Transcriptomics: Open Access

Transcriptomics: Open Access
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Ivan Y Iourov

Ivan Y Iourov
Professor Research Center of Mental Health
Russia

Biography

Biography: Ivan Y. Iourov — PhD, Doctor of Science (Equal to Habilitation) — is currently the head of laboratory of molecular brain genetics at Research Center of Mental Health and professor at the Department of Medical Genetics of Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education, Moscow, Russia. IY Iourov received his PhD in 2004. In 2011, he became Doctor of Science (Habilitation). In 2008, Dr. Iourov together with his colleagues founded the journal Molecular Cytogenetics (BiomedCentral/Springer), where he currently serves as managing and section (medical genetics) editor. Prof. Iourov’s work has been distinguished by different local and international awards, among which SciVal/Scopus Award Russia 2012 (Elsevier prize, nomination: medicine), VM Bekhterev’s Prize for the highest scientific achievements in neurology and psychiatry and the Grant of the President of the Russian Federation. He has served as guest editor in a special issue of Current Genomics (Volume 11, Number 6, 2010) and a book entitled “Human interphase chromosomes: the biomedical aspects” by Springer. Currently, his work is dedicated to uncovering mechanisms of brain diseases using advanced molecular and cellular technologies. The results of his research have been presented in 210 research articles and book chapters. He serves as reviewer in more than 85 peer-review journals (ad hoc and permanently).

Research Interest

Research interests: Medical Genetics, Molecular (cyto)genetics, Chromosome biology, Cell neurobiology, Psychiatric genetics, Neurogenetics, Functional genomics, Bioinformatics.

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