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RESEARCH STATEMENT
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professional interests are in the fields of
protein structure and function and bioinformatics.
The 15+ years of lab experience in recombinant
DNA and proteins, together with a solid
mathematical background and computer skills,
enable me to solve a wide range of research
problems. I am also interested in theoretical
physics, especially general relativity, quantum
mechanics, and field theory. |
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Rij
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General Relativity
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Landau & E. Lifschitz. Field
Theory. Includes fully explained derivation of
heart attack-inflicting expressions from the book
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Education
- 1995 - Ph. D. in
Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology, Bulgarian
Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Dissertation: Characterisation of Erwinia
carotovora pectate lyase genes
- 1980 - M.S. in Molecular
Biology, Sofia University, Department
of Biology, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Thesis: Small nuclear RNAs in rat liver
Research Experience
- 1987-2001 Research Associate for
Molecular Genetics and Bioinformatics, Head of
Information Dept.
Institute of Genetic Engineering, Kostinbrod,
Bulgaria.
- Sequence analysis and comparative
interpretation of rodent L32 ribosomal protein
genes and pseudogenes
- RFLP, RAPD, and linkage
disequilibrium analysis of some endemic human
disorders
- Molecular and in situ
hybridization analysis of plant anther-specific
chalcone synthase- and coumarate ligase-like
genes
- Cloning, sequencing, and plant
transformation with: the coat protein gene from
tomato spotted wilt virus; beet curly top virus
coat protein and replicase genes
- Established a Local Area Computer
Network and Internet Node servicing the
Agricultural Academy at Kostinbrod
- 1983-1987 Research Associate for
Molecular Biology
Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian
Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Sequence analysis of rat 28S rRNA
- Evolutionary analysis of murine L32
ribosomal protein pseudogenes.
- 1980-1983 Biochemist
Institute of Neurology, Psychiatry and
Neurosurgery,Medical Academy, Sofia, Bulgaria.
- Immunological studies on myelin
basic protein in multiple sclerosis
- Kinetics of antibody-synaptic
acetylcholineesterase interactions in
schizophrenic patients
Membership in
Professional Societies
The Bulgarian Scientist
Association -- Current
Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society --
Current
Fellowship of International
Research into Science and Technology (F.I.R.S.T),
Amersham, England -- Current
Additional Skills
Experience in configuration and
administration of Linux, Windows, Windows NT,
UNIX and NetWare LANs
Programming in C, C++ and Visual
Basic
In-depth knowledge of the
following software:
office: Microsoft Office,
Microsoft Works
sequence analysis: IBI
Pustell, Cyborg, GCG package, DNASYS
spreadsheets: Microsoft
Excel, Quattro Pro
databases: Access, Fox Pro
graphics: SigmaPlot,
Harvard Graphics, Draw Partner, SlideWrite, Corel
Draw, PhotoStyler, PhotoShop, PhotoPaint
statistics: Prism, CoStat,
StatGraph
Languages
English (fluent)
Bulgarian (mother tongue)
Russian (fluent)
Serbo-Croatian (reading and
writing)
Professional
Meetings Attended
2000 Dec. First establishment
meeting of the European Plant Science
Organisation (EPSO), Brussels, Belgium
1997 Dec. Bioinformatics Training
Course, Gebze, Turkey
1993 Nov. Third Consultative
Council of the Institute of Genetic Engineering, Lessidren,
Bulgaria
1992 Dec. UNIDO Workshop in
Bioinformatics and Computer Networks, Pushchino,
Russia
1992 Nov. TEMPUS Course in
Biotechnology, Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1991 Oct. Third International
Congress of Molecular Biology of Plant Growth and
Development, Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A
1988 June ICRO Course in Plant
Molecular Genetics, Kostinbrod, Bulgaria
1986 May International Symposium
on Chromatin, Varna, Bulgaria
1982 Aug. XIIe semaine l'union
medicale balcanique, Sofia, Bulgaria
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