| Expert Name | Prof. Hrachik Vardapetyan |
| Title | Dean |
| Division | Biomedical faculty |
| Institution | |
| City | Yerevan |
| Country | Armenia |
| Telephone | 264783 |
| Email | hvardapetyan(at)mail.ru |
| Work Experience | 1994-1998 – Expert of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Armenia.
1999-2001 – Expert in the frames of "National Programme of Action to Combat Desertification in Armenia" of the Ministry of Nature Protection of the Republic of Armenia, supported by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UN CCD).
1999-2003 – expert in the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Ecology in the Parliament of the Republic of Armenia.
2003-2005 – Project consultant of the Global UNEP-GEF Project on Development of National Biosafety Frameworks for Armenia, concerning the safety of GMOs to human health and the environment in Armenia. |
| Qualifications | M.Sc. Biophysics Yerevan State University, Armenia, 1971
Post-graduated course, Biophysics, Yerevan State University, Armenia, 1975
Ph.D. Biochemistry, Biophysics (The Highest Attestation Commission under the USSR Council of Ministers), Moscow, 1977
Docent, Biophysics, Moscow 1984
Doctor of Science, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Moscow1991 |
| Number of Publications | 180 |
| Awards | •Visiting Scientific Researcher at the Inst. Entwiklungs- und Molekular biologie der Pflanzen, Heinrich Heine University Deusseldorf, F.R.G., (c/o Prof. Willi Alfermann)
•Universität Erlangen, Lehrstuhl für Pharmazeutische Biologie, Laboratory headed by Pror.W. Kreis
•Awarded the “Best Scientific Supervisor“ according to the results of the International Open Competition for the “Best scientific students work” among Universities of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in section “Biological sciences” (gold medal and diploma) (Order _167 of Ministry of Education of Russian Federation from 28 June 2006). |
| Other Activities | 1981-Present Member of All-Armenian Biophysics Association
1990-Present Special council for award of scientific degree (Ph.D.) on Biochemistry and Biophysics at the Yerevan State University
1999-Present Member of Phytochemical Society of Europe
2001-Present Member of European Federation of biotechnology
2002- Present Vice-president of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in Armenia |
| Publications | 1.Kirakosyan A., Hayashi H., Inoue K., Charchoglyan A., Vardapetyan H. (2000) Stimulation of the production of hypericins by mannan in Hypericum perforatum shoot cultures, Phytochemistry, 53(3), 345-348.
2.Kirakosyan A., Kaufman P., Chang S.Chul, Warber Sara Bolling S., Vardapetyan H.R. (2006) Regulation of isoflavone production in hydroponically grown Pueraria montana (kudzu) by cork pieces, XAD-4, and methyl jasmonate Plant Cell Rep., 25, 1387-1391.
3. Martirosyan A.S., Vardapetyan H.R., Tiratsuyan S.G., Hovhannisyan A.A. (2010) Possibility of improvement of hemoglobin properties as biosensors’ detection element. Proc. SPIE, Vol. 7715, Biophotonics: Photonic Solutions for Better Health Care II, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 7715 (SPIE, Bellingham, WA, 2010) 77153N, p.77153N-1–77153N-8.
4.Charchoglyan A., Vardapetyan H., Beerhues L. et al. (2007) Differential accumulation of hyperforin and secohyperforin in Hypericum perforatum tissue cultures. Photochemistry, 68, 2670-2677.
5.Vardapetyan H.R., Martirosyan A.S., Tiratsuyan S.G., Hovhannisyan A.A. (2010) Interaction between hypericin and hemoglobin. J. Photochem. Photobiol. B: Biol. 101, 53-58. |
| Discipline | Biology |
| Last updated | 06/07/2011 17:27:00 |
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