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Sarvenaz Sarabipour, PhD

Assistant Professor
Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling
Center for Vascular Biology
Department of Cell Biology
Department of Biomedical Engineering


Academic Office Location: Department of Cell Biology UConn Health 263 Farmington Avenue Farmington, CT 06030-6406
Phone:	860-679-1452
Website(s):	Department of Biomedical Engineering Center for Cell Analysis and Modeling Center for Vascular Biology Department of Cell Biology Systems Biology Graduate Program Cell Biology Graduate Program

Education & Training
Lab Rotations
Publications

Education

Degree	Institution	Major
BSc	University of Sydney	Physics and Mathematics
MSc	Université de Sherbrooke	Radiobiology
MSE	Johns Hopkins University	Materials Science and Engineering
PhD	Johns Hopkins University	Materials Science and Engineering

Degree

Institution

Major

BSc

University of Sydney

Physics and Mathematics

MSc

Université de Sherbrooke

Radiobiology

MSE

Johns Hopkins University

Materials Science and Engineering

PhD

Johns Hopkins University

Materials Science and Engineering

Post-Graduate Training

Training	Institution	Specialty
Postdoctoral	Johns Hopkins University	Computational Medicine, Biomedical Engineering

Training

Institution

Specialty

Postdoctoral

Johns Hopkins University

Computational Medicine, Biomedical Engineering

Accepting Lab Rotation Students: Spring 1 and 2 Block 2025

https://health.uconn.edu/graduate-school/academics/programs/ph-d-biomedical-science/cell-biology-graduate-program/

