Yuri Ovchinnikov (biochemist)

Yuri Ovchinnikov
Yuri Ovchinnikov
Born	2 August 1934; Moscow, USSR
Died	17 February 1988; Moscow, USSR
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Awards	Hero of Socialist Labour

Yuri Anatolievich Ovchinnikov (Russian: Юрий Анатольевич Овчинников; 2 August 1934 – 17 February 1988) was a Soviet bioorganic chemist. He was the youngest vice president of the Soviet Academy of Sciences in its history (1971-1988), president of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies (1984-1986), Director of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry in Moscow (1970-1988) and professor at Moscow State University. He was also a candidate member of the CPSU Central Committee. He was a leading proponent of using molecular biology and genetics for creating new types of biological weapons.^[1]

He contributed to the field of biophysics and biochemistry through research in rhodopsin^[2] and structural biology.^[3]

References

^ Birstein, Vadim J. (2004), The Perversion Of Knowledge: The True Story of Soviet Science, Westview Press ISBN 0-8133-4280-5.
^ Ovchinnikov YuA, null; Abdulaev, N. G.; Zolotarev, A. S.; Artamonov, I. D.; Bespalov, I. A.; Dergachev, A. E.; Tsuda, M. (1988-05-09). "Octopus rhodopsin. Amino acid sequence deduced from cDNA". FEBS Letters. 232 (1): 69–72. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(88)80388-0. ISSN 0014-5793. PMID 3366250.
^ Ovchinnikov, Yu.A.; Lipkin, V.m.; Modyanov, N.n.; Chertov, O.Yu.; Smirnov, Yu.V. (1977-04-01). "Primary structure of α-subunit of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase from Escherichia coli". FEBS Letters. 76 (1): 108–111. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(77)80131-2. ISSN 1873-3468. PMID 323055.

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[1] Birstein, Vadim J. (2004), The Perversion Of Knowledge: The True Story of Soviet Science, Westview Press ISBN 0-8133-4280-5.

[2] Ovchinnikov YuA, null; Abdulaev, N. G.; Zolotarev, A. S.; Artamonov, I. D.; Bespalov, I. A.; Dergachev, A. E.; Tsuda, M. (1988-05-09). "Octopus rhodopsin. Amino acid sequence deduced from cDNA". FEBS Letters. 232 (1): 69–72. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(88)80388-0. ISSN 0014-5793. PMID 3366250.

[3] Ovchinnikov, Yu.A.; Lipkin, V.m.; Modyanov, N.n.; Chertov, O.Yu.; Smirnov, Yu.V. (1977-04-01). "Primary structure of α-subunit of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase from Escherichia coli". FEBS Letters. 76 (1): 108–111. doi:10.1016/0014-5793(77)80131-2. ISSN 1873-3468. PMID 323055.

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v t e Soviet program of biological weapons
Weaponized agents	Smallpox Anthrax Plague Botulism Brucellosis Glanders Q fever Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B Tularemia VEE Marburg Wheat stem rust Rice blast Polonia
Researched agents	AHF BHF Bird flu CHIKV Dengue fever EEE Hantavirus Lassa fever Melioidosis VND Plague Potato blight Psittacosis Ricin RVF Rinderpest Typhus WEE Yellow fever
Operations and projects	Project Bonfire Project Factor
Facilities and test sites	BIOPREPARAT Scientific Experimental and Production Base VECTOR Institute of Applied Biochemistry Laboratory B Berdsk Zagorsk NPO Biosintez Sverdlovsk-19 [ru] Aralsk-7 Institute of Virus Preparations Laboratory No. 1
Scientists	Nikolay Timofeev-Ressovsky Kanatjan Alibekov Vladimir Pasechnik Sergei Popov Yuri Ovchinnikov Igor Domaradsky [ru] Nikolai Ustinov Alexander Catsch Pyotr Burgasov [ru]
Accidents	Sverdlovsk anthrax leak Aral smallpox incident
Related topics	Biological agent Biological warfare (BW) Biological Weapons Convention Entomological warfare U.S. biological weapons program History of biological warfare Sanitary epidemiological reconnaissance

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