royan institute royan institute royan institute (persian: پژوهشگاه رویان) is an iranian clinical research and educational institute dedicated to biomedical, translational and clinical research, stem cell research, and infertility treatment. it is a public non-profitable organization affiliated to the academic center for education, culture, and research. it was established in 1991 by saeid kazemi ashtiani as a research institute for reproductive biomedicine and infertility treatments. in 1998 the institute was approved by the ministry of health as a cell-based research center with over 46 scientific members and 186 lab technicians. royan instituteپژوهشگاه رویانtyperesearch instituteestablishedmay 29, 1991 (1991-05-29)foundersaeid kazemi ashtianiaffiliationacademic center for education, culture and researchpresidentabdolhossein shahverdilocationtehran and isfahan, iran35°45′21″n 51°28′04″ecampusurbanlanguagepersian / english / frenchcolors websiteofficial website research institutes royan consists of three research institutes focused on different fields of research, as well as close collaborations with other leading iranian research centers such as the institute of biochemistry and biophysics (ibb), international centre for genetic engineering and biotechnology, and the hematology-oncology and stem cell transplantation research center at shariati hospital in tehran. the royan institute publishes the cell journal, with an impact factor of 3.128 (2022). institute for stem cell biology and technology the royan institute for stem cell biology and technology (ri-scbt) was established in 2002 as the "department of stem cells", to advance research on biology and technology of embryonic stem cells, induced pluripotent stem cells, germ line stem cells, adult stem cells, cancer stem cells, and cord blood stem cells, and to study differentiation into different kinds of cells including cardiomyocytes, beta cells, and neural cells. the ri-scbt currently comprises four departments including the department of stem cells and developmental biology, the department of cell engineering, the department of regenerative medicine, and the department of brain and cognitive sciences. institute for reproductive biomedicine the royan institute for reproductive biomedicine (ri-rb), founded in 1991, consists of six departments and one clinic working on different aspects of infertility and the development of new methods for infertility treatment. the six departments are: reproductive imaging; epidemiology & reproductive health; andrology; reproductive genetics; endocrinology & female infertility; embryology. institute for developmental biotechnology the institute for developmental biotechnology (ri-db) was initially established in 2004 as a research sub-institute in isfahan province. ri-db includes the animal biotechnology department, three research groups, and four laboratories. in 2006, researchers claimed a live birth of a cloned sheep, inviting foreign observers to verify the claim.