The current volume of the quarterly International Cell Journal(Yakhteh), an open access, peer-reviewed scientific journal, is available at Cell Journal, Vol 20, Number 3, Autumn 2018. It publishes research papers on molecular biology, cell biology, stem cells, developmental biology, genetics and genomics, proteomics, cancer research, immunology, neuroscience, structural biology, microbiology, virology, physiology and biophysics.

Dr Hossein Baharvand Won the TWAS Prize of Biology

The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) has announced the winners of the TWAS Prizes for 2019 at the Academy's 28th General Conference and 14th General Meeting in Trieste, Italy. Alongside 13 prize winners, Dr Hossein Baharvand; an Iranian distinguished professor, the founder and director of Royan Institutefor Stem Cell Biology and Technology, won the TWAS Prize of biology for his fundamental contribution to the understanding of how pluripotency and differentiation establish and maintain in stem cells.
TWAS Prizes are awarded in nine fields: Agricultural Sciences, Biology, Chemistry, Earth, Astronomy and Space Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Mathematics, Medical Sciences, Physics, and Social Sciences. The winners will lecture about their research at TWAS's 29th General Meeting, when they will also receive a plaque and the prize.

The 9th Royan International Summer School on on brain and cognitive sciences was held on July 14th to 18th, 2018 at Royan Institute. The main purposes of this summer school included:
Introduction to the Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Methods to Study the Brain in Action
fMRI, MEG, EEG, TMS, Optogenetics
The Brain in Health and Disease

The 19th Royan International Research Award wrapped up its work on August 29th , 2018 by awarding the top five international researchers beside two national scientists selected from among 191 research articles of 38 countries.

Royan International Twin Congress was held on August 29th to 31st, 2018. The 19th Congress on Reproductive Biomedicine and 14th Congress on Stem Cell Biology and Technology were held at Razi Conference hall.

The current volume of the quarterly International Cell Journal(Yakhteh), an open access, peer-reviewed scientific journal, is available at Cell Journal, Vol 19, Number 4, Jan-March 2018. It publishes research papers on molecular biology, cell biology, stem cells, developmental biology, genetics and genomics, proteomics, cancer research, immunology, neuroscience, structural biology, microbiology, virology, physiology and biophysics.