Prof. Dr. Natalia N. Kudryavtseva | Neurobiology | Best Researcher Award
Institute of Cytology and Genetics of SB RAS | Russia
Professor Natalia N. Kudryavtseva is a highly distinguished neuroscientist and leading researcher at the I.P. Pavlov Institute of Physiology RAS in Saint Petersburg and the Institute of Cytology and Genetics SB RAS in Novosibirsk, with extensive academic and research contributions in behavioral pharmacology, neurogenetics, and biological psychiatry. She completed her education at Novosibirsk State University in physiology and advanced to hold key positions as junior, senior, and leading researcher, later becoming head of the Neurogenetics of Social Behaviour Sector and the Neuropathology Modelling Laboratory. Her professional journey includes visiting research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in the United States, along with teaching as professor of physiology at Novosibirsk State University. Her research interests span behavioral genetics, social biology, psychopharmacology, transcriptomic analysis, and modelling of psychoemotional disorders, particularly through the sensory contact model she developed, widely applied in the study of chronic social conflict and neuropsychiatric mechanisms. She is skilled in neurogenomics, experimental neurobiology, and psychopharmacological correction, with more than one hundred eighty publications and several books. She is an active member of international research societies and has collaborated with institutions across Europe and the USA. Recognized for her pioneering contributions, with a citation index exceeding four thousand and an h-index of thirty-seven, she has received numerous honors for advancing knowledge on the neurobiology of aggression and psychoemotional disorders, making her a truly deserving candidate for international recognition.
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Featured Publications
Kudryavtseva, N. N., Smagin, D. A., Redina, O. E., Kovalenko, I. L., Galyamina, A. G., & Babenko, V. N. (2025). Neurotransmitter genes in the nucleus accumbens that are involved in the development of a behavioral pathology after positive fighting experiences and their deprivation: A conceptual paradigm for data analysis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
Redina, O., Babenko, V., Smagin, D., Kovalenko, I., Galyamina, A., & Kudryavtseva, N. N. (2020). Gene expression changes in the ventral tegmental area of male mice with alternative social behavior experience in chronic agonistic interactions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
Smagin, D. A., Kovalenko, I. L., Galyamina, A. G., Belozertseva, I. V., Tamkovich, N. V., Baranov, K. O., & Kudryavtseva, N. N. (2021). Effects of chronic lithium treatment on anxious behaviors and serotonergic genes expression in the midbrain raphe nuclei in defeated male mice [Preprint].
Smagin, D. A., Babenko, V. N., Kovalenko, I. L., Galyamina, A. G., Redina, O. E., & Kudryavtseva, N. N. (2020). Reduced expression of Slc genes in the VTA and NAcc of male mice with positive fighting experience [Preprint].