Dr. Iurii Sheludko
Age: 43
Area of research: Plant biochemistry, secondary metabolism, plant biotechnology, transgenic plants
Name of my University / Research Institute: Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering of NAS of Ukraine, Kiev
Research period at the TU Darmstadt:
September 2014 to August, 2016 June 2015 to April 2017
Questionnaire to the Research Fellow
My field of research is fascinating. To laymen I would explain it in the following comprehensible manner:
My field of research is fascinating. To laymen, I would explain it in the following comprehensible manner: studying plant cell function mechanisms, investigating enzymes of natural product biosynthesis, search for novel pharmaceutical compounds and generation of plants with new features adapted to different human demands – these are very interesting, substantive and exciting pursuits.
My most important achievements in research to date are…
structure elucidation of a novel subgroup of indole alkaloids from Rauvolfia serpentina hairy roots, participation in successful purification and characterization of several indole alkaloid metabolism enzymes and determining the key factors influencing the efficiency of Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression.
I have chosen the TU Darmstadt because…
I know Prof. Warzecha as one of the leading scientists in the area of plant secondary metabolism. The scientific and methodological approaches of his workgroup are in accordance with the aim of my project.
If I were a student today, I would…
follow the same path and, additionally, I would pay more attention to learning German.
The perfect balance to a stressful working day is…
an evening with my family.
With the help of my host in Darmstadt I would like to…
enhance my skills, accomplish my scientific project, publish the results in leading scientific journals and make the world a little bit happier.
