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Biomedical Researcher & Cancer biologist | Expert in Molecular & Cell biology | 12+ years research/publishing experience

Profile Summary

I am a scientist with 12+ years of experience in biomedical research with a passion for cancer research-related topics. ✔ Interdisciplinary researcher in cancer biology and small molecule discovery, skilled in molecular biology techniques, pre-clinical animal trials, serine proteases, 3D breast cancer models, documented by published peer-reviewed publications ✔ An excellent communicator, able to convey complex scientific information to a variety of audiences both verbally and in writing, demonstrated by peer-review articles and co-authored book chapters, and presentations at national and international meetings. ✔ Collaboration builder with strong interpersonal and analytical skills. I have established and managed several international collaborative projects which have produced peer-reviewed articles and €100,000+ funds so far. OTHER PROFILES ETIS (ENGLISH): https://etis.ee/CV/Denis_Belit%C5%A1kin/eng ETIS (EESTI): https://etis.ee/CV/Denis_Belit%C5%A1kin/eng?tabId=CV_EST Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xdhtT_AAAAAJ&hl=ru

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Biochemistry
• ★ Cell Biology
• ★ Cancer Research
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Cell Signaling Pathways
• ☆ Stem Cell Research
• ☆ Basic Immunology
• ☆ Cell Culture
• ☆ 3D Cell Culture
• ☆ Pharmacogenomics
• ☆ Breast Cancer
• ☆ Cancer Biology
• ☆ Research Methodology
• ☆ Medical Writing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing

Research Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gray Literature Search, Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review, Secondary Data Collection

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization

Product Development Formulation

Work Experience

Researcher

Icosagen (Estonia)

April 2022 - Present

Cancer researcher (PhD research)

University of Helsinki

June 2013 - April 2022

Research assistant

University of Tartu

June 2011 - June 2013

Research assistant

University of Tartu, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology

June 2011 - June 2013

Research assistant

University of Tartu, Department Molecular Virology

September 2008 - September 2011

Education

PhD in Biomedicine (Breast Cancer research)

University of Helsinki, Faculty of Medicine

June 2013 - Present

Ph.D. (Faculty of Medicine)

University of Helsinki

2013 - 2022

MSc in Gene Technology (Cancer Biology) (Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology)

University of Tartu

2011 - 2013

BSc in Gene Technology (Virology)

University of Tartu

2008 - 2011

Pharmacy (Institute of Pharmacy)

University of Tartu

2007 - 2008

Certifications

• Ph.D. Degree

  University of Helsinki

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AtH9BqvAUvUhGZoS0kKXRfVVUTVdnOnG/view?usp=share_link

  April 2022 - Present

• C Level Animal Experimentation Licence

  FELASA

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/19mWvcTd0FMqeGxJY_kIEIfHKg_g7fLaw/view?usp=share_link

  January 2014 - Present

• AB Level Animal Experimentation Licence

  FELASA

  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sz6uSURYF6vDhSlCGO3xX2PZZPFaGI1i/view?usp=share_link

  January 2014 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Denis Belit{\v{s}}kin and Shishir M Pant and Pauliina Munne and Ilida Suleymanova and Kati Belit{\v{s}}kina and Hanna-Ala Hongisto and Johanna Englund and Tiina Raatikainen and Olga Klezovitch and Valeri Vasioukhin and Shuo Li and Qingyu Wu and Outi Monni and Satu Kuure and Pirjo Laakkonen and Jeroen Pouwels and Topi A Tervonen and Juha Klefström(2021). Hepsin regulates TGFβ signaling via fibronectin proteolysis . EMBO reports. 22. (11). {EMBO}

(2021). Oncogenic Ras Disrupts Epithelial Integrity by Activating the Transmembrane Serine Protease Hepsin . Cancer research.

(2018). Analyzing the Type II Transmembrane Serine Protease Hepsin-Dependent Basement Membrane Remodeling in 3D Cell Culture . Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.).

(2017). A label-retaining but unipotent cell population resides in biliary compartment of mammalian liver . Scientific reports.

(2016). Data integration to prioritize drugs using genomics and curated data . BioData Mining.

(2016). The inhibition of Akt-Pdpk1 interaction efficiently suppresses the growth of murine primary liver tumor cells . Biochemical and biophysical research communications.

(2015). Deregulated hepsin protease activity confers oncogenicity by concomitantly augmenting HGF/MET signalling and disrupting epithelial cohesion . Oncogene.

(2013). Characterization of monoclonal ZnT8-specific antibody . Frontiers in Immunology.

BOOK CHAPTER

(2018). The Cell-Surface, Transmembrane Serine Protease Hepsin: Discovery, Function and Role in Cancer . Extracellular Targeting of Cell Signaling in Cancer.