NATO EAST EUROPE: Activation of Ca 2+ Release Channels in Sacroplasmic Reticulum from Skeletal and Heart Muscles by Free Radicals

9355516 V. Kagan博士是匹兹堡大学环境与职业健康系的教员。他是世界公认的自由基和抗氧化剂研究领域的领导者。他目前的研究项目包括广泛的ESR研究参与肌浆网膜Ca2+释放通道激活的自由基机制。V. Ritov博士是莫斯科国立大学生物系生物化学副教授。由于他对Ca2+转运及其调控机制的系统研究，他作为一名生物化学家获得了杰出的声誉。Ritov博士每天在匹兹堡大学Kagan博士的实验室的存在将极大地促进自由基和抗氧化剂在肌浆网膜Ca2+释放通道功能的基本生理机制中的参与的联合研究。里托夫博士将获得卡根博士实验室开发的用于自由基研究的独特ESR技术，他将能够在返回俄罗斯后用于他的研究。里托夫博士的美国之行将使他能够与美国科学家直接互动，并将提高他应得的国际科学声誉。里托夫博士对卡根博士实验室的访问将大大加强他们在美国和俄罗斯实验室的合作研究。＊＊＊

9355516 Kagan Dr. V. Kagan is a faculty member at the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the University of Pittsburgh. He is a world recognized leader in the field of free radical and antioxidant research. His current research program includes extensive ESR studies of free radical mechanisms involved in the activation of Ca2+ release channels in sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes. Dr. V. Ritov is the Associate Research Professor of Biochemistry at the Department of Biology, State University of Moscow. With his systematic studies of Ca2+ transport and mechanisms of its regulation, he has gained an outstanding reputation as a biochemist. The presence of Dr. Ritov in Dr. Kagan's laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh on a daily basis will greatly facilitate the joint studies on the involvement of free radicals and antioxidants in fundamental physiologic mechanisms of functioning of Ca2+-release channel in sarcoplasmic reticulum membranes. Dr. V. Ritov will have access to unique ESR techniques for free radical studies developed in Dr. Kagan's laboratory which he will be able to use in his research upon his return to Russia. Dr. Ritov's visit to the US will enable him to interact with American scientists directly and will enhance his international scientific reputation that he deserves. The visit of Dr. V. Ritov to Dr. Kagan's laboratory will significantly strengthen the collaborative research in their laboratories both in the US and in Russia. ***