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Yegor Tourleigh Cand. Sci. (Physics and Mathematics), eq. PhD, 2006 Lomonosov Moscow State University |
DATE OF BIRTH: |
November 23, 1982 |
CITIZENSHIP: |
Russian |
ADDRESS: |
Dept. of Bioengineering, Faculty of Biology, 1/12 Leninskie Gory, Moscow 119992, Russia |
PHONE: |
+7 495 9395738 (lab), +7 926 3725749 (cellular) |
FAX: |
+7 495 9395738, +7 495 9395968 (both fax/phone) |
E-MAIL: |
yegr at mail.ru, yegr at biophys.msu.ru, yegr at moldyn.ru |
LANGUAGES: |
Russian and Ukrainian (native languages) English, French (advanced level, spoken) German, Spanish (intermediate level, spoken in everyday life) |
EMPLOYMENT
2007 – present | Research fellow at the Dept. of Bioengineering, Lomonosov Moscow State University |
CURRENT STUDIES
Interaction of various membranes with peptides (including antimicrobial peptides), nanotubes modelling, drug delivery systems design |
EDUCATION
Graduate studies
Institution: | Lomonosov Moscow State University, Dept. of Bioengineering (2003–2006) |
Academic adviser: | Prof. K.V. Shaitan, DSc |
Thesis: |
Molecular dynamics and diffusion in biomembranes |
Undergraduate studies
Institution: | Lomonosov Moscow State University, Dept. of Biophysics (1998–2003) |
Institution: | Moscow University French College (in collaboration with Moscow University and Sorbonne), Dept. of Sociology (2003–2004) |
Institution: | Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Pedagogics (2000–2002) |
Special courses attended
Channels and Channelopathies, Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion, Greece, 2007 |
Understanding molecular simulations, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2005 |
Multiscale modelling of nanomaterials, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 2005 |
Advanced Monte-Carlo methods, Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire, Lyon, France, 2005 |
Modeling soft condensed matter, Centre Européen de Calcul Atomique et Moléculaire, Lyon, France, 2004 |
ACADEMIC HONORS
Russian Federation President Scholarship (2005–2006) |
International Soros Science Education Program Award – Moscow Grant (2004, 2005) |
M.Sc. – Diploma with Honors (GPA 5.0/5.0), Moscow State University (2003) |
MEMBERSHIP IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Biophysical Society (2007) |
Russian society of biochemistry and molecular biology (since 2003) |
SKILLS
Computational techniques (molecular dynamics, quantum chemistry). |
Bioinformatical approaches (homology modelling etc.). |
Mathematical modelling (nonlinear differential equations, dissipative systems, kinetic modelling of metabolism). |
Experimental biophysical methods (patch-clamp; FRAP; videoenhanced microscopy; visual, UV, LD, CD spectroscopy; EPR and NMR techniques). |
Basic techniques of analytical, colloidal and biological chemistry (gravimetry, titration, complexometry, voltammetry, viscosimetry, electrophoresis in different gels, chromatography, PCR). |
Basics of genetic engineering approach (cloning, cell cultivation). |
Programming (C/C++, HTML, Fortran, MATLAB scripts). |
Use of scientific software (MATLAB, MAPLE, MATHEMATICA, HyperChem, Gromacs, VMD, original MD packages). |
PUBLICATIONS
Papers in journals, books and conference proceedings
Abstracts in conference proceedings
Tourleigh Ye., Golik D., Shaitan K. "Molecular modelling of nanostructures for targeted delivery" // Book of abstracts of talks and posters presented at the Conference on computational physics, Brussels, 2007, 337. |
Tourleigh Ye.V., Golik D.N., Shaitan K.V. "Molecular design of bioactive compounds and nanostructures for targeted delivery" // Eur. Biophys. J., 2007, 36 (suppl. 1), s211. |
Tourleigh Ye.V., Golik D.N., Shaitan K.V. "Nanocarbon constructions for absorption and delivery of bioactive compounds" // Abstracts of NATO ASI “Functionalized Nanoscale Materials, Devices, and Systems for chem.-bio Sensors, Photonics, and Energy Generation and Storage”, Sinaia, Romania, 2007, 79. |
