Dr Anna Sokolova
Staff Profile
Role at ANSTO
Dr Anna Sokolova is a Project Leader for the design and building of the new Small Angle Neutron Scattering machine at the Bragg Institute, ANSTO. Anna Sokolova is a biophysicist from Institute of Crystallography of Russian Academy of Science (small angle scattering laboratory). During her PhD and following several years she extensively worked in the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL, Hamburg outstation c/o Deutsche Electronen Synchrotron).
She has a Masters in Physics/Biophysics from Physical Department of Moscow State University and a PhD in Condensed Matter Physics at the Institute of Crystallography (Moscow, Russia). Both were focused on development of new methods for small angle scattering data analysis and interpretation as well as on SAXS technique implementation to proteins structure studies.
From 2007 to 2009 Anna worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Food Science Project Group at the Bragg Institute, ANSTO.
Anna’s main scientific interest is the complex biology related structures small angle scattering data collection, processing and interpretation. Also Anna has wide experience in programming (Fortran; HTML, and PHP for web-applications development) and mathematical methods in structural research. She also practised at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry (Moscow, Russia) in basic biochemistry technics for protein sample preparation.
Qualifications & Achievements
November 2006
Academia Europea Prize for young scientist in physics
April, 2004
PhD defended in the field of physics and mathematics.
December, 2003
First diploma in contest of scientific works of young scientists in the Institue of Crystallography RAS
January, 2000
MSc in physics (diploma cum laude and the golden medal for excellent graduation), Physical department, Chair of Biophysics of the Moscow State University
Publications
Sokolova A., Kealley C.S., Hanley T., Rekas A., Gilbert E.P. Small-Angle X-ray Scattering Study of the Effect of pH and Salts on 11S Soy Glycinin in the Freeze-Dried Powder and Solution States J. Agric. Food Chem., 2010, 58 (2), 967 974
Kealley C.; Sokolova A. V.; Kearley G. J.; Kemner E.; Russina M.; Faraone A.; Hamilton W. A.; Gilbert E. P. Dynamical transition in a large globular protein: macroscopic properties and glass transition Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Proteins and Proteomics. 2010. January, 1804 (1): 34-40
Sokolova A. V., Kreplak L, Svergun D. I., Wedig T., Herrmann H., Aebi U., and Strelkov S. V. Monitoring intermediate filament assembly by small-angle x-ray scattering reveals the molecular architecture of assembly intermediates PNAS October 31, 2006. 103 no. 44: 16206-16211
W. A. Stanley, A. Sokolova, A. Brown, D. T. Clarke, M. Wilmanns and D. I. Svergun Synergistic use of synchrotron radiation techniques for biological samples in solution: a case study on protein-ligand recognition by the peroxisomal import receptor Pex5p J. Synchrotron Rad. 2004. 11: 490 496
Konarev P. V., Volkov V. V., Sokolova A. V., Koch M. H. J. and Svergun D. I. PRIMUS: a Windows PC-based system for small-angle scattering data analysisJ.Appl.Cryst. 2003. 36: 1277 1282
Sokolova A.V., Volkov V. V. and Svergun D. I. Prototype of a database for rapid protein classification based on solution scattering data J.Appl.Cryst. 2003. 36: 865 868
Sokolova A. V., Malfois M., Caldentey J., Svergun D. I., Koch M. H. J., Bamford D. H. and Tuma R. Solution structure of bacteriophage PRD1 vertex complex, J.Biol.Chem. 2001, 49, Issue of December, 276: 46187 46195