Mahdi Eskandarian Boroujeni

I graduated with a master’s degree in applied Genetics. After receiving a Ph.D. scholarship, I pursued my Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics at the National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB), where my research focused on developing gene and cell therapy approaches for neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. Through this work, I recognized the critical role of neuro-inflammation in these diseases, which led me to further investigate the inflammatory response at the molecular level. To deepen my understanding, I joined the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology as a postdoctoral fellow, studying how transcriptional changes, epigenetic modifications, and chromatin interactions regulate inflammation. Building on this foundation, I later joined the Messaoudi laboratory as a computational biologist to explore the cellular and molecular mechanisms driving immune responses.