Konstantin Ichtchenko

Dr. Ichtchenko is a co-inventor of the CytoDel technology and a co-founder of CytoDel. He is the Principal Investigator on the funded $7 million NIH multi-center grant supporting development of the CytoDel technology. Dr. Ichtchenko is a widely acknowledged expert on protein engineering and the molecular mechanisms of inter-neuronal and neuromuscular communication. He was responsible for the first successful expression and crystallographic characterization of the LDL receptor extracellular domain, done in collaboration with three Nobel laureates. Dr. Ichtchenko has also made major contributions to the discovery of neuroligins, molecules that are involved in synaptogenesis, and with yet another Nobel laureate, to the pre-and post-synaptic mechanisms of action of alpha-latrotoxin (black widow spider toxin). He is currently on the faculty of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, NYU School of Medicine.