Tourleigh Ye.V. "Nanocarbon constructions for absorption and delivery of compounds to cells" // Proceedings of the XIV Int. Conf. for undergraduate and graduate students and young scientists “Lomonosov” (in Russian), Moscow: MSU Publishing House, 2007, vol. 1, 50–51. |
Tourleigh Ye., Golik D., Shaitan K. "MD study of a nanosyringe" // Biophys. J., 2007, 92, supp., 646A. |
Shaitan K.V., Tourleigh Ye.V., Kirpichnikov M.P. "Molecular design of nanostructures for targeted drug delivery" // Book of abstracts of the Saint-Petersburg International Workshop on NanoBioTechnologies, Saint-Petersburg, Publishing House of Politechnical University, 2006, 11–12. |
Golik D.N., Tourleigh Ye.V., Shaitan K.V. "Tracing a nanosyringe in action: simulation aspects" // Proceedings of the 16th International Microscopy Congress, Sapporo, 2006, 1907. |
Tourleigh Ye., Golik D., Shaitan K. "Application of nanotubes for selective absorption and targeted delivery: molecular dynamics study" // Abstract book of the summer school on nanotubes, Cargèse, 2006, 124. |
Levtsova O., Tourleigh Ye., Shaitan K. "MD validation of a model for short α-neurotoxin bound to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor from Torpedo californica" // Abstracts of the 20th IUBMB Congress and 11th FAOBMB Congress, Kyoto, 2006, 612. |
Tourleigh Ye.V. "Application of nanotubes for selective absorption and targeted delivery of bioactive compounds" // Abstracts of the XIII Int. Conf. for undergraduate and graduate students and young scientists "Lomonosov" (in Russian), Moscow: MSU Publishing House, 2006, vol. 4, 61–62. |
Tourleigh Ye.V., Shaitan K.V. "Nanocontainers for absorption and targeted delivery of bioactive compounds" // Proceedings of the Moscow International conference "Biotechnology and medicine", Moscow, 2006, 32–33. |
Tourleigh Ye. "Design of a nanosyringe for the targeted delivery of molecules" // Symposium Handbook of the 7th International EMBL PhD Students Symposium, Heidelberg, Germany, 2005, 112. |
Shaitan K.V., Tereshkina K.B., Tourleigh Ye.V., Levtsova O.V., Li A., Golik D.N. "Methods of steered dynamics for molecular design of complex membrane " // Proceedings of the third symposium of the Yu.A. Ovchinnikov Society of Russian Biotechnologists (in Russian), Maks Press, Moscow, 2005, 26. |
Tourleigh Y.V., Shaitan K.V. "MD simulations of nanotube-membrane interactions and an olygopeptide transmembrane penetration" // Eur. Biophys. J., 2005, 34 (6), 747. |
Tourleigh Ye., Shaitan K. "Catenanes - simpler analogues of biomolecular rotors" // FEBS J., 2005, 272 (s. 1), 347–348. |
Tourleigh Ye., Shaitan K. "Catenanes - simpler analogues of biomolecular rotors" // Abstract book of FEBS Forum for Young Scientists, Visegrád, 2005, 123. |
Tourleigh Ye., Shaitan K. "Simulation of a nanopile-driver based on a carbon nanotube" // Book of abstracts of NATO ASI "Functional Properties of Nanostructured Materials", Sozopol, Bulgaria, 2005, 75. |
Tourleigh Ye., Shaitan K. "Simulation of a nanopile-driver based on a carbon nanotube" // Abstracts of NATO ASI "Carbon Nanotubes: From Basic Research to Nanotechnology", Sozopol, Bulgaria, 2005. |
Tourleigh Y.V., Shaitan K.V. "A nanodevice for the targeted delivery of biological agents" // Simposium Handbook of the 1st International EMBL-Monterotondo and Università di Roma di Tor Vergata PhD Students Symposium, Roma, Italy, 2005, 57. |
Tourleigh Ye.V. "MD simulations of lipid membranes in collisional thermostat" // Abstracts of the XII Int. Conf. for undergraduate and postgraduate students and young scientists "Lomonosov-2005", section of bioengineering and bioinformatics, Moscow: MSU, 2005, vol. 2, 45–46. |
Tourleigh Ye.V., Shaitan K.V. "Forced transport of molecules through the membrane by means of a nanosyringe" // Poster Abstracts of NATO ASI "Dynamics of Complex Interconnected Systems: Networks and Bioprocesses", Geilo, Norway, 2005. |
