Elena M. Tchevkina graduated in 1990 from the Biological Faculty of Lomonosov Moscow State University, majoring in biochemistry. In 1993 finished full-time post-graduate course in N.N.Blokhin NMRCO in Experimental Oncology. Since 1993 she works in the Institute of Carcinogenesis of the N.N. Blokhin NMRCO. In 1995, she has received the Fellowship for Visiting scientist from the National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM) and passed a semiannual internship at the Curie Institute, Paris, France. In 1997 she had defended PhD thesis. In 2004, she received diplomas from the “Principles and Practice of Cancer Prevention and Control” Courses, and the “Molecular Cancer Prevention Course” (National Cancer Institute, USA). In 2014 she defended thesis with conferring the degree of Doctor of Biological Sciences. Since 2015 up to date - the head of the oncogenes regulation laboratory. Scientific interests include the search for molecular markers associated with growth and development of malignant tumors of various localizations, the study of tumor progression mechanisms, the processes of extracellular vesicular transport and intracellular signaling including retinoic acid signaling pathways. Hirsch 9.