Philipp Khaitovich
Professor,Principal Investigator, Director
Comparative biology
Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences
China
Biography
Philipp completed undergraduate studies in molecular biology at Moscow State University in 1995 and PhD in biochemistry at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1999. From 2000 till 2006 Philipp worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology at the department of Evolutionary Genetics headed by Prof. Svante Paabo. Prof. Philipp Khaitovich was appointed director of PICB in 2012.
Research Interest
Molecular mechanisms of development and aging in humans and non-human primates Comparative biology of the human brain General study of regulatory evolution with a focus on humans and closely related primate species.
Publications
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Khaitovich,P., Tenson,T.,Mankin,A.S.and Green,R. Peptidyl transferase activity catalyzed by protein-free 23S ribosomalRNA remains elusive. RNA,5,605-608.(1999)
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Chernyaeva, N.S., Khaitovich,F.and Aseev,V.V. Dissociation of ribosomes from flagellated protozoan Astasia longa containing discontinuous rRNA.Biochemistry(Moscow),60,575-579. (1995)
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Chernyaeva,N.S.,Khaitovich,F.and Aseev,V.V.Dissociation of the Crithidia fasciculatalarge ribosomal subunit containing discontinuous 28S rRNA.Molecular Biology,29,774-777.(1995)
