Igor Zhimulev#
| Membership Number: | 1717 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 1995 |
| Main Country of Residence: | RUSSIA |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.mcb.nsc.ru/en/mcb/directorate/chief |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2012 Director of the Inctitute of Molecular and Cellular Biology SD RAS, Novosibirsk
- since 2011 Director-organizer of the Inctitute of Molecular and Cellular Biology SD RAS, Novosibirsk
- since 2009 Deputy Director, Head of the Department of molecular and cellular biology, Head of the Laboratory of molecular cytogenetics, Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine SD RAS, Novosibirsk
- 2007-2009 Head of the Department of molecular and cellular biology, ICG SD RAN, Novosibirsk
- 1991-2007 Professor of the Novosibirsk State University
- 1986-2007 Head of the Laboratory of molecular cytogenetics, ICG SB AS USSR, SD RAS, Novosibirsk
- 1982-1986 Group Leader, ICG SB AS USSR, Novosibirsk
Fields of Scholarship
- Genetics
- Cytogenetics
- Ctructural and functional organization of polytene chromosomes
- Genetic content of interbands
- Bands and puffs
- Chromatin organization in interphase chromosomes
- Pericentric and intercalary heterochromatin
- Position effect variegation
- Transcriptional and replicative activity of polytene chromosomes
- Hormonal control of genes activity in the salivary gland cells of Drosophila
Honours and Awards
- Membership in Academies, Scientific Councils and Scientific Societies
- Central Council of the Vavilov’s Society of Geneticists (since 1982)
- Academic Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences on the problems of genetics (since 1988)
- Scientific Council on Molecular Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 1988)
- General Council on Natural Sciences of Siberian Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 1988)
- Scientific Council on Cell Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 1999)
- Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (1991-1999)
- Full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (since 1999)
- Professor of Genetics (since 1993)
- Academia Europaea (since 1995)
- Soros Professor (since 1995)
- Chief of the Novosibirsk Department of Vavilov’s Society of Geneticists (sine 2004)
- Scientific Council on genetics and selection of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 2007)
- Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1997-2006)
- Full member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (since 2006)
- Editorial Boards
- BioEssays (Germany)
- Journal of Biological Research (Greece)
- Russian Journal of Genetics (Moscow, Russia) (1988-2011)
- Russian Cytology Journal (St.-Petersburg, Russia)
- VOGiS Herald (Novosibirsk, Russia)
- Siberian Journal of Ecology (Novosibirsk, Russia)
- Awards
- Award of Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of USSR (biology), second grade (1984)
- Vavilov’s medal for the achievements in genetics (1987)
- Council on Molecular Biology of RAS (Russian Academy of Sciences), first grade (1993)
- Koltsoff Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2000)
- State Prize of Russian Federation (2002)
- Medal of the Order “For Services for Fatherland”, second grade (2008)
- Order of Saint Stanislaus, the third class (2012)
