research

Participant in project accomplishment

• Dates (from – to) 06.2003-09.2006• Name and address of employer Molecular immunology Department, Institute of Biology and Immunology of Reproduction, Sofia,

Bulgaria• Type of business or sector Education and research

• Occupation or position held Junior scientist • Main activities and responsibilities Research

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• Dates (from – to) 2098-2005• Name and type of organization providing education and training

Faculty of Biology, Sofia University, Bulgaria

• Principal subjects/occupational skills covered

Developmental Biology

• Title of qualification awarded Master of sciences• Level in national classification

(if appropriate)Master of sciences

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PERSONAL SKILLSAND COMPETENCES

Acquired in the course of life and career but not necessarily covered by formal certificates and diplomas.

MOTHER TONGUE BULGARIAN

OTHER LANGUAGES

ENGLISH• Reading skills Very good

• Writing skills Very good• Verbal skills Very good

RUSSIAN• Reading skills Very good

• Writing skills Very good• Verbal skills Very good

ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

Coordination and administration of people, projects and budgets; at work, in voluntary work (for example culture and

sports) and at home, etc.

PARTICIPANT IN SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS: Studies on the plasticity of human mesenchymal stem cells. National Research Program

“Genomics”, National Science Fund; 2006 – 2009; Project G-4.1/2005 National Science Fund. (Participant)

Effect of reproductive steroid hormones on lymphoid cells. 2003-2005; Project MU-K 1302/2005 National Science Fund. (Participant)

TECHNICAL SKILLS AND COMPETENCES

With computers, specific kinds of equipment, machinery, etc.

PROFICIENCY IN EXPERIMENTAL RSEARCH APPROACHES AND ANALYSES (CELL CULTURING, QUANTITATIVE PCR, PROTEIN ANALISYS )

MS OFFICE – WORD, EXCEL, POWER POINT

DRIVING LICENCE(S) Yes

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ANNEXES PUBLICATIONSPARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGSPUBLICATIONS

1. Snejana Kestendjieva, Zlatka Popova, Gergana Cvetkova, Ivan Bochev, Ivan Kehayov, Stanimir Kyurkchiev, Milena Mourdjeva. Different Effects Of Conditioned Medium Samples From Mesenchymal Stem Cells (Cm-Msc) Isolated From Different Sources. Compt. Rend. Bulg. Sci 2010 V63, No1 pp.97-104 (IF 0.204).

2. S. Kestendjieva, Z. Popova, G. Cvetkova, I. Bochev, I. Kehayov, S. Kyurkchiev, M. Mourdjeva. Mesenchymal Stem Cells Conditioned Media Supports The Growth Of Umbilical Cord Blood Isolated Endothelial Progenitor Cells. Compt. Rend. Bulg. Sci Vol.62, N6, 739-744, 2009 (IF 0.204).

3. Snejana Kestendjieva, Kyurkchiev D, Tsvetkova G, Mehandjiev T, Dimitrov A, Nikolov A, Kyurkchiev S. Characterization of mesenchymal stem cells isolated from the human umbilical cord, Cell Biology International (2008), (IF 1, 54)

4. С. Кестенджиеваа, Д. Кюркчиевб, Г. Цветковаа, Ц. Механджиевс, А. Димитровс, А. Николовс, С. Кюркчиева. Изследване на потенциала за диференциация на мезенхимни стволови клетки, изолирани от стената на пъпна вена. Съвременна медицина , 2008

5. S. Kestendjieva, M. Mourdjeva, D. Kyurkchiev, C. Mehandjiev, A. Nikolov, A. Dimitrov, S. Kyurkchiev. Isolation and characterization of umbilical vein mesenchymal stem cells. Comptes rendus de l’Academie bulgare des Sciences, Vol. 59, N 6, 673-678, 2006.

PARTICIPATION IN SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

1. S. Kyurkchiev, S. Kestendjieva, M. Mourdjeva, D. Kyurkchiev, T. Mehandjiev, A. Dimitrov, A. Nikolov, A. Shterev. Steroid Hormones enhance mesenchymal stem cells growth. 22nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, 18-21 June 2006, Prague. Human Reproduction, Vol 21, Suppl.1, 2006.

2. Kestendjieva S., M. Mourdjeva, D. Kyurkchiev, C. Mehandjiev, A. Nicolov, A. Dimitrov, S. Kyurkchiev. Isolation And Characterization Of Mesenchymal Stem Cells From Umbilical Vein. 11th International Symposium of Immunology of Reproduction. Varna, Bulgaria, 2-4 June, 2006

3. Kestendjieva S, Kyurkchiev D, Mehandjiev Tz, Dimitrov A, Altankova I, Kyurkchiev S. Human umbilical cord stroma cells (UCos) differentiate into endothelial cells. X INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY, Opatija, Croatia, June 10-14, 2007.

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