Journal of Proteomics & Bioinformatics
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Serguei Popov

Biography

Dr Serguei Popov has a broad background in biochemistry and microbiology. He graduated from the Novosobirsk State University, Russia, and received his postdoctoral training at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russia, and the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK. From 1976 till 1992, as Department Head and Project Manager, he performed research on synthetic DNA and its application in the field of infectious disease in Russia. During his scientific carrier, Dr Popov served as a Lead Scientist, co-PI, and PI on several projects funded by DARPA, NIH, DOD, and DOE. Dr. Popov is widely published, having written more than a hundred papers in scientific journals including Nature, Molecular Cell, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Journal of Biological Chemistry. Dr. Popov teaches graduate microbiological courses at George Mason University. He has also served as an invited speaker at national and international conferences, seminars, workshops on the topics of biodefense, new emerging technologies and biological weapons. His research has been featured in the books, TV shows, interviews, and articles.

Research Interest

 Infectious disease, proteomics and cell signaling of the host in response to infection, bacterial toxins, development of therapeutic approaches for protection from biological threat agents

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