Ilya Yakavets
PhD in Nanotechnology and Bioengineering
Welcome to my portfolio! I am a bioengineer passionate about pushing the boundaries of science and technology to advance healthcare. With over eight years of experience in bioengineering, I have contributed to cutting-edge research aimed at improving our understanding of complex diseases like cancer and developing innovative therapeutic solutions. My work bridges nanomedicine, biotechnology, and automation, with a strong focus on integrating machine learning and robotics into experimental biology.
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Research interests
  • Nanomedicine
    Formulations, drug delivery
  • Artificial intelligence
    Machine learning, experimental planning and design, automation
  • Cancer research
    Photodynamic therapy,
    bioimaging, multidrug chemotherapy
  • Organ-on-a-chip
    Screening, development and optimization of treatments
Professional skills
Throughout my academic and professional journey, I have acquired extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in various disciplines
  • Cell culture
    • 2D cell culture
    • 3D cell culture (homo and heterotypic)
    • Patient-derived organoids
    • Spheroid-on-a-chip
  • Engineering
    • CAD design
    • Microfabrication (soft-lithography)
    • Automation engineering (Arduino)
  • Xenografted animals
    • Grafting and dissection
    • Intravenous and intracardiac injection
    • Biodistribution and drug efficacy
  • Fluorescence imaging
    • Laser scanning confocal
    • FLIM
    • Multiphoton
    • Small animal imaging
    • Flow cytometry
  • Drug formulations
    • Inclusion complexes (cyclodextrins, cyclodextrin-based polymers)
    • Lipid-based vesicles (liposomes, drug-in-cyclodextrin-in-liposomes, extracellular vesicles)
  • Statistics
    • Statistical analysis (hypothesis tests, ANOVA)
    • Machine learning techniques (linear/logistic regression, SVM, GP, Bayesian optimization)
Research excellence
33
Publications
22
Communications
4
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