Ms. Fereshteh Akbari Papkiadehi, a master's degree student in immunology from Tehran University of Medical Sciences, completed her dissertation in Rheumatology Research Center Laboratory. She defended her dissertation entitled "Study of curcumin effects on expression of NOD2 receptor and proinflammatory cytokines in fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) cells isolated from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients after stimulation with muramyl dipeptide (MDP) in comparison with trauma group" successfully under the instruction of Dr. Mahdi Mahmoudi and Dr. Ali Akbar Saboor Yaraghi and the advice of Dr. Elham Farhadi and Dr. Mohammad Naghi Tahmasebi on 2021/1/23.