Tourleigh Ye.V., Shaitan K.V. "Steered molecular dynamics as "computer viscosimeter"" // Biophys. J., 2005, 88 (1, part 2), 514A. |
Tourleigh Ye., Shaitan K. "Steered molecular dynamics as "computer viscosimeter"" // Book of abstracts of the VI Int. Congress on Mathematical Modeling, Nizhny Novgorod, 2004, 514. |
Tourleigh Ye., Shaitan K. "Water-membrane interface and forced transport of molecules" // Abstracts of the 5th Int. Conf. on Biol. Phys., Gothenburg, 2004, 61. |
Tourleigh Ye., Shaitan K. "Molecular diffusion at the water-membrane interface" // Abstracts of the VI Int. Conf. on Diffusion in Materials, Krakow, 2004, O-93. |
Tourleigh Ye., Shaitan K. "Molecular dynamics of biological molecules at the water-membrane interface" // Eur. J. Biochem., 2004, 271 (s. 1), 190. |
Tourleigh Ye., Shaitan K. "Molecular dynamics of biological molecules at the water-membrane interface" // Abstract book of FEBS Forum for Young Scientists, Warsaw, 2004, 32. |
Tourleigh Ye.V. "Dynamical heterogeneity of a fully hydrated lipid bilayer and molecular dynamics of transmembrane diffusion" // Abstracts of the XI Int. Conf. for undergraduate and postgraduate students and young scientists "Lomonosov-2004", Moscow: MSU Publishing House, 2004, vol. 1, 31. |
Tourleigh Ye.V., Shaitan K.V. "Molecular dynamics of biological molecules at the water-membrane interface" // Computational soft matter: from synthetic polymers to proteins, NIC Series Vol. 22, Juelich, 2004, 87. |
Tourleigh Ye.V., Shaitan K.V. "Molecular dynamics of biological molecules at water-membrane interface" // Biophys. J., 2004, 86 (1, part 2), 417A. |
Tourleigh Ye.V., Shaitan K.V. "Molecular dynamics of catenanes and molecular machines of nonbiological nature" // Eur. Biophys. J., 2003, 32 (3), 295. |
Tourleigh Ye.V. "Dynamics of molecular machines by the example of catenanes" // Abstracts of the X Int. Conf. for undergraduate and postgraduate students and young scientists on fundamental sciences "Lomonosov-2003", section of physics. Moscow: Phys. Fac. of MSU, 2003, 27. |
Tourley Ye.V., Shaitan K.V. "Dynamics of molecular machines" // Proc. of the V Int. Cong. on Mathematical Modelling, Dubna, 2002, vol. 2, 258. |
PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND SCIENTIFIC SCHOOLS
Conference on computational physics, Brussels, Belgium, 2007 |
6th European Biophysical Congress, London, UK, 2007 |
MPI for Physics of Complex Systems workshop "Physical and Chemical Foundations of Bioinformatics Methods", Dresden, Germany, 2007 |
NATO ASI "Functionalized Nanoscale Materials, Devices, and Systems for chem.-bio Sensors, Photonics, and Energy Generation and Storage", Sinaia, Romania, 2007 |
XIV International Conference of undergraduates, postgraduates and young scientists “Lomonosov-2007”, Moscow, Russia, 2007 |
51st Annual Meeting of Biophysical Society, Baltimore, USA, 2007 |
Workshop "Transport in polymeric membranes: modern trends in simulation methods and experimental techniques", Pula, Italy, 2006 |
International Workshop "Molecular Simulation Studies in Material and Biological Sciences", Dubna, Russia, 2006 |
ESF conference "Nanomedicine", Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain, 2006 |
Summer school "Mathematics in Molecular Cell Biology", Linz, Austria, 2006 |
16th International Microscopy Congress, Sapporo, Japan, 2006 |
School "Creating interdisciplinary research projects", Split, Croatia, 2006 |
Conference and School "Modelling Elastic Manifolds, from Soft Condensed Matter to Biomolecules", Trieste, Italy, 2006 |
Summer school "Nanobio", Cargèse, France, 2006 |
Summer school "Nanotubes", Cargèse, France, 2006 |
Workshop "First-Passage and Extreme Value Problems in Random Processes", Cambridge, UK, 2006 |
20th IUBMB Congress and 11th FAOBMB Congress, Kyoto, Japan, 2006 |
