Acting Head of Department, Ph.D.
HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT
The Department of Long-Term Storage of Biological Objects at Low Temperatures was established in 1999. Learn more about…
The first Head of the Department was Prof. Antonina Kompaniets (till 2000). In 2000-2001 it was headed by Prof. Oleksandr Snurnikov. Since 2001 till 2022, the Department was headed by Dr. Igor Vysekantsev. In 2008, the Department was transformed to the Department of Long-Term Storage of Biological Objects at Low Temperatures and Cryomicrobiology, and in 2016 it was named as the Department of Cryomicrobiology.
The Department comprises the Laboratory of Microbiology, responsible for performing various microbiological studies and support of the Department’s projects.
Main research areas
Development of protocols for lyophilization, cryopreservation and long-term storage at low temperatures of microorganisms, biologically active substances and cell cultures.
Studies of the influence of low temperatures on microbiological characteristics of collection strains of microorganisms.
Development of functional microbiological products and those to be used in medicine, veterinary medicine, food industry and agriculture.
Performing microbiological research in the field of medicine, veterinary medicine, food industry, phytopathology and environmental microbiology.
Research expertise and achievements
- Cryopreservation protocols for collection strains of bacteria, fungi (including yeast) as well as viruses (including bacteriophages) have been proposed.
- The therapeutic efficiency has been studied and cryopreservation techniques for probiotics immobilized on enterosorbents and in gel carriers have been developed.
- Two technologies have been developed and registered with the Department of Innovation and Technology Transfer of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine:
“Technology for the production and storage of a product for the treatment of intestinal infections”, state registration number 0618U000073;
“Technology for wound treatment”, state registration number 0618U000074.
Department Scientific Staff
Oleh Trufanov – Acting Head of Department, Ph.D. (Biology)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3978-3335
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=fsJB-akAAAAJ&hl=uk
Valentyna Martsenyuk – Head of Microbiology Laboratory, Ph.D. (Biology), Senior Researcher
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3051-952X
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=6603347160
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Valentyna-Martsenyuk
Ananyina Hanna – senior scientist, PhD (medicine)
https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=25229836800
https://scholar.google.com.ua/citations?user=epwmdIEAAAAJ&hl=uk
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2065-3159
Nardid Eduard – scientific fellow, PhD (medicine)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1047-6665
Abrafikova Liliya – Senior scientist, PhD (medicine)
https://scholar.google.com.ua/citations?hl=uk&user=j6fKGW8AAAAJ
Stepanyuk Lyudmila – junior scientist
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6491-8791
Patents of Ukraine
- Patent No. 37995. Method of storage and transportation of biomaterial. Publ. 01/15/2004.
- Patent No. 8660. Method of increasing the proliferative activity of microorganisms. Publ. 08/15/2005.
- Patent No. 43203. Method of cryopreservation of transplanted pig embryo kidney cells. Publ. 08/10/2009.
- Patent No. 92678. Method of increasing the resistance of cells to freezing and thawing. Publ. 07/26/2010.
- Patent No. 56674. Method of preserving Bifidobacterium bifidum LVA-3 culture. Publ. 01/25/2011.
- Patent No. 58224. Method of adapting adhesive cells to growth in a serum-free medium. Publ. 03/11/2011.
- Patent No. 72110. Method for determining the viability of microbial cells immobilized on carriers. Publ. 08/10/2012.
- Patent No. 76130. Method for correcting intestinal dysbiosis. Publ. 12/25/2012.
- Patent No. 76142. Method for correcting dysbiosis. Publ. 12/25/2012.
- Patent No. 88598. Method for treating intestinal infections. Publ. 03/25/2014.
- Patent No. 95176. Means for treating acute intestinal infections. Publ. 12/10/2014.
- Patent 116072. Method for treating wounds. Publ. 01/25/2018.
- Patent 130957. Method of cryopreservation of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Publ. 10.01.2019.
- Patent №140828 Method of freeze-drying of biological raw materials. Publ. 10.03.2020
- Patent №147042. Method of cryopreservation of immobilized yeast cells Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Publ.07.04.2021.
