Darina Khimich
EDUCATION
College / University
Medical Lyceum Kiev
National Medical University Kiev
Highest Degree
Diploma of General Physician (general doctor, June 2000)
Major Subjects
Medicine
Country
Ukraine
Lab Experience
Different electrophysiological techniques: extracellular recordings with sharp electrode, patch-clamp whole-cell recordings, fluorometrical intracellular Ca2+ measurement with Fura, slice preparations, acute neurons isolation.
Projects / Research
- 1999 - 2000: Research assistant at the Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology, Dept. of Cellular Membranology, Prof. Dr. Krishtal
- 1998 - 1999: Assistant in the Dept. of the Chemical Purification of Water, Kiev psychoneurological hospital No.3
- Effects of hyperforin and other substances on P-type Ca2+ channels in rat cerebellum Purkihje neurons; inactivating effects of prolonged glutamate application on excitatory synaptic transmission in CA1 and CA3 zones of hippocampal slices using extracellular recordings of spike activity
Scholarships / Awards
Scholarships University Olympiads: Histology and Physiology |
SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS
Cognitive neuroscience.I wish to be a scientist because the discoveries in neuroscience will be the basis of medicine and treatment of many human diseases.