Name: Yuri N. Chirgadze
Sex: Male
Birthdate: September 18, 1935
Birthplace: Tashkent, Uzbekistan, USSR
Nationality: Russian
Present position: Principal Researcher
Address: Dr. Yuri N. Chirgadze
Institute of Protein Research
Russian Academy of Sciences
142290 Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia
Education and Degrees: 1953-1959, Student, Department of
Physics, Moscow State University;
1959-1962, Graduate Researcher,
Institute of Biophysics,
USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow
1963, Ph.D. (Candidate of Science),
Physics and Mathematics;
1977, Doctor of Science, Molecular
Biology
Employment History: 1962-1965, Junior Researcher, Institute
of Biophysics, USSR Academy of
Sciences, Pushchino, Russia;
1965-1967, Senior Researcher, Institute
of Biophysics, USSR Academy of
Sciences, Pushchino, Russia;
1967-present time, Researcher at the
Institute of Protein Research,
Russian Academy of Sciences,
Pushchino, Moscow Region;
1967-1973, Principal Researcher and
Head of Laboratory of Optical
Properties of Proteins;
1970, 4 months affiliation at
Institute for Protein Research
Osaka University, Osaka, Japan;
1974, 10 months affiliation at
Institute of Molecular Biology
Oregon University, Eugene, USA;
1974-1991, Principal Researcher and
Head of Laboratory of Protein Structure
Analysis;
1986, Professor of Molecular Biology;
1991-2008 Head of Group of Structure
Analysis;
1995, 6 months affiliation at
Department of Crystallography,
University of London, London, UK;
2008-present, Principal Researcher,
Protein Structure Modelling Group,
Institute of Protein Research
Research Interests: High resolution protein
crystallography;
Protein structure analysis;
Protein surface analysis in connection
with their function;
Protein-DNA interaction in connection with their mutual recognition