At a meeting of the Dissertation Committee D 208.130.03, A.P. Kostyusheva defended her thesis "Influence of modulation of the pathways for reparation of nucleolytic breaks in the hepatitis B virus genome on the antiviral effect of CRISPR/ Cas9", submitted for PhD in biological science, specialty 03.02.02 – Virology.

January 20, 2020

At the meeting of Dissertation Council D 208.130.03, the defense of thesis by A.P. Kostyusheva – “Influence of modulation of the pathways for reparation of nucleolytic breaks in the hepatitis B virus genome on the antiviral effect of CRISPR/ Cas9” took place, submitted for the degree of candidate of biological sciences in specialty 03.02.02 – Virology.

The thesis was developed in the Federal Budgetary Institution of Science “Central Research Institute of Epidemiology” of the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor).

Academic supervisor – V. P. Chulanov, Doctor of Medical Sciences.

Official reviewers: Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences M. I. Mikhailov and Doctor of Biological Sciences G. G. Karganova.

External reviewer: Federal Budgetary Institution of Science “Pasteur St. Petersburg Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology” of Rospotrebnadzor.