Dr. Barski received a M. Sc. in Chemistry in 1987 and a Ph.D. in Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis in 1991 at the  Chemical Department, Moscow State University, Russia.

 

Dr. Barski is studying the physiological role of aldehyde reductase, a member of the aldo-keto reductase superfamily that may play an important role in detoxification of reactive aldehydes. He investigates human and murine aldehyde reductase gene promoter and the transcription factors involved in its regulation. He recently created a transgenic mouse with hepatic overexpression of aldehyde reductase gene as an animal model