Staff
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Prof. Georgi Miloshev, PhD
Born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1958. He holds a MSc degree in Molecular Genetics from the Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohrdiski". Since 1983 he has been working as a research fellow at the Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB) at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAS).In 1994 he has obtained a PhD degree in Molecular Genetics at the Department of Molecular Genetics, IMB – BAS.From 2004 he is an Associate professor and head of the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics at the same institute.He is currently involved in the management of the research work in the laboratory. His interests are in the field of chromatin with a special emphasis on the interplay between the environment and chromatin structure and dynamics. It is known that the elements of environment can cause changes of the chromatin features and which in consequence can lead to inheritance of valuable epigenetic information. Therefore studying the epigenetic communication between chromatin structure and environment is of utmost interest.
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Assoc. Prof. Milena Georgieva, PhD
Born in Kyustendil, Bulgaria in 1977. She holds a M.Sc. degree in Cellular and Developmental Biology from the Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria.She has completed her PhD in Molecular Biology at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in 2009. The title of her PhD is "Structural and functional significance of linker histone Hho1p for Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromatin." From 2010 till 2016 she has been an Assistant professor at the Institute of Molecular Biology, BAS and a postdoctoral research fellow. She is now an Associate professor at the laboratory.Her current work involves investigation of the interplay between chromatin remodeling complexes and linker histones in S. cerevisiae as a model organism. Moreover, she is working in the field of ageing research and ageing-related diseases and aims at investigating the epigenetic mechanisms that control cellular and organismal ageing.
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Assoc. Prof. Dessislava Staneva, PhD
Born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1968. She holds M.Sc. degree in Biochemistry, Microbiology and Genetics completed at Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria. She completed her Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Thesis title: "Isolation and characterization of KlSEC53, KlPSA1 and KlPCL1 genes, related to the protein glycosylation in Kluyveromyces lactis". Since 2006 works as a Postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Her current work involves examination of chromatin organization in yeast Kluyveromyces lactis and studies on the role of linker histones H1 using K. lactis as a model system. Her interests go further in research to unravel the sensitivity of dairy yeast K. lactis towards genotoxins. She is involved in a project working on a Drosophila model of fragile X syndrome and an investigation on YKL-40 protein as a biomarker in tumor and degenerative diseases.
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Borislava Boteva, PhD student
Born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria in 1984. She now holds a MSc degree in Genetic and Cellular Engineering, obtained at Faculty of Biology, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohrdiski".Since 2008 works as a research fellow at the Institute of Molecular Biology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences.In 2012 she has started a PhD studentship in Molecular Biology at the laboratory of Yeast Molecular Genetics, IMB – BAS. Her current work involves examination of mutation rates and population’s genetic diversity in Taraxacum officinale plants collected from heavy metal polluted areas.Her interests go further in research toward detailed studies on plant epigenomic changes during stress response and adaptation.
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Assist.Prof. Bela Vasileva, PhD
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Kaloyan Simov
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Penyo Veselinov