Import substitution: Sergey Gaivoronsky, a young scientist from Altai State University, received a grant of 500 thousand rubles for the development of high-quality reagents for immunochemical tests

20 January 2023 Department of Physical and Chemical Biology and Biotechnology

A graduate student of the Institute of Biology and Biotechnology of Altai State University won the grant program "UMNIK" of the Innovation Promotion Foundation. The Foundation supported Sergey Gaivoronsky's innovative project in the field of "Biotechnology" called "Development of protein A conjugates for immunochemical tests." Sergey notes that he is developing conjugates based on recombinant protein A, they will be used as markers in scientific research and medical diagnostics:

“At the moment in Russia there is a lack of high-quality reagents for immunochemical tests. My project aims to solve this problem. The topic of my thesis was "Obtaining conjugates based on recombinant protein A." I decided to try my hand at this competition. First, we wrote an application for a grant support, and then prepared a presentation and a defense report. I won. The victory was a pleasant surprise for me. At the moment, I have already received a horseradish peroxidase conjugate, which will be used as markers in scientific research and medical diagnostics. There is still work to be done with colloidal gold and a direct study of these conjugates. I want to express my gratitude to my supervisors - D.V. Balabova and D.N. Shcherbakov, as well as the staff of the Russian-American Anti-Cancer Center and the staff of the Department of Physical and Chemical Biology and Biotechnology for their support and assistance in my work.”

The young scientist has been engaged in this research work since 2020. The accumulated experience and knowledge allowed him to write a high-quality grant application, successfully defend the project and answer the questions of the jury.

Sergey is actively working on his project at the laboratory of the Russian-American Anti-Cancer Center and the laboratory of the Department of Physical and Chemical Biology and Biotechnology. In his work, he uses the methods of genetic engineering, molecular biology, biochemistry and biotechnology.

Currently, the undergraduate is preparing a patent on the topic of his developments in order to further sell his product. At the moment, there are already industrial enterprises interested in the developments of the young scientist.

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