!!Eugene Vasilevich Grishin - Curriculum Vitae
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__Education and employment:__
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*Deputy Director of Shemyakin and Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences
*Professor of Department Bioorganic Chemistry, M.V.Lomonosov Moscow State University, Biological  Faculty
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__Education:__
*M.Sc. in Chemistry, 1969, Moscow State University  Chemical Department
*Ph.D. in Chemistry, 1973, Shemyakin Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry 
*D.Sc.  in Chemistry, 1985, Shemyakin Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry
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__Professional Experience:__
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*1967-1969 M.Sc. thesis, Moscow State University. 
*1969-1976 Junior Scientist, Shemyakin Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry. 
*1976-1987 Senior Scientist, Shemyakin Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry. 
*1987-present   Head of the Laboratory for Neuroreceptors and Neuroregulators, Shemyakin Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry 
*1988-present   Deputy Director of Shemyakin Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry. 
*1988-present   Professor of Biological Department  of Moscow State University. 
*1990-present   Professor of Shemyakin Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry.
*1997-present   Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences
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__Research Activities:__
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*__Protein Chemistry:__ primary structure of cytoplasmic aspartate aminotransferase from pig heart muscle, structure of latrotoxins, protein modification and crystallization. 
*__Toxinology:__ isolation of polypeptide toxins from snake, scorpion , spider and ant venoms; structure of polypeptide toxins; tetrodotoxin modification; structure-function relationships of natural toxins; spatial structure of polypeptide toxins; cloning of cDNA encoding protein toxins; analysis of spider venom EST databases, functional expression and mutagenesis of polypeptide toxins; polyamine spider toxins; neurotoxins as tools for study of receptor components. 
*__Neuroreceptors:__ interaction of natural neurotoxins with sodium and potassium channels; isolation of sodium channel components from rat brain; α-latrotoxin receptor from bovine brain; latrophilin; glutamate receptor, hERG channel, TRPV1 and P2X receptors. Electrophysiology of ionic channels, receptor expression in Xenopus oocytes, recombinant DNA technique: site-directed mutagenesis,  PCR techniques. 
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__Other Skills and Experience:__
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Electrophysiology of ionic channels, receptor expression in Xenopus oocytes.  Recombinant DNA technique: site-directed mutagenesis, PCR techniques, hybridization and immunological screening of recombinant products; expression systems for genetically engineered proteins.
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__Current interests:__
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Toxinology and Molecular Neurobiology in general
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__Teaching Experience:__
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*Protein chemistry
*Biochemistry
*Natural toxins
*Membrane transport systems
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__Affiliations:__ 
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*Russian Biochemistry Society
*Russian Society for Neurochemistry 
*European Society for Neurochemistry
*International Society for Neurochemistry
*International Society of Toxinology
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__Honours:__ 
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*1975 State Jr. Scientist Prize
*1981 State Citizenship Award 
*1985 State Research Prize 
*1994 Ovchinnikov Prize Russian Acad. Sci. 
*2003-present President of Russian Society for Neurochemistry
*2004 Member of Academia Europaea
*2004 Doctor Honoris Causa of Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Lima, Peru)
*2004 Doctor Honoris Causa of Universidad Ricardo Palma (Lima, Peru)
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__Publications:__
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~320 Papers and Abstracts