Polina Derevianko

EDUCATION

College / University

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Molecular Biology

Country

Russian Federation

Lab Experience

Various biochemical, molecular and cell biology methods, such as qPCR, Western blotting, molecular cloning in E. coli, spectrophotometry; basic experience in ChIP, RNA FISH, DNA FISH, RNAi. Maintenance of E. coli, Drosophila and Drosophila S2 cell cultures, organ dissections from flies.

Projects / Research

07/2015 – 08/2017 “Molecular mechanisms of coactivator complexes functioning in transcription of the ecdysone-dependent and heat shock genes of D. melanogaster”, Institute of Gene Biology, Moscow, Russia
06/2016 – 05/2017 “Induction of de novo transcription of dhr3 gene at different developmental stages of Drosophila melanogaster”, Institute of Gene Biology, Moscow, Russia. Bachelor’s thesis
07/2016 “H+” (Search of genetic markers that determine liability to diseases in SNPs of a specific man), Bioinformatics summer school, St. Petersburg, Russia

Scholarships / Awards

2017 – 2018:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
2016 – 2017:	Increased scholarship for achievements in research and study, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
02/2015, 02/2014:	“Rekursiya” fund scholarships for excellent study

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

My main current scientific interest is epigenetics. I am amazed by the complexity of mechanisms that orchestrate a cell's genome and let cells with similar genotypes have different phenotypes. Moreover, knowing these mechanisms can be the key to understanding various diseases such as cancer. I also want to further develop my skills in bioinformatics as I am sure applying a combination of wet and bioinformatic methods in my research is the way to succeed. In my MSc studies, I would like to remain in the general stream of epigenetics but narrow my topic and/or objective, whilemaking my background and lab experience wider. I am also considering studying not only health but disease as well, making my work more applied.