Yana Khalina, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral research fellow and BBRI Scholar

Education
Pushchino State University, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia, 2004

Lab
Albert Wang

Research Interests
Biophysics of muscle proteins such as cardiac myosin, actin and titin, using a variety of biochemical and biophysical techniques including electron microscopy.

Recent Publications:
Haase H., Pagel I., Khalina Y.N., Zacharzowsky U., Person V., Lutsch G., Petzhold D., Kott M., Schaper J., Morano I. (2004) The carboxyl-terminal ahnak domain induces actin bundling and stabilizes muscle contraction. FASEB J 18, 839-41.

Khalina Y.N., Shpagina M.D., M_lyshev S.L., Podlubnaya Z.A. (2003) Role of atrial myosin light chains in modulation of functional properties of myocardium // Biofizika.48, 900-904 (in Russian).

Khalina Ya.N., Udaltsov S.N., Podlubnaya Z.A. (2002) Changes in light chains composition of cardiac myosin in dilated cardiomyopathy: influence on functional properties. // Biofizika 47, 361-6 (in Russian).

Vikhlyantsev I.M., Makarenko I.V., Khalina Ya.N., Udaltsov S.N., Malyshev S.L., Podlubnaya Z.A. (2000) The changes in isoform composition of cytoskeletal protein titin as an adaptive process in hybernation. // Biofizika 45, 831-835 (in Russian).

Contact Info
email: khalina@bbri.org, tel. 617-658-7825