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Yury Nikolaev is an Associate Research Scientist in the Department of Cellular & Molecular Physiology at Yale School of Medicine. His research focuses on ion channel biology and mechanosensation, particularly the molecular mechanisms underlying touch detection in mechanoreceptors like Pacinian and Meissner corpuscles. He employs electrophysiology, biochemistry, and advanced microscopy techniques to study these processes.
Education: PhD in Human Physiology from Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute (2018); MSc in Biophysics from Moscow State University (2012). Collaborators include Slav Bagriantsev, Elena Gracheva, and Viktor Feketa. His work bridges biophysics, neuroscience, and microbiology, with recent contributions to understanding touch receptor architecture and antimicrobial biocomposite materials.
Key publications include groundbreaking studies on Pacinian corpuscle structure (Science Advances, 2025) and mechanosensitive channel gating (Current Opinion in Physiology, 2023). His interdisciplinary research also addresses environmental biotechnology, such as wastewater treatment innovations and biodegradable antimicrobial materials.
Lab affiliation: Sensory Physiology Lab at Yale School of Medicine. Contact: yury.nikolaev@yale.edu.
