University of Groningen Characterization of CIC transporter proteins Moradi, Hossein IMPORTANT NOTE: You are advised to consult the publisher's version (publisher's PDF) if you wish to cite from it. Please check the document version below. Document Version Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Publication date: 2009 Link to publication in University of Groningen/UMCG research database Citation for published version (APA): Moradi, H. (2009). Characterization of CIC transporter proteins: Functional analysis of clc mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana Groningen: s.n. Copyright Other than for strictly personal use, it is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the consent of the author(s) and/or copyright holder(s), unless the work is under an open content license (like Creative Commons). Take-down policy If you believe that this document breaches copyright please contact us providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Downloaded from the University of Groningen/UMCG research database (Pure): http://www.rug.nl/research/portal. For technical reasons the number of authors shown on this cover page is limited to 10 maximum. Download date: 23-04-2018
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and above all, I praise God, the almighty for providing me this opportunity and granting me the capability to proceed successfully. This thesis appears in its current form due to the assistance and guidance of several people. I would therefore like to offer my sincere thanks to all of them. Theo Elzenga, my esteemed promoter, my cordial thanks for accepting me as a Ph.D student, your warm encouragement, thoughtful guidance, critical comments, and correction of the thesis. I want to express my deep thanks to my esteemed copromotor Frank Lanfermeijer for the trust, the insightful discussion, offering valuable advice, for your support during the whole period of the study, and especially for your patience and guidance during the writing process. I would like to thank the members of the reading committee, Prof. dr. Jacques Hille, Prof. dr.bert van Duijn and Prof. dr. Sergey Shabala for their excellent advises and detailed review during the preparation of this thesis. I thank Ger, for his advices and his friendly assistance with various problems all the time, especially for his help with the paperwork, translation of many Dutch letters and his help outside the lab. Mohamed and Fatma, I greatly appreciate your excellent assistance and your spiritual supports for me and my family during my PhD study. I will never forget the time that we were together and discussed about religion and politics. Mohamed, I am pleased that you accepted to be my paranymf. Wouter, Thank you for translating the summary into Dutch and you accepting to be my paranymph. Marten, thanks for your excellent technical assistance in the Lab, particularly for MIFE technique, and your kindly answers to my general questions. I am grateful to the secretary Jannie, for assisting me in many different ways and handling the paperwork. Thanks also to all the members of plant physiology, Luit, Ineke, Marten, Cordula, Fatma, Jan Henk, Hamid, Wouter, Jacquline, Ika, Muhammad, Aleksandra, Desiree, Ana, Bep, and Freek, for providing a good atmosphere in our department and for useful discussions. My roommates, Jacquline and Ika, thank you very much for making the atmosphere of our room as friendly as possible. Jacques, Paul, Marcel, Bert, Reza, Ijaz, Eelco, Kamran, Sujeeth, and Jos, thank you for allowing me to use your facilities at the department of Molecular Biology and for useful suggestions. I also appreciate the financial support of the Iranian Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, during my Ph.D study, particularly Abdollahi and Nazemi as the scientific representatives of the Iranian government in the Schengen countries. Thanks to all my close friends and Iranian community of Ph.D student and their esteemed families, Abdollah bigi, Eslami, Najafi, Ramzani, Ryazi, Sohani and Shyrzadian for the joyful gatherings and all their supports. Els Prins, Although we have lived far from our relatives, but communication with you, provided emotional atmosphere for us. Hereby, I would like to thank you for everything. I cannot finish without thanking my family..
I warmly thank and appreciate my parents and my mother and father-in-law for their material and spiritual support in all aspects of my life. I also would like to thank my brothers, sister, and brothers and sisters-in-law, for they have provided assistance in numerous ways. I want to express my gratitude and deepest appreciation to my lovely sweet daughter, Narges, for her great patience and understandings and for being a nice Muslim girl. And finally, I know that you did not want to be named, a person that moved with me to the Netherlands and she lost her job because of it, My lovely wife, Dear Farveh, without your supports and encouragements, I could not have finished this work, it was you who kept the fundamental of our family, and I understand it was difficult for you, therefore, I can just say thanks for everything and may Allah give you all the best in return. Hossein Moradi September 2009, Groningen, the Nederlands 115
اساتيد راهنما : پروفسور دکتر تي و الزنگا دکتر فرانک لانفرماير کميته داوران : پروفسور دکتر ژاکوس هيله پروفسور دکتر سرجی شابالا پروفسور دکتر برت وان دوي ن پژوهشهای مندرج در اين رساله با حمايت مالی وزارت علوم تحقيقات و فناوری جمهوری اسلامی ايران در دپارتمان فيزيولوژی گياهی ودپارتمان زيست مولکولی گياهی دانشگاه گرونينگن هلند انجام شده است. 117
دانشگاه گرونينگن هلند دانشکده رياضيات وعلوم زيستی رساله دکتری در علوم زيستی تحت عنوان مطالعه پروتي ينهای ا نيون ترانسپورتر بررسی کارکردهای ميوتنهای ا نيون ترانسپورتری در ا رابيدبسيس در جلسه دفاعيه مورخ دوشنبه 30 شهريور 1388 ساعت 11 حسين مرادی
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