Elena Gracheva
Research Assistant Professor
- Phone
(314) 935-1154 - Office
Whitaker Hall, Room 245
Google ScholarEducation
PhD, Institute of Gene Biology (Moscow, Russia), 1998MS, Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (Moscow, Russia), 1990
BS, Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (Moscow, Russia), 1988
Expertise
Development of non-invasive cardiac optogenetic control in Drosophila, organoids, and mammal models
Biography
Elena Gracheva joined the Chao Zhou lab in Biomedical Engineering Department in 2021. She transferred from the Biology Department where she studied the heterochtomatin formation, epigenetics, and gene regulation. Elena Gracheva worked as Principal Scientist at Medros, Inc (St Louis, MO) leading the of drug and drug target discovery projects. Elena received her PhD in molecular genetics from the Institute of Gene Biology (Moscow, Russia).
Research
Elena Gracheva focuses on optimization of cardiovascular optogenetic approaches in various model systems. Elena's goal is to enforce pre-clinical research efficiency through interdisciplinary fusion of molecular genetics, engineering, and data processing. Elena Gracheva works on modelling rare human disease, retinal vasculopathy with cerebral leukoencephalopathy and systemic manifestations (RVCL-S), in Drosophila melanogaster.