Nataliya Galifianakis

Clinical Associate Professor of Biology

Education

  • 1997 PhD (Physiology/Neuroscience), Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology
  • 1994 MS (Human and Animal Physiology, Teaching Biology and Chemistry) Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University

Areas of Interest

Nutrition and Immunity, Nutrigenomics, Metabolism, Mendelian randomization

Fellowships/Honors

  • The Golden Dozen Teaching Award, NYU CAS.
  • DoD CDMRP Concept Award. “The Mechanisms of Human Neuroblastoma Tumorigenicity: The Role of Intracellular pH Regulatory Pathways”
  • International Foundation “Vidrodzhennya” Excellence Award in Research and Teaching.

Field of Study

Genomics & Systems Biology, Molecular & Cellular Biology

Courses taught by semester

FALL:

  •          BIOL-UA 25 Physiology
  •          BIOL-UA 50 Immunology
  •          BIOL-UA 150 At the Bench: Immunology
  •          BIOL-GA 1032 Metabolic Disorders

SPRING:

  •          BIOL-UA 23 Vertebrate Anatomy
  •          BIOL-UA 27 At the Bench: Physiology

SUMMER:

  •          BIOL-UA 50 Immunology
  •          BIOL-GA 1031 Special Topics in Physiology: Nutrigenomics.

Publications

Most recent PubMed search results

1: Galifianakis NV, Placantonakis DG, Chesler M. Intracellular pH Measurements in Glioblastoma Cells Using the pH-Sensitive Dye BCECF. Methods Mol Biol. 2018;1741:103-109. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7659-1_8. PMID: 29392694.

2: Bayin NS, Frenster JD, Sen R, Si S, Modrek AS, Galifianakis N, Dolgalev I, Ortenzi V, Illa-Bochaca I, Khahera A, Serrano J, Chiriboga L, Zagzag D, Golfinos JG, Doyle W, Tsirigos A, Heguy A, Chesler M, Barcellos-Hoff MH, Snuderl M, Placantonakis DG. Notch signaling regulates metabolic heterogeneity in glioblastoma stem cells. Oncotarget. 2017 May 23;8(39):64932-64953. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.18117. PMID: 29029402; PMCID: PMC5630302.

3: Svichar N, Esquenazi S, Chen HY, Chesler M. Preemptive regulation of intracellular pH in hippocampal neurons by a dual mechanism of depolarization- induced alkalinization. J Neurosci. 2011 May 11;31(19):6997-7004. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6088-10.2011. PMID: 21562261; PMCID: PMC3135169.

4: Svichar N, Waheed A, Sly WS, Hennings JC, Hübner CA, Chesler M. Carbonic anhydrases CA4 and CA14 both enhance AE3-mediated Cl--HCO3- exchange in hippocampal neurons. J Neurosci. 2009 Mar 11;29(10):3252-8. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0036-09.2009. PMID: 19279262; PMCID: PMC2757777.

5: Fedirko N, Svichar N, Chesler M. Fabrication and use of high-speed, concentric h+- and Ca2+-selective microelectrodes suitable for in vitro extracellular recording. J Neurophysiol. 2006 Aug;96(2):919-24. doi: 10.1152/jn.00258.2006. Epub 2006 May 3. PMID: 16672303.

6: Svichar N, Esquenazi S, Waheed A, Sly WS, Chesler M. Functional demonstration of surface carbonic anhydrase IV activity on rat astrocytes. Glia. 2006 Feb;53(3):241-7. doi: 10.1002/glia.20277. PMID: 16265666.

7: Shah GN, Ulmasov B, Waheed A, Becker T, Makani S, Svichar N, Chesler M, Sly WS. Carbonic anhydrase IV and XIV knockout mice: roles of the respective carbonic anhydrases in buffering the extracellular space in brain. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2005 Nov 15;102(46):16771-6. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0508449102. Epub 2005 Oct 31. PMID: 16260723; PMCID: PMC1283849.

8: Bondarenko A, Svichar N, Chesler M. Role of Na+-H+ and Na+-Ca2+ exchange in hypoxia-related acute astrocyte death. Glia. 2005 Jan 1;49(1):143-52. doi: 10.1002/glia.20107. PMID: 15390092.

9: Kostyuk PG, Shmigol' AV, Voitenko NV, Svichar NV, Kostyuk EP. The endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria as elements of the mechanism of intracellular signaling in the nerve cell. Neurosci Behav Physiol. 2000 Jan-Feb;30(1):15-8. doi: 10.1007/BF02461387. PMID: 10768367.

10: Svichar N, Chesler M. Surface carbonic anhydrase activity on astrocytes and neurons facilitates lactate transport. Glia. 2003 Mar;41(4):415-9. doi: 10.1002/glia.10187. PMID: 12555208.