Senior Researcher
Davydenko, K., Lukaszewska-Skrzypniak, N., Sadowska, K., Nowakowska, J.A., Raitelaitytė, K., Markovskaja, S., Burokienė, D., Shcherbak, O., Martín-García, J., Casero, J.J.D., Hsiang, T.M., Oszako, T. 2024. Variability in pine pitch canker susceptibility among Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) provenances in Eastern Europe. Forests, 15 (4): art. no. 613. https://doi.org/10.3390/f15040613
Markovskaja, S., Iršėnaitė, R., Kačergius, A., Sauliutė, G., Stankevičiūtė, M. 2024. Diversity of fungus-like stramenopilous organisms (Oomycota) in Lithuanian freshwater aquaculture: Morphological and molecular analysis, risk to fish health. Journal of Fish Diseases, 47 (3): e13903. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfd.13903
Ilyukhin, E., Markovskaja, S. 2023. Helminthosporium paraoligosporum sp. nov., a new ascomycetous fungus from Ontario, Canada. Phytotaxa, 607 (2): 151–159. https://doi.org/10.11646/PHYTOTAXA.607.2.4
Tubby, K., Adamcikova, K., Adamson, K., Akiba, M., Barnes, I., Boron, P., Braganca, H., Bulgakov, T., Burgdorf, N., Capretti, P., Cech, T., Cleary, M., Davydenko, K., Drenkhan, R., Elvira-Recuenco, M., Enderle, R., Gardner, J., Geogieva, M., Ghelardini, L., Husson, C., Iturritxa, E., Markovskaja, S., Mesanza, N., Ogris, N., Oskay, F., Piskur, B., Queloz, V., Raitelaitytė, K., Raposo, R., Soukainen, M., Strasser, L., Vahalik, P., Vester, M., Mullett, M. 2023. The increasing threat to European forests from the invasive foliar pine pathogen, Lecanosticta acicola. Forest Ecology and Management, 536: art. no. 120847. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2023.120847</a
Raitelaitytė, K., Adamson, K., Markovskaja, S., Paulauskas, A., Mullett, M., Drenkhan, R. 2023. Genetic structure of the pine needle pathogen Lecanosticta acicola in Lithuania and northern Poland. Plant Pathology, 72 (2): 246–254. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13655
Ilyukhin, E., Markovskaja, S., Elgorban, A.M., Al-Rejaie, S.S., Maharachchikumbura, S.S.N. 2022. Genomic characteristics and comparative genomics analysis of Parafenestella ontariensis sp. nov. Journal of Fungi, 8 (7): art. no. 732. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8070732
Laas, M., Adamson, K., Barnes, I., Janousek, J., Mullett, M.S., Adamcikova, K., Akiba, M., Beenken, L., Braganca, H., Bulgakov, T.S., Capretti, P., Cech, T., Cleary, M., Enderle, R., Ghelardini, L., Jankovsky, L., Markovskaja, S., Matsiakh, I., Meyer, J.B., Oskay, F., Piskur, B., Raitelaitytė, K., Sadikovic, D., Drenkhan, R. 2022. Diversity, migration routes, and worldwide population genetic structure of Lecanosticta acicola, the causal agent of brown spot needle blight. Molecular Plant Pathology, 23 (11): 1620-1639. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.13257
Stankevičiūtė, M., Sauliutė, G., Makaras, T., Čapukoitienė, B., Vansevičiūtė, G., Markovskaja, S. (2022) Biomarker responses in perch (Perca fluviatilis) under multiple stress: Parasite co-infection and multicomponent metal mixture exposure. Environmental Research, 207: art. no. 112170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2021.112170
