Boris V Nikonenko
Central Institute for Tuberculosis, Russia
Biography
Boris V Nikonenko MD, Ph.D., Doctor of Medical Sciences is a leading Researcher at Central Research Institute for Tuberculosis in Moscow. He is an expert in immunology and genetics of experimental tuberculosis and other mycobacterial infections, as well as testing of TB vaccines and drugs. Along with colleagues, he mapped three loci in the mouse genome that regulates the course of TB infection and immunity and revealed the role of other (known) genes in mouse ant-TB resistance and immunity. For 12 years, he worked in biopharm company Sequella, Inc. (Rockville, USA) testing the activity of established drugs against M. tuberculosis, M. avium, M. abscessus, Candida in the mouse models.