Nady Celine Golestaneh
Assistant Professor
Georgetown University School of Medicine
USA
Biography
Dr. Nady Golestaneh is an Assistant Professor at Georgetown University School of Medicine Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Cellular Biology She received her PhD and MS degrees in Biology and Pharmacology of Aging from University of Paris VI Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris France and her BS in Cellular Biology and Biochemistry from University of Paris VII Jussieu in Paris France She performed postdoctoral training at NIH NEI and Johns Hopkins University before joining Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2005 Recently she has shown that male germline stem cells can become pluripotent capable of differentiating into the three primordial germ layers offering the possibility of autologous cellbased therapy in degenerative diseases In parallel Golestaneh’s lab has demonstrated that the iPS cells can be differentiated into functional retinal pigment epithelium that could be prominent candidates for regeneration therapies in agerelated macular degeneration AMD Dr Golestaneh’s innovative work in the area of stem cells research has earned her several prestigious national and international awards and her research is supported by NIH grant.
Research Interest
Her area of research interest is mainly on stem cells, autologous cellbased therapy in degenerative diseases