Igor Yu Dolmatov (Head of Laboratory of Comparative Cytology). Career: - 1983–1985: Junior Researcher; - 1985–1989: Scientific Researcher; - 1989–present: Head of Laboratory of Comparative Cytology, National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Palchevsky 17, Vladivostok, Russia; - 1990–present: Guest Lecturer, Far Eastern Federal University, Vladivostok; Education: - Department of Embryology, Leningrad State University, 1983 (Embryology, MS); - Institute of Marine Biology FEB RAS, 1989 (Cytology, Histology, Embryology, Ph.D.); - Institute of Marine Biology FEB RAS, 1997 (Cytology, Histology, Embryology, Dr. Sci.). Research interests: morphology, development and regeneration of echinoderms, origin and evolution of animal regeneration mechanisms.