As a child, I became interested in the healing powers of plants and mushrooms. My summer school breaks were spent in the countryside of southern Russia, where my grandparents lived in a small village. My grandmother harvested wild herbs and mushrooms in the nearby forest and the mountains, dried them, and used them in different forms during the year both as spices and as medicines. She was losing her eyesight, and I would spend evenings reading books on medicinal herbs out loud to expand her knowledge. Biology and chemistry became my favorite subjects at school, and I majored in biochemistry in college. After getting my M.S., I went to complete doctorate studies at the Institute of Plant Physiology in Moscow and National Institute of Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan. Later I did academic research in Naples, Italy, and The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California. From 2002, I worked for several biotech startups developing biopharmaceuticals, and in 2012, I finally decided to start my own business, combining my passion for herbs, sciences, medicine, and flavors.
I helped many startups and established companies to develop over 100 commercially successful products.
Malakhov MP, Aschenbrenner LM, Smee DF, Wandersee MK, Sidwell RW, Gubareva LV, Mishin VP, Hayden FG, Kim DH, Ing A, Campbell ER, Yu M, Fang F. (2006) Sialidase fusion protein as a novel broad-spectrum inhibitor of influenza virus infection. Antimicrob Agents Chemother.; 50:1470-1479.
Malakhov MP, Mattern MR, Malakhova OA, Drinker M, Weeks SD, Butt TR. (2004) SUMO fusions and SUMO-specific protease for efficient expression and purification of proteins. J Struct Funct Genomics; 5:75-86.
Malakhova O, Yan M, Malakhov M, Yuan Y, Ritchie K, Kim KI, Peterson L, Shuai K, Zhang DE. (2003) Protein ISGylation regulates the JAK-STAT signaling pathway. Genes Dev.; 17: 455-460.
Malakhov MP, Kim KI, Malakhova OA, Jacobs BS, Borden EC, Zhang DE. (2003) High-throughput immunoblotting. ISG15 modifies regulators of signal transduction. J Biol Chem.; 278: 16608-16613.
Benvenuto G, Formiggini F, Laflamme P, Malakhov M, Bowler C. (2002) The photomorphogenesis regulator DET1 binds the amino-terminal tail of histone H2B. Curr Biol.; 12: 1529-1534.
Ritchie KJ, Malakhov MP, Hetherington CJ, Zhou L, Little MT, Malakhova OA, Sipe JC, Orkin SH, Zhang DE. (2002) Dysregulation of protein modification by ISG15 results in brain cell injury. Genes Dev.; 16: 2207-2212.
Malakhov MP, Malakhova OA, Kim KI, Ritchie KJ, Zhang DE. (2002) UBP43 specifically removes ISG15 from conjugated proteins. J Biol Chem.; 277: 9976-9981.
Malakhova O, Malakhov M, Hetherington C, Zhang DE. (2002) Lipopolysaccharide activates the expression of UBP43 via interferon regulatory factor 3. J Biol Chem.; 277: 14703-14711.
Malakhov M, Bowler C. (2001) Phytochrome and regulation of photosynthetic gene expression. Regulation of Photosynthesis, E-M Aro and B Andersson (eds), Kluwer, pp. 51-66.
Malakhov MP, Malakhova OA, Murata N. (1999) Balanced regulation of expression of the gene for cytochrome cM. FEBS Lett.; 444: 281-284.
Malakhov M, Wada H, Los D, Murata N. (1996) The coxD gene for heme O synthase in Synechocystis. Biochim Biophys Acta; 1273: 84-86.
Malakhov MP, Los DA, Wada H, Semenenko VE, Murata N. (1995) Characterization of the murF gene of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Microbiology (UK); 141: 163-169.
Malakhov MP, Wada H, Los DA, Semenenko VE, Murata N. (1994) A new type of cytochrome c from Synechocystis PCC6803. J. Plant Physiol.; 144: 259-264.
Malakhov MP, Wada H, Los DA, Sakamoto T, Murata N. (1993) Structure of a cyanobacterial gene encoding the 50S ribosomal protein L9. Plant Mol Biol.; 21: 913-918.
Butt TR, Weeks S, Tran H, Malakhova OA, Malakhov MP. Methods and compositions for protein expression and purification. US Patents 7,060,461 and US Patent 7,220,576.
Fang F, Malakhov M. Novel class of therapeutic protein based molecules. US Patent 7,645,448.
Fang F, Malakhov M. Class of therapeutic protein based molecules. US Patent 8,722,869.
Butt TR, Malakhova OA, Malakhov MP. Methods and compositions for enhanced protein expression and purification. US Patent 7,655,413.
Malakhov MP, Fang F. Technology for preparation of macromolecular microspheres. US Patent 8,623,419.
Malakhov MP, Li T. Microparticle Formulations for Delivery to the Lower and Central Respiratory Tract and Methods of Manufacture. US Patent 9,700,602.
Fang F, Wurtman D, Moss R, and Malakhov MP. Methods, compounds, and compositions for treatment and prophylaxis in the respiratory tract. US Patent 8,398,971.
Malakhov MP. Devices and systems for supporting a user. US Patent 8,713,729.
Malakhov MP. System, method and apparatus to prevent and treat a disease by optimization of sleep posture and assisted rollovers. US Patent 11,622,896.