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Family name
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Vus
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First name
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Kateryna
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Date of birth
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5 February 1990
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Institution
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V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
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Department
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Department of Molecular and Medical Biophysics
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Correspondence address
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4 Svobody Sq., Kharkiv, 61022, Ukraine
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Phone
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+380 57 343-82-44, +38 097 457-89-57
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E-mail:
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kateryna.vus@karazin.ua, kateryna_vus@yahoo.com
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Education
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2007-2011: B. Sc. Degree in Applied physics with the highest honours from V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Department of Biological and Medical Physics, School of Radiophysics
2011-2012: M. Sc. Degree in Biophysics from V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Department of Biological and Medical Physics, School of Radiophysics
2012-2015: Post-Graduate course at the Department of Nuclear and Medical Physics, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. PhD thesis “Fluorescent detection of amyloid fibrils”. Supervisor Prof. Gorbenko G.P.
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| Professional positions
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2010-2012: Research Assistant, Department of Biological and Medical Physics, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
2012-2016: Junior Researcher, Department of Nuclear and Medical Physics, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
2016-Present: Senior Researcher, Associate Professor, Department of Nuclear and Medical Physics, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
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Awards
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May 2010 – third prize in Young Scientist Paper Contest, V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine
April, 2011 – second prize in the Ukrainian Students Paper Competition
June, 2011 – travel grant to participate in the Molecular Engineering Summer School, Uto island, Finland
October, 2011 – Yu. Sapronov Fellowship for young researchers in Physics, Ukraine
August, 2011 – travel grant to attend 8th European Biophysics Congress, Budapest, Hungary
March, 2013 – travel grant to participate in the 17-th CIMO Winter School, Tvarminne zoological station, Tvarminne
August, 2013-February, 2015 – Research grant from the Academy of Finland (CIMO), Aalto University, Finland. Supervisor - Prof. Paavo Kinnunen(Helsinki Biophysics & Biomembrane Group)
May, 2018 – thanksgiving letter from the Mayor of Kharkiv for the research work and impact on the development of the science and education in Kharkiv timed to the Science Day in Ukraine
July, 2018 – travel grant from the Aston University to attend research seminars, Birmingham, United Kingdom
November, 2018 – the Young Scientists Scholarship from the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine
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Areas of professional interests and expertise
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Dye-protein interactions
Protein fibrillogenesis, design of novel fluorescent amyloid markers
Fluorescence and absorption spectroscopy
Small molecular inhibitors of the amyloid fibril formation
Quantum-chemical calculations, molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulations
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