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Farshad Tamari is a molecular geneticist. He received his honors Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Master’s (M.Sc.), and Ph.D. from the Department of Biology at York University in Toronto, Canada. He completed a three-year post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Human Genetics and Genomic Sciences at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York. He taught and conducted research at Kean University, in Union, New Jersey for two years as a full-time faculty member before joining Kingsborough Community College. Tamari specializes in the molecular genetics of a plant breeding system called distyly and its associated self-incompatibility in addition to bioinformatics. The ultimate goal of his research is identification of molecules that confer self-incompatibility and the removal of reproductive barriers. Tamari also has an interest in Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), and has published several journal articles on the effectiveness of pedagogical tools in teaching and the production of usefulness of Open Access Resources (OER) textbooks and lab manuals he is helping create. He is currently the director of the CUNY Research Scholars Program at KCC.

Courses

Farshad Tamari teaches Anatomy and Physiology, Genetics, Biostatistics, Human Genetics, Virtual Enterprise Biotechnology, and Introductory Biology at Kingsborough Community College.

Bio 91/Mat 91	Biostatistics
Bio 59	Genetics
Bio 11	Anatomy and physiology I
BIO 13	General Biology I
BIO 14	General Biology II
BIO 37	Human Genetics
BIO 82	Biotech Virtual Enterprise

Education

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY, NY	Postdoc, Molecular Genetics	2004-07
York University, Toronto, ON	Ph.D., Molecular Genetics	2004
York University, Toronto, ON	M.Sc., Molecular Genetics	2000
York University, Toronto, ON	B.Sc., Population Genetics	1998

College Teaching

CUNY Kingsborough, Biostatistics (2024-present)

CUNY Kingsborough, Bioinformatics Workshop (2023)

CUNY Kingsborough, Genetics (2012-present)

CUNY Kingsborough, General Biology I & II (2010-present)

CUNY Kingsborough, Human Genetics (2010-present)

CUNY Kingsborough, Anatomy and Physiology I (2009-present)

CUNY Kingsborough, Biotech Virtual Enterprise (2009-present)

Kean University, Principles of Biology (2008)

Kean University, Genes, Organisms, Populations (2007)

Kean University, Principles of Genetics (2007-2009)

Kean University, Principles of Genetics Lab (2007-2009)

Kean University, Immunology (2008)

Refereed Publications

• Brogun D.Y., Faucette A.N., Polizzotto K., Tamari F. 2021. Development of an online general biology open educational resource (OER) laboratory manual. J Microbiol Biol Educ 22: e00133-21. https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.00133-21.
• Brogun D.Y., Faucette A.N., Polizzotto K., Tamari F. 2021. General Biology II Laboratory Manual. OER. Manifold Scholarship, CUNY.
  • CUNY's Manifold (https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/projects/general-biology-oer-laboratory-manual)
  • CUNY Academic Commons (https://generalbiologyoer.commons.gc.cuny.edu),
  • CUNY Academic Works (https://academicworks.cuny.edu/) or https://academicworks.cuny.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=kb_oers&z=1614620498&preview_mode=1&login=2158275
• Tamari, F., Dawson, M. and Ho, I.S. 2020. Non-Ideal Placement of Nonmajors in Biology Major/Allied Health Courses results in Poor Performance/Higher Attrition Rates. Journal of College Science Teaching, 49 (4): 9-15
• Tamari, F. and I.S. Ho. 2019. Guided Inquiry-Based Activities Positively Impact Learning in Community College Courses. Journal of College Science Teaching. 48 (4): 12-21
• Tamari, F. and C. Hinkley. Extraction of DNA from Plant Tissues: Review and Protocols. 2016. In Sample Preparation Techniques for Soil, Plant and Animal Samples. M Mićić Editor. Pages 245-263. ISBN: 978-4939-3184-2
• Tamari F. and F. Tamari. Method and System for Documenting an Electrophoresis Gel. 2016. United States Patent No.: 9,494,552 B2 (active)
• Tamari F., Chen F.W., Li C., Chaudhari J., Ioannou Y.A. 2013c. PKC Activation in Niemann Pick C1 Cells Restores Subcellular Cholesterol Transport. PLoS ONE 8(8): e74169. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074169
• Tamari, F., K.M. Bonney and Polizzotto, K. 2015b. Prop Demonstrations in Biology Lectures Facilitate Student Learning and Performance. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education. 16 (1): 6-12. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.v16i1.756
• Polizzotto, K. and Tamari, F. 2015a. Using Lecture Demonstrations to Visualize Biological Concepts. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education. 16 (1): 79-81.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.v16i1.840
• Tamari, F. Hinkley, C.S. and Ramprashad N. 2013b. A Comparison of DNA Extraction Methods using Petunia hybrida Journal of Biomolecular Techniques. 24:113-118
• Tamari, F., Tychowski, J., Lorentzen, L. 2013a. Determination of Tolerable Fatty Acids and Cholera Toxin Concentrations Using Human Intestinal Epithelial Cells and BALB/c Mouse Macrophages. 2013 J. Vis. Exp. 75: e50491, doi:10.3791/50491
• Tamari, F., Lakrim, M., and Brancaccio-Taras, L. 2012. Facilitating Learning in a Human Anatomy and Physiology Course through Microtheme Writing Assignments. MountainRise, the International Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning 7 (3): 1-12
• Labonne JDJ, Tamari F, and JS Shore. 2010. Characterization of X-ray-generated floral mutants carrying deletions at the S-locus of distylous Turnera subulata. Heredity. 105: 235-243
• Walter M, Chen FW, Tamari F, Wang R, Ioannou YA. 2009. Endosomal lipid accumulation in NPC1 leads to inhibition of PKC, hypophosphorylation of vimentin and Rab9 entrapment. Biol Cell. 101: 141–152
• Tamari, F. and J.S. Shore. 2006. Allelic variation for a short-specific polygalacturonase in Turnera subulata: Is it associated with the degree of self-compatibility? Int. J. Plant Sci. 167:125–133
• Tamari, F., D. Khosravi, A. Hilliker, and J. S. Shore. 2005. The inheritance of spontaneous mutant homostyles in Turnera subulata X krapovickasii and in Autotetraploid T. scabra (Turneraceae). Heredity. 94: 207-216
• Tamari, F., and J. S. Shore. 2004. Distribution of style and pollen polygalacturonases among distylous and homostylous Turnera and Piriqueta spp. Heredity. 92: 380-385
• Athanasiou, A., D. Khosravi, F. Tamari, and J. S. Shore. 2003. Characterization and localization of short-specific polygalacturonase in distylous Turnera (Turneraceae). American Journal of Botany. 90: 675-682
• Tamari, F., A. Athanasiou, and J. S. Shore. 2001. Pollen tube growth and inhibition in distylous and homostylous Turnera and Piriqueta (Turneraceae). Canadian Journal of Botany. 79: 578-591

Research Interests

• Molecular biology and genetics of distyly and self-incompatibility
• Molecular biology and genetics of Niemann-Pick Type C1
• The role of fatty acids in the prevention of cholera infections
• Studies of learning enhancement via use of various pedagogical tools

Institutional Affiliations / Professional Societies

• New Jersey Academy of Science lifetime member

Personal Interests

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