Mikhail Vyssotski

Distinguished Research Scientist

Biotechnologies

Lipid scientist

I graduated from the chemical department of the Far-Eastern State University (Russia), before joining the top Russian lipid research laboratory at the Institute of Marine Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok.

In 2003 I left my position as Deputy Director (Research) of the Institute of Marine Biology to join Industrial Research Limited (now Callaghan Innovation) in Wellington tasked with creating a research team in the area of advanced lipid analysis. That team is now highly valued by New Zealand companies that employ Callaghan Innovation advanced lipid analytical services.

Areas of expertise

Advanced lipid analysis
Extraction and modification of lipids
Structure elucidation of novel fatty acids
Structure elucidation of novel complex lipids
Synthesis of biologically active lipids

Education

PhD Bioorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia, 1988

Memberships and awards

1991-1992 Postdoctoral fellowship in the Laboratory of Marine Lipids, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Sciences grant recipient
Member of the American Oil Chemists’ Society
Member of the European Federation for the Science and Technology of Lipids
Member of GERLI (Groupe d'Etude et de Recherche sur les Lipides et les
Lipoprotéins, France)
Member of The Oil & Fats specialist group of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry
Member of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry

Selected publications

Labelling of eicosapentaenoic acid with stable isotope 13C in the marine bacteria Shewanella marinintestina. Tejerina, J.M., Ryan, J.; Vyssotski, M., Lagutin, K., Lu, Y., Visnovsky, G. 2022. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 204, 106633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mimet.2022.106633
HPLC-MS, GC and NMR Profiling of Bioactive Lipids of Human Milk and Milk of Dairy Animals (Cow, Sheep, Goat, Buffalo, Camel, Red Deer). Lagutin K, MacKenzie A, Bloor S, Scott D, Vyssotski M. 2022. Separations. 9(6):145. https://doi.org/10.3390/separations9060145
Neuroprotective activity of new Δ3-N-acylethanolamines in a focal ischemia stroke model. Rahau S. Shirazi, Mikhail Vyssotski, Kirill Lagutin, Dion Thompson, Christa MacDonald, Vincent Luscombe, Michelle Glass, Kim Parker, Emma K. Gowing, D. Bradley G. Williams, and Andrew N. Clarkson. 2022. Lipids. 57(1) 17-31. https://doi.org/10.1002/lipd.12326
Extraction of lipids from New Zealand fern fronds using near-critical dimethyl ether and dimethyl ether–water–ethanol mixtures. Eduard V. Nekrasov, Stephen Tallon, Mikhail V. Vyssotski, Owen J. Catchpole. 2020. The Journal of Supercritical Fluids, Volume 170, April 2021, 105137. DOI: 10.1016/j.supflu.2020.105137
Isolation and Synthesis of Glycophospholipids from the extremophile Chthonomonas calidirosea. Compton, B.J., Lagutin, K., Dyer, B.S., Ryan, J., MacKenzie, A., Stott, M.B., Nekrasov, E.V., Painter, G.F., Vyssotski, M. 2020. Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry, 9 (11), pp. 1802-1814. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajoc.202000357.