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Department of Human and Animal Physiology

Rus

ALEXANDER V. SIDOROV

 

Personal:

Born: 1974, Minsk, Belarus, male

Nationality: Belarusian

Mailing address: 

Dept. of Physiology, Belarusian State University, Nezhaleznasti Av., 4, 220030, Minsk, Belarus

Phone: +375 17 209-58-06, Fax: +375 17 209-58-08, E-mail: sidorovbsu.by
 

Education & Degrees:

2018: Professor (Physiology) – Higher Attestation Commission of Belarus;

2013: Doctor of Sciences in Biology (Physiology and Neurobiology) – Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and Higher Attestation Commission of Belarus, Dissertation title: "Nervous centers functional activity at volume transmission";

2005: Docent (Biology) – Higher Attestation Commission of Belarus;

2001: Candidate of Sciences (equivalent to Ph.D.) in Biology (Physiology) – Institute of Physiology, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Dissertation title: "Temperature dependence of Lymnaea stagnalis nervous system functional activity";

1996–1999: Department of Physiology, School of Biology, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus (Post-Graduate Course);

1991–1996: School of Biology, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus (5-year Education Diploma in Biology, with First Class Honours, equivalent to M.Sc. and a professional qualification for teaching in Higher Education, June 1996);

1981–1991: Secondary School № 32, Minsk, Belarus (School leaving certificate and Silver Medal).
 

Positions held:

2024 – present: Professor (part-time); Department of Biochemistry, School of Biology, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus;

2019: Visiting Professor (Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Teaching); Department of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Biology and Pharmacy, University Of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy;

2014 – present: Professor; Department of Physiology, School of Biology, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus;

2004–2014: Docent (equivalent to U.S. Associate Professor); Department of Physiology, School of Biology, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus;

2003–2004: Research Fellow; MRC Dunn Human Nutrition Unit (at present: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine), Cambridge, UK;

2000–2003: Assistant (equivalent to U.S. Assistant Professor); Department of Physiology, School Of Biology, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus.
 

Awards:

2021 – Charter, Ministry of Education, Republic of Belarus;

2018 – Honours Board, Belarusian State Iniversity;

2016 – Chancellor's Commendation, Belarusian State University;

2016 – Scholarship for Talanted Young Scientists (D.Sc. under 45);

2014 – A.N. Sevchenko Prize, Belarusian State University Pdf 1,37 Mb (in Russian);

2012, 2024 – Honorary Charter, Belarusian State University;

2007 – Charter, Belarusian State University;

2002 – Charter, Ministry of Defense, Republic of Belarus.
 

Teaching experience:

Faculty lecture/practical* course (specialities "biology", "biochemistry", "microbiology", "ecology" and "biotechnology"): Human Anatomy (28h lectures, 30h practicals, 6h test trials), Developmental Biology (28h lectures, 20h practicals, 6h test trials), Neurobiology (28h lectures, 12h practicals, 6h test trials);

Faculty lecture/practical course for Master's degree (specialities "biology", "biochemistry"): Neurobiology (24h lectures, 6h practicals, 2h test trials, both for Russian- and English-speaking students);

Department lecture/practical course (speciality "biology"): Physiology of Intercellular Communication (26h lectures, 12h practicals, 4h test trials);

Department lecture/practical course (speciality "biochemistry"): Molecular Mechanisms of Hormonal Regulation (28h lectures, 16h practicals, 6h test trials).

Supervising Professor for yearly projects and diploma thesises (successfully graduated – 54).

Scientific superviser for Master's (successfully graduated – 3) and PhD students (successfully graduated – 3).

* – for each group of students
 

Research support grants:

2022–2024 : Research Grant from Belarusian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Research (# B22-105) – “Membrane mechanisms of adaptation to hyperglycemia in neurons of different chemical type”;

2016–2020 : State Program for Scientific Researches "Convergence-2020" (task 3.10.2) – “Design and creation of educational complex in Neurobiology”;

2016–2018 : State Program for Scientific Researches "Fundamental and Applied Sciences for Medicine" (task 1.08) – “Membrane mechanisms of age-dependent changes in different types of neurons”;

2011–2015 : State Program for Scientific Researches "Convergence" (task 3.3.03.4) – “Study of neurophysiological mechanisms underlying learning during bioradicals level changes in brain”;

2008–2010 : Research Grant from Belarusian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Research (joint with the Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, # B08R-075) – “Regulation of neuronal networks properties by free radicals”;

2005–2007 : Youth Research Grant from Belarusian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Research (# B05M-055) – “Synaptic conductance modulation in mollusk Lymnaea stagnalis nervous system during internal environment pH changes”;

2003–2004 : Royal Society / NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship (# 15138/02B/TB);

2002–2004 : Youth Research Grant from Belarusian Republican Foundation for Fundamental Research (# B02M-045) – “pH-Dependent reactions in identified neurones of mollusc Lymnaea stagnalis”.
 

Research interests:

Cell Physiology and Electrophysiology, Neurophysiology, Animal Behaviour, Invertebrate Neuroscience.

