ALEXANDER V. IVANOV

Head of the lab (2019-present), deputy director for science (2021-present)

Alex obtained B.Sc. in chemistry in 2003 at School of chemistry of Moscow State University (MSU). In 2006 he obtained Ph.D. in molecular biology at the Engelhardt institute of molecular biology in the lab of Prof. Marina Kukhanova. Alex did his postdoc in the lab of Prof. Sergey Kochetkov at the same institute. In 2022 Alex defended a Dr.Sc. thesis (habilitation) in molecular biology. ORCID, Google scholar.

OLGA A. SMIRNOVA

Senior research fellow

Olga obtained B.Sc. in inorganic chemistry at RUDN University, M.Sc. in chemistry at the Mendeleev university of chemical technology, and Ph.D. in molecular biology at the Engelhardt institute of molecular biology (Alex Ivanov group).

OLGA N. IVANOVA

Senior research fellow

Olga obtained B.Sc. in chemistry at School of chemistry of Moscow State University (MSU) and Ph.D. in molecular biology at the Institute of gene biology of the Russian academy of science (prof. S. Razin lab).

VLADIMIR VALUEV-ELLISTON

Research fellow

Vladimir obtained B.Sc. in chemistry at School of chemistry of Moscow State University (MSU) and Ph.D. in molecular biology at the Engelhardt institute of molecular biology (prof. S. Kochetkov lab).

MARTIN ZENOV

PhD student

Martin is a PhD student affiliated with Virology department, School of biology of the Moscow State University. He joined our lab in the fall 2022. Martin studies interference of poliovirus with metabolic pathways of host cells and role of these changes in its oncolytic activity towards glioblastoma multiforme (GBM).