Assistant Training

ELENA Y, VORONTSOVA

Pine Cone Dr ***, Lawrence, KS, 66046, USA

Tel: +01-785-******* Mobile: +01-785-*******

e-mail: fqv350@r.postjobfree.com

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE -OVER 25 YEARS OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE USA

AND RUSSIA OF WHICH 16 YEARS WERE SPENT AS A BIO-BEHAVIOURAL ANALYST OF PRE-

CLINICAL MODELS OF SCHIZOPHRENIA, PARKINSON'S DISEASES AND OTHER NEURO-

DEGENERATIVE DISEASES

18 YEARS LIVING IN THE USA. FLUENT ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN

KEY SKILLS

Rodent colony management and care, including:

. Superior rodent handling and training skills

. Recording and organizational skill

. Attention to health and general welfare of the animals

. IV, IP, SC, intramuscular and gavage drug administration skills

Working knowledge of different methods of pharmacological, physiological,

pathological and behaviour research:

. Data gathering and computer -aided data analysis

. Creation, preservation and extinction of food and water tasks,

active, passive and defence conditioned reflexes

. Quantitative analysis of behavioural reactions in animals using

special computer analysis

. Observation and analysis of animal behaviour in a free field, video-

tape record and pre-recorded behaviour

. Adaptation of animals to hypoxia for increasing the resistance

against acute stress conditions

. Investigation of contractile function of isolated ventricles and

auricles of rat's hearts in isotonic and isometric regimens

. Knowledge of usage, storage, and preparation of drugs

. Extensive brain and neurological tissue extraction experience

Prepared, reviewed and performed:

. Working plans, data analysis, reports and data presentations

. Interacted with state, government and research related institutions

CAREER HISTORY

Department of Human Development and Family Life

The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA 1994-Present

Research Associate, Bio-behavioural Analyst 2004 - Present

Bio-behavioural Technician 1996 - 2004

My current research experience involves:

Animal Models of Schizophrenia

Pre-clinical animal models of Schizophrenia based on D-Amphetamine

and Phencyclidene

Differential profiles of typical and atypical anti-psychotic drug

response in rodents

Effects of typical and atypical anti-psychotic drugs in pre-clinical

models of Schzophrenia

Animal Models of motor abnormalities

Motor abnormalities associated with D2 receptor deficits in knockout

mice

Influence of genetic factors in motor sensitivity in inbred strains of

mice to alcohol and neuroleptic drug administration

Effect of tremorogenic agents and anti-tremor drugs in rodent models

of forelimb and body tremor

Motor abnormalities associated with Parkinson's disease, drug-induced

Parkinsonism, tardive dyskenesia, and simulation of clinical

extrapiramidal syndromes induced by neuroleptics

Managing and evaluating experimental projects

Mentored /advised on superior rodent handling and training skills

Training graduate students by involving them in experimental

laboratory projects

Recording and experimental organizational skills

Development of quantitative novel rodent models

Application of force transducers in cojunction with modern computing

Instrumentation

IV,IP,SC, intra-muscular and gavage drug administration skills

Research Assistant 1994 - 1996

Creation, preservation and extinction of food, water, active and passive

defence

conditioned reflexes.

Observation and analysis of animal behaviour in free field, including pre-

recorded behaviour.

Handling and training rodents.

Attention to health and general welfare of animal colonies

Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology

Laboratory of Heart Pathophysiology,Moscow, Russia 1980 - 1993

Research Assistant

1984 - 1993

COMPUTER LITERACY

Computer skills: MS-DOS, MS Excel, MS Word, MS Systat

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS / AUTHORSHIPS

1986 M.S. in Biological Sciences, Physiologist

Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Moscow, Russia

1976 B.S. in Biological Sciences, Biologist, Teacher of Biology and

Chemistry

Perm State University, Perm, Russia

1971 B.S. Technical College of Medicine, Doctor Assistant, Clinical Nurse

Glazov, Nursing School, Russia

Fowler,S.C., Pinkston J.W., Vorontsova E.(2007). Clozapine and prazosin

slow the rhythm of head movement during focused stereotypy induced by D-

amphetamine in rats. Psychopharmacology (Berl.) 2007 Jun; 192(2):219-30.

Stanford, J.A., Vorontsova, E., Surgener, S.P., Gerhardt, G.A., Fowler,

S.C. (2003) Aged Fischer 344 rats exhibit altered orolingual motor

function: relationships with nigrostriatal neurochemical measures.

Neurobiology of Aging, 24: 259-266.

Fowler, S.C., Birkestrand, B., Chen, R,. Vorontsova, E., Zarcone, T.J.

(2003). Behavioural sensitization to amphetamine in rats: changes in the

rhythm of head movements during focused stereotypis. Psychopharmacology,

170, 167-177.

Stanford J.A., Vorontsova E., Surgener S.P., Gerhardt G.A., Fowler S.C.

(2002). Aged Fischer 344 rats exhibit altered quality of locomotion in the

absence of decreased locomotor activity: exacerbation by nomifensine.

Neuroscience Letters, 333, 195-198.

Fowler, S.C., Birkestrand, B.R., Chen R., Moss, S.J., Vorontsova, E., Wang,

G., Zarcone, T.J. (2001) A force-plate actometer for quantitating rodent

behaviors: Illustrative data on locomotion, rotation, spatial patterning,

stereotypis and tremor. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 107 (1-2), 107-

124.

Meerson F.Z., Pshennikova M.G., Kuznetsova B.A., and E. Y. Vorontsova

(1994). Adaptation to stress as a result of transauricular

electrostimulation. Bulletin of Experimental Biology and Medicine, 5: 248-

256 (in Russian). 1

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