Victor Kotelianski

Biography

  Victor received his doctor of science degree from the National Cardiology Research Center of the Russian Academy of Medical Science in Moscow, and then went on to serve as the Institute’s professor of cell biology. He was senior scientist at the Institute of Protein Research, Russian Academy of Science in Poustchino. He received his Ph.D. in molecular biology from the Russian Academy of Sciences and his doctor of medicine degree from the Uzhgorod University Medical School. He joined Alnylam in 2003 as vice president of research and was promoted to senior vice president, Distinguished Alnylam Fellow in 2008. He was formerly Distinguished Investigator, Director of Biological Research at Biogen (now Biogen Idec) and earlier in his career he served as Director of Research, Institut National de la Sante et de la Reserche Medicale (INSERM) in Paris. He has over 150 publications.

Research Interest

 RNAi thereapeutics, including ALN-RSV01, ALN-VSP, and ALN-PCS