Nataliya Shulga Position: Executive Director of NGO "Ukrainian Science Club", Kyiv, Ukraine. Address: 5 Belinskogo Str., Kyiv 02147, Ukraine Phone: +38-044-270-3660 off./fax, +38-097-375-5588 cell E-mail: nataliya_shulga<AT>nauka.in.ua

1982 B.S., M.S. in Biology, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
1992 Ph.D. in Molecular Biology, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, NASU, Kyiv, Ukraine.

Scientific interests:

• Nuclear-cytoplasmic communications
• Programmed cell death
• Molecular chaperons evolution
• Translational control in eucaryotic cells 

Professional membership:

National Geographic Society (1994)
American Society for Cell Biology (1996)
American Association for Advancement of Science (1998)
New York Academy of Science (2000)
Expert of Ukrainian expert network (2005)
Expert of European Training Foundation (2006)

Selected publications:

1. Mason, D.A., Shulga, N., Undavia, S., Ferrando-May, E., Rexach, M.F., Goldfarb, D.S. (2005) Increased nuclear envelope permeability and Pep4p-dependent degradation of nucleoporins during hydrogen peroxide-induced cell death. FEMS Yeast Res. 5, N12; 1237-1251

2. Strawn, L. A., Shen, T., Shulga, N., Goldfarb, D. S. and S. R. Wente. (2004) Minimal nuclear pore complexes: Genomic strategy defines FG repeat domains essential for transport. Nature Cell Biol. 2004 Mar;6(3):197-206

3. Shulga, N. and D.S. Goldfarb. (2003).Binding dynamics of structural nucleoporins govern nuclear pore complex permeability and may mediate channel gating. Molec. Cell. Biol. 23, 534-542.

4. Pan, X., Roberts, P.M., Chen, Y., Kvam, E.L., Shulga, N., Huang, K., Lemmon, S., Goldfarb, D.S. (2000) Nucleus-Vacuole Junctions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae are formed through the direct interaction of Vac8p with Nvj1p. Mol. Biol. Cell. 11: 2445-2467.

5. Shulga, N., Mosammaparast, N., Wozniak, R., Goldfarb, D. S. (2000) Yeast Nucleoporins Involved in Passive Nuclear Envelope Permeability. J. Cell Biol. 149: 1027-1038.

6. Shulga, N., James, P., Craig, E.A., Goldfarb, D.S. (1999) A Nuclear Export Signal prevents Saccharomyces cerevisiae Hsp70 Ssb1p from stimulating Nuclear Localization Signal-directed nuclear transport. J. Biol. Chem. 274:16501-16507.

7. Shulga N, Wozniak R, Goldfarb DS A genetic and structural basis for nuclear envelope permeability in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mol. Biol. Cell. 10: 2525 Suppl. S NOV 1999

8. Shulga N., James P, Craig EA, and D.S. Goldfarb (1997) Requirements for the function of yeast Hsp70 in nuclear localization signal-directed nuclear transport. Mol. Biol. Cell. 8: 2483

9. Shulga, N., Roberts, P., Gu., Z., Spitz., L., Tabb., M.M., Nomura, M., Goldfarb, D.S. (1996) In vivo nuclear transport kinetics in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: a role for heat shock protein 70 during targeting and translocation. J. Cell Biol. 135: 329-339.