Mullett, M.S., Drenkhan, R., Adamson, K., Boron, P., Lenart-Boron, A., Barnes, I., Tomsovsky, M., Janosikova, Z., Adamcikova, K., Ondruskova, E., Queloz, V., Piskur, B., Musolin, D.L., Davydenko, K., Georgieva, M., Schmitz, S., Kačergius, A., Ghelardini, L., Orlovic, J.K., Muller, M., Oskay, F., Hauptman, T., Halasz, A., Markovskaja, S., Solheim, H., Vuorinen, M., Heinzelmann, R., Hamelin, R.C., Konecny, A. (2021) Worldwide genetic structure elucidates the Eurasian origin and Invasion pathways of dothistroma septosporum, causal agent of Dothistroma needle blight. Journal of Fungi, 7 (2): art. no. 111. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof7020111
Švedienė, J., Novickij, V., Žalnėravičius, R., Raudonienė, V., Markovskaja, S., Novickij, J., Paškevičius, A. (2021) Antimicrobial activity of L-lysine and poly-L-lysine with pulsed electric fields. Applied Sciences-Basel, 11 (6): art. no. 2708. https://doi.org/10.3390/app11062708
Elvira-Recuenco, M., Cacciola, S.O., Sanz-Ros, A.V., Garbelotto, M., Aguayo, J., Solla, A., Mullett, M., Drenkhan, T., Oskay, F., Aday Kaya, A.G., Iturritxa, E., Cleary, M., Witzell, J., Georgieva, M., Papazova-Anakieva, I., Chira, D., Paraschiv, M., Musolin, D.L., Selikhovkin, A.V., Varentsova, E.Y., Adamcikova, K., Markovskaja, S., Mesanza, N., Davydenko, K., Capretti, P., Scanu, B., Gonthier, P., Tsopelas, P., Martin-Garcia, J., Morales-Rodriguez, C., Lehtijarvi, A., Dogmus Lehtijarvi, H.T., Oszako, T., Nowakowska, J.A., Braganca, H., Fernandez-Fernandez, M., Hantula, J., Diez, J.J. (2020) Potential interactions between invasive Fusarium circinatum and other pine pathogens in Europe. Forests, 11 (1): art. no. 7. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11010007
Drenkhan, R., Ganley, B, Martin-Garcia, J., Vahalik, P., Adamson, K., Adamcikova, K., Ahumada, R., Blank, L., Braganca, H., Capretti, P., Cleary, M., Cornejo, C., Davydenko, K., Diez, J.J., Lehtijarvi, H.T.D., Dvorak, M., Enderle, R., Fourie, G., Georgieva, M., Ghelardini, L., Hantula, J., Ioos, R., Iturritxa, E., Kanetis, L., Karpun, N.N., Koltay, A., Landeras, E., Markovskaja, S., Mesanza, N., Milenkovic, I., Musolin, D.L., Nikolaou, K., Nowakowska, J.A., Ogris, N., Oskay, F., Oszako, T., Papazova-Anakieva, I., Paraschiv, M., Pasquali, M., Pecori, F., Rafoss, T., Raitelaitytė, K., Raposo, R., Robin, C., Rodas, C.A., Santini, A., Sanz-Ros, A.V., Selikhovkin, A.V., Solla, A., Soukainen, M., Soulioti, N., Steenkamp, E.T., Tsopelas, P., Vemic, A., Vettraino, A.M., Wingfield, M.J., Woodward, S., Zamora-Ballesteros, C., Mullett, M.S. (2020) Global geographic distribution and host range of Fusarium circinatum, the causal agent of pine pitch canker. Forests, 11 (7): art. no. 724. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11070724
Raitelaitytė, K., Markovskaja, S., Paulauskas, A., Hsiang, T., Oszako, T (2020) First molecular detection of Lecanosticta acicola from Poland on Pinus mugo. Forest Pathology, 50 (2): art. no. e12589. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12589
Markovskaja, S., Raitelaitytė, K ., Kačergius, A., Kolmakov, P., Vasilevich, V. (2020) Occurrence of Dothistroma needle blight in Lithuania and Belarus: The risk posed to native Scots Pine forests. Forest Pathology, 50 (5): art. no. e12626. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12626
Novickij, V., Lastauskienė, E., Staigvila, G., Girkontaitė, I., Zinkevičienė, A., Švedienė, J., Paškevičius, A., Markovskaja, S., Novickij, J. (2019) Low concentrations of acetic and formic acids enhance the inactivation of Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa with pulsed electric fields. BMC Microbiology. 19: art. no. 73. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-019-1447-1