Journal Articles

Improving academic mentorship practices.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Macklin, Paul; Niemi, Natalie M Nature human behaviour 2024 Jul;8(7):1228-1231
Trafficking dynamics of VEGFR1, VEGFR2, and NRP1 in human endothelial cells.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Kinghorn, Karina; Quigley, Kaitlyn M; Kovacs-Kasa, Anita; Annex, Brian H; Bautch, Victoria L; Mac Gabhann, Feilim PLoS computational biology 2024 Feb;20(2):e1011798
The faculty-to-faculty mentorship experience: a survey on challenges and recommendations for improvements.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Niemi, Natalie M; Burgess, Steven J; Smith, Christopher T; Bisson Filho, Alexandre W; Ibrahim, Ahmed; Clark, Kelly Proceedings. Biological sciences 2023 Dec;290(2013):20230983
Insights from a survey of mentorship experiences by graduate and postdoctoral researchers
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz and Niemi, Natalie M and Burgess, Steven J and Smith, Christopher T and Bisson Filho, Alexandre W and Ibrahim, Ahmed and Clark, Kelly BioRXiv 2023 Dec;
Building and sustaining mentor interactions as a mentee.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Hainer, Sarah J; Arslan, Feyza Nur; de Winde, Charlotte M; Furlong, Emily; Bielczyk, Natalia; Jadavji, Nafisa M; Shah, Aparna P; Davla, Sejal The FEBS journal 2022 Mar;289(6):1374-1384
A community-led initiative for training in reproducible research.
Auer S, Haelterman N, Weissgerber T, Erlich J, Susilaradeya D, Julkowska M, Gazda M, Abitua A, Niraulu A, Shah A, Clyburne-Sherin A, Guiquel B, Alicea B, LaManna C, Ganguly D, Perkins EJ, Jambor H, Ho Li I.M., Tsang J, Kamens J, Teytelman L, Paul M, Phuyal S, Schmelling N, Crisp P, Sarabipour S, Roy S, Bachle S, Tran T, Ford T, Steeves V, Ilangovan V, Schwessinger B, Jadavji N. eLife 2021 Jun;10
Changing scientific meetings for the better.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Khan, Aziz; Seah, Yu Fen Samantha; Mwakilili, Aneth D; Mumoki, Fiona N; Sáez, Pablo J; Schwessinger, Benjamin; Debat, Humberto J; Mestrovic, Tomislav Nature human behaviour 2021 Mar;5(3):296-300
Creating clear and informative image-based figures for scientific publications.
Jambor, Helena; Antonietti, Alberto; Alicea, Bradly; Audisio, Tracy L; Auer, Susann; Bhardwaj, Vivek; Burgess, Steven J; Ferling, Iuliia; Gazda, Malgorzata Anna; Hoeppner, Luke H; Ilangovan, Vinodh; Lo, Hung; Olson, Mischa; Mohamed, Salem Yousef; Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Varma, Aalok; Walavalkar, Kaivalya; Wissink, Erin M; Weissgerber, Tracey L PLoS biology 2021 Mar;19(3):e3001161
Virtual conferences raise standards for accessibility and interactions.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz eLife 2020 Nov;9
Towards inclusive funding practices for early career researchers
de Winde CM, Sarabipour S*, Carignano H, Davla S, Eccles D, Hainer SJ, Haidar M, Ilangovan V, Jadavji NM, Kritsiligkou P, Lee T-Y, Ólafsdóttir F.H. Journal of Science Policy & Governance 2020 Sep;
A survey-based analysis of the academic job market.
Fernandes, Jason D; Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Smith, Christopher T; Niemi, Natalie M; Jadavji, Nafisa M; Kozik, Ariangela J; Holehouse, Alex S; Pejaver, Vikas; Symmons, Orsolya; Bisson Filho, Alexandre W; Haage, Amanda eLife 2020 Jun;9
Mitigating the impact of conference and travel cancellations on researchers' futures.
Weissgerber, Tracey; Bediako, Yaw; de Winde, Charlotte M; Ebrahimi, Hedyeh; Fernández-Chiappe, Florencia; Ilangovan, Vinodh; Mehta, Devang; Paz Quezada, Carolina; Riley, Julia L; Saladi, Shyam M; Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Tay, Andy eLife 2020 Mar;9
A lab expectations manual for academic principal investigators.
Leigh N, de Winde Charlotte M, Sarabipour S*, Hainer S, Furlong E, Momeni B, Albright A. OSFramework 2020 Jan;
On the value of preprints: An early career researcher perspective.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Debat, Humberto J; Emmott, Edward; Burgess, Steven J; Schwessinger, Benjamin; Hensel, Zach PLoS biology 2019 Feb;17(2):e3000151
Computational Systems Biochemistry: Beyond the Static Interactome.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Mac Gabhann, Feilim Biochemistry 2018 Jan;57(1):9-10
Intracellular Domain Contacts Contribute to Ecadherin Constitutive Dimerization in the Plasma Membrane.
Singh, Deo R; Ahmed, Fozia; Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Hristova, Kalina Journal of molecular biology 2017 Jul;429(14):2231-2245
Parallels and Distinctions in FGFR, VEGFR, and EGFR Mechanisms of Transmembrane Signaling.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz Biochemistry 2017 Jun;56(25):3159-3173
A New Method to Study Heterodimerization of Membrane Proteins and Its Application to Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors.
Del Piccolo, Nuala; Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Hristova, Kalina The Journal of biological chemistry 2017 Jan;292(4):1288-1301