XIII International Conference for undergraduate and graduate students and young scientists "Lomonosov", Moscow, Russia, 2006 |
Workshop "Non-Equilibrium Dynamics of Interacting Particle Systems", Cambridge, UK, 2006 |
International conference "Biotechnology and medicine", Moscow, Russia, 2006 |
Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc) Complex Systems School, Chennai, India, 2006 |
7th International EMBL PhD Student Symposium, Heidelberg, Germany, 2005 |
Joint 15th IUPAB & 5th EBSA International Biophysics Congress, Montpellier, France, 2005 |
Summer school "Bioimage", Paris, France, 2005 |
30th FEBS Congress & 9th IUBMB Conference, Budapest, Hungary, 2005 |
FEBS Forum for Young Scientists, Visegrád, Hungary, 2005 |
NATO ASI "Functional Properties of Nanostructured Materials", Sozopol, Bulgaria, 2005 |
NATO ASI "Carbon Nanotubes: From Basic Research to Nanotechnology", Sozopol, Bulgaria, 2005 |
6th EMBL (1st EMBL Monterotondo) International Predoc Symposium, Rome, Italy, 2005 |
NATO ASI "Dynamics of Complex Interconnected Systems: Networks and Bioprocesses", Geilo, Norway, 2005 |
International School "From Cells to Proteins: Imaging Nature Across Dimensions", Pisa, Italy, 2004 |
Summer School "Multiple aspects of DNA and RNA: From Biophysics to Bioinformatics", Les Houches, France, 2004 |
VI International Conference on Diffusion in Materials, Krakow, Poland, 2004 |
29th Meeting of the FEBS, Warsaw, Poland, 2004 |
FEBS Forum for Young Scientists, Warsaw, Poland, 2004 |
XI International Conference of undergraduates, postgraduates and young scientists "Lomonosov-2004", Moscow, Russia, 2004 |
NIC Winter School "Computational Soft Matter: from Synthetic Polymers to Proteins", Bonn, Germany, 2004 |
Ajoint symposium and round-table at the III All-Russian Kargin Conference on Polymers, Moscow, Russia, 2004 |
IV European Biophysical Congress, Alicante, Spain, 2003 |
X International Conference of undergraduates, postgraduates and young scientists "Lomonosov-2003", Moscow, Russia, 2003 |
V International Congress on Mathematical Modelling, Dubna, Russia, 2002 |
RESEARCH GRANTS
2007 R.F. Federal Agency for Science and Innovations (FASI) grant in the framework of the federal programme of research and innovations for the priority directions of science and technological development in 2007–2012 for the project “Development of scientific basis of nanotechnology for design of biocompatible materials of medical use based on recombinant analogues of cobweb proteins (joint contractor) |
2007 R.F. Federal Agency for Science and Innovations (FASI) grant in the framework of the federal programme of research and innovations for the priority directions of science and technological development in 2007–2012 for the project “Development of scientific basis of a technology for design of biopolymers-based nanostructured materials” (joint contractor) |
2006-2009 Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) grant for the project “Instruments and software for bio- and nanostructures molecular design in silico” (joint contractor) |
2006-2007 RF Ministry of Education and Federal Agency for Education grant for the project "Molecular modelling of structure and dynamics of bioactive compounds" (joint contractor) |
2005–2006 Joint U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) and R.F. Federal Agency for Science and Innovations (FASI) cooperative grant for the project "Molecular simulations of biologically active molecules at the biomembrane-water interface" (joint contractor) |
2005-2006 R.F. Federal Agency for Science and Innovations (FASI) grant for the project "Design of standard firmware (computing cluster) for handling spatial structures of proteins" (joint-contractor) |
2004–2006 Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) grant for the project "Molecular dynamics of peptide structures on the water-membrane interface" (joint contractor) |
