Lecture Series

Lecture 71: Title: Stem cells: The major developments in modern medicine – Stem cell bank for all

When: Thursday April 10, 2014 – 7:30 PM
Where: Montgomery Community College (Rockville Campus) – Humanity Building (HU), Conference Room 009 (Get Directions, Campus Map )

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Speaker: Mohammad Kazem Attari, M.D.
Language: Farsi

Synopsis:

Stem cell is a simple cell in the body that is able to develop into any one of various kinds of cells. In 1868, German biologist Ernst Haeckel for the first time used the phrase “stem cell” to describe the fertilized egg that becomes an organism. In 1981 Martin Evans and Gail Martin derived pluripotent stem cells from the embryos of mice.

We now know: Stem cells have the potential to treat an enormous range of diseases and conditions that plague millions of people around the world. Their ability to treat so many diseases rests on their unique properties. Stem cells can renew themselves almost indefinitely, and have the special ability to differentiate into cells with specialized characteristics and functions.

The most important therapeutic value for stem cells is the use of cell therapies. A cell therapy is a treatment that replaces dysfunctional or diseased tissues with stem cells.

Every day we hear of treatments around the world using stem cells. There are two basic types of stem cells therapy: Using self stem cells (Autologous) or using donor’s stem cells (Heterologous). For all of these types, there are separate banks. Some parents are now banking their babies’ cord blood in case it can help them in later life and some donors are registered their names in adult stem cells banks for help others. All these aspects of stem cells will be presented.

About the Speaker:

Mohammad Kazem Attari was born in 1966, graduated from Iran Medical University as Medical physician in 1991. Since he entered the university in 1984, and after graduation, he has been an active member in Public Health, Epidemiology, political and social affairs. Most of his activities were social-medical studies. Results of some of these studies were published or presented in TV medical programs, including: “Causes and methods of suicide in Iran”, “Kidney business in Iran”, “Testicle cancer and decrease in men infertility due to satellite jam”, “Childhood bed Wetting (Enuresis)”, “Epidemiology of obesity and weight loss methods”, “Still birth and Birth Defects in sheep after Nishabur train explosion”, “Antibiotic therapy and reducing mortality in burns”, “Semen Analysis in bodybuilding athletes”, “Biochemistry changes in new tear gas victims”, “Gasoline component leak and Entering in drinking water”, “Favism (Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenize Deficiency) Epidemiology in Iran”.

Dr. Attari is member of Iran’s Medical Council. He founded the first medical journalism website in Iran “Iranian physician’s informative website” (irteb.com) in 2000, and “Iranian Medical News agency” (irmna.com) in 2010. He is working on “Obesity treatment with stem cells” as Post-Doctoral student in GW University now.

Fee (including dinner): $5 Students, $15 Public

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Lecture 70: Mining in Iran

When: Thursday March 13, 2014 – 7:30 PM
Where: Montgomery Community College (Rockville Campus) – Humanity Building (HU), Conference Room 009 (Get Directions, Campus Map )

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Speaker: Gh Hamidi Anaraki, M.Sc.
Language: Farsi

Synopsis:

The history of Iran has always been influenced by her natural riches, as well as mining and metallurgical activities. More than 4000 occurrences and deposits of metallic ore as well as nonmetallic and fuel with an estimated total reserve of fifty billion tons are scattered across the country. Archeological surveys and findings in mining exploration show that the exploration of mines in the country dates back to 5000 B.C. Excavated artifacts made up of copper, gold and silver are evidence of the continuous development of quarrying and melting ores and metals. Iran’s mineral wealth, in addition to oil and gas includes coal, iron ore, non ferrous ores of zinc, lead, manganese, antimony, aluminum (bauxite), chromium and industrial minerals such as limestone and kaoline, zeolite, along with ornamental stones, refractory materials (fire clay, magnesite, kaolinite) and gemstone (turquoise). The mineral production is now standing at 400 million tons per year. The mined material directly, or after ore processing, is used by various domestic industries and a small part is exported. The lecture will review the state of mining industry in contemporary Iran.

About the Speaker:

Hamidi Anaraki was born in 1944. After graduating from technical faculty of Tehran University in mining engineering in 1967, he completed six month training scheme in mining management in Japan during 1975. He worked as mining expert in the ministry of industry & Mines, and also as managing director of Iran Barite Co., and the member of the boards of Iran Mine House, Ajin Co., Nedaye Rahavi Co., Mehr Ajin Co., and Omran Anarak Cement Co. He worked in the field of mining in both public & private Sectors. He has Prepared and presented several paper on dimension stones and smooth blasting in granite quarries. He has been elected as a member of Tehran Chamber of Commerce and served as a member of Iran Chamber of Commerce for 12 years.

Fee (including dinner): $5 Students, $15 Public

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Lecture 69: A scientific approach to anger
(Rescheduled lecture for Feb. 2014)

When: Thursday February 27, 2014 – 7:30 PM
Where: Montgomery Community College (Rockville Campus) – Humanity Building (HU), Conference Room 009 (Get Directions, Campus Map )

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Speaker: Mohammad Soleimani
Language: English

Synopsis:

For the past 15 years, Mohammad Soleimani has been on a quest to understand anger phenomenon through the prism of scientific methodology, examining various aspects of the manifestation of this emotion and its related effects. Applying root cause analysis methodology, he has studied the fundamental of its origination with the hope that if we truly understand the origins of this emotion, we are best equipped to manage its harmful side effects. This IAAP meeting will be the first time that he will be discussing his work in public.

About the Speaker:

Since 2007, Mohammad Soleimani has served as Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer of Kastle systems, a leading provider of security and access control where he is responsible for all aspects of Kastle’s development and IT efforts. He is also serving as Chairman of the Board for SoleNet, Inc., an engineering services company he co-founded in 2001, focused on developing state of the art communications equipment. From 2006 to 2007, he served as Vice President Engineering for RFID at Motorola, Inc. His responsibilities included advanced development and architectural design of Radio-frequency identification (RFID) equipment. From 2004 to 2006, he served as Vice President of Engineering at Matrics, Inc/Symbol Technologies. Prior to that, he co-founded BitCom, Inc. in 1998. He also spent fifteen years as Senior Director for Hughes Network Systems (HNS), where he obtained tremendous leadership experience. He first served as Co-lead System Engineer for Thuraya, a mobile satellite voice and data communication system based in the UAE. He also became Lead Engineer for the first phase of DirecTV receivers.
He received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at Rochester Institute of Technology and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering with honors from George Washington University. /p>

Fee (including dinner): $5 Students, $15 Public

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