Liguri Mosulishvili (; ; 10 June 1933 – 5 April 2010) was a Georgian physicist and Head of Biophysics Department at Andronikashvili Institute of Physics of Tbilisi State University.
Biography
Liguri Mosulishvili was born in 1933, in Arashenda village, Gurjaani Municipality, Georgia. He was trained as a physicist at the Tbilisi State University (1953–1958). In 1958 by the invitation Elephter Andronikashvili he has begun work as the junior researcher in Andronikashvili Institute of Physics.
In 1968 Liguri Mosulishvili was the Candidate of Ph.D. in Physical and Mathematical Sciences (Experimental Physics) at Tbilisi State University, Georgia. He received his Ph.D. in Biophysics (Nuclear Physics and Biophysics), at Andronikashvili Institute of Physics of Tbilisi State University in 1985. His major research interests was Life Sciences, Ecology, Biophysics, Molecular biology, Neutron activation analysis and Experimental physics.
A small book of memoirs Episodes from life of physicists by Liguri Mosulishvili (edited by Miho Mosulishvili, which is the son of Liguri Mosulishvili's brother), was published in 2010.
Working experience
2004-2006 — Principal Investigator, Andronikashvili institute of Physics
1990-2004 — Head of the department, Andronikashvili Institute of Physics
1961-1990 — Head of the Laboratory, Andronikashvili Institute of Physics
1958-1961 — Junior Researcher, Andronikashvili institute of Physics
The Scientific Projects
2000-2002 — ISTC project G-348 'Molecular Mechanisms of Heavy Metal Transformation on Microbial-Mineral Surfaces, their Roles in Detoxifying High-Oxidation State Cr and Other Heavy Metal Ions', Collaborators: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA, CA, Berkeley 2001-2003 — ISTC project G-349 'In Vitro Study of Mechanisms of Intracellular Responses to Low-Dose and Low-Dose Rate Exposure to Cr(VI) Compounds', Collaborators: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA, CA, Berkeley 2001-2004 — ISTC project G-408 'Neutron-Activation Analysis of Blue-Green Alga Spirulina Platensis: Heavy and Toxic Elements Accumulation from Nutrient Medium in the Process of Cell Growth' (Project manager), Project collaborator David C Glasgow 2002-2003 — The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Coordinated Research Programme (CRP) Contract N11528/RBF, 'Selenium Containing Blue-Green Algae Spirulina Platensis for Preventive Health Care Investigated by Nuclear Techniques'
Georgian grants
2004–2005 — 2.32.04. The study of toxic metals absorption and accumulation by algae Spirulina platensis (Project manager) 2000–2001 — 2.25. The study of physical-chemical properties of procaryotic systems under loading with toxic metals (Project manager) 1997–1999 — 2.22. Study of Cd(II) interaction with biomacromolecules in vivo and in vitro experiments (Project manager)
The scientific contacts
1999-2006 — Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia
2004-2006 — Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
2000-2005 — Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
1975-1985 — Dresden Generating Station, Germany
1970-1975 — Saulce sur Rhône (Loriol Le Pouzin Dam), France
1964-1987 — Reactor of Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Awards
2005 — Incentive prize of Joint Institute for Nuclear Research for research 'Using of neutron activation analysis for development of the new medical preparations and sorbents on the blue-green alga Spirulina platenis basis', Dubna (Russia), N 3108. 2002 — Contest of Scientific, methodological and applied works of Laboratory of Neutron Physics (LNF), Second premium. Using of neutron activation analysis for development of the new medical preparations