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Office
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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
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsClinical, 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 - 4 citationsLocal eosinophils are associated with increased IgA subclass levels in the sinonasal mucosa of chronic rhinosinusitis with polyp patientsHossein Aazami, Farhad Seif, Babak Ghalehbaghi, Pegah Babaheidarian, Alireza Mohebbi
Allergy, Asthma, and Clinical Immunology. 2020-04-25 - 9 citationsNovel mutations in CLN6 cause late-infantile neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis without visual impairment in two unrelated patients.Joseph J. Chin, Babak Behnam, Mariska Davids, Prashant Sharma, Wadih M. Zein
Molecular Genetics and Metabolism. 2019-02-01
Journal Articles
- Oculogyric crises in PLA2G6 associated neurodegenerationRohani 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
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Books/Book Chapters
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
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Professional Memberships
- American College of Medical GeneticsMember
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