Resume: Postdoc/Microbiologist
Sergey Balashov
NAME: Sergey V.Balashov
ADDRESS:
Home:
Apt.142, Home 35, Block "B", Pushchino,Moscow Region,142292, Russia.
Office:
Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms, Russian
Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142292, Russia.
TEL: 7 (095) 9257448
FAX: 7 (095) 9233602
E-MAIL: bala...@ibpm.serpukhov.su
URL: http://members.tripod.com/~balashov
DATE OF BIRTH: March 8, 1969.
PLACE OF BIRTH: Zarechny, Penza region, USSR.
NATIONALITY: Russian, citizen of Russia.
LANGUAGES: Russian, English.
MARITAL STATUS: Married.
EDUCATION:
04/99 PhD (Microbiology) Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of
Microorganisms,
Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia.
09/86-06/93 MSc (Genetics) Department of Genetics, Biology Faculty,
Kazan State University, Kazan, Russia.
PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC CAREER:
09/98-Pres. Scientist. Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of
Microorganisms, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia. Scientific research in
the field of environmental microbiology.
06/98-09/98 Marketing Director. Joint Stock Company Tetralab Ltd,
Pushchino, Moscow region, Russia. Distribution of medical diagnostics.
12/97-06/98 Marketing Manager. Joint Stock Company Lachema Int,
Pushchino, Moscow region, Russia. Distribution of medical diagnostics.
11/96-12/97 Junior Research Scientist. Institute of Biochemistry and
Physiology of Microorganisms, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia.
Scientific research in the field of environmental microbiology.
09/93-11/96 Postgraduate Student. Pushchino State University Pushchino,
Moscow Region, Russia.
09/86-06/93 Student. Kazan State University, Kazan, Russia.
RESEARCH SKILLS:
1. Microorganisms cultivation (from Petri dish to fermenter).
2. Microorganisms identification (routine, micro-tests, PCR).
3. Susceptibility testing (DD, MIC).
4. Sterility testing.
5. Protein purification.
6. Enzyme activities analysis.
7. DNA manipulation (extraction, amplification, cloning).
8. Spectrophotometry.
9. Chromatography (FPLC, TLC).
10. Electrophoretic analysis (PAGE, agarose).
11. Scientific writing.
BUSINESS SKILLS:
1. Sale of medical diagnostics.
2. Business correspondence.
3. PC: DOS, Windows, Microsoft Office, Corel, Adobe, Internet.
BASIC RESEARCH INTEREST:
General, environmental and molecular microbiology, microbial degradation
of chemical pollutants, genetic systems and plasmids of biodegradation,
gene cloning, enzyme purification and analysis.
REFEREES:
1. Prof. Ivan Starovoitov,
Address:
Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms of Russian
Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, 142292, Russia.
E-mail: staro...@ibpm.serpukhov.su
2. Prof. Rimma Naumova,
Address:
Kazan State University, Department of Microbiology, Kazan,
Kremlevskaya-18, 420008, Russia.
E-mail: ale...@hotmail.com
3. Dr. Alexander Doubeikovsky
Address:
CNRS, UPR9051 Hopital Saint-Louis 1, avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75010
Paris France.
E-mail: doubei...@jupiter.chu-stlouis.fr
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:
1. Balashov S.V., Boronin A.M. Sewage-sludge bacterial isolates
decomposing sulfoaromatic compounds. // Microbiologia, 1996, V.65, N.5,
p.549-552.
2. Balashov S.V., Balashova N.V., Boronin A.M. Plasmid control of
p-toluenesulfonic acid degradation by strain Comamonas testosteroni
BS1310.// Microbiologia, 1997, V.66, N.1, p.87-92.
3. Balashov S.V., Boronin A.M. Benzenesulfonic and p-toluenesulfonic
acids catabolic plasmids of Comamonas testosteroni species.// Genetika,
1997, V.33, N.5, p.498-503.
4. Balashov S.V., Arinbasarov M.U., Adanin V.M., Iliasov P.V., Boronin
A.M. Degradation of benzenesulfonic and p-toluenesulfonic asids by
strain Pseudomonas putida BS1331.// Prikladnaya Biokhimiya i
Mikrobiologiya, 1998, V.34, N.2, p.127-132.