Expert Details
Craniofacial Vertebrate Developmental Genetics, Cell and Molecular Biology, miRNAs, Evolution
ID: 730025
Massachusetts, USA
Consulting case: miRNA Sample Preparation. Expert used his significant expertise in working with miRNAs to help a company customer understand what procedures and reagents work best in preparation of the tissue biological samples or further analyses of miRNAs.
Education
| Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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| Year: 2000 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology | Institution: Indiana University, Bloomington |
| Year: 1995 | Degree: BS | Subject: Biology | Institution: Indiana University, Bloomington |
| Year: 1994 | Degree: transfer | Subject: Biology | Institution: Kazakh National University at Almaty, Kazakhstan |
Work History
| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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| Years: 2011 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Associate Professor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert supervises a research laboratory based at Biological Laboratories Building, Harvard University and teaches several courses at undergraduate and graduate level. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2006 to 2011 | Employer: | Title: Assistant Professor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert supervises a research laboratory based at Harvard University and teaches several courses at undergraduate and graduate level. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2004 to 2006 | Employer: | Title: Instructor | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert was conduction research in craniofacial development and teaching graduate level courses. |
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| Years | Employer | Title | Department |
| Years: 2000 to 2004 | Employer: | Title: Postdoctoral Fellow | Department: |
Responsibilities:Expert was conducting research on vertebrate animal developmental genetics. |
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Career Accomplishments
| Associations / Societies |
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| Expert is a member of the following scientific societies: The Society for Developmental Biology – SDB; The American Association for the Advancement of Science – AAAS; The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology - SICB; The Canadian Society of Zoologists – CSZ; The International Society of Vertebrate Morphology – ISVM |
| Professional Appointments |
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| Editor in "Genes" online scientific magazine |
| Awards / Recognition |
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| - Collaborative study is featured by Science magazine in “Science NOW” section - Study on Darwin’s Finches declared as one of the “15 Evolutionary Gems” of the last decade by Nature - Harvard University nominee for the W.M. Keck Foundation Distinguished Young Scholars Award - Study declared one of the “top ten breakthroughs of the year” by Nature magazine Harvard School of Dental Medicine Fellowship in honor of Aina M. Auskaps, D.M.D. (The Eleanor and Miles Shore Fellowships of Harvard Medical School) Dean’s Award of the Harvard School of Dental Medicine Postdoctoral Fellowship of the Cancer Research Fund, Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation Indiana University Floyd Graduate Fellowship Indiana University Payne Fellowship for Academic Excellence National “Bolashak” Fellowship of the Republic of Kazakhstan (“The President’s Fellowship”) Honorary Award Recognition, the 18th Annual Edition of “The National Dean’s List” Honors Stipend at the Kazakh State National University |
| Publications and Patents Summary |
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| Expert has 31 publications in the fields of craniofacial developmental genetics and mechanisms of developmental evolution. |
Additional Experience
| Training / Seminars |
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| “Development and Evolution of the Vertebrate Head” lecture and seminar course upon invitation from Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan E-115 “Evolutionary Developmental Biology in Animals” (Harvard Extension School course) E-202 “Topics in Developmental Biology” (Harvard Extension School Course) S-104 “What Darwin Did Not Know - Darwin's Legacy and Advances in Modern Biology” (Harvard Summer School) Teaching a lecture for the “Craniofacial Developmental Genetics” course at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine Organized and taught nanocourse “Evolutionary Developmental Biology” for the BBS PhD program at Harvard Medical School (with Drs. Elena Kramer and Cassandra Extavour) Taught lectures on craniofacial developmental evolution for the 51st-53rd Annual Short Courses on Medical and Experimental Mammalian Genetics at Jackson Labs, Jackson Laboratories, Bar Harbor, ME; Organized and taught lecture “Darwin’s Legacy in Modern Science” for the Brookline Adult Education program at Brookline High School |
| Vendor Selection |
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| Expert set up and now runs a modern molecular biology laboratory. He normally locates the vendors personally and negotiates with them directly. |
| Marketing Experience |
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| Expert participated in multiple online and telephone surveys for multiple biotech and vendor companies. |
Language Skills
| Language | Proficiency |
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| Russian | Expert is a native speaker in Russian language. |
| Engish | English is a foreign language for Expert but he is extremely fluent in this language. |