Head of the Laboratory of Molecular Mechanisms of Longevity defended his doctoral thesis

M. Shkurnikov's dissertation is devoted to molecular mechanisms of COVID-19 pathogenesis

The paper demonstrates the correlation between the severity of COVID-19 course and the genotype of the major histocompatibility complex. The results of the work deepen the fundamental understanding of molecular mechanisms of COVID-19 pathogenesis and can be used to predict the severity of the disease course and to select individual treatment regimens.

The thesis defence took place on 20.02.2024 in FEDERAL STATE BUDGET NATIONAL SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION ‘Scientific Centre for Family Health and Human Reproduction Problems’.

Scientific advisors: Doctor of Medical Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Advisor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Honoured Worker of Science of the Russian Federation, FGBNU ‘Scientific Centre for Family Health Problems and Human Reproduction’, Chief Scientific Officer of the Department of Personalised and Preventive Medicine S. Kolesnikov; Doctor of Biological Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Honoured Worker of Science of the Russian Federation, Dean of the Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology of the National Research University ‘Higher School of Economics’ A. Tonevitsky.

The Dissertation Council unanimously decided to award M. Shkurnikov the degree of Doctor of Biological Sciences. We congratulate M. Shkurnikov and wish him further interesting and fruitful work!