Nikita Makretsov

Postdoctoral research Fellow

Training Experiences
Medical undergraduate training 1985-1993
Pathology resident 1993-1996
Research Associate, Clinical fellow 1996-1998
Surgical Pathologist 1999-2001

GPEC Responsibilities
To carry out research projects (breast cancer, skin melanoma and pediatric solid tumors TMAs) with the stress on histopathology and immunohistochemistry of tissue array sections, to select clinical cases for tissue arrays and to maintain high quality standards of tissue array construction.

Research Interests
Search for potential effective predictors of cancer prognosis and effectiveness of current chemotherapeutic regimens in patients by means of histopathology and translational research. Validation of cDNA profiles data with high throughput tissue microarray methodology. Areas of particular interests are human solid cancers, namely- pediatric tumors and breast carcinoma