Research projects
Selected
research
Experimental and computational projects in vascular biology, histomorphometry, gene regulation and cell biology.
2024–2025 · Histomorphometry · Vascular Biology
Aging-induced remodelling of pulmonary and cardiac arteries
Context
Graduate research at Lomonosov Moscow State University examining age-associated structural changes in human pulmonary and cardiac arteries.
Work
- Quantitatively and qualitatively analysed more than 100 histology slides.
- Developed an AI-assisted workflow to support histological quantification.
- Synthesised findings from more than 200 scientific sources.
- Presented results to a multidisciplinary committee.
Methods
Digital histomorphometry, image analysis, QuPath, tissue segmentation, quantitative morphology and literature synthesis.
2020–2022 · Genetics · Disease Modelling
Coffin-Siris syndrome in Drosophila melanogaster
Context
Research at the Laboratory of Gene Expression Regulation in Development, Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences.
Work
- Investigated intellectual disability in Coffin-Siris syndrome using Drosophila melanogaster.
- Introduced a new DNA-extraction protocol, reducing turnaround time by 20% and increasing yield by 30%.
- Automated downstream data analysis with Python.
- Presented results at an international conference.
Methods
Molecular genetics, DNA extraction, PCR-based workflows, disease modelling and Python-assisted data analysis.
2019–2020 · Cell Biology · Cardiometabolic Research
T-cadherin and vascular protection
Context
Student research at the Laboratory of Gene and Cell Technologies, Faculty of Medicine, Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Work
- Studied cardiometabolic relevance of T-cadherin and its protective effects against atherosclerosis and neointima proliferation.
- Validated candidate T-cadherin-interacting proteins using Western blotting.
- Built foundational expertise in cell culture, protein analysis and microscopy.
Methods
Western blotting, confocal microscopy, mammalian cell culture and protein interaction analysis.