Novickij, V., Staigvila, G., Gudiukaitė, R., Zinkevičienė, A., Girkontaitė, I., Paškevičius, A., Švedienė, J., Markovskaja, S., Novickij, J., Lastauskienė, E. (2019) Nanosecond duration pulsed electric field together with formic acid triggers caspase-dependent apoptosis in pathogenic yeasts. Bioelectrochemistry. 128: 148-154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2019.04.007
Lastauskienė, E., Novickij, V., Zinkevičienė, A., Girkontaitė, I., Paškevičius, A., Švedienė, J., Markovskaja, S., Novickij, J. (2019) Application of pulsed electric fields for the elimination of highly drug-resistant Candida grown under modelled microgravity conditions. International Journal of Astrobiology. 18 (5): 405-411. a href=”https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550418000332″>https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550418000332
Iršėnaitė, R., Arslanova, T., Kasparavičius, J., Kutorga, E., Markovskaja, S., Matulevičiūtė, D., Taraškevičius, R., Motiejūnaitė, J. (2019) Effects of a great cormorant colony on wood-inhabiting fungal communities in a coastal Scots pine forest. Fungal Ecology. 41: 82-91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.funeco.2019.03.010
Zamora-Ballesteros, C., Diez, J.J., Martin-Garcia, J., Witzell, J., Solla, A., Ahumada, R., Capretti, P., Cleary, M., Drenkhan, R., Dvorak, M., Elvira-Recuenco, M., Fernandez-Fernandez, M., Ghelardini, L., Gonthier, P., Hernandez-Escribano, L., Ioos, R., Markovskaja, S., Martinez-Alvarez, P., Munoz-Adalia, E.J., Nowakowska, J.A., Oszako, T., Raposo, R., Santini, A., Hantula, J. (2019) Pine Pitch Canker (PPC): Pathways of Pathogen Spread and Preventive Measures. Forests. 10 (12): art. no. 1158. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10121158
Adamson, K., Mullett, M.S., Solheim, H., Barnes, I., Muller, M.M., Hantula, J., Vuorinen, M., Kačergius, A., Markovskaja, S., Musolin, D.L., Davydenko, K., Keca, N., Ligi, K., Priedite, R.D., Millberg, H., Drenkhan, R. (2018) Looking for relationships between the populations of Dothistroma septosporum in northern Europe and Asia. Fungal Genetics and Biology. 110: 15-25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2017.12.001
Novickij, V., Lastauskienė, E., Švedienė, J., Grainys, A., Staigvila, G., Paškevičius, A., Girkontaitė, I., Zinkevičienė, A., Markovskaja, S., Novickij, J. (2018) Membrane permeabilization of pathogenic yeast in alternating sub-microsecond electromagnetic fields in combination with conventional electroporation. Journal of Membrane Biology. 251 (2): 189-195. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00232-017-9951-4
Novickij, V., Švedienė, J., Paškevičius, A., Markovskaja, S., Girkontaitė, I., Zinkevičienė, A., Lastauskienė, E., Novickij, J. (2018) Pulsed electric field-assisted sensitization of multidrug-resistant Candida albicans to antifungal drugs. Future Microbiology. 13 (5): 535-546. https://doi.org/10.2217/fmb-2017-0245
Motiejūnaitė, J., Buožytė, R., Adamonytė, G., Iršėnaitė, R., Kasparavičius, J., Kutorga, E., Markovskaja, S.,Stakėnas, V.,Klyukina, E. (2018) Residual effect of induced water stress and nitrogen addition on the mycobiota in Scots Pine stands. Russian Journal of Ecology. 49 (3): 226-231. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413618030050