Previously, the primary focus of my research activity was on studying the neural networks controlling various types of behaviors in a model unvertebrate, mollusk Lymnaea stagnalis, under the influence of temperature, pH shifts, and ROS. Subsequently, it focused on assessing age-related changes of the electrical characteristics of identified neurons, as well as the cellular mechanisms of learning, memory, and the resilience of nerve cells to different metabolites and extreme stimuli.

Results of research and teaching activities are presented in 227 publications (209 of them – on scientific, 18 – on educational practice) and 34 tutorials (2025)
 

Selected Publications:

 

Books & Book's Chapters:

Sidorov A.V. Nervous centers functional activity in invertebrates (2011) Minsk: BSU, 247 p. (in Russian)

Sidorov A.V. Neuronal networks properties during modulation of conductance via identified Lymnaea synapses (2011) In: Signal Transduction in Nervous Cells / Ed. Sergei V. Fedorovich. Trivandrum (Kerala, India): Research Signpost. P. 63-74. 340 Kb
 

Articles in peer-reviewed journals (international):

Alshahrani M.H.D., Sidorov A.V. Effect of sodium and potassium nitrites on lung respiration and locomotion of the mollusk Lymnaea stagnalis (Lymnaeidae, Gastropoda) (2025) Inland Water Biol. Vol. 18, № 6. P. 1386–1393. DOI 10.1134/S1995082925601431 849 Kb

Rutkevich S.A., Pihul P.G., Panimatska Y.D. S, Kazakevich V.B., Veres I.A., Sidorov A.V., Chumak A.G. Electrical activity of the uterus in rats at different stages of the estrous cycle (2024) J. Evol. Biochem. Physiol. Vol. 60 (Suppl. 1). S158–S168. DOI 10.1134/S0022093024070123 2,3 Mb

Sidorov A.V., Shadenko V.N. Passive membrane properties and spike characteristics in a pair of identified electrically coupled Lymnaea stagnalis neurons under long-term experimental hyperglycemia (2023) J. Evol. Biochem. Physiol. Vol. 59, № 2. P. 369–381. DOI 10.1134/S0022093023020060 1,25 Mb SharedIt link

Sidorov A.V., Shadenko V.N. Electrical activity of identified neurons in the central nervous system of a mollusk Lymnaea stagnalis under acute hyperglycemia (2021) J. Evol. Biochem. Physiol. Vol. 57, № 6. P. 1257–1266. DOI 10.1134/S0022093021060065 626 Kb, SharedIt link

Shadenko V.N., Sidorov A.V. Antioxidative defense in the hepatopancreas and nerve ganglia of the mollusk Lymnaea stagnalis after acute experimental hyperglycemia (2020) J. Evol. Biochem. Physiol. Vol. 56, № 3. P. 235–242. DOI 10.1134/S0022093020030060 250 Kb, SharedIt link

Sidorov A.V. Neuromodulation effects of hydrogen peroxide on central neurons within feeding network in the mollusc Lymnaea stagnalis (2017) J. Evol. Biochem. Physiol. Vol. 53, № 6. P. 493–500. DOI 10.1134/S0022093017060060 1,28 MbSharedIt link

Sidorov A.V. Evolution of cell-to-cell communication and structural brain organization (2012) J. Evol. Biochem. Physiol. Vol. 48, № 4. P. 377–384. DOI 10.1134/S0022093012040019 100 Kb

Sidorov A.V. Effect of hydrogen peroxide on electrical coupling between identified Lymnaea neurons (2012) Invert. Neurosci. Vol. 12, № 1. P. 63–68. DOI 10.1007/s10158-012-0128-7 356 Kb

Sidorov A.V. Temperature dependence of monoamine-induced pulmonary respiration of mollusk Lymnaea stagnalis (2012) J. Evol. Biochem. Physiol. Vol. 48, № 3. P. 287–294. DOI 10.1134/S002209301203005X 511 Kb

Sidorov A.V. Cellular basis of temperature dependence of the food-procuring activity of the molluscs Lymnaea stagnalis (2009) J. Evol. Biochem. Physiol. Vol. 45, № 3. P. 365–371. DOI 10.1134/S0022093009030053 511 Kb

Sidorov A.V., Maslova G.T. State of antioxidative protection in central nervous ganglia of the mollusc Lymnaea stagnalis at modulation of activity of the NO-ergic system (2008) J. Evol. Biochem. Physiol. Vol. 44, № 5. P. 435–441. DOI 10.1134/S0022093008050010 384 Kb

Sidorov A.V. Coordination of locomotor activity of mollusc Lymnaea stagnalis at nutrition: role of the internal medium acid-base balance (pH) (2006) J. Evol. Biochem. Physiol. Vol. 42, № 1. P. 43–48. DOI 10.1134/S0022093006010066 180 Kb

Sidorov A.V. Effect of acute temperature change on lung respiration of the mollusk Lymnaea stagnalis (2005) J. Therm. Biol. Vol. 30, № 2. P. 163–171. DOI 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2004.10.002 510 Kb

Sidorov A.V. Effects of temperature on respiration, defensive behavior and locomotion of fresh-water snail Lymnaea stagnalis (2003) J. Vysch. Nerv. Deyat. I.P. Pavlova. Vol. 53, № 4. P. 521–525. 836 Kb, in Russian

Sidorov A.V., Polyanina I.P. Acid-base balance modulates respiratory and alimentary behaviour of the mollusc Lymnaea stagnalis (2003) J. Evol. Biochem. Physiol. Vol. 39, № 5. P. 555–561. DOI 10.1023/B:JOEY.0000015963.87905.1d 220 Kb

Sidorov A.V. Effect of temperature on synaptic transmission between identified neurones of the mollusc Lymnaea stagnalis (2002) Neurosci. Lett. Vol. 333 (1). P. 1–4. DOI 10.1016/s0304-3940(02)00868-6 132 Kb

Sidorov A.V., Kazakevich V.B. Еlectrical coupling between identified Lymnaea neurons: Nitric monoxide and temperature action (2001) In: Protein Modules in Cellular Signalling / Ed. L. Heilmeyer and P. Friedrich. NATO Science Series: Life Sciences. Vol. 318. P. 150–153. 292 Kb

Sidorov A.V., Kazakevich V.B. Dependence of electric activity of motoneurons and locomotor behavior of Lymnaea stagnalis on environmental temperature (2001) J. Evol. Biochem. Physiol. Vol. 37, № 3. P. 252–258. DOI 10.1023/A:1012667206908 128 Kb

Sidorov A.V., Kazakevich V.B., Moroz L.L. Nitric oxide selectively enhances cAMP levels and electrical coupling between identified RPaD2/VD1 neurons in the CNS of Lymnaea stagnalis (L.) (1999) Acta Biol. Hung. Vol. 50, № 1–3. P. 229–233. DOI 10.1007/BF03543044 585 Kb
 

Selected tutorials (all in Russian):

 

Textbooks:

Sidorov А.V. Foundations in Cellular Neurobiology. Мinsk: BSU, 2020. 395 p.11,03 Мб

Sidorov А.V. Foundations in Neurobiology: Cells and Contacts of the Nervous Tissue. Мinsk: BSU, 2019. 139 p. 19,5 Мб

Maslova G.Т., Sidorov А.V. Foundations in Developmental Biology. Мinsk: BSU, 2013. 374 p. (Classical University Edition)

Sidorov А.V. Physiology of Intercellular Communication. Minsk: BSU, 2008. 215 p. 9,1 Mb

Practicals:

Chumak A.G., Sidorov А.V., Sandakov D.B., Rutkevich S.A., Polukhovich G.S., Semeiko L.N., Kazakevich V.B., Karman E.K. Human and Аnimal Physiology: Practicals. Minsk : BSU, 2023. 179 p.

Sidorov А.V., Rutkevich S.A., Karavai T.V., Karman E.K., Polukhovich G.S. Human Anatomy: Practicals. Ed. by A.V. Sidorov. Мinsk: BSU, 2022. 191 p.

Sidorov А.V., Maslova G.Т., Lusina K.M., Karman E.K. Foundations in Developmental Biology: Practicals. Ed. by A.V. Sidorov. Мinsk: BSU, 2016. 239 p.

Chumak A.G., Sandakov D.B., Sidorov A.V. et al. Human and Animal Physiology [Electronic resource]: Access mode: http://www.elib.bsu.by, restricted access: practicals for biology students. Ed. by A.G. Chumak. Minsk : BSU, 2011.

Maslova G.Т., Sidorov А.V. Brief Atlas in Developmental Biology. Мinsk: BSU, 2008. 108 p. + CD. 40,2 Mb

Gourine V.N., Semenemya I.N., Gourine А.V., Dunai V.I., Zakharevskaya G.I., Maslova G.T., Solodovnikova I.I., Tsariuk V.V., Sandakov D.B., Sidorov А.V., Polukhovich G.S., Semeiko L.N., Karman E.K. et al. Human and Animal Physiology: Practicals. Ed. by V.N. Gourine. Мinsk: BSU, 2002. 120 p. 466 Kb 

Lecture Courses:

Maslova G.Т., Sidorov А.V. Foundations in Developmental Biology [Electronic resourse]: Course of Lectures. Мinsk: BSU, 2015. 1 CD. all in one file (173,47 Mb), discrete presentations (select and download)

Maslova G.Т., Sidorov А.V. Developmental Biology: Organogenesis and Mechannisms of Embryogenesis (Course of Lectures). Мinsk: BSU, 2012. 104 p.5,2 Mb

Maslova G.Т., Sidorov А.V. Developmental Biology: Comparative Embryology (Course of Lectures). Мinsk: BSU, 2009. 96 p. 44,1 Mb

Maslova G.Т., Sidorov А.V. Developmental Biology: Early Stages of Embryogenesis (Course of Lectures). Мinsk: BSU, 2009. 95 p. 2,15 Mb

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