Eftekhar Eftekharpour
Professor
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Canada
Biography
B.Sc. (Zoological Sciences) Univ. of Tehran, 1988 M.Sc. (Anatomy), Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 1991 Faculty Instructor (Medical Histology), Kerman University of Medical Science, Kerman, Iran, 1991-1996 Ph.D. (Developmental Neurobiology), Univ. of Saskatchewan, 2001 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Toronto Western Research Institute, 2001-2006 Associate Neuroscientist, Toronto Western Research Institute, 2007-2010 Principal Investigator, Spinal Cord Research Centre Feb 2010-April 2012 Senior Research Associate (Physiology), Feb 2010-April 2012 Assistant Professor (Physiology), Univ. of Manitoba, May 2012-present.
Research Interest
Intracellular delivery of antioxidant proteins to decrease the oxidative stress-induced damages for in vitro and in vivo systems. Investigation of antioxidants proteins in neural stem cell proliferation and differentiation. Investigation of cellular and molecular basis of Myelin diseases and application of pharmaceutical and stem-cell based approaches for their treatment.
