Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Sofia, Master's degree in "Molecular Biology" with specialization in "Clinical Chemistry", 1999
Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Medicine and Nutrigenomics, Medical University "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov", Varna, Specialist in "Biochemistry", 2015
Scientific degrees obtained and academic positions held:
PhD - Department of "Biochemistry, Molecular Medicine and Nutrigenomics", Medical University "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov" – Varna, 2011
Associate Professor - Department of "Biochemistry, Molecular Medicine and Nutrigenomics", Medical University "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov", - Varna, 2016
Areas of professional interest:
Molecular biology, Immunology and Oncology
Molecular biology of diseases; study of the processes of regulation of neoplastic transformation of cells, leading to the appearance and progression of tumors, on the one hand, and study of the breaking of the tolerance to self-antigens, leading to the manifestation of autoimmunity, on the other.
Membership in scientific organizations:
Union of Scientists in Bulgaria, Section "Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology", member of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)
European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO)
European Nutrigenomics Organization (NuGO)
Union of Scientists - Varna, Bulgaria
Specializations and work abroad:
28.10-10.11.2018
France, Paris, INSERM, UMR_S 1138, Cordeliers Research Center, Sorbonne University, Team "Inflammation, complement and cancer".
Research activity:
- Study of the role of anti-complement antibodies in renal damage in patients with lupus nephritis. Study of functional and genetic changes in complement proteins and their role in the pathogenesis of SLE.
- Searchlight for new molecular biological markers for early diagnosis and/or predicting risk of early recurrence, and for response to therapy in patients with solid tumors with special emphasis on colorectal cancer.
Participation in projects:
Contract No. КП-06-Н23/6, 18.12.2018, Competition for financing scientific research - 2018. Bulgarian Scientific Research Fund. Topic: "Expression profiling of non-coding RNAs in colorectal cancer". Project leader.
Contract No. ФН-14/11.02.2019 Competition for funding scientific research of doctoral students and young scientists - 2017, "Science" Fund 2018, "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov" Medical University, Varna. Topic: "Identification of new generation biomarkers for diagnostic assessment of activity and follow-up of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus". Project leader.
Contract No. FMN-53/18.12.2017 Competition for financing scientific research - 2017, "Science" Fund 2017, Medical University "Prof. Dr. Paraskev Stoyanov", Varna. Topic: "Investigation of single nucleotide polymorphisms in non-coding RNAs in patients with colorectal cancer in order to identify new diagnostic, prognostic and predictive biomarkers for the Bulgarian population". Project leader.
Contract No. DNTS/France 01/11 dated 05/09/2017. Competition for projects under bilateral cooperation programs 2016 - Bulgaria - France, Bulgarian Scientific Research Fund. Topic: "Autoimmune response against plasma protein of the innate immune system". Project leader for the Bulgaria.
