Who We Are » Chakameh Azimpour, Ph.D.

Chakameh Azimpour had received her Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology in 1995 and completed two master degrees, one in Virology and one in Genetics with the focus on studying the genotypes of Hepatitis C Virus among high-risk groups in Iran. While completing her Master of Science in Genetics, she was invited to join the research group of National Research Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology to study on development of a DNA Vaccine Candidate for Hepatitis C Virus. This project provided her with the opportunity of receiving a scholarship from Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Austrian Development Cooperation) to pursue her PhD. She completed her PhD thesis on Development of a Novel DNA-Vaccine Carrier Based on the Bacterial Ghost Technology at University of Vienna, Austria in 2005. After graduation, she joined Research and Development group of National Genetics Institute in Los Angeles as a research scientist.

Publications

Bacterial ghosts-Biological particles as delivery systems for antigens, nucleic acids and drugs. Azimpour T.C, Walcher P, Mayr U.B, Stiedl T, Binder M, McGrath J.F, Lubitz W. Curr Opinn Biotech, 2004, 15(6): 530-537.

Immobilization of plasmid DNA in bacterial ghosts. Mayrhofer P, Azimpour T.C, Walcher P, Haidinger W, Jechlinger W, Lubitz W. Journal of Controlled Release, Volume 102, Issue 3, 16 February 2005, Pages 725-735.

Minicircle DNA immobilized in bacterial ghosts: In vivo production of a safe non-viral DNA delivery vehicles. Jechlinger W, Azimpour Tabrizi C, Lubitz W and Mayrhofer P. JMMB 2004, Vol 8, issue 4 (DOI: 10.1159/000086703).

Antigen discovery and delivery of subunit vaccines by nonliving bacterial ghost vectors. Walcher P, U.B. Mayr, C. Azimpour Tabrizi, F.O. Eko, W. Jechlinger, P. Mayrhofer, T. Alefanis, C.V. Mujer, V.G. DelVechhio, W. Lubitz. Exp Rev Vaccines 2004, 3(6): 681-691.

Bacterial ghosts as antigen delivery vehicles. U.B. Mayr, P. Walcher, C. Azimpour ,E. Riedmann, C. Haller, W. Lubitz. Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 2005, 57: 1381-1391

Minicircle DNA immobilized in Bacterial Ghost: A Novel Non-living Bacterial DNA-vaccine Carrier System. Azimpour Tabrizi C, Jechlinger W, P.D. Becker, Ebensen T, Guzman C.A, Lubitz W. 2005 8th Annual Conference on Vaccine Research, Baltimore, USA.

Risk factors of Hepatitis C virus infection among hemophiliacs in Tehran. Azimpour T.C, Arvan R, Amini S. 2001; 5th European congress on Clinical Virology. Lahti, Finland.

HCV Genotyping in Hemophiliacs in Tehran. Azimpour T.C, Arvan R, Taghavinejad F, Amini S. 2000. 18th International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Birmingham. UK.