Shaifur Rahman, Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Scholar – Research Associate
Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC

2250 Alcazar St.
CSA 113 – HSC 9062
Los Angeles, CA 90033-9062
Phone: (323) 442-3403
Fax: (323) 442-2981
shaifurr@usc.edu

Education
Experience
Publications

Heinrich-Heine University, Germany
Ph.D., 2021
Stem Cell Biology

University Joseph Fourier, France
M.S., 2013
Bio-Health Computing 

Khulna University, Bangladesh
M.Sc., 2011
Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering

Khulna University, Bangladesh
B.Sc., 2008
Biotechnology & Genetic Engineering

  • 2022 – present – Postdoctoral Scholar – Research Associate – Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2021 – 2022 – Senior Scientific Officer (SSO) – Institute of Tissue Banking and Biomaterial Research, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh 
  • 2014 – 2016 – Scientific Officer (SO) – Institute of Tissue Banking and Biomaterial Research, Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Bangladesh 

  1. Janečková E, Feng J, Guo, T, Han X, Ghobadi A, Araujo-Villalba A, Rahman MS, Ziaei H, Ho T-V, Pareek S, Alvarez J, Chai Y.Canonical Wnt signaling regulates soft palate development by mediating ciliary homeostasis. 2023 Mar 1;150(5):dev201189. doi: 10.1242/dev.201189. Epub 2023 Mar 9. PMID: 36825984; PMCID: PMC10108707.

  2. Feng J, Han X, Yuan Y, Cho CK, Janečková E, Guo T, Pareek S, Rahman MS, Zheng B, Bi J, Jing J, Zhang M, Xu J, Ho TV, Chai Y.TGF-β signaling and Creb5 cooperatively regulate Fgf18 to control pharyngeal muscle development. Elife. 2022 Dec 21;11:e80405. doi: 10.7554/eLife.80405. PMID: 36542062; PMCID: PMC9771365. 

  3. Rahman MS, Akhtar N, Jamil HM, et al. TGF-β/BMP signaling and other molecular events: regulation of osteoblastogenesis and bone formation. Bone Res. 2015; 3:15005.

  4. Jungbluth P, Spitzhorn LS, Grassmann J, Tanner S, Latz D, Rahman MS, et al. Human iPSC-derived iMSCs improve bone regeneration in mini-pigs. Bone Res. 2019;7:32. 

  5. Rahman MS, Wruck W, Spitzhorn LS, et al. The FGF, TGFβ and WNT axis modulate self-renewal of human SIX2(+) urine-derived renal progenitor cells. Sci Rep. 2020;10(1):739.

  6. Rahman MS, Rana MM, Spitzhorn LS, et al. Fabrication of biocompatible porous scaffolds based on hydroxyapatite/collagen/chitosan composite for restoration of defected maxillofacial mandible bone. Prog Biomater. 2019;8(3):137-154.

  7. Graffmann N, Spitzhorn LS, Martins S, Rahman MS, Nguyen L, Adjaye J (2020) Stem Cell Therapy. In: Hock F., Gralinski M. (eds). Drug Discovery and Evaluation: Methods in Clinical Pharmacology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56637-5_72-1.

  8. Spitzhorn LS, Megges M, Wruck W, Rahman MS, et al. Human iPSC-derived MSCs (iMSCs) from aged individuals acquire a rejuvenation signature. Stem Cell Res Ther. 2019;10(1):100.

  9. Rahman MS, Spitzhorn LS, Wruck W, et al. The presence of human mesenchymal stem cells of renal origin in amniotic fluid increases with gestational time. Stem Cell Res Ther. 2018;9(1):113.

  10. Spitzhorn LS, Rahman MS, Schwindt L, et al. Isolation and Molecular Characterization of Amniotic Fluid-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Obtained from Caesarean Sections. Stem Cells Int. 2017; 2017:5932706. (*equal first author).

  11. Rahman MS, Islam R, Rana MM, et al. Characterization of burn wound healing gel prepared from human amniotic membrane and Aloe vera extract. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2019;19(1):115.

  12. Rana MM, Rahman MS, Ullah MA, et al. Amnion and collagen-based blended hydrogel improves burn healing efficacy on a rat skin wound model in the presence of wound dressing biomembrane. Biomed Mater Eng. 2020;31(1):1-17.

  13. Erichsen L, Bohndorf M, Rahman MS, et al. Angiotensin II disrupts the cytoskeletal architecture of human urine-derived podocytes and results in activation of the reninangiotensin system. bioRxiv; 2021. DOI: 10.1101/2021.03.18.436037.

  14. Spitzhorn LS, Rahman MS, Nguyen L, et al. Urine-derived Stem Cells as Innovative Platform for Drug Testing and Disease Modelling. Drug Target Review, Summer 2018, Issue 02.

  15. Hasan KM, Rahman MS, Arif KM, Sobhani ME. Psychological stress and aging: role of glucocorticoids (GCs). Age (Dordr). 2012;34(6):1421-33. Page 3 / 4.

  16. Rahman MS, Jamil H, Akhtar N, et al. Stem Cell and Cancer Stem Cell: A Tale of Two Cells. Progress in Stem Cell. 2016; 3(02), 97-108.

  17. Rahman MS, Spitzhorn LS, Adjaye J. Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) with Enormous Regenerative Potential: A Quest for Non-invasive and Robust Sources of MSCs. 2021. Manuscript in preparation.