Filchakova
Olena Filchakova, PhD
Position:
Assistant Professor
Office Phone:
+7 (7172) 706499
E-mail:
olena.filchakova@nu.edu.kz
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Research Interest

Isolation of biologically active components from spider venom Millions of years of evolution made spiders masterful predators of insects. Due to this fact their venom is rich in biologically active compounds. The spider venom contains components possessing insecticidal, antimicrobial, and analgesic activities. It is of great interest to isolate and characterize biologically active components from spider venom. For the characterization of spider venoms transcriptomics and proteomics methods will be used.

Biography
Selected Publications
Courses Offered

EDUCATION

• 2007 – BS in Biology, Kharkiv National University, Ukraine

• 2013 – PhD in Neuroscience, University of Utah, USA, PI – Dr. J Michael McIntosh

POSITIONS

• 2013 – 2014 – Postdoctoral Fellow, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA, PI – Dr. Stanislav Zakharenko

• August 2014 – January 2017 – Instructor, Biology Department, School of Science and Technology, Nazarbayev University, Republic of Kazakhstan

• January 2017 – present – Assistant Professor, Biology Department, School of Science and Technology, Nazarbayev University, Republic of Kazakhstan