2003 Moscow Government grant for the project "Dynamic molecular design of proteins and peptides" (joint contractor) |
2002–2006 Federal program "Integration of science and higher education" grant for the project "Membrane proteins: investigation of the structure and functions by methods of molecular modeling, radiospectroscopy and bioengineering" (joint contractor) |
2002 RF Ministry of Education and Ministry of Science Integration Program grant for the project "Development of investigation methods for membrane proteins properties, including those of model and real objects" (joint contractor) |
TRAVEL GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2007 EWTF grant for the Conference on computational physics |
2007 EBSA Travel grant for the 6th European Biophysical Congress |
2007 Onassis Foundation support for the Lectures on Channels and Channelopathies |
2007 MPI for Physics of Complex Systems’ support for the workshop "Physical and Chemical Foundations of Bioinformatics Methods" |
2007 NATO fellowship for the ASI "Functionalized Nanoscale Materials, Devices, and Systems for chem.-bio Sensors, Photonics, and Energy Generation and Storage" |
2007 Biophysical Society’s International Travel Award and RFBR grant for the 51st Annual Meeting of Biophysical Society |
2006 Marie Curie Actions Support for the workshop "Transport in polymeric membranes" |
2006 ESF support for the conference "Nanomedicine" |
2006 Marie Curie Actions Support for the summer school "Mathematics in Molecular Cell Biology" |
2006 Hitachi support for the 16th International Microscopy Congress |
2006 Microsoft support for the school "Creating interdisciplinary research projects" |
2006 ICTP support for the conference and school "Modelling Elastic Manifolds, from Soft Condensed Matter to Biomolecules" |
2006 Marie Curie Actions Support for the summer school "Nanobio" |
2006 Marie Curie Actions Support for the summer school "Nanotubes" |
2006 Marie Curie Actions Support for the Newton Institute programme "Principles of the Dynamics of Non-Equilibrium Systems" |
2006 IUBMB fellowship for the 20th IUBMB Congress and 11th FAOBMB Congress |
2006 Marie Curie Actions Support for the Newton Institute programme "Principles of the Dynamics of Non-Equilibrium Systems" |
2006 Santa Fe Institute support for the Complex Systems School |
2005 Marie Curie Actions Support for the 7th International EMBL PhD Student Symposium |
2005 Marie Curie Actions Support for the tutorial "Understanding Molecular Simulations" |
2005 EBSA Travel grant for the Joint 15th IUPAB & 5th EBSA International Biophysics Congress |
2005 INTAS support for the 15th Jyväskylä Summer School |
2005 UNESCO support for the summer school "Bioimage" |
2005 FEBS Travel Fellowship for the FEBS Forum for Young Scientists and 30th Annual Meeting of FEBS & 9th IUBMB conference |
2005 NATO Travel grant for the ASI "Functional Properties of Nanostructured Materials" |
2005 NATO Travel grant for the ASI "Carbon Nanotubes: From Basic Research to Nanotechnology" |
2005 Marie Curie Actions Support for the 6th EMBL International Predoc Symposium |
2005 NATO Travel grant for the ASI "Dynamics of Complex Interconnected Systems: Networks and Bioprocesses" |
2005 Marie Curie Actions Support for the tutorial "Advanced Monte-Carlo Methods" |
2004 Marie Curie Actions Support for the tutorial "Modeling Soft Condensed Matter" |
2004 NATO Travel grant for the School "From Cells to Proteins: Imaging Nature across Dimensions" |
2004 NATO Travel grant for the School "Multiple aspects of DNA and RNA: From Biophysics to Bioinformatics" |
2004 Marie Curie Actions Support for the 6th International Conference on Diffusion in Materials |
2004 FEBS Travel Fellowship for the FEBS Forum for Young Scientists and 29th Annual Meeting of FEBS |
2004 RFBR grant for the NIC Winter School 2004 |
2003 EBSA Travel grant for the 4th European Biophysical Congress |