Regenerative Medicine in the Genitourinary System

Dr. Farshid Sefat is Associate Professor and Programme Leader in the Biomedical and Electronic Engineering Department at the University of Bradford (UK). He was head of Biomedical Engineering Department at King Faisal University (Saudi Arabia) and Visiting Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology (New Jersey, USA). He completed his post doctorate research assistant at University of Sheffield (UK) in cornea tissue engineering. Dr. Sefat received his Ph.D. and BEng. degrees from University of Bradford in Biomedical Engineering. His research is based on developing biomaterials to control cellular behavior with particular emphasis in developing engineered materials for various tissue engineering applications. He’s an author of >150 peer-reviewed journal articles, editorials, and review papers and >80 book chapters/edited books. He’s on the editorial boards and reviewer of >30 numerous journals including Materials Today, Acta Biomaterialia, IEEE, Bone, MDPI, Journal of Orthopaedics & Rheumatology, Materials Science and Engineering C and Journal of Biomechanics.

Dr. Morvarid Saeinasab is Post Doctorate Research Associate in Cell and Molecular Biology at University of Manchester and Honorary Lecturer at the University of Bradford (UK). She completed her Ph.D. in 2019 focusing on investigation of the role of lncRNA in cancer. She also received her MSc. in Cell and Molecular Biology from Ferdowsi University of Mashhad focused on stem cell derivation and their differentiation into multiple cell lineage. Her research interest including application of different cell lines in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering focus on finding novel cell sources adapted for cell therapy. She is an author of >30 peer-reviewed journal articles, editorials, and review papers and >30 book chapters/edited book.