We are the research group interested in immunobiology of invertebrate animals, specifically in the cellular and molecular mechanisms in which molluscs defend themselves from pathogenic bacteria and multicellular parasites. We have published in the fields of comparative immunology, molecular evolution and host-parasite molecular crosstalks. ImmuMoll ProjectsWe sincerely thank the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) for their support of our projects:
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Recent Announcements
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X ISOLBE The X International Symposium on Littorinid Biology & Evolution was held at Saint-Petersburg State University on July 24-29, 2011. X ISOLBE is organized with the assistance of the Russian ...
Posted Jul 30, 2011 10:39 AM by Alexander Gorbushin -
Haemolymph sampling from Littorina. This is the video-manual showing the method of blood extraction from one of the gastropod molluscs, Littorina littorea (common periwinkle). This procedure was first described in the paper by ...
Posted Jul 31, 2011 6:49 AM by Alexander Gorbushin -
The new family of FREP lectins is found expressed in haemocytes of mussels In molluscs haemolymph lectins bearing fibrinogen-like domain (FREP) act as immune pattern-recognition receptors. A full-length cDNAs of MytFREP1 and MytFREP2 cloned from haemocytes of blue mussel Mytilus ...
Posted Jul 12, 2011 9:44 AM by Alexander Gorbushin -
In search of the origin of FREPs. All haemolymph lectins with uniquely juxtaposed N-terminal domain similar to the immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF) and C-terminal fibrinogen (FBG) termed FBG-related proteins (FREP) are documented till now only ...
Posted Jul 31, 2011 6:57 AM by Alexander Gorbushin
