Igor Dzhura – An Experienced Medical Researcher

Igor Dzhura holds experience in biochemistry, microbiology, and various other medical areas. He is a creative thinker, problem solver, and researcher who has successfully carried out a slew of research projects from concept to conclusion. He has vast experience of basic molecular biology methods. These include PCR, qPCR and RT-PCR; cloning: digestion, ligation, transformation; application of adenovirus, lentivirus and plasmid expression vectors; reparation and characterization of cellular proteins (whole cell and subcellular lysate preparation, cell fractionation, SDS-PAGE, immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation) DNA/RNA/cDNA isolation (blood, FFPE, fresh tail, maxi-mini preps); electrophoresis etc. He is working with ReproSource, Inc for almost a year. He works in the Department of Immunology as a Scientist/Medical Technologist.

          

He is an intelligent, dedicated professional who has received two SPOT awards for his excellent performance at Novartis/NIBR. He served this institute for four years as Scientist II. During Igor Dzhura’s employment with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, he was involved in the regulation of cardiac calcium channel by CAMKII (electrophysiology, cell culture, transfection, PCR, cardiomyocytes isolation, animal husbandry, PCR, etc.). He worked there for 8 years as a Research Associate, and designed, implemented and validated new and existing ion channels and GPCR/M1 based functional assays for target engagement, profiling and HTS.

Igor Dzhura studied in Ukraine. He did a Master of Science (major in biophysics) and a bachelor degree (major in biology/chemistry) from National Kiev University in 1998 and 1995 respectively. He started his professional career in Ukraine with Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology in 1998. After working there for two years as a Research Associate, he shifted to the United States of America, and joined Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

Igor has done a number of researches, and has a slew of publications in popular magazines.

Igor Dzhura works with ReproSource, Inc

Igor Dzhura is a Malden, MA based professional experienced in supporting research different fields – microbiology, biochemistry, cancer research, ion channels regulation and drug discovery. He is a diligent person with excellent troubleshooting, problem solving, interpersonal, and organizational skills. He holds good supervisory, teaching, & lab manager experience, and has successfully managed external collaborations & CRO’s. He holds a Master of Science (major in Biophysics) from National Kiev University, and graduated in the year 1998. Prior to this, he completed his bachelor degree (major in biology/chemistry) in 1995 from the same university.

Currently, Igor Dzhura works with ReproSource, Inc. in the Department of Immunology. Serving the position of Scientist/Medical Technologist, he is responsible for developing & validating new assays for flow cytomerty, management assay NKA, IMX, FOXP3, T-RIP, and working under CLIA, CAP. 

Prior to this, he worked with Novartis Institute for BioMedical Research as a Scientist II. He worked for this institute for four years, and fulfilled an array of responsibilities. These included designing, implementing, & validating new & existing ion channels and GPCR/M1 based functional assays for target engagement, profiling and HTS, cardiac safety profiling, managing external collaboration and CROs, and developing & validating new assays for drug recovery (for which he received 2 awards). Apart from that, Igor also identified cutting-edge techniques for ion channels and GPCR electrophysiological assays and Lead drug discovery and validated targets/mechanism of action for a variety of natural products/drugs for a multiple projects (oncology, malaria, diabetes, muscle disorder).

In addition, Igor Dzhura‘s professional experience also includes Instructor/Lab Manager at Boston University (in 2010), Senior Research Associate at SUNY Department of Medicine & Joslin Diabetes Center (from 2008 to 2010), and Research Associate at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (from 2000 to 2008) & Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology (from 1998 to 2000).