Laboratory of Biotechnology and Immunodiagnostics of High Dangerous Pathogens

Scientific interest 

Scientific investigations. The study of the molecular and biological properties and characteristics of the main representatives of highly dangerous Filo-, Arena -, Hanta-, and Henipaviruses; development and improvement of molecular biological and immunological diagnostic test-systems, and their components; improvement of recombinant technologies; epidemiological surveillance of natural focal infections.

Practical activities: Production of ELISA-, PCR-test-systems and their components, medical kits for the isolation of nucleic acids.

Staff Researchers

Alexander S. Vladyko Chief researcher, MD, PhD, professor	Helena P. Scheslenok Leading researcher, PhD	Tatjana V. Shkolina Scientific researcher
Nikita A. Dubkov Scientific researcher	Ekaterina Y. Burdeyko Junior researcher	Tatyana N. Kasnitskaya  Junior researcher

 Main area of researches:

• Development of immuno - and molecular-biological diagnostic kits for highly dangerous pathogens (Lassa, Marburg, Ebola, Hendra, Nipah) and other viral and bacterial infections (lymphocytic choriomeningitis (LCM), tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), West Nile (WN), Congo-Crimian hemorrhagic fever (CCHF), hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS), dengue fever, hepatitis C and others); 
• Peptide mapping structural and non-structural proteins of viral and bacterial pathogens to develop of new diagnostic methods; 
• Development of new technologies in the field of epidemiology to clear the causes and mechanisms of the “disease X” appearance; 
• Creation of recombinant plasmid vectors to produce the recombinant peptides of antigen-significant sites of highly dangerous pathogens; 
• Training of scientific personnel in the field of Virology; 
• Advisory and methodological assistance to practical medicine.