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Laboratory of new methods in biology

The Head of the lab - Sergei E. Permyakov, PhD
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Major concepts of research and engineering works

Protein research group (The head - Dr. Sergei E. Permyakov)

  • Studies of physico-chemical and functional properties of metal binding proteins: parvalbumin, α-lactalbumin, lysozyme, calmodulin, S100 proteins, recoverin and so on. Metalloproteomics.
  • Studies of roles of metal cations in protein functioning.
  • Studies of functioning of metal binding proteins in cells.
  • Studies of natively disordered proteins. Protein-protein interactions.
  • Development of new methods of molecular design of proteins.
  • Development of molecular bases of new methods of treatment of oncological diseases.
  • Search and development of new experimental methods for physico-chemical biology.

Group for biomedical developments (The Head - Dr. Alexander P. Kazantsev, PhD)

  • Development and studies of registration systems of weak signals of biological objects.
  • Automation of experiments in physic-chemical biology.
  • Biological and medical studies. Data treatment: statistical analysis, Fourier- and wavelet-analysis, correlation analysis, signal filtration and approximation.
  • Development of telemedical system of mobile electrocardiography and systems of telemedical monitoring of pregnancy.

Cartography group (The Head - Vera I. Stepanova)

  • Development of new methods for analysis of Earth surface maps; collection, treatment, systematization, and storage of graphyc, photographic and cartographic materials.

Technological developments

  • Telemedical system of mobile electrocardiography.
  • Computer (virtual) рН-meter-ionometer.
  • Software for DASM-4M microcalorimeter.
  • Microtitrator with software for the Cary Eclipse (Varian) spectrofluorimeter.
  • Software for measurements of temperature dependences of luminescence on the Cary Eclipse (Varian) spectrofluorimeter.
  • New technologies for extraction and purification of biologically active substances from the larch wood.

Stuff

  • Eugene A. Permyakov, PhD, Doctor of Sci., Prof.
  • Sergei E. Permyakov, PhD, leading researches, Head of the Protein Res. Group
  • Vladimir N. Uversky, PhD, Doctor of Sci., leading researcher
  • Alexander I. Denesyuk, PhD, Doctor of Sci., chief researcher
  • Alexander A. Kazantsev, PhD, senior researcher, Head of the Group for Biomedical Developments
  • Anatoly B. Gavrilov, Head of the Group for development of new methods of extraction and purification of biologicaly active substances from wood raw matherials
  • Valery M. Grischenko, PhD, senior researcher
  • Victor I. Emelyanenko, PhD, senior researcher
  • Nadezhda V. Avkhacheva, PhD, senior researcher
  • Alexei S. Kazakov, PhD, senior researcher
  • Marina P. Sheveleva, PhD, senior researcher
  • Julia S. Lapteva, PhD, researcher
  • Andrei S. Sokolov, researcher
  • Aliya A. Nazipova, researcher
  • Maria E. Permyakova, researcher
  • Ekaterina L. Nemashkalova (Knyazeva), senior researcher
  • Alisa A. Vologzhannikova, researcher
  • Elena N. Yundina, postgraduate student
  • Victoria, A. Rastrygina, postgraduate student
  • Vara I. Stepanova, Head of the Cartographical group
  • Ekaterina E. Klam, leading designer
  • Vladislav I. Sukharev, leading engineer
  • Evgeny E. Gomov, engineer
  • Andrei A. Senin, leading engineer
  • Ludmila V. Kozlovskaya, leading technologist
  • Sergei M. Deryabin, leading engineer
  • Olga V. Demchuk, chemical engineer
  • Svetlana A. Fomenko, lab assistant
  • Tamara N. Gruznova, lab assistant

Instrumentation and equipment of the lab

  • IR-Fourier spectrometer, Nicolet-6700, Thermo Scientific, USA
  • Spectropolarimeter J-810, Jasco, Japan
  • Spectrofluorimeter Cary Eclipse, Varian, Australia
  • Spectrophotometer Cary 100, Varian, Australia
  • High pressure liquid chromatographer LC-10Avp/Prominence, Shimadzu Corp., Japan
  • Low pressure liquid chromatography system, Bio-Rad
  • Centrifuges AVANTI J-26XP, Beckman Coulter, Hitachi Himac CP80WX; Eppendorf 5804R
  • Scanning microcalorimeter Nano-DSC (AT Instruments).
  • Isothermal titration calorimeter Nano-ITC (AT Instruments)
  • Scanning tunnel microscope "Umka", Inst. of Nanotechnologies, Moscow
  • Multi-color real time PCR system IQ5, BioRad
  • Gel-scanner Pharos FX Plus, BioRad
  • Plasmonic resonance system ProteOn XPR, BioRad
  • Optical microscope (Kyence Biozero)
  • French press
  • Dzeta-sizer Nano ZS (Malvern)
  • Viscosimeter Вискозиметр SV-10 (A&D Company)
  • Cell sorter

