Dr. Farshid Sefat,Associate Professor
Information about Dr. Farshid Sefat at the University of Bradford.
- School of Engineering
(Faculty of Eng & Digital Technologies) - Email:
- f.sefat1@bradford.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- +44 1274 233679
Biography
Dr Farshid Sefat isAssociate Professor and Programme Leader in Biomedical and Electronic EngineeringDepartment at the University of Bradford (UK) and previously was head ofBiomedical Engineering Department at King Faisal University (Saudi Arabia) andalso a Visiting Professor at Stevens Institute of Technology (New Jersey, USA).He completed his post doctorate research assistant at University of Sheffield(UK) in the area of cornea tissue engineering. He received his Ph.D. (2011) andBEng. (2005) degrees from University of Bradford (UK) both in BiomedicalEngineering mainly focus on bone cell engineering. He also obtained his MSc.(2006) in Cell and Tissue Engineering from Keele University (UK).His research is based ondeveloping biomaterials to control cellular behaviour with particular emphasisin developing engineered materials for various tissue engineeringapplications. He is an author on >100peer-reviewed journal articles, editorials and review papers and >30 bookchapters/edited books. He is on the editorial boards and reviewer of >30numerous journals including Materials Today, Acta Biomaterialia, IEEE,Bone, MDPI, Journal of Orthopaedics & Rheumatology, Materials Science andEngineering C, Journal of Biomechanics and manymore.
Research
Key areas of research interest:1. Skin, Hair, Breast and Cornea Tissue Engineering 2. Oral/Dental Tissue Engineering3. Bone and Cartilage Cell Engineering4. Dental Biomaterials5. Biomaterials Fabrication & Characterization6. Effect of Mechanical Stimulation on Bone Cell Behaviour7. Effects of Growth Factors on Cell Behaviour (Cell Signalling)8. Synthesis of Antibacterial Peptides for Dental Implant ModificationCurrent research areas include:1. Optimisation of layer-by-layer 3D scaffold for dermal wound healing 2. Fabrication and characterisation of biodegradable scaffolds for cornea tissue engineering3. Cell signalling pathways of Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF-β isomers)4. Investigating breast cancer behaviour using tissue engineering scaffolds5. Electrospun nanofibers for vascular tissue engineeringTeaching
Details on teaching interests, highlights and modules are available for Dr. Farshid Sefat as follows:
Teaching interests
Regenerative Medicine
Biomaterials
Scaffold for Tissue Engineering
Mathematics for Clinical Technologies
Cell culture Techniques
Cell and Tissue Biology
Design, Build, Test
Radiology and Radiation Engineering
Teaching highlights
Skills of Biomedical Engineering
Materials Technology and Structural Mechanics
Anatomy & Physiology
Infection Control
Publications
There are 25 publications involving or that are attributed to Dr. Farshid Sefat.
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Title | Year | Publication name | Journal | Volume | Pages | Authors | Editors | ISSN | Publisher | DOI | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Histatin peptides: Pharmacological functions and their applications in dentistry | 2016 | Khurshid, Z.; Najeeb, S.; Mali, M.; Moin, S.F.; Raza, S.Q.; Zohaib, S.; Sefat, Farshid; Zafar, M.S. | |||||||||
| Effect of Transforming Growth Factor-β3 on mono and multilayer chondrocytes | 2016 | Sefat, Farshid; Youseffi, Mansour; Khaghani, Seyed A.; Soon, Chin Fhong; Javid, Farideh A. | |||||||||
| Improved cell infiltration of electrospun nanofiber mats for layered tissue constructs | 2016 | Mahjour, S.B.; Sefat, Farshid; Polunin, Y.; Wang, L.; Wang, H. | |||||||||
| Effects of different transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) isomers on wound closure of bone cell monolayers | 2014 | Sefat, Farshid; Denyer, Morgan C.T.; Youseffi, Mansour | |||||||||
| Potential of electrospun nanofibers for biomedical and dental applications | 2016 | Zafar, M.S.; Najeeb, S.; Khurshid, Z.; Vazirzadeh, M.; Zohaib, S.; Najeeb, B.; Sefat, Farshid | |||||||||
| Transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) isomers influence cell detachment of MG-63 bone cells | 2015 | Sefat, Farshid; Khaghani, Seyed A.; Nejatian, T.; Genedy, Mohamed A.; Abdeldayem, Ali I.A.; Moghaddam, Z.S.; Denyer, Morgan C.T.; Youseffi, Mansour | |||||||||
| Impact of packing and processing technique on mechanical properties of acrylic denture base materials | 2015 | Nejatian, T.; Sefat, Farshid; Johnson, T. | |||||||||
| Dental Applications of Nanodiamonds | 2016 | Najeeb, S.; Khurshid, Z.; Agwan, A.S.; Zafar, M.S.; Alrahabi, M.; Bin Qasim, S.; Sefat, Farshid | |||||||||
| Rocking Media Over Ex Vivo Corneas Improves This Model and Allows the Study of the Effect of Proinflammatory Cytokines on Wound Healing | 2015 | Deshpande, P.; Ortega, Í.; Sefat, Farshid; Sangwan, V.S.; Green, N.H.; Claeyssens, F.; MacNeil, S. | |||||||||
| Development of a Basement Membrane Substitute Incorporated Into an Electrospun Scaffold for 3D Skin Tissue Engineering | 2014 | Bye, F.J.; Bullock, A.J.; Singh, R.; Sefat, Farshid; Roman, S.; MacNeil, S. | |||||||||
| Combination of Microstereolithography and Electrospinning to Produce Membranes Equipped with Niches for Corneal Regeneration | 2014 | Ortega, Í.; Sefat, Farshid; Deshpande, P.; Paterson, T.; Ramachandran, C.; Ryan, A.J.; MacNeil, S.; Claeyssens, F. | |||||||||
| Effect of transforming growth factor-β on up/down regulation of integrin-β1 in primary chondrocyte culture | 2016 | Khaghani, Seyed A.; Sefat, Farshid; Youseffi, Mansour; Rehman, R.; Soon, Chin Fhong; Akbarova, G. | |||||||||
| Increasing elastin fibre production in a tissue engineered mesh for pelvic floor surgery | 2014 | Osman, N.; Roman, S.; Sefat, Farshid; Bullock, A.J.; Chapple, C.R. | |||||||||
| Transforming Growth Factor Beta (TGF-β): Natural Curing Agents for Repair | 2014 | Sefat, Farshid | |||||||||
| Rapid creation of skin substitutes from human skin cells and biomimetic nanofibers for acute full-thickness wound repair | 2015 | Mahjour, S.B.; Fu, X.; Yang, X.; Fong, J.; Sefat, Farshid; Wang, H. | |||||||||
| Imaging via widefield surface plasmon resonance microscope for studying bone cell interactions with micropatterned ECM proteins | 2011 | Journal of Microscopy | 241 | 282 - 290 | Sefat F.;Denyer M.;Youseffi M. | 0022-2720 | 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2010.03430.x | ||||
| Synthesis of Indolo[3,2-b]carbazoles via an Anomeric-Based Oxidation Process: A Combined Experimental and Computational Strategy | 2018 | Zolfigol, M.A.; Khazaei, A.; Karimitabar, F.; Hamidi, M.; Maleki, F.; Aghabarari, B.; Sefat, Farshid; Mozafari, M. | |||||||||
| Shape-controlled silver NPs for shape-dependent biological activities | 2017 | Sadeghi, F.; Yazdanpanah, A.; Abrishamkar, A.; Moztarzadeh, F.; Ramedani, A.; Pouraghaie, S.; Shirinzadeh, H.; Samadikuchaksaraei, A.; Chauhan, N.P.S.; Hopkinson, L.; Sefat, Farshid; Mozafari, M. | |||||||||
| Biosynthetic PCL-graft-collagen bulk material for tissue engineering applications | 2017 | Gentile, P.; McColgan-Bannon, K.; Gianone, N.C.; Sefat, Farshid; Dalgarno, K.; Ferreira, A.M. | |||||||||
| Comparison of biophysical properties characterized for microtissues cultured using microencapsulation and liquid crystal based 3D cell culture techniques | 2018 | Cytotechnology | 70 | 13 - 29 | Soon C.;Tee K.;Wong S.;Nayan N.;Sargunan Sundra;Ahmad M.;Sefat F.;Sultana N.;Youseffi M. | 0920-9069 | 10.1007/s10616-017-0168-2 | ||||
| Transplantation of adipose tissue-derived stem cells into brain through cerebrospinal fluid in rat models: Protocol development and initial outcome data. | 2018 | Current Stem Cell Research and Therapy | Amini N;Vousooghi N;Alizade A;Ramezani S;Joghataei MT;Milan PB;Mehrabi S;Ababzadeh S;Sefat F;Mozafari M; | 2212-3946 | 10.2174/1574888X13666180720112322 | ||||||
| Simplifying corneal surface regeneration using a biodegradable synthetic membrane and limbal tissue explants. | 2013 | Biomaterials | 34 | Deshpande P;Ramachandran C;Sefat F;Mariappan I;Johnson C;McKean R;Hannah M;Sangwan VS;Claeyssens F;Ryan AJ;MacNeil S; | 1878-5905 | 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2013.03.064 | |||||
| Fabrication and Characterisations of Hydrogels for Cartilage Repair | 2017 | Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine | 2 | 11. Kaur, P., Khaghani, S.A., Oluwadamilola, A., Khurshid, Z., Zafar, M.S., Mozafari, M., Youseffi, M and Sefat, F | |||||||
| The Effect of WIN55, 212-2 on Protein S100, Matrix Metalloproteinase-2 and Nitric Oxide Expression of Chondrocyte Monolayer | 2017 | Journal of Biomedical Engineering | 3 | Abdeldayem A, Youseffi M, Sefat F, Genedy M, Abdul Jamil, M.M., Javid F. | |||||||
| Production, Sterilisation and Storage of Biodegradable Electrospun PLGA Membranes for Delivery of Limbal Stem Cells to the Cornea | 2013 | Procedia Engineering | 59 | Sefat, F., McKean, R., Deshpande, P., Ramachandran, C., Hill, C., Sangwan, V., Ryan, A. and MacNeil, S. |