Alireza Salimi
Advisor
Biosketch
Alireza Salimi is a Ph.D. student in the Biomedical Science Program in Molecular Medicine at the University of Iowa, conducting research in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences. His work focuses on trabecular meshwork dysfunction in glaucoma and the development of stem cell–based and cell-free regenerative strategies to restore aqueous humor outflow and lower intraocular pressure.
Alireza earned a B.Sc. in Cellular and Molecular Biology from Tehran Azad University of Medical Sciences and an M.Sc. in Medical Biotechnology from North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences. His long-term goal is to translate laboratory discoveries into innovative therapies for vision-threatening diseases. With a strong background in biotechnology and cellular biology, he is passionate about bridging fundamental science with translational applications to improve human health.
Publications
Salimi A, Moeinafshar A, Rezvantalab S, Dabiri M, Rezaei N, Beheshtizadeh N. Unraveling the role of Mag, PTEN, and Notch1 in axonal regeneration: A network analysis and molecular dynamics study of Sirna/drugs/nanocarriers interactions. Journal of Translational Medicine. 2025;23(1). doi:10.1186/s12967-025-07042-9
Salimi A, Salarinia R, Bibak B, et al. Resveratrol pretreatment improved the function of mesenchymal stem cells in the recovery of spinal cord injury by stimulating the secretion of nerve growth factor. Journal of Molecular Histology. 2025;56(4). doi:10.1007/s10735-025-10541-0
Abdolvahab MH, Safari M, Hasannejad F, Asefi N, Salimi A, Nazari M. Optimization of a recombinant blar-CTD protein formulation using the response surface methodology. Journal of Biological Engineering. 2024;18(1). doi:10.1186/s13036-023-00399-9
Bagheri J, Alipour N, Delavar A, Baradaran R, Salimi A, Rahimi Anbarkeh F. Resveratrol as modulator of PSA-NCAM expression in the hippocampus of diazinon-injured rat fetuses. Neuroscience Letters 836, 137892. July 27, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neulet.2024.137892
Beheshtizadeh N, Salimi A, Golmohammadi M, Ansari JM, Azami M. In-silico engineering of RNA nanoplatforms to promote the diabetic wound healing. BMC Chemistry. 2023;17(1). doi:10.1186/s13065-023-00969-4
Pezeshki S, Hashemi P, Salimi A, Ebrahimi S, Javanzad M, Monfaredan A. Evaluation of NUF2 and GMNN expression in prostate cancer: Potential biomarkers for prostate cancer screening. Reports of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. 2021;10(2):224-232. doi:10.52547/rbmb.10.2.224
