The “Cell Journal (Yakhteh)“, formerly published as “Yakhteh Medical Journal”, is a peer review and monthly English publication of Royan Institute. The aim of the journal is to disseminate information by publishing the most recent scientific research studies based on medical and developmental biology including cell therapy and regenerative medicine, stem cell biology, reproductive medicine, medical genetics, immunology, oncology, clinical biochemistry, neuroscience, and tissue engineering. Cell J has been certified by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance in 1999 and accredited as a scientific and research journal by HBI (Health and Biomedical Information) Journal Accreditation Commission in 2000 which is an open-access journal.
Published and Sponsored by:
Royan Institute, Iranian Academic Center for Education Culture and Research
Chairman:
Hamid Gourabi, Ph.D., Professor, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Editor in Chief:
Ahmad Hosseini, Ph.D., Professor, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran
Section Editor :
Saeid Abroun, Ph.D., Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Masoud Vosough, M.D., Ph.D., Royan Institute, Iran
Hoda Madani, M.D., Ph.D., Royan Institute, Iran
Marzieh Ebrahimi, Ph.D., Professor, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Sara Soudi, Ph.D., Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Sharif Moradi, Ph.D., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Sara Pahlavan, Ph.D., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Sadaf Vahdat, Ph.D., Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Amir Amiri-Yekta, Ph.D., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Afagh Alavi, Ph.D., University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Seyed Javad Mirnajafi-Zadeh, Ph.D., Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Sahar Kiani, Ph.D., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Marjan Sabaghian, Ph.D., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Seyyed Abolghasem Ghadami, Ph.D., Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Kazemi Ashtiani, Ph.D., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Hamed Daemi, Ph.D., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Fatemeh Hassani, Ph.D., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Mahshid Bazrafkan, Ph.D., Avicenna Fertility Center, Karaj, Iran
Editorial Board:
Saeid Abroun, Ph.D., Professor, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Kamran Alimoghadam, M.D., Associate Professor, Tehran Medical University, Tehran, Iran
Alireza Asgari, Ph.D., Professor, Baghyatallah University, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Kazem Aghaee Mazaheri, D.D.S., Assistant Professor, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
Mohamadreza Baghaban Eslaminejad, Ph.D., Professor, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Gila Behzadi, Ph.D., Professor, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran
Hossein Baharvand, Ph.D., Professor, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Marzieh Ebrahimi, Ph.D., Professor, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Mary Familari, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Hamid Gourabi, Ph.D., Professor, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Jurgen Hescheler, MD., Professor, Institute of Neurophysiology of University Zu Koln, Germany
Ghasem Hosseini Salekdeh, Ph.D., Professor, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute, Karaj, Iran
Esmaiel Jabbari, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA
Suresh Jesuthasan, Ph.D., Associate Professor, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Bahram Kazemi, Ph.D., Professor, Shahid Beheshti Medical University, Tehran, Iran
Saadi Khochbin,Ph.D., Professor, Inserm/Grenoble University, France
Ali Khademhosseini, Ph.D., Professor, Harvard Medical School, USA
Kun Ping Lu, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
Navid Manuchehrabadi, Ph.D., Angio Dynamics, Marlborough, USA
Hosseinali Mehrani, Ph.D., Professor, Baghyatallah University, Tehran, Iran
Marcos Meseguer, Ph.D., Clinical Embryology Laboratory IVI Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Seyed Javad Mowla, Ph.D., Professor, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Hossein Nasr Esfahani, Ph.D., Professor, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Toru Nakano, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Donald Newgreen, Ph.D., Professor, Murdoch Children Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
Mojtaba Rezazadeh Valojerdi, Ph.D., Professor, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Mohammad Hossein Sanati, Ph.D., Associate Professor, National Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran, Iran
Eimei Sato, Ph.D., Professor, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
Andreas Serra, M.D., Professor, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Abdolhossein Shahverdi, Ph.D., Professor, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Peter Timashev, Ph.D., Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
Daniela Toniolo, Ph.D., Professor, Vita - Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
Michele Catherine Studer, Ph.D., Institute of Biology Valrose, IBV University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France
Christian van den Bos, Ph.D., Managing Director MARES Ltd, Greven, Germany
Catherine Verfaillie, Ph.D., Professor, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Gianpaolo Zerbini, MD., Ph.D., San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Italy
Shubing Zhang, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Central South University, China
Daniele Zink, Ph.D., Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, Agency for Science Technology & Science, Singapore
Executive Committee:
Farideh Malekzadeh, M.Sc., Executive Manager, Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Parvaneh Afsharian, Ph.D., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Reza Azimi, B.Sc., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Elham Amirchaghmaghi, M.D., Ph.D., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Reza Omani-Samani, M.D., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Leila Daliri, M.Sc., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Mahdi Lotfipanah, M.Sc., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Faezeh Shekari, Ph.D., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
English Editors:
Mitra Amiri Khabooshan, Ph.D., Monash University, Victoria, Australia
Sima Binaafar, M. Sc., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Saman Eghtesad, Ph.D., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Jane Elizabeth Ferrie, Ph.D., University College of London, London, UK
Vahid Ezzatizadeh, Ph.D., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Farnaz Shapouri, Ph.D., Memphasys Limited, NSW, Australia
Maryam Vatani, M.Sc., University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Kim Vagharfard, M.Sc., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Graphist:
Laleh Mirza Ali Shirvani, B.Sc., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Website Manager:
Zahra Rostamizadeh, M.Sc., Royan Institute, Tehran, Iran
Copyright and License information:
The Cell Journal (Yakhteh) is an open-access journal which means the articles are freely available online for any individual author to download and use the providing address. The journal is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported License which allows the author(s) to hold the copyright without restrictions that is permitting unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited.
The cell journal site and its metadata are licensed under CC BY-NC 3.0.
Advertising Policy:
Cell J just advertises the related centers of Royan Institute(e.g.: Royan diabetes), Congress, and symposiums.