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Tel. +370 606 28 804
E-mail: valeriia.mishcherikova@lammc.lt
Liepų St. 1, Girionys, LT-53101 Kaunas dist., Lithuania
Education
2019–2023 PhD studies, dissertation „Functional diversity of microbial communities in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) forests in the process of climate change”, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry.
2017–2018 master thesis „Morphologic and cultural characteristic of some representatives of Morchella genus”, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine.
2005–2009 Modules studied: plant anatomy, fungal biodiversity, and basics of mycosozology, biochemistry, botany, genetics, genetics of fungi, soil science, ecology, plant disease diagnostics, general and agricultural plant pathology, forest plant pathology, molecular basics of plant resistance, molecular biology, mathematical methods in biology, V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University, Ukraine.
Research fields
- Mycology, plant endophytes, plant diseases
- Systems biology and bioinformatics
- Population genetics and epidemiology
- Geographic information systems
- Sampling, isolation, culturing and identification of wood-inhabiting fungi, inoculation techniques (pathogenicity and virulence tests)
- Molecular techniques (DNA extraction, amplification by PCR, electrophoresis)
Position
PhD student, Department of Forest Protection and Game Management, Institute of Forestry, LAMMC.
Memberships and affiliations with professional organisations
- 2021 NEFOM workshop and linked PhD course
- 2020 MESeDeS training school
- 2020–2021 International Biotechnology Innovation Laboratory and hackathon “Biocatalyst: Building the Biotech Community in the Baltics”, partipicant
- 2017–2020 Red Cross, volunteer
- Since 2015 Kharkov Rehabilitation Center for Bats, volunteer
- 2008–2016 Organisation “League of Aid to Animals”, volunteer
Involvement in programmes and projects
- 2020 “Sustainable use of soil resources in the changing climate”, young researcher
- 2019–2021 “Dynamic changes and restoration of soil properties, fungal and insect communities following clearcutting and biomass utilization in pine ecosystems”, young researcher
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (click the link here)
Articles in journals indexed in Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database
- Mishcherikova V., Lynikienė J., Marčiulynas A., Gedminas A., Prylutskyi O., Marčiulynienė D., Menkis A. 2023. Biogeography of fungal communities associated with Pinus sylvestris L. and Picea abies (L.) H. Karst. along the latitudinal gradient in Europe. Journal of Fungi, 9 (8): 829. IF – 5,2
- Marčiulynienė D., Marčiulynas A., Mishcherikova V., Lynikienė J., Gedminas A., Franic I., Menkis A. 2022. Principal drivers of fungