Daria Gudkova done her PhD project in molecular biology at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics NAS of Ukraine. Her work was concerned about the regulation of a key metabolic enzyme CoA synthase in mammalian cells. At October 1st, she joined the group of Prof. W. Herr and will investigate the functions of the C-terminal subunit of HCF-1 protein in M-phase progression in cell division.