Ilia Kurochkin, PhD

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CRI Computational Postdoctoral Fellow

Understanding Immune Cell Diversity

Biography

Ilia is a bioinformatician excited about integrating omics approaches to understand molecular mechanism beyond the cell fate. He studied bioinformatics at Lomonosov Moscow State University (2008-2013). His diploma project focused on understanding structural features of RNA using NGS data. Already during his diploma studies Ilia became interested in integration of omics data for deciphering complex biological processes. Ilia continued to investigate biological data during his PhD studies at Skoltech (2014-2018), with the main focus on human brain evolution.

In his free time, Ilia enjoys outdoors activities, such as, running, skiing and hiking. In 2019, Ilia reached the highest European summit, Mt. Elbrus.

Academic Background

10/2014 – 10/2018: PhD program in Life Sciences.
Thesis Title: Comparative Analysis of Human Brain based on Mass Spectrometry Data.
Supervisor: Professor Philipp Khaitovich, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology;
09/2008 – 06/2013: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Specialist degree in Bioengineering and Bioinformatics with honors.
Thesis Title: RNA structure prediction with high-throughput sequencing.

Publications

Reprogramming Cancer Cells to Antigen-presenting Cells

Alexandra G Ferreira, Olga Zimmermannova, Ilia Kurochkin, Ervin Ascic, Fritiof Åkerström, Carlos-Filipe Pereira

November 20, 2023 / Volume 13, Issue 22
Bio-protocol

GATA2 Mitotic Bookmarking Is Required for Definitive Haematopoiesis

Rita Silvério-Alves, Ilia Kurochkin, Anna Rydström, Camila Vazquez Echegaray, Jakob Haider, Matthew Nicholls, Christina Rode, Louise Thelaus, Aida Yifter Lindgren, Alexandra Gabriela Ferreira, Rafael Brandão, Jonas Larsson, Marella de Bruijn, Javier Martin-Gonzalez, Carlos-Filipe Pereira

August 14, 2023 / 14:4645
Nature Communications

Restoring Tumor Immunogenicity with Dendritic Cell Reprogramming

Olga Zimmermannova, Alexandra G. Ferreira, Ervin Ascic, Marta Velasco Santiago, Ilia Kurochkin, Morten Hansen, Özcan Met, Inês Caiado, Ilja E. Shapiro, Justine Michaux, Marion Humbert, Diego Soto-Cabrera, Hreinn Benonisson, Rita Silvério-Alves, David Gomez-Jimenez, Carina Bernardo, Monika Bauden, Roland Andersson, Mattias Höglund, Kenichi Miharada, Yukio Nakamura, Stephanie Hugues, Lennart Greiff, Malin Lindstedt, Fábio F. Rosa, Cristiana F. Pires, Michal Bassani-Sternberg, Inge Marie Svane, Carlos-Filipe Pereira

July 7, 2023 / Vol. 8, Issue 85
Science Immunology

Single-Cell Transcriptional Profiling Informs Efficient Reprogramming of Human Somatic Cells to Cross-Presenting Dendritic Cells

Fábio F. Rosa, Cristiana F. Pires, Ilia Kurochkin, Evelyn Halitzki, Tasnim Zahan, Nejc Arh, Olga Zimmermannová, Alexandra G. Ferreira, Hongzhe Li, Stefan Karlsson, Stefan Scheding, Carlos-Filipe Pereira

March 4, 2022 / Vol. 7, No. 69
Science Immunology

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