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Prof. Valentin Shichkin

Professor of Immunology, Head of the Immunology Department, Faculty of Biomedical Technologies. Director, Research Centre of Immunology and Biomedical Technologies
Open International University of Human Development "Ukraine"
 

Brief Biography:


Dr. Shichkin has got his MS (1981) in Biology from Nizhny Novgorod State University (Russia), PhD (1986) and DSc (1991) in Immunology from Institute of Immunology (Moscow). He then improved his expertise in Immunology in the USA (1998-2003) at the National Cancer Institute – NIH, University of Cincinnati and John Hopkins University. He held academic research positions as a Senior Scientist, Principal Scientist and Laboratory Chief. He is now a Professor of Immunology, Head of the Immunology Department and Director of Research Centre of Immunology and Biomedical Technologies at the University “Ukraine” in Kyiv (Ukraine). He is an author more 80 publications in fields of immunobiology, hybridoma technology and cancer immunology.

 

Academic positions:


2013 (October)-present, Director of Research Centre of Immunology and Biomedical Technologies, Open International University of Human Development “Ukraine” (University "Ukraine"), Kiev, Ukraine

2012-present, Head of the Immunology Department, Faculty of Biomedical Technologies, University "Ukraine", Kiev, Ukraine

2012-2013, QA Director, Department of Biology, Enamine, Ltd., Kiev, Ukraine

2008-present, Professor of Immunology, Faculty of Biomedical Technologies, University “Ukraine”, Kiev, Ukraine

2005-2008, Professor of Immunology, Department of Biology, National University "Kyiv-Mohyla Academy", Kiev, Ukraine

2006-2007, Head, Department of Innovations and Project Management, Pharmaceutical Corporation “Arterium”, Kiev, Ukraine

2004-2005, Head, Laboratory Department, Medical Centre “Eurolab”, Kiev, Ukraine

2002-2003, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Whiting School of Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA

2000-2001, Postdoctoral Assistant, Division of Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Cincinnati Medical School, Cincinnati, OH, USA

1999-2000, Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Molecular Immunoregulation, NIH/National Cancer Institute-FCRDC, Frederick, MD, USA

1996-2003, Principal Investigator, Research Institute of Blood Pathology and Transfusion Medicine, Lviv, Ukraine

1992-1996, Laboratory Chief, Lviv Biotechnological Center, Lviv, Ukraine

1990-1992, Senior Scientist, Institute of Biotechnology, Moscow, Russia

1986-1990, Visiting Scientist, Institute of Immunology, Moscow, Russia

1982-1985, Ph.D. Student, Institute of Immunology, Moscow, Russia

1981-1982, Pre-doctoral Trainee, Institute of Immunology, Moscow, Russia

 

Research interests:


Immunobiology of stem cells with emphasis on intrathymic stem cells and their application for a regenerative medicine, Cancer immunobiology and Cancer immunodiagnostics and immunotherapy with emphasis on role of cytokines and T-cells, Development and characterization of monoclonal antibodies and cytokines.

 

Any other information:


PI and WP5 Leader in a research project "Development of Stem Cell-Based Therapy for Thymic Regeneration" (THYMISTEM) of FP-7 Health-2013 Innovation-1 program 1.4-1"Controlling differentiation and proliferation in human stem cells intended for therapeutic use", Deputy of Coordinator for THYMISTEM consortium.

 

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