Dr. Nelly Sapojnikova, Principal Investigator, I. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Andronikashvili Institute of Physics, Tbilisi, Georgia; 1974-1979 I.Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Faculty of Physics, MSc (Biophysics); 1989 - Ph.D. in Biophysics, Andronikashvili Institute of Physics; 1979-1984 Post-graduate Researcher, Andronikashvili Institute of Physics; 1984-1985 Post-graduate Researcher, Institute of Cytology, St. Petersburg, Russia; 1985-1999 Researcher, Andronikashvili Institute of Physics; 1999-2010 Senior Researcher, Andronikashvili Institute of Physics; 2000-2001 Research associate, University of Portsmouth, UK; from 2010-present Principal Investigator; current research interests: genetic identification of bacteria and viruses using biochips for ecological and medical diagnostics; previous research interests: structure and composition of transcriptionally active and inactive chromatin, genetic instability caused by the toxic agents (heavy metals and its oxygen metabolites), search biomarkers of inflammatory processes accompanied ischemic stroke; UK Biochemical Society Visiting Fellowship (2014, 2022) (University of Portsmouth, UK); Austrian Academy of Sciences Travel Grant (1999) (Institute of Medical Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Innsbruck, Austria).