Dr Soraya Rasi Ghaemi

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Science

College of Health


Dr. Soraya Rasi Ghaemi is a highly motivated tissue engineer specialising in the field of Regenerative Medicine. She possesses extensive expertise and hands-on experience in andrology, cell therapy, and multidisciplinary biology labs. Her skills include proficiency in high-throughput screening, high-content imaging techniques, and targeted drug delivery systems. Her knowledge and experience extend to the isolation of various types of stem cells, such as Islet cells, Beta cells, buccal mucosa epithelial stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, hematopoietic stem cells, and liver cells. She has successfully isolated these cells from both human samples and small animals like mice and rats, employing advanced culture methods.

Furthermore, she has a deep understanding and practical experience in surface engineering, focusing on functionalising surfaces, nano technology, performing bioconjugations, and designing surface topography suitable for applications in regenerative medicine and other biological contexts.

Currently, her research endeavors include the development of a functionalised chip for sperm selection, a crucial component in ensuring the success of pregnancy through in vitro fertilisation (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI). Her innovative work in this area has earned her the prestigious "Commercial Accelerator Scheme (CAS) grant, awarded in December 2022."

Her academic contributions are reflected in her increasing trajectory of high-quality publications. She has authored 16 peer-reviewed journal articles, which collectively have garnered 704 citations, with an average of 45 citations per article. Her impressive h-index of 12 on Google Scholar underscores the impact of her research. Furthermore, her publication record highlights her active involvement in cross-institutional and international collaborations.

Year Citation
2019 Rasi Ghaemi, S., Delalat, B., Cavallaro, A., Mierczynska Vasilev, A., Vasilev, K., & Voelcker, N. H. (2019). Differentiation of Rat Mesenchymal Stem Cells toward Osteogenic Lineage on Extracellular Matrix Protein Gradients. Advanced Healthcare Materials, 8(1900595), 1-11.
DOI Scopus16 WoS13 Europe PMC9
2018 Rasi Ghaemi, S., Delalat, B., Gronthos, S., Alexander, M. R., Winkler, D. A., Hook, A. L., & Voelcker, N. H. (2018). High-throughput assessment and modeling of a polymer library regulating human dental pulp-derived stem cell behavior. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10(45), 38739-38748.
DOI Scopus18 WoS18 Europe PMC10
2018 Rasi Ghaemi, S., Delalat, B., Harding, F. J., Irani, Y. D., Williams, K. A., & Voelcker, N. H. (2018). Identification and in vitro expansion of buccal epithelial cells. Cell transplantation, 27(6), 957-966.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3 Europe PMC3
2018 Delalat, B., Cozzi, C., Rasi Ghaemi, S., Polito, G., Kriel, F. H., Michl, T. D., . . . Voelcker, N. H. (2018). Microengineered bioartificial liver chip for drug toxicity screening. Advanced functional materials, 28(28, article no. 1801825), 1-10.
DOI Scopus60 WoS50
2017 Bachhuka, A., Delalat, B., Ghaemi, S., Gronthos, S., Voelcker, N., & Vasilev, K. (2017). Nanotopography mediated osteogenic differentiation of human dental pulp derived stem cells. Nanoscale, 9(37), 14248-14258.
DOI Scopus34 WoS34 Europe PMC24
2016 Rasi Ghaemi, S., Delalat, B., Cetó, X., Harding, F., Tuke, J., & Voelcker, N. (2016). Synergistic influence of collagen I and BMP 2 drives osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells: a cell microarray analysis. Acta Biomaterialia, 34, 41-52.
DOI Scopus45 WoS40 Europe PMC28
2016 Delalat, B., Rojas-Canales, D., Rasi Ghaemi, S., Waibel, M., Harding, F., Penko, D., . . . Voelcker, N. (2016). A combinatorial protein microarray for probing materials interaction with pancreatic islet cell populations. Microarrays, 5(3), 21.
DOI Europe PMC4
2015 Delalat, B., Sheppard, V. C., Rasi, G. S., Rao, S., Prestidge, C. A., McPhee, G., . . . Voelcker, N. H. (2015). Targeted drug delivery using genetically engineered diatom biosilica. Nature Communications, 6(8791), 1-11.
DOI Scopus258 WoS225 Europe PMC133
2015 Delalat, B., Mierczynska, A., Ghaemi, S. R., Cavallaro, A., Harding, F. J., Vasilev, K., & Voelcker, N. H. (2015). Materials displaying neural growth factor gradients and applications in neural differentiation of embryoid body cells. Advanced functional materials, 25(18), 2737-2744.
DOI Scopus22 WoS21
2013 Veith, M., Dufloux, C., Rasi, G. S., Aktas, C., & Voelcker, N. (2013). Gradients of Al/Al2O3 nanostructures for screening mesenchymal stem cell proliferation and differentiation. Open journal of regenerative medicine, 2(3), 74-79.
DOI
2013 Rasi Ghaemi, S., Harding, F., Delalat, B., Vasani, R., & Voelcker, N. H. (2013). Surface engineering for long-term culturing of mesenchymal stem cell microarrays. Biomacromolecules, 14(8), 2675-2683.
DOI Scopus26 WoS26 Europe PMC21
2013 Ghaemi, S., Harding, F., Delalat, B., Gronthos, S., & Voelcker, N. (2013). Exploring the mesenchymal stem cell niche using high throughput screening. Biomaterials, 34(31), 7601-7615.
DOI Scopus52 WoS47 Europe PMC32

·         Commercial Accelerator Scheme (CAS) found to develop a device for sperm selection, December 2022.

·         ASBTE Travel grant for presentation at the, 23rd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering 2014, Victoria, Australia.

·         ASBTE Travel grant for presentation at the 22nd Annual Conference of the Australian Society for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering together with the 5th Indo Australian Conference on Biomaterials, Implants and Tissue Engineering 2013, South Australia, Australia.

·         ASBTE Travel grant for presentation at the 9th World Biomaterials Congress 2012, Chengdu, China.

·         PhD full scholarship 2012, Top student in Master Courses, Tarbiat Modares University, in 2006.

·         The youngest researcher award (a 24 ct gold coin), Tehran 2006.


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