Vadim Yurjevich Arshavsky, Ph.D.

Scientific Director

Professor in Ophthalmology

Department:
Ophthalmology

Division:
Ophthalmology - Research

Email:
vadimarshavskydukeedu

Mailing Address:
DUMC 3802
Durham, NC 27710

Telephone:
919-668-5391

Training:
Ph.D., Moscow State University (Russia)

Last Updated:
March 28, 2008

Research Interests:
Signal transduction and cell biology of vertebrate photoreceptors

Publications:
2008 -- Pubmed # 18367617 -- Lobanova ES, Finkelstein S, Herrmann R, Chen YM, Kessler C, Michaud NA, Trieu LH, Strissel KJ, Burns ME, Arshavsky VY. Transducin gamma-subunit sets expression levels of alpha- and beta-subunits and is crucial for rod viability. J Neurosci. 2008 Mar 26;28(13):3510-20.

2007 -- Pubmed # 17267570 -- Lobanova ES, Finkelstein S, Song H, Tsang SH, Chen CK, Sokolov M, Skiba NP, Arshavsky VY. Transducin translocation in rods is triggered by saturation of the GTPase-activating complex. J Neurosci. 2007 Jan 31;27(5):1151-60.

2005 -- Pubmed # 16269358 -- Burns ME, Arshavsky VY. Beyond counting photons: trials and trends in vertebrate visual transduction. Neuron. 2005 Nov 3;48(3):387-401.

2005 -- Pubmed # 15632198 -- Martemyanov KA, Yoo PJ, Skiba NP, Arshavsky VY. R7BP, a novel neuronal protein interacting with RGS proteins of the R7 family. J Biol Chem. 2005 Feb 18;280(7):5133-6.

2003 -- Pubmed # 12818172 -- Martemyanov KA, Hopp JA, Arshavsky VY. Specificity of G protein-RGS protein recognition is regulated by affinity adapters. Neuron. 2003 Jun 19;38(6):857-62.

2002 -- Pubmed # 11931744 -- Sokolov M, Lyubarsky AL, Strissel KJ, Savchenko AB, Govardovskii VI, Pugh EN Jr, Arshavsky VY. Massive light-driven translocation of transducin between the two major compartments of rod cells: a novel mechanism of light adaptation. Neuron. 2002 Mar 28;34(1):95-106.

2000 -- Pubmed # 11055435 -- Leskov IB, Klenchin VA, Handy JW, Whitlock GG, Govardovskii VI, Bownds MD, Lamb TD, Pugh EN Jr, Arshavsky VY. The gain of rod phototransduction: reconciliation of biochemical and electrophysiological measurements. Neuron. 2000 Sep;27(3):525-37.