Olga Bliznjuk, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Biotechnology, Biophysics and Analytical Chemistry
Research Interests:
Chemical and Biotechnologies, namely: development of technologies for the production of nitrogen-containing compounds using catalytic and biocatalytic processes; development of catalysts for the neutralization of techno- and anthropogenic pollution and bioremediation; and development of technologies for the extraction and preservation of biologically active substances from plant and animal raw materials.
Chemical and Molecular Biophysics, namely: investigation of energy transfer mechanisms in condensed media to local centers and the formation of molecular and biomolecular nanocomplexes; determination of approaches to controlling the functional properties of macromolecules and their associates through influencing systems of numerous covalent and non-covalent intra- and intermolecular interactions; development of remote non-destructive methods for analyzing stimulated modifications of bonding systems in biopolymers and functional materials; and development of theoretical foundations of biotechnology and bioengineering. The research results have been presented at numerous international scientific conferences, seminars, and symposia.
Based on these studies, experimental setups have been created and new analytical methods have been developed for investigating multicomponent biocatalytic systems and bionanotechnologies for their modification.
Yurii Krasnopolskiy, Doctor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Biotechnology, Biophysics and Analytical Chemistry
Research Interests:
Development of medicinal and diagnostic products using biotechnological processes; analytical control and evaluation of the biological activity of the obtained products; development of formulations of various applications based on liposomal drug delivery systems; analytical control and assessment of the biological activity of the obtained products; investigation of products obtained using immunobiotechnology (vaccines, probiotics, bacteriophages, etc.); analytical control and evaluation of the biological activity of the obtained products.
Olena Klimova, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor of the Department of Biotechnology, Biophysics and Analytical Chemistry; Head of the Diagnostic Laboratory for Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA), Immunofluorescence Analysis, and Cell Technologies at the State Institution “V.T. Zaitsev Institute of General and Emergency Surgery of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine”
Research Interests:
– study of immunological mechanisms of the body’s response to stress factors in ontogenesis;
– application of immunobiotechnologies;
– epigenetic parameters in aging and adaptation processes;
– investigation of relationships between metabolic and immunological parameters in various critical and life-threatening conditions of the organism.
Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Laboratory of Cryoprotectants
Leading Researcher
Director of the Scientific and Production Center for Low-Temperature Biotechnologies
Valerii Minukhin, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Biotechnology, Biophysics and Analytical Chemistry, Director of the Mechnikov Institute of Microbiology and Immunology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine.
Research Interests:
Studies the etiology of purulent-septic complications; the mechanisms of immunoprophylaxis of infectious diseases caused by opportunistic bacteria; and the issues of targeted delivery of antibiotics and Pseudomonas aeruginosa anatoxin to target cells using artificial lipid vesicles (liposomes). Develops new antibacterial ointments for the treatment of local purulent processes, including the creation of an ointment and aerosol with Miramistin, an ointment with Nitazol, the preparation Hyposol-AN, and others.
Membership in Scientific Councils and Working Groups:
By Decree of the President of Ukraine dated December 10, 2020, No. 560/2020 “On the Composition of the Commission on Biosafety and Biological Protection under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine”, the Director of the Institute, V.V. Minukhin, was appointed as a member of the Commission on Biosafety and Biological Protection under the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine.