Presentation in International Congresses

1.Btissame El Hassouni, Omidreza Firuzi, Pei Pei Che, Mark Buijs, Stefano Coppola, Matthias Löhr, Rainer Heuchel, Luciano Saso, Godefridus J. Peters, Elisa Giovannetti(2018) Assessment of the influence of stellate cells on primary pancreatic cancer cell growth and drug resistance in a spheroid model: MET inhibitors to the rescue European Association for Cancer Research 25th Congress (EACR 25), Amsterdam, 30 June- 3 July.

2.Omidreza Firuzi, Cigdem Karaaslan, Marjan Tavakkoli, Sibel Suzen, Luciano Saso (2015) Indole-based analogs of melatonin protect neuronal cells against amyloid-beta-induced damage. "Biochemistry, Physiology and Pharmacology of Oxidative Stress", Rome, Italyو July 2-4.

3. Jassbi, A.R., Firuzi, O.R,Miri, R.,T.Baldwin, I. , Biolgically active natural products from Iranian terrestrial and marine organisms, phytochemicalsim medicine and pharmacognosy , 27-30 April 2014, Piatra-neamt, Romania.

4. Firuzi,O., Edraki,N., Miri, R., Shafiiee, A., Foroumadi, A., Madadkar, A., (2013), Novel bromophenyl piperazine derivatives as BACE-1 inhibitors for reduction of amyloid-beta production in Alzheimer disease, The 11th international conference on Alzheimer's & Parkinson's diseases, Florence, Italy.

5. Alizadeh, M., Firuzi, O., Albadi, S., Javidnia, K., Miri, R., "Study of antioxidant activity and total phenolic content of 22 plants from Compositae family", 13th Iranian Pharmaceutical Sciences Congress, Isfahan, Iran.

6. Shahabipour, S., Javidnia, K., Firuzi, O., Miri, R., (2012), "Chemical constituents and cytotoxic activity of the essential oil of Libanotis transcaucasica Schischk from Iran", 13th Iranian Pharmaceutical Sciences Congress, Isfahan, Iran.

7. Firuzi, O., Tavakkoli, M., Miri, R., Saso, L., (2012), "Evaluation of the protective effects of some Iranian medicinal plants against neurotoxin-induced apoptosis in neuronal cells", 13th Iranian Pharmaceutical Sciences Congress, Isfahan, Iran.

8. Miri, R., Sadegh Pour, H., Javidnia, K., Firuzi, O., Chamyani, N., Nikkhoo, A., (2012), "Synthesis of novel asymmetrical 1, 4-dihydropyridine derivatives and evaluation of their calcium channel blocking and cytotoxic activities", 13th Iranian Pharmaceutical Sciences Congress, Isfahan, Iran.

9. Firuzi, O., Miri, R., Ardi, P., Saadati, H., (2011) "Mild hyperlipidemia particularly in smokers is associated eith oxidative stress", 10th Indo-Italian workshop on Chemistry and Biology of Antioxidants, November 9-13, Rome, Italy.

10. Borges, F., Gaspar, A., Silva T., Teixeira J., Cagide F., Benfeito, S., Oliveira C., Reis J., Garrido M., Garrido J., Firuzi, O., Saso, L. (November 2011) Striving for success in antioxidant therapy. 10th Indo-Italian Workshop on Chemistry and Biology of Antioxidants. November 9-13, Rome, Italy. Platform presentation

11. Firuzi, O., Miri, R., Tavakkoli, M., Borges, F., Garrido, J., Saso, L.,(2011)" Prevention of hydrogen peroxide‐induced cytotoxicity in neuronal PC12 cells by esters of hydroxycinnamic acids" 10th international conference on Alzheimer's & Parkinson's diseases, March 9-13, Barcelona, Spain.

12. Firuzi, O. (November 2010) Antioxidant activity of phenolic compounds and their protective capacity in a cell model of neurodegenerative diseases. Platform presentationto the 8th Indo-Italian Workshop on Chemistry and Biology of Antioxidants, Rome, Italy.

13. Firuzi, O. (November 2006) Absence of 5-lipoxygenase enzyme modulates amyloid pathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease. Platform presentation to the Neurodegenerative Diseases: Biology & Therapeutics, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, USA.

14. Firuzi, O. (November 2005) Absence of 5-lipoxygenase enzyme reduces amyloid pathology in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Poster presentation to the 35th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (Neuroscience 2005), Washington, DC, USA.

15. Firuzi, O. (May 2004) Evaluation of the antioxidant activity of flavonoids and hydroxycinnamic acids by “ferric reducing antioxidant power” assay. Poster presentation to the 15th international symposium on pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis (PBA 2004), Florence, Italy.

16. Firuzi, O. (June 2003) Antioxidant activity of flavonoids against hypochlorous acid. Poster presentation to the 31st National Congress of “Italian Society of Pharmacology” (Società Italiana di Farmacologia, SIF), Trieste, Italy.

17. Firuzi, O. (May 2003) Changes in plasma proteins and oxidative stress parameters after LDL-apheresis treatment in familial hypercholesterolemia patients. Platform presentation to the 1st Regional Scientific Meeting of “Italian Society of Studies about Atherosclerosis” (Società Italiana per lo Studio dell’Arteriosclerosi, SISA), Faculty of Medicine, University of “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy.

18. Firuzi, O. (May 2003) Effects of polyunsaturated fatty acids administration on LDL susceptibility to oxidation in rats. Platform presentation to the 1st Regional Scientific Meeting of “Italian Society of Studies about Atherosclerosis” (Società Italiana per lo Studio dell’Arteriosclerosi, SISA), Faculty of Medicine, University of “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy.

19. Firuzi, O. (June 2003) Hypochlorite scavenging activity of flavonoids and hydroxycinnamic acids evaluated by different in vitro methods. Platform presentation to the Faculty of Pharmacy in Hradec Kralove, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.

20. Firuzi, O. (September 2001) In vitro evaluation of antioxidant activity of natural substances evaluated by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography. Poster presentation to the 5th Italian National Congress of PhD Students of Pharmacology, Siena, Italy.

21. Firuzi, O. (June 2001) In vitro evaluation of antioxidant activity by reversed phase high performance liquid chromatography. Poster presentation to the 30th National Congress of “Italian Society of Pharmacology” (Società Italiana di Farmacologia, SIF), Genova, Italy.