Profiles
Vitold E. Galkin, PhD
Associate Professor, EVMS, 2018-present
Assistant Professor, EVMS, 2013-2018
Research Assistant Professor, University of Virginia, 2009-2013
Research Scientist, University of Virginia, 2006-2009
Office Hours
By appointment only
Office Location: Lewis Hall, Room 3126
Graduate Education
MS, Saint-Petersburg Technological State, 1995
PhD, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, 1999
Postdoctoral Education
University of Virginia, 2000 to 2006
Lab Location
Lewis Hall, Room No. 3140
Lab Phone: 446-0354
Research Interests
My laboratory utilizes three dimensional cryo electron microscopy to determine high resolution structures of large macromolecular complexes that cannot be determined by more traditional methods such as crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance. My group has full access to the state of the art Titan Krios electron microscope (UVA) equipped with the direct detector and automated image acquisition system. We also use field emission gun JEOL JEM-2100F microscope equipped with the Gatan SC1000 ORIUS CCD camera and cryo stage (ODU). JEOL 1200 EX ll transmission electron microscope equipped with an 11 megapixel AMT digital camera is conveniently located in Lewis Hall (EVMS). Structural studies of actin and its complexes with actin binding proteins have enormous significance in many aspects of human health, from cell motility in metastasis, to cardiac muscle contraction and rearrangements of the actin cytoskeleton during bacterial pathogenesis. Understanding the mechanisms of regulation of the structure and morphogenesis of the contractile ring upon cell division is crucial for understanding of the molecular mechanisms of cytokinesis.
Presentations and Scholarships
Office Hours
By appointment only
Office Location: Lewis Hall, Room 3126
Graduate Education
MS, Saint-Petersburg Technological State, 1995
PhD, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, 1999
Postdoctoral Education
University of Virginia, 2000 to 2006
Lab Location
Lewis Hall, Room No. 3140
Lab Phone: 446-0354
Research Interests
My laboratory utilizes three dimensional cryo electron microscopy to determine high resolution structures of large macromolecular complexes that cannot be determined by more traditional methods such as crystallography and nuclear magnetic resonance. My group has full access to the state of the art Titan Krios electron microscope (UVA) equipped with the direct detector and automated image acquisition system. We also use field emission gun JEOL JEM-2100F microscope equipped with the Gatan SC1000 ORIUS CCD camera and cryo stage (ODU). JEOL 1200 EX ll transmission electron microscope equipped with an 11 megapixel AMT digital camera is conveniently located in Lewis Hall (EVMS). Structural studies of actin and its complexes with actin binding proteins have enormous significance in many aspects of human health, from cell motility in metastasis, to cardiac muscle contraction and rearrangements of the actin cytoskeleton during bacterial pathogenesis. Understanding the mechanisms of regulation of the structure and morphogenesis of the contractile ring upon cell division is crucial for understanding of the molecular mechanisms of cytokinesis.