Prof. Mzia Ia Zhvania – Invited lecturer for participation in school activities
PhD, ScD. Neurobiologist and Microscopy Imaging Specialist. BS in Biological Sciences from Tbilisi State University; MS in Cytology & Histology from Tbilisi State University; PhD in Cell Biology from Institute of Brain, Medical Academy of Science, Moscow; ScD from Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Professor at Ilia State University (from 2009) and the Head of Laboratory of Neuron Ultrastructure and Nanoarchitecture, Ivane Beritashvili Center of Experimental Biomedicine (from 2012). Head of Doctoral Program “Cellular Neuroscience” at Ilia State University. Non-resident Scientific Investigator at Viron Molecular Medicine Institute (MA, USA).
Primary mentor of nine PhD students who have successfully defended their PhD thesis at Ilia State University and Ivane Beritashvili Center of Experimental Biomedicine. At present: Primary mentor for five PhD students and two postdocs. President of Georgian Neuroscience Association, Board member of Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS), President of Sigma Xi Georgian Chapter, Member of a number of international scientific professional societies and organizations. Author of more than 70 scientific articles and presenter at more than 120 international scientific conferences, symposiums and congresses. Organizer of seven international scientific symposiums regarding various aspects of neuroplasticity and more than fifteen international symposiums regarding Science Education. Member of the Editorial Boards of three scientific journals. Several scientific/related Science grants funded by national and international scientific foundations. Master courses in Functional Neuroanatomy and Introduction to Nanomedicine and NanoEngineering. Bachelor course in Cell Biology. Numerous undergraduate students at Ilia State University.
The research is presently focusing on: 1. High intensity chronic noise-related changes in brain: behavioral, super-resolution microscopy and molecular biological approaches. 2. Aging-related changes in changes in brain: behavioral and super-resolution electron microscopic microscopy approaches. 3. The effects of different pathological and physiological conditions on neurotransmission: super-resolution microscopy and molecular biological approaches. 4. Experimental epilepsy: super-resolution microscopy approaches.