Novickij, V., Zinkevičienė, A., Valiulis, J., Švedienė, J., Paškevičius, A., Lastauskienė, E., Markovskaja, S., Novickij, J., Girkontaitė, I. (2018) Different permeabilization patterns of splenocytes and thymocytes to combination of pulsed electric and magnetic field treatments. Bioelectrochemistry. 122: 183-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioelechem.2018.04.006
Novickij, V., Zinkevičienė, A., Perminaitė, E., Čėsna, R., Lastauskienė, E., Paškevičius, A., Švedienė, J., Markovskaja, S., Novickij, J., Girkontaitė, I. (2018) Non-invasive nanosecond electroporation for biocontrol of surface infections: an in vivo study. Scientific Reports. 8: 14516. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32783-7
Novickij, V ., Švedienė, J., Paškevičius, A., Markovskaja, S., Lastauskienė, E., Zinkevičienė, A ., Girkontaitė, I., Novickij, J. (2018) Induction of different sensitization patterns of MRSA to antibiotics using electroporation. Molecules. 23 (7): art. no. 1799. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules23071799
Novickij, V., Tabasnikov, A., Smith, S., Grainys, A., Novickij, J., Tolvaišienė, S., Markovskaja, S. (2017) Feasibility of Parylene Coating for Planar Electroporation Copper Electrodes. Materials Science-Medziagotyra. 23 (2): 93-97. https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.ms.23.2.14953
Novickij, V., Girkontaitė, I., Zinkevičienė, A., Švedienė, J., Lastauskienė, E., Paškevičius, A., Markovskaja, S., Novickij, J. (2017) Reversible permeabilization of cancer cells by high sub-microsecond magnetic field. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics. 53 (11): art. no. 2001904. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMAG.2017.2719699
Drenkhan R., Tomesova-Haataja V., Fraser S., Bradshaw R.E., Vahalik P., Mullett M.S., Martin-Garcia J., Bulman L.S., Wingfield M.J., Kirisits T., Cech T.L., Schmitz S., Baden R., Tubby K., Brown A., Georgieva M., Woods A., Ahumada R., Jankovsky L., Thomsen, I.M., Adamson K., Marcais B., Vuorinen M., Tsopelas P., Koltay A., Halasz A., La Porta N., Anselmi N., Kiesnere R., Markovskaja S., Kačergius A., Papazova-Anakieva I., Risteski M., Sotirovski K., Lazarevic J., Solheim H., Boron P., Braganca H., Chira D., Musolin D.L., Selikhovkin A.V., Bulgakov T.S., Keca N., Karadzic D., Galovic V., Pap P., Markovic M., Pajnik L.P., Vasic V., Ondruskova E., Piskur B., Sadikovic D., Diez J.J., Solla A., Millberg H., Stenlid J., Angst A., Queloz V., Lehtijarvi A., Dogmus-Lehtijarvi H.T., Oskay F., Davydenko K., Meshkova V., Craig D., Woodward S., Barnes I (2016) Global geographic distribution and host range of Dothistroma species: a comprehensive review. Forest Pathology. 46 (5): 408-442. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12290
Fraser S., Martin-Garcia J., Perry, A. Kabir M.S., Owen T., Solla A., Brown A.V., Bulman L.S., Barnes I., Hale M.D., Vasconcelos M.W., Lewis K.J., Dogmus-Lehtijarvi H.T., Markovskaja S., Woodward S., Bradshaw R.E. (2016) A review of Pinaceae resistance mechanisms against needle and shoot pathogens with a focus on the Dothistroma-Pinus interaction. Forest Pathology. 46 (5): 453-471. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12201
