stanislav galaktionov defended his phd in biology at the age of 27.r potato growth. nine years later, galaktionov defended his doctoral dissertation, which was devoted to the study of the molecular structure of peptides and proteins. his official opponents were famous scientists evgeny popov and. kitaygorodsky: after a short period of work in riga, the biologist returned to minsk and headed a specialized laboratory of genetics and selection of industrial organisms. galaktionov's scientific developments were in many ways ahead of their time; only a few in the world were engaged in the study of molecular biology at the same level as he. basic galaaktionov's scientific achievements relate to the topic of protein structure prediction. the scientist came up with an algorithm that determines the coordinates of any atom by the coordinates of the atoms that are in the molecular chain in front of it. if you know the structure of a protein, you can predict how it will behave in the body, and this opens up enormous opportunities for creating more effective and s