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Aleksei Mikhalchenko

PhD Thesis Defense

Candidate: Alexey Mikhalchenko
Date of Thesis Defense: October 23, 2018, 10:00
PhD Program: Life Sciences
Thesis Title: Comparative Biology of Aging through the Lens of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Supervisor:
Co-Supervisor:
Professor Philipp Khaitovich, Skoltech
Vadim Gladyshev, Harvard Medical School
Venue:
Room 408
Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Skolkovo Innovation Center, Building 3
Moscow 143026
Russia

PhD Defense Jury Reports:

 

 

Professor Olga Dontsova, Skoltech (Chairman): report
Assistant Professor Georgii Bazykin, Skoltech: report
Associate Professor Petr Sergiev, Skoltech: report
Professor Mikhail Gelfand, Skoltech: report

Professor Vera Gorbunova, University of Rochester, USA: report
Professor Brian Kennedy, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, USA: report
Professor Dario Riccardo Valenzano, Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing, Germany: report

Thesis Changes Log

Thesis Defense Outcome:

The thesis is accepted “as is.” The candidate is awarded the Skoltech PhD degree.

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