Vlada Pashynska: pushing the frontiers of biophysics
Dr. Vlada Pashynska, PhD, MBA is a senior researcher at the ILTPE – B.Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the NAS of Ukraine in Kharkiv, Ukraine, where she specializes in molecular biophysics.
With the war in Ukraine making it increasingly difficult to carry out experiments at home, Vlada applied to the NEPHEWS Twinning Programme to continue pursuing her scientific purpose.
As a result, Vlada joined users from Sweden for an experiment using a size exclusion chromatography (SEC) system on the ILL’s D22 small-angle neutron scattering instrument (SANS) with Anne Martel.
For her, the experience was remarkable – not only for the scale of the setup, which she described as “so big, so impressive,” but also because it brought her closer to techniques that complement her own field.
Aside, Vlada was also introduced to local scientists from the nearby Institut de Biologie Structurale (IBS) working in mass spectrometry – opening new perspectives for future collaborations also with her main investigation technique.
Altogether, the Twinning Programme gave her a chance to see firsthand how neutron methods can support molecular biophysics and to consider how she might design experiments serving her scientific goals in the future.
Watch the video on ILL’s LinkedIn.
Author: ILL Team