Krylov Vasily Nikolayevich (January 2, 1937, according to other sources January 2, 1947 – February 17, 2018) was a Russian biologist, Doctor of Biological Sciences, and specialist in physiology and apitherapy. He spent his entire scientific and teaching career at Lobachevsky University, where from 1991 to 2016 he headed the Department of Human and Animal Physiology and Biochemistry.[1] He was an Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation and a laureate of the Nizhny Novgorod Prize.[3]

Scientific Activity

In 1970 he graduated from the Faculty of Biology of Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod) State University named after N. I. Lobachevsky. His academic adviser was Professor N. M. Artyomov.[1] His candidate's dissertation was devoted to the cardiotropic action of bee venom, specifically the peptide cardiopep; his doctoral dissertation was titled "Mechanisms of Changes in Certain Functions of the Normal and Altered Heart Under the Influence of Zootoxins."[1] He began teaching in 1980. After stepping down as head of the department in 2016, he worked as a professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Physiology at the Institute of Biology and Biomedicine of Lobachevsky University and directed an apitherapy program at the faculty of advanced professional training.[1]

Together with N. M. Artyomov and B. N. Orlov, he made a significant contribution to developing the fundamental principles of apitherapy.[1] Thanks to the work of his scientific school, an injectable form of bee venom, a water-soluble ointment containing it, royal jelly, and propolis for inhalation were introduced into clinical practice.[3] He personally developed the drugs "Solapiven" (an injectable bee venom solution) and "Ungapiven" (a bee venom-based ointment).[1] He published more than 280 scientific works, including 6 monographs, and received more than 20 inventor's certificates and patents in the field of pharmaceuticals.[1] Among his patents is a method for assessing adrenal cortex function by the electrophoretic mobility of erythrocytes (Russian Federation patent 2466410, 2012), developed jointly with A. V. Deryugina and E. A. Antipenko.[2] In 1998, together with E. V. Yastrebova, he published the textbook "Introduction to Experimental Surgery" with the Nizhny Novgorod State University publishing house.[4] He trained 6 Doctors of Sciences and 32 candidates of biological sciences.[1]

Organizational and Public Work

Since 1997, he served as chairman of the Interdepartmental Coordinating Council on Apitherapy under the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of Russia.[3] Since 2014, he was head of the Scientific and Educational Center "Apiphytotherapy."[1] In 2017, he founded the Union for the Support and Development of Apitherapy and became one of the founders and vice president of the National Union of Apitherapists.[1] He was an academician of the International Academy of Sciences for Apiphytotherapy and Beekeeping.[3]

He served on the editorial boards of the journals "Pchelovodstvo" (Beekeeping), "Izvestiya vysshikh uchebnykh zavedeniy. Povolzhskiy region. Estestvennye nauki" (News of Higher Educational Institutions. Volga Region. Natural Sciences), and "Vestnik of Lobachevsky University of Nizhny Novgorod."[1] He was a member of the academic council of Lobachevsky University, chairman of the doctoral dissertation council in physiology and biochemistry, a member of the medical and biological councils for dissertation defenses at Lobachevsky University and the Nizhny Novgorod Medical Academy, and also a member of the ecological dissertation council of the Institute of Biology and Biomedicine at Lobachevsky University.[1] He collaborated fruitfully with the Research Institute of Beekeeping, the Nizhny Novgorod Society of Beekeepers, and the Ryazan Regional Society of Apitherapists.[3]

Recognition

Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation, Honorary Worker of Higher Professional Education of the Russian Federation in the category "Vysshaya Shkola," Honored Professor of Lobachevsky University, and laureate of the Nizhny Novgorod Prize.[1] He died suddenly on February 17, 2018.[3]

Sources

  1. museum.unn.ru — January 2, 2022 marks the 85th anniversary of the birth of Vasily Nikolaevich Krylov — Lobachevsky University Museum
  2. freepatent.ru — Method for assessing adrenal cortex function — Russian Federation patent 2466410 — Krylov Vasily Nikolaevich, Deryugina Anna Vyacheslavovna, Antipenko Elena Albertovna
  3. apiworld.ru — V. N. Krylov has died
  4. search.rsl.ru — Krylov, Vasily Nikolaevich.