BabakBehnamMDPhD

Medical Genetics • Darnestown, MD

Clinical Biochemical Genetics, Clinical Genetics, Ph.D. Medical Genetics

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Office
20201
Darnestown, MD 20874

Education & Training

University of Michigan Health SystemFellowship, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, 2005 - 2006
University of Michigan Medical CenterPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2005 - 2005
University College London (UCL)PhD, Human Genetics, 2001 - 2005
University of SheffieldMSc, Molecular Medicine, 2000 - 2001
Iran University of Medical SciencesClass of 1997

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CNS Tumor Section, Brain Lab Community Neurosurgery Award Congress of Neurological Surgeons. Annual meeting 2008, Florida, USA, 2008
NIH-based Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Research Fellowship. MI, USA, 2005, 2006
Postgraduate training award Department of Biology, University College London (UCL), London, UK, 2000-2003, 2004
Japanese Young Scientist Award University of Nagoya Medical Center, Japan, XXIII International Congress of the International Academy of Pathology & 14th International Congress of Environmental Pathology, 2000
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

15 citations
TSGA10 is Specifically Expressed in Astrocyte and Over-expressed in Brain Tumors.
Babak Behnam, Ali Chahlavi, Jogi Pattisapu, Jonathan Wolfe
Avicenna Journal of Medical Biotechnology. 2009-10-01
135 citations
Mutations in KEOPS-complex genes cause nephrotic syndrome with primary microcephaly.
Daniela A. Braun, Jia Rao, Géraldine Mollet, David Schapiro, Marie Claire Daugeron
Nature Genetics. 2017-10-01
2 citations
Clinical, laboratory data and outcomes of 17 Iranian citrullinemia type 1 patients: Identification of five novelgene mutations.
Shirin Moarefian, Mahdi Zamani, Ali Rahmanifar, Babak Behnam, Talieh Zaman
JIMD Reports. 2022-05-01

Journal Articles

Oculogyric crises in PLA2G6 associated neurodegeneration
Rohani M, Shahidi G, Vali F, Lang AE, Slow E, Gahl WA, Behnam B., Parkinsonism Relat Disord., 7/15/2018
Co-transplantation of Schwann and Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Promotes Locomotor Recovery in the Rat Contusion Model of Spinal Cord Injury.
Joghataei MT, Bakhtiari M, Pourheydar B, Mehdizadeh M, Faghihi A, Mehraein F, Behnam B, Pirhajati V, Yakhteh Medical Journal
Male infertility and polycysctic kidney disease – case report. 16th Congress of Iranian Society for Reproductive Medicine.
B Behnam, H Farrokhi, Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine
Antioxidant effect of manganese on the testis structure and sperm parameters of formalin-treated mice.
Tajaddini S, Ebrahimi S, Behnam B, Bakhtiyari M, Joghataei MT, Abbasi M, Amini M, Amanpour S, Koruji M, Andrologia
Recurrent self-limiting hepatitis in two Iranian children: A novel (Q166R) mutation in EIF2AK3 leading to Wolcott-Rallison syndrome.
Behnam B, Shakiba M, Ahani A, Razzaghy-Azar M, Hepatitis Monthly
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Books/Book Chapters

Health Promotions and Aging: The Role of Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA).
Chapter: Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and AIDS
M. Araghi-Niknam, B. Behnam, S. Hosseini, R.R. WatsonHarwood Academic Publishers, AmsteldijkEdition 1st,

Abstracts/Posters

TSGA10 expression during embryogenesis and neural development in parallel of spermatogenesis and malignancies.
Babak Behnam, Valerio Conti, Aldamaria Puliti, Jonathan Wolfe, Developmental Biology
TSGA10 gene encodes a major sperm fibrous sheath protein with a myosin tail domain and expressed in embryogenesis and tumorigenesis as well as spermatogenesis.
B Behnam, MH Modarressi, S Povey, FVD Hoorn and J Wolfe, European Journal of Human Genetics
TSGA10 is a ciliary-centrosomal protein that interacts with ODF2 and regulates cell proliferation.
B Behnam, NT Long, H Omran, JF Strauss 3rd, JV Pattisapu, 20th Annual meeting of American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG), Vancouver, Canada
Filamentous-shaped TSGA10 protein is expressed in professional antigen presenting cells and interacts with Vimentin.
A Roghanian, DC Jones, J Wolfe, JV Pattisapu, NT Young, B Behnam, 2nd European Congress of Immunology, Berlin, Germany
TSGA10 Cancer-Testis Antigen is a Ciliary-Centrosomal Protein and Overexpressed in Brain Cancers.
B Behnam, A Chahlavi, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Annual meeting 2008, Florida, USA
The altered expression of aquaporin 1 and 4 in choroid plexus of congenital hydrocephalus. Society for Research into Hydrocephalus and Spina Bifida.
L Paul, M Madan, M Rammling, B Behnam, JV Pattisapu, Annual Meeting, Long Island, USA
Distressed Ependymal Cilia Movement In H-TX Hydrocephalic Rat Model.
M Madan, M Rammling, L Paul, B Behnam, JV Pattisapu, AANS-CNS Annual meeting
Nasal Drainage Of Cerebrospinal Fluid Is Diminished In Hydrocephalic Rat Pups.
B Behham, JV Pattisapu, M Rammling, L Paul, M Madan, AANS - CNS Annual meeting
Aquaporin-1 and Aquaporin-4 Immunolocalization and Alteration In Hydrocephalic H-TX Rat Brain.
B Behnam, L Paul, M Rammling, M Madan, JV Pattisapu, AANS-CNS Annual meeting
P53 protein expression and DNA ploidy analysis in squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus in Iran.
B Behnam, P Salehian, K Attar, et al, J Arch-Anat-Cytol-Pathol
Report of nine novel RB1 mutations in patients with retinoblastoma referred to Rasoul-e-Akram Tehran University hospital.
B Behnam, A Ahani, M Naseripour, Biannual Meeting – Inetrnational Society of Ocular Oncology – ISOO, Buenos Aires, Argentina
TSGA10IP novel protein interacts with TSGA10, localized in sperm tail and expressed in embryogenesis.
B Behnam, SK Manistre, J Wolfe, 21st Annual meeting of American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG), Charlotte, NC, USA
Cross-talk between Cancer Stem Cells and Metastatic Niche, Emerging Metastasis Pathway?
B Behnam, H. Fazilaty, 22nd Annual meeting of American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG), Phoenix, AZ, USA
Analysis of Human basolateral kidney Anion Exchanger 1 (kAE1) mutations in kidney membrane of Iranian patients involved in Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA).
B Behnam, S Shojaee, H Otukesh, N Hooman, A Ahani, I Torktaz, 22nd Annual meeting of American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG), Phoenix, AZ, USA
Detection of TSGA10 Transcripts in mouse and rat testis.
B Behnam, MH Modarressi, S Povey and J Wolfe, Germ Cells Meeting, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), NY, USA
The effects of corn oil as an interactive nutrient on Liberkuhn glands of rabbit.
B Behnam, MH Noori, British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Comparative study of Alcea Aulphurea (AS) and bromhexine hydrochloride (BH) consumption effects on the tracheal mucociliary system of luckhorn chicken.
B Behnam, MH Noori, British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
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Professional Memberships

American College of Medical Genetics
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