Natalia Prevarskaya#
| Membership Number: | 7004 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Affiliated section(s): | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FRANCE |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.phycell.univ-lille.fr/ |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-0316-197X |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1979 - 1987 Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine (USSR)
- 1987 - 1991 Lecturer in Chemistry and Biophysics, Kyiv Medical University, Ukraine (USSR)
- 1991 - 1992 Senior Scientist, Department of Biotechnology, Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine
- 1992 - 1996 Invited professor, Laboratory of Neurophysiology, CNRS URA 120, University of Bordeaux II, France
- 1996 - 2012 PR, Full Professor of Physiology at the University of Lille, Director of the Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, France
- 2012 - present PRE, Full Professor of Exceptional Class, University of Lille, Director of the Laboratory of Cellular Physiology, France
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular pharmacology
- Oncochannelopathies
- Ion channels and cancer
- Prostate cancer
- Calcium signaling and cancer
Honours and Awards
- 1979 Shevchenko State University of Kyiv: Graduated with highest distinction in the curriculum, Award for “Top 3% students”, Ukraine (USSR)
- 1987 Medical Faculty of Kyiv, Ukraine: Young Investigator Award, “Biophysics of potassium channels”, Ukraine (USSR)
- 1994 - 1995 Pierre Fabre fellowship for biomedical research, “Prolactin and prostate cancer”, France
- 1996 “Young Researchers for Health” Award, National French Society “Electricity-Health”, for the work on “Ion channels in neuropeptides signal transduction “
- 2004 FRM (Foundation for Medical Research) prize, “TRP channels in prostate cancer”
- 2006 Prize from the French Society of Science, (for the whole career)
- 2012 Nomination to the “Ordre des Palmes Académiques” (French “Order of Chivalry”) for academics and cultural and educational figures
- 2017 Nomination to the “Ordre des Palmes Académiques” (French “Order of Officer”) for academics and cultural and educational figures
- 2020 EMBO Women in Science lecture award, India EMBO Symposium “Calcium Signaling: Molecular Mechanisms to Role in Health and Diseases”, Lecture on “Role of calcium signaling in invasion and metastasis of prostate cancer”
