Background
Altstein, Anatoly D. was born on February 6, 1935 in Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine. Son of David I. Altstein and Maria Borisovna Shimanovich.
Altstein, Anatoly D. was born on February 6, 1935 in Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine. Son of David I. Altstein and Maria Borisovna Shimanovich.
Doctor of Medicine, I.M. Sechenov 1st Moscow Medical Institute, 1957. Doctor of Philosophy in virology, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy.Med. Science, Moscow, 1963.
Doctor of Science in virology, Los Angeles Tarassevich State Control Institute, Ivanovsky Institute Virology, Moscow, 1970.
Postgraduate student, researcher Institute Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalites, Moscow, 1969—1981. Head laboratory Los Angeles Tarassevich State Control Institute Sera and Vaccines, 1963—1969. Head oncogenic virus group D.I. Ivanovsky Institute Virology, 1970—1981.
Head virus genetics group N.I. Vavilov Institute General Genetics RAS, Russia, 1982—1990, Moscow. Professor chair biology, virology and genetic egineering Moscow State University Applied Biotechnology, since 2000. Head virus genetics grop Institute Gene Biology RAS, Moscow, since 1990.
Member of Russian Academy Natural Sciences (I.P.Pavlov medal 2000).
Married Elena A. Sinyagina. Children: Sergey A. Altshteyn, Olga A. Goldberger.