PgC in Higher Education Practice, University of Bradford, Bradford, UK, 2014 PhD in Molecular Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 1995 MSc in Biotechnology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow Institute of Fine Chemical Technology, Moscow, Russia, 1991

Molecular and cellular mechanisms of the mammalian skin development, homeostasis and regeneration, chromatin dynamics and gene regulation in tissue development and homeostasis, higher-order chromatin structure and three dimensional (3D) genome organization, epigenetics

A.N. Mardaryev, B. Liu, V. Rapisarda, K. Poterlowicz, I. Malaschuk, J. Rudolf, A.A.Sharov, C.A. Jahoda, M.Y. Fessing, S.A. Benitah, G.L. Xu, V.A. Botchkarev Cbx4 maintains the epithelial lineage identity and cell proliferation in the developing stratified epithelium J of Cell Biology, 2016, 212, 77-89 A.N. Mardaryev, M.R.Gdula, J.L.Yarker, V.U. Emelianov, K.Poterlowicz, A.A.Sharov, T.Y.Sharova, J.A.Scarpa, B. Joffe, I. Solovei, P.Chambon, V.A.Botchkarev, M.Y.Fessing p63 and Brg1 control developmentally-regulated higher-order chromatin remodelling within the Epidermal Differentiation Complex locus in epidermal progenitor cells. Development, 2014, 141, 101-11 M.Y. Fessing Gene regulation at a distance: higher-order chromatin folding and the coordinated control of gene transcription at the epidermal differentiation complex locus. J of Investigative Dermatology, 2014, 134, 2307-2310 C.J. Lewis, A.N. Mardaryev, A.A. Sharov, M.Y. Fessing, V.A. Botchkarev. The epigenetic regulation of wound healing. Adv Wound Care 2014, 3, 468-475 M.R.Gdula, K.Poterlowicz, A.N.Mardaryev, A.A.Sharov, Y.Peng, M.Y.Fessing, V.A.Botchkarev. Remodeling of Three-Dimensional Organization of the Nucleus during Terminal Keratinocyte Differentiation in the Epidermis. J of Investigative Dermatology, 2013, 133: 2191-2201 V.A. Botchkarev, M.Y.Fessing, N.V. Botchkareva, G. Westgate, D.J. Tobin First International Symposium "Epigenetic Control of Skin Development and Regeneration": how chromatin regulators orchestrate skin functions. J of Investigative Dermatology, 2013, 133: 1918-1921 V.A. Botchkarev, M.R. Gdula, A.N. Mardaryev, A.A. Sharov, M.Y. Fessing. Epigenetic mechanisms of regulation of gene expression in keratinocytes. J of Investigative Dermatology, 2012, 132, 2505-2521 M.Y.Fessing, A.N.Mardaryev, M.R.Gdula, A.A.Sharov, T.Y.Sharova, K.B.Gordon, A.D.Smorodchenko, K.Poterlowicz, Y.Kohwi, C.Missero, T.Kohwi-Shigematsu, V.A.Botchkarev. P63 regulates Satb1 to control tissue-specific chromatin remodelling during development of the epidermis. J of Cell Biology, 2011, 194, 825-839 A.N.Mardaryev, N. Meier, K. Poterlowicz, A.A. Sharov, T.Y. Sharova, M.I. Ahmed, V. Rapisarda, C. Lewis, M.Y. Fessing, T.M.Runger, J. Bhawan, S. Werner, R. Paus, V.A. Botchkarev. Lhx2 differentially regulated Sox9, Tcf4 and Lgr5 in hair follicle stem cells to promote epidermal regeneration after injury. Development, 2011, 138, 4843-4853 A.N. Mardaryev, M.I. Ahmed, N.V.Vlahov, M.Y.Fessing, J.H.Gil, A. A. Sharov, N.V.Botchkareva. MicroRNA-31 controls hair cycle-associated changes in gene expression programs of the skin and hair follicle. FASEB J, 2010, 10: 3869-3881 M.Y. Fessing, R. Atoyan, B. Shander, A.M.Mardaryev, V.V. Botchkarev Jr, K. Poterlowicz, Y.Peng,T. Efimova, V.A. Botchkarev. BMP signaling induces cell-type specific changes in gene expression programs in human keratinocytes and fibroblasts. J Invest Dermatol, 2010, 130: 398-404