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Head of the laboratory : Zhukov Vladimir Alexandrovich Phone: +7 (812) 470 51 83 The team of the Laboratory of Genetics of Plant-microbial interactions under the leadership of PhD Zhukov Vladimir Alexandrovich performs research on deciphering the molecular genetic mechanisms of mutually beneficial symbioses formed by legumes with nodule bacteria, fungi of arbuscular mycorrhiza and beneficial rhizospheric/endophytic bacteria. Bioinformatics methods are used in research to analyze "big data" obtained using "omix" approaches - NGS sequencing of transcriptomes and genomes, metabolomics and proteomics. The instrument park, which includes a powerful computing server and data storage, allows solving scientific problems at the modern level, claiming to be a world priority, and carrying out all molecular biological procedures: synthesis of libraries for NGS sequencing (Illumina and Oxford Nanopore), PCR (including in real time), sample preparation for metabolomic and transcriptomic analysis , etc . The laboratory staff performs research within the framework of the State Assignment, NCMU "Agrotechnologies of the Future", two grants from the Russian National Science Foundation (including jointly with the N.I. Vavilov Research Institute). The laboratory was previously headed by Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, acad. I.A. Tikhonovich of the Russian Academy of Sciences (in the period 1984 – 2001) and D.B.N. A.Y. Borisov (in the period 2001 – 2014). Since September 2014, the laboratory has been headed by Candidate of Biological Sciences Zhukov Vladimir Alexandrovich. The laboratory cooperates with St. Petersburg State University (Departments of Genetics and Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Physiology and Biochemistry of Plants), the V.L. Komarov Botanical Institute, Sirius University, the N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR). We invite students and postgraduates to cooperate in the preparation of qualification papers (bachelor's/ master's degrees, PhD thesis, PhD dissertations). Possible topics of work can be found here. Information about admission to the graduate school of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution ARRIAM – here.
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The laboratory's research topic is Comparative genomics of economically significant legume plant species aimed at identifying key determinants that determine the effectiveness of plant-microbial interactions.