Background
As a young researcher he followed the path of his father: Professor Asen I. Hadjiolov was a well-known Bulgarian histologist and cytologist.
As a young researcher he followed the path of his father: Professor Asen I. Hadjiolov was a well-known Bulgarian histologist and cytologist.
Doctor Hadjiolov began experimental work in the Department of Biochemistry of the Medical Faculty of Sofia and was awarded the Doctor of Philosophy in 1958 for his studies on the role of nucleic acids in cancer.
Doctor Hadjiolov"s scholarly research on the nucleolus and ribosome biogenesis and his leadership in the scientific community touched many lives. In 1963 Doctor Hadjiolov became chair of the Department of Molecular Genetics in the Central Laboratory of Biochemistry, which was transformed into the Institute of Molecular Biology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 1969. Early on, he became fascinated by the structure and biosynthesis of ribosomal Ribonucleic acid (rRNA) and the biogenesis of eukaryotic ribosomes.
Hadjiolov"s laboratory was the first to provide reliable evidence that the change in the rate of rRNA synthesis in higher eukaryotes is not accompanied by alterations in the number of active genes.
During his active research years Doctor Hadjiolov published more than hundred of articles focused on the ribosome (see PubMed for a complete list). Doctor Hadjiolov"s list of publications totals 106 listed in PubMed.
Doctor Hadjiolov"s contribution to the world"s science can also be measured by contribution of the scientists he recruited and supported throughout his career. Foreign example, the most cited author since 1994 by the Institute for Scientific Information"s Citation Report, Doctor John C. Reed (Burnham Institute for Medical Research) and his group have reached similar number of articles (PubMed:728 as of April 4, 2007).
Hadjiolov"s group (not limited to this list, cumulative PubMed count > 860 articles):
♦ Krasimira V. Hadjiolova, Doctor of Philosophy (23) New York University Langone Medical Center (New York)
♦ Nikolai Nikolaev, Doctor of Philosophy (111) (1943 - 2004)
♦ Kalin P. Dudov, Doctor of Philosophy, (15) Institute. of Genetic Engineering, Bulgaria
♦ Pencho Venkov, Doctor of Philosophy (64) Sofia University
♦ Mariana Doctorate. Dabeva, Doctor of Philosophy, (57) Albert Einstein College of Medicine
♦ Violetta Iotsova, Doctor of Philosophy, (11) Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute
♦ Raina North. Ikonomova Doctor of Philosophy, (4) not active in research
♦ Svetlana I. Gramatikova, Doctor of Philosophy, (9) Burnham Institute for Medical Research
♦ Georgi Milchev, Doctor of Philosophy, (13) Institute. of Mol.
Biological, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
♦ Ivan I. Todorov, (221) Doctor of Philosophy, City of Hope National Medical Center
♦ Milko M. Kermekchiev, Doctor of Philosophy (12) Washington University in Saint Louis
♦ Radka Philipova, Doctor of Philosophy, (14) Newcastle University
♦ Nikolai Zhelev, Doctor of Philosophy, (28) University of Abertay Dundee
♦ Krasimir Y. Yankulov, Doctor of Philosophy (19) University of Toronto
♦ Alex P. Vassilev, Doctor of Philosophy, (105) University of Aarhus
♦ Luchezar K. Karagyozov, Doctor of Philosophy, (15) Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
♦ Iveta Doctorate. Kalcheva, Doctor of Philosophy (14) University of California, San Diego Cancer Center University of California, San Diego Medical Center
♦ Irina Stancheva, Doctor of Philosophy, (22) University of Edinburgh
♦ Oleg I. Georgiev, Doctor of Philosophy, (99) Institut für Molekularbiologie, Universität Zürich
♦ Peter Milev, Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy, (17) University of Iowa
♦ Kosi Gramatikoff, Doctor of Philosophy, (9) Burnham Institute for Medical Research.
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.