Bulman L.S., Bradshaw R.E., Fraser S., Martin-Garcia J., Barnes I., Musolin D.L, La Porta N., Woods A.J., Diez J.J., Koltay A., Drenkhan R., Ahumada R., Poljakovic-Pajnik L., Queloz V., Piskur B., Dogmus-Lehtijarvi H.T., Chira D., Tomesova-Haataja V., Georgieva M., Jankovsky L., Anselmi N., Markovskaja S., Papazova-Anakieva I., Sotirovski K., Lazarevic J., Adamcikova K., Boron P., Braganca H., Vettraino A.M., Selikhovkin A.V., Bulgakov T.S., Tubby K. (2016) A worldwide perspective on the management and control of Dothistroma needle blight. Forest Pathology. 46 (5): 472-488. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12305
Markovskaja S., Kačergius A., Davydenko K., Fraser S. (2016) First record of Neocatenulostroma germanicum on pines in Lithuania and Ukraine and its co-occurrence with Dothistroma spp. and other pathogens. Forest Pathology. 46 (5): 522-533. https://doi.org/10.1111/efp.12308
Novickij, V., Girkontaitė, I., Grainys, A., Zinkevičienė, A., Lastauskiene, E., Švedienė, J. Paškevičius, A., Markovskaja, S., Novickij, J. (2016) Measurement of transient permeability of Sp2/0 myeloma cells: flow cytometric study. Measurement Science Review.16 (6): 300-304. https://doi.org/10.1515/msr-2016-0038
Novickij, V.,Grainys, A., Švedienė, J., Markovskaja, S., Paškevičius, A., Novickij, J. (2015) Irreversible electropermeabilization of the human pathogen Candida albicans: an in-vitro experimental study. European Biophysics Journal with Biophysics Letters. 44 (1-2): 9-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00249-014-0996-3
Markovskaja, S., Kačergius, A. (2014) Morphological and molecular characterisation of Periconia pseudobyssoides sp. nov. and closely related P. byssoides. Mycological Progress. 13 (2): 291-302. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-013-0914-6
Novickij, V., Grainys, A., Švedienė, J., Markovskaja, S., Paškevičius, A., Novickij, J. (2014) Microsecond pulsed magnetic field improves efficacy of antifungal agents on pathogenic microorganisms. Bioelectromagnetics. 35 (5): 347-353. https://doi.org/10.1002/bem.21848
Motiejūnaitė, J., Adamonytė, G., Iršėnaitė, R., Juzėnas, S., Kasparavičius, J., Kutorga, E., Markovskaja, S. (2014) Early fungal community succession following crown fire in Pinus mugo stands and surface fire in Pinus sylvestris stands. European Journal of Forest Research. 133 (4): 745-756. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-013-0738-6
Novickij, V., Grainys, A., Novickij, J., Markovskaja, S. (2014) Irreversible magnetoporation of micro-organisms in high pulsed magnetic fields. IET Nanobiotechnology. 8 (3): 157-162. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-nbt.2013.0005
Novickij, J., Grainys, A., Švedienė, J., Markovskaja, S., Novickij, J. (2014) Joule heating influence on the vitality of fungi in pulsed magnetic fields during magnetic permeabilization. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry. 118 (2): 681-686. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-014-3735-1
Novickij, V., Grainys, A., Novickij, J., Tolvaišienė, S., Markovskaja, S. (2014) Compact electro-permeabilization system for controlled treatment of biological cells and cell medium conductivity change measurement. Measurement Science Review. 14 (5): 279-284. https://doi.org/10.2478/msr-2014-0038
Kutorga, E., Adamonytė, G., Iršėnaitė, R., Juzėnas, S., Kasparavičius, J., Markovskaja, S., Motiejūnaitė, J., Treigienė, A. (2012) Wildfire and post-fire management effects on early fungal succession in Pinus mugo plantations, located in Curonian Spit (Lithuania). Geoderma. 191: 70–79. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.02.007