Authors’ full names followed by current positions: Nickolai A Barlev, PhD, DSci, RAS Professor, Head of the Gene Expression and Regulation lab, Institute of Cytology. Educational background, including institution information and year of graduation (type and level of degree received): Graduated from Kazan University in 1989; PhD at the University of Aarhus, Denmark; DSci in 2012 at the Institute of Cytology RAS, Russia. Work experience: post-doc, Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, US; Assistant Professor, New England Medical Center, Tufts University, Boston US; Associate Professor, University of Leicester, UK; RAS Professor, Head of the Gene Expression and Regulation lab, Institute of Cytology, Saint-Petersburg, Russia; Head of the Intracellular signaling lab, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Russia. Current and previous research interests: epigenetics of cancer cells, tumor suppressors and oncogenes, EMT, post-translational modifications of proteins. Memberships of professional societies and awards received: Member of the European Association for Cancer Research, British Association for Cancer Research, and American Society of Cell Biology.