1994 - graduated with honor from the Saint-Petersburg State University, Department of Biology and Soil Science, 2001 - PhD thesis defense in the field of Cytology, Histology and Cell Biology. 2016 - has been working as an Deputy Head of the Laboratory of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the International Centre for Reproductive Medicine. 2018 - has been working as an Associate Professor of the Department of Human and Animal Anatomy and Physiology, Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia. Alsu Saifitdinova had practical training in the Institute of Genetics, King's Medical Centre, the University of Nottingham (Great Britain), University of Nebraska Medical Center (USA), Laboratory of Molecular Cytogenetics, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Germany), Laboratory of Cell Genetics, the French National Institute for Agricultural Research (France). Author of numerous publications including a methodological manual Two-Dimensional Fluorescence Microscopy for Analysis of Biological Samples. Specialized in Molecular and Cell Biology, Developmental Biology, Human and Animal Cytogenetics. Experienced in scientific research, teaching and administrative activities. Master of various methods of light microscopy including fluorescent and confocal ones as well as methods of molecular-cytogenetic testing.