2. Program manager
  3. Alexey D. Vedyaykin
Alexey D. Vedyaykin
Alexey D. Vedyaykin
Associate Professor of Higher School of Biomedical Systems and Technologies
PhD in Biological Sciences

English proficiency:

Intermediate

Research projects:

  1. Study of bacterial cell division proteins
  2. Study of bacterial SMC complexes

Research topics:

  1. Characterization of the SMC complex of Mycoplasma gallisepticum
  2. Characterization of the SMC complex of Acholeplasma laidlawii
  3. Characterization of the MukBEF complex of Escherichia coli
  4. Characterization of the Wadjet complex of Escherichia coli
  5. Properties of the division proteins of Mycoplasma gallisepticum Properties of the division proteins of Acholeplasma laidlawii
  6. Properties of the division proteins of Ureaplasma parvum

Field of study:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Research interests:

Mycoplasmas, FtsZ, SMC, bacterial cytoskeleton, bacterial division, fluorescence microscopy, super-resolution microscopy, CRISPR-Cas

Research highlights:

  1. Patent RU 2 808 699 C1, 01.12.2023
  2. Patent RU 225 970 U1, 15.05.2024
  3. Patent RU 231 780 U1, 11.02.2025

Specific requirement:

High responsibility and motivation. Proficiency in Russian and English. Willingness to supervise students' work.

Main publications:

  1. Vedyaykin AD, Vishnyakov IE, Polinovskaya VS, Khodorkovskii MA, Sabantsev AV. New insights into FtsZ rearrangements during the cell division of Escherichia coli from single-molecule localization microscopy of fixed cells. Microbiologyopen. 2016 Jun; 5(3): 378−86. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mbo3.336. doi: 10.1002/mbo3.336. IF=3.4 (Q1)
  2. A.D. Vedyaykin, E.V. Ponomareva, M.A. Khodorkovskii, S.N. Borchsenius, I.E. Vishnyakov. Mechanisms of Bacterial Cell Division. Microbiology 88, 245−260 (2019). link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S0026261719030159. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261719030159. IF=1.5 (Q3)
  3. Vedyaykin A, Rumyantseva N, Khodorkovskii M, Vishnyakov I. SulAis able to block cell division in Escherichia coli by a mechanism different from sequestration. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2020 May 14; 525(4): 948−953. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006291X20304 812. doi: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.03.012. IF=3.1 (Q1)
  4. Rumyantseva N.A., Golofeeva D.M., Vedyaykin A.D. SulA does not sequester FtsZ in Escherichia coli cells during the SOS response. // Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2024. 691: p. 149 313. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X23014079? via%3Dihub DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.149 313 IF=3.1 (Q1)
  5. Rumyantseva N.A., Golofeeva D.M., Shabalina A.V., Vedyaykin A.D. Direct evidence of the ability of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and E. coli SulA to dimerize. // Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics, 2024. 751: p. 109 826. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003986123003259 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2023.109 826 IF=3.4 (Q1)

Olympiad Profiles:

  • Biology & Biotechnology

Postgraduate Studies

1.5.3. Molecular Biology