Grants

  • Grant from SABIT (USA) - 1993
  • Grant from CAST (USA) - 1993
  • Grant from Soros - 1994-1995
  • Grant from NATO - 1994-1996
  • Grant from Russian Fund for Fundamental Studies - 1998
  • Grant from NATO - 1999
  • Grant from Russian Fund for Fundamental Studies - 2001
  • Grant from INTAS - 2002
  • Grant from INTAS - 2004
  • Grant from Russian Fund for Fundamental Studies - 2004
  • Grant from the RAS Program "Fundamental Sciences for Medicine" - 2004
  • Grant from the RAS Program "Molecular and Cell Biology" - 2004-2008
  • Grant from CRDF - 2005
  • Grant from the Fund for Assistance of Domestic Science - 2006
  • Grant from the Federal Agency of Science and Innovations - 2006
  • Grant from the RAS Program "Fundamental Sciences for Medicine" - 2007
  • Grant from Russian President - 2007-2008
  • Grant from the RAS Program "Molecular and Cell Biology" - 2009-2010
  • Grant from the RAS Program "Molecular and Cell Biology" - 2011-2013
  • Grant from the RAS Program "Fundamental Sciences for Medicine" – 2012
  • Grant from Russian Fund for Fundamental Studies - 2012

Citation index and Hirsh index of some members of the lab

  • E.A. Permyakov - 2302, 25
  • V.N. Uversky - 28391, 87
  • S.E. Permyakov - 715, 17

Monographs

  • E.A. Permyakov Parvalbumin and Related Calcium Binding Proteins. Moscow, "Nauka", 1985, 191 p.
  • E.A. Permyakov Calcium Binding Proteins. Moscow, "Nauka", 1993, 190 p.
  • E.A. Permyakov, Luminescent Spectroscopy of Proteins. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Ann Arbor, London, Tokyo, 1993, 164 p.
  • E.A. Permyakov, Intrinsic Protein Fluorescence Method. Moscow, "Nauaka", 2003, 189 p.
  • I.N. Stepanov The Theory of Relief Plastics and New Subject Maps. Moscow, "Nauka", 2006, 229 p.
  • Permyakov, E.A. ?-Lactalbumin. Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2005, 136 p.
  • Permyakov, E.A. Parvalbumin. Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2006, 196 p.
  • Permyakov, E.A. Metalloproteomics. A John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 2009, 786 p.
  • Permyakov, E.A., and Kretsinger, R.H. Calcium Binding Proteins. A John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey, 2011, 573 p.
  • Morozova, L.A., Berliner, L.J., and Permyakov, E.A. Calcium Binding Lysozymes. Nova Science Publishers, New York, 2012.
  • Permyakov, E.A. Metal Binding Proteins: Structure, Properties, Functions. Scientific World, Moscow, 2012, 544 p.

Collected articles

  • Methods in Protein Structure and Stability Analysis. Part A. Luminescence Spectroscopy and Circular Dichroism. Nova Biomedical Books, New York, 2007, V.N. Uversky & E.A. Permyakov, eds.
  • Methods in Protein Structure and Stability Analysis. Part B. Vibrational Spectroscopy. Nova Biomedical Books, New York, 2007, V.N. Uversky & E.A. Permyakov, eds.
  • Methods in Protein Structure and Stability Analysis. Part С. Conformational Stability, Size, Shape and Surface of Protein Molecules. Nova Biomedical Books, New York, 2007, V.N. Uversky & E.A. Permyakov, eds.
  • Methods in Protein Structure and Stability Analysis. Part С. NMR and EPR Spectroscopies, Mass-Spectrometry and Protein Imaging. Nova Biomedical Books, New York, 2008, V.N. Uversky & E.A. Permyakov, eds.
  • Kaleidoscope of Structural Properties and Functions, Research Singpost, Kerala, India, 2003, Ed. V.N. Uversky.
  • The Wiley Series in Protein and Peptide Science (Uversky V.N. series Ed.), John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA. ISBN: 978-0-470-59169-7 (2012)
  • Methods and Experimental Tools (Editors: Uversky V.N., Dunker A.K.), Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, USA. ISBN: 978-161-77-9926-6 (2012)

PhD and Doctor dissertations

  • Deikus, U.J., 1996, PhD
  • Veprintsev, D.B., 1998, PhD
  • Uversky, V.N., 1998, Doctor of Sci.
  • Permyakov, S.E., 2001, PhD
  • Morozova-Rosh, L.A., 2002, Doctor of Sci.
  • Zhadan, A.P., 2003, PhD
  • Bakunts, A.G., 2009, PhD
  • Kazantsev, A.P., 2009, PhD
  • Knyazeva, E.L., 2010, PhD
  • Senin, A.A., 2012, PhD
  • Lapteva, Y.S., 2012, PhD

Collaboration

The lab collaborates with the following scientific organizations

  • Denver University, Denver, CO, USA
  • University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA
  • Abo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
  • Umea University, Umea, Sweden
  • Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
  • Branch of the Institute of Bioorganic chemistry of the RAS, Puschino, Moscow region
  • Institute of theoretical and experimental Biophysics of the RAS, Puschino, Moscow region
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