Alexander Tarakhovsky

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Alexander Tarakhovsky (* 1955 in Chernivtsi , Ukrainian SSR ) is a Ukrainian - American professor of immunology , virology and microbiology . He lives and works in New York City .

life and work

Tarakhovsky completed his medical degree in Kiev and obtained his Ph.D. at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 1982. He worked in Moscow and later in Tallinn , Estonia. In 1992 he received a Humboldt fellowship and later a research assistant at the Institute for Genetics at the University of Cologne . Since 2003 he has been a professor at Rockefeller University in New York City .

Alexander Tarakhovskys conducts research in the field of epigenetics . In 2012 he exhibited Epigenetic Reset , consisting of 80,000 tubes with genes . “Immediately behind this, a device is constantly making copies of DNA if you feed it with a template from the supply of various genes. This machine is in operation for the entire duration of dOCUMENTA (13) and produces samples that are shown throughout the exhibition space and also sold to the public to take away. "

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Rockefeller University Alexander Tarakhovsky, MD, Ph.D. accessed on January 28, 2019
  2. ↑ Institut Kunst Alexander Tarakhovsky accessed on January 28, 2019 (English)
  3. ↑ dOCUMENTA (13). The accompanying book / The Guidebook. Catalog 3/3., Page 122, 2012, ISBN 978-3-7757-2954-3
personal data
SURNAME Tarakhovsky, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian-American immunologist, virologist, microbiologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Chernivtsi , Ukrainian SSR