Head of Laboratory, Chief Researcher
The laboratory conducts research on the genetic diversity, population genetic structure and peculiarities of its formation, phylogeny and phylogeography of spreading and reproducing species of animals and model plants, as well as research on the morphology and systematics of parasites of the genus Sarcocystis, using molecular markers. The laboratory has all necessary equipment for DNA research, enabling DNA isolation, concentration determination, fragment amplification, electrophoretic analysis, visualization of amplified fragments, DNA sequencing, and size determination of microsatellite fragments. Molecular tests are performed using an 8-capillary “Applied Biosystems 3500 Genetic Analyzer” device, plate centrifuge “Eppendorf Centrifuge 5430”, thermal cyclers “Eppendorf”, Applied Biosystems Veriti 96 Well Thermal Cycler, “GeneAmp PCR System 9700”. The gel documentation system “BioDocAnalyze” is used to visualize the amplified fragments. Research on Sarcocystis and other parasitic protozoa is carried out using a Nikon ECLIPSE 80i light microscope with the INFINITY3 image analysis system. Data are analyzed using modern molecular data analysis software.
The main directions of research carried out by laboratory scientists involve the following: