Olga Dontsova#
| Membership Number: | 3773 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2014 |
| Main Country of Residence: | RUSSIA |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.belozersky.msu.ru/en/component/contact/contact/83-dontsova-o-a.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2011 Head of the Division of RNA Structure and Function, Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, MSU
- since 2009 Head of the Chair of Chemistry of Natural Compounds. Faculty of Chemistry, MSU
- since 2003 Head of the laboratory of Nucleoprotein Chemistry. Faculty of Chemistry, MSU
- since 1999 Full Professor. Faculty of Chemistry, MSU.
- 1993-1999 Leading Scientific Researcher. Faculty of Chemistry, MSU
- 1991-1993 Senior Scientific Researcher. Faculty of Chemistry, MSU
- 1986-1991 Scientific Researcher. Faculty of Chemistry, MSU
- 1981-1986 PhD trainee. Faculty of Chemistry, MSU
Fields of Scholarship
- Chemical methods in molecular biology
- Translation machinery
- Transfer-messenger RNA interaction with the ribosome
- RNA methyltransferases and function of modified residues in translation
- Telomerase and cancer
Honours and Awards
- 2014 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 2006 Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Sciences
- 1994 European Academy Award for Young Scientists