Pathogenic Cysteine Removal Mutations in FGFR Extracellular Domains Stabilize Receptor Dimers and Perturb the TM Dimer Structure.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Hristova, Kalina Journal of molecular biology 2016 Oct;428(20):3903-3910
Effect of the achondroplasia mutation on FGFR3 dimerization and FGFR3 structural response to fgf1 and fgf2: A quantitative FRET study in osmotically derived plasma membrane vesicles.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Hristova, Kalina Biochimica et biophysica acta 2016 Jul;1858(7 Pt A):1436-42
VEGFR-2 conformational switch in response to ligand binding.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Ballmer-Hofer, Kurt; Hristova, Kalina eLife 2016 Apr;5e13876
Mechanism of FGF receptor dimerization and activation.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Hristova, Kalina Nature communications 2016 Jan;710262
Characterization of membrane protein interactions in plasma membrane derived vesicles with quantitative imaging Förster resonance energy transfer.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Del Piccolo, Nuala; Hristova, Kalina Accounts of chemical research 2015 Aug;48(8):2262-9
Analytical characterization of plasma membrane-derived vesicles produced via osmotic and chemical vesiculation.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Chan, Robin B; Zhou, Bowen; Di Paolo, Gilbert; Hristova, Kalina Biochimica et biophysica acta 2015 Jul;1848(7):1591-8
FGFR3 unliganded dimer stabilization by the juxtamembrane domain.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Hristova, Kalina Journal of molecular biology 2015 Apr;427(8):1705-14
How IGF-1 activates its receptor.
Kavran, Jennifer M; McCabe, Jacqueline M; Byrne, Patrick O; Connacher, Mary Katherine; Wang, Zhihong; Ramek, Alexander; Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Shan, Yibing; Shaw, David E; Hristova, Kalina; Cole, Philip A; Leahy, Daniel J eLife 2014 Sep;3
The FRET signatures of noninteracting proteins in membranes: simulations and experiments.
King, Christopher; Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Byrne, Patrick; Leahy, Daniel J; Hristova, Kalina Biophysical journal 2014 Mar;106(6):1309-17
Uninduced high-yield bacterial expression of fluorescent proteins.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; King, Christopher; Hristova, Kalina Analytical biochemistry 2014 Mar;449155-7
Glycophorin A transmembrane domain dimerization in plasma membrane vesicles derived from CHO, HEK 293T, and A431 cells.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Hristova, Kalina Biochimica et biophysica acta 2013 Aug;1828(8):1829-33
FGFR3 transmembrane domain interactions persist in the presence of its extracellular domain.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Hristova, Kalina Biophysical journal 2013 Jul;105(1):165-71
Multiple consequences of a single amino acid pathogenic RTK mutation: the A391E mutation in FGFR3.
Chen, Fenghao; Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Hristova, Kalina PloS one 2013 Jan;8(2):e56521
Modelling optical scattering artefacts for varying pathlength in a gel dosimeter phantom.
Bosi, Stephen G; Brown, Saxby; Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; De Deene, Yves; Baldock, Clive Physics in medicine and biology 2009 Jan;54(2):275-83
A preliminary study of the measurement of slice-width dose profiles (SWDP) on diagnostic x-ray CT scanners using PAGAT polymer gel dosimeters with optical CT read-out
Sarabipour S, Bosi SG, Hill B and Baldock C. Journal of Physics: Conference Series 56 (2006) 280–282. 2006 Jan;
Optical Motion Tracking Techniques to Monitor Chest Deformation during Respiration
Sarabipour S, Fulton R, Baldock C. Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine 2006 Jan;29(4):411

Editorials

Ten simple rules to improve academic work-life balance.
Bartlett, Michael John; Arslan, Feyza Nur; Bankston, Adriana; Sarabipour, Sarvenaz PLoS computational biology 2021 Jul;17(7):e1009124

Letters

Tumor and endothelial cells collaborate via transcellular receptor complexes.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Mac Gabhann, Feilim The Journal of pathology 2019 Feb;247(2):155-157
Preprints are good for science and good for the public.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz Nature 2018 Aug;560(7720):553

Reviews

Writing an effective and supportive recommendation letter.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Hainer, Sarah J; Furlong, Emily; Jadavji, Nafisa M; de Winde, Charlotte M; Bielczyk, Natalia; Shah, Aparna P The FEBS journal 2022 Jan;289(2):298-307
Targeting neuropilins as a viable SARS-CoV-2 treatment.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Mac Gabhann, Feilim The FEBS journal 2021 Sep;288(17):5122-5129
VEGF-A121a binding to Neuropilins - A concept revisited.
Sarabipour, Sarvenaz; Mac Gabhann, Feilim Cell adhesion & migration 2018 May;12(3):204-214