Galyna Grygorivna Skibo is a Ukrainian scientist, doctor of medical sciences, professor, corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, laureate of the awards of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine named after OO.
16 Facts About Galyna Skibo
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Galyna Skibo was born in Moscow in a military family.
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Galyna Skibo began her research career in 1963 in the laboratory of physiology and biophysics of the nerve cell of the Institute of Physiology as a PhD student of Platon Kostyuk.
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From 1996 to the present, Galyna Skibo is the head of the Cytology department of the Bogomoletz Institute of Physiology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
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Galyna Skibo has a daughter Olena and two grandchildren, Olexandra and Grygoriy.
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Galyna Skibo is one of the leading neuromorphologists of Ukraine.
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Galyna Skibo defended her dissertation on "Transfer of afferent impulses through the medial nucleus of Burdach", as well as a doctoral dissertation on "Structural foundations of cell neurogenesis in dissociated nerve tissue culture".
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Under the leadership of Galyna Skibo, it was the first time in Ukraine established and successfully used nerve cell culture systems, which simulate and study various pathological conditions of the nervous system, analyze the possibilities of pharmacological correction of neuropathies.
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Galyna Skibo proved herself not only as a highly knowledgeable scientist, but as a talented organizer of research work.
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Galyna Skibo is the author of more than 300 scientific papers, including 2 monographs - "Structural patterns of neuronal development in culture", "Experimental cerebral ischemia".
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Galyna Skibo publishes in such high-rated journals as Brain, Hippocampus, Stem Cells, PNAS, Stem Cells Transl Med, Eur J Neurosci, J Cell Mol Med, Neurosci Meth, J Comp Neurol, Cell Calcium.
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Galyna Skibo is a member of the editorial board of collective journals of the journals "Ukrainian Neurological Journal", "Pathology".
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Galyna Skibo is the first woman in Ukraine to become a member of the International Rotary Club in 1994.
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Galyna Skibo founded Rotary Club in Kyiv, whose activities are aimed at supporting and helping talented young people, providing medical equipment to children's hospitals and implementing projects aimed at strengthening the health of Ukrainian children.
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In 2021, Galyna Skibo took part in the educational art project STEM is FEM "Science is she", which aims to promote scientific activities among girls and the destruction of gender stereotypes.
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Galyna Skibo was awarded the Order of Princess Olga 3d class and the Orden of Saint Vladimir 4th class.