Ivan Skorodumov

EDUCATION

College / University

Lomonosov Moscow State University

Highest Degree

Specialist

Major Subjects

Pharmacy

Country

Russian Federation

Lab Experience

Behavioural tests in mice and rats (forced swim test, elevated plus-maze, open field test, tail suspension test, sucrose preference test), video-tracking software (SMART 3.0), high-performance liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, fluorescent microscopy, neuronal culture staining techniques, GLP/GCP principles

Projects / Research

2016 – 2017: Specialist thesis "Development of depression in animals with monoamine deficiency", Litvinova S.A., Institute of Pharmacology named after V.V.Zakusov, Moscow
2015 – 2016: "Development of a non-invasive method for therapeutic drug monitoring of topiramate", Abaimov D.A., Research Center of Neurology, Moscow
2014 – 2015: "Glutamate-induced delayed calcium dysregulation: morphometric study of primary culture of cerebellum granular cells", Surin A.A., National Medical Research Center of Children's Health, Moscow

Scholarships / Awards

2018 – 2019:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
2011 – 2017:	State academic scholarship of Lomonosov Moscow State University

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

My research interests lie in the areas of psychopharmacology and affective neuroscience. I am particularly interested in understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of action of psychedelics (psilocybin, MDMA, ibogaine etc.), their impact on brain epigenetics and synaptic plasticity, and how these findings can be applied for therapeutic use of these substances in treatment of mental disorders, such as depression, PTSD and drug abuse. I also find altered states of consciousness an underestimated field of research, which could bring better understanding of perception, memory, emotions and reasoning, and how consciousness does emerge from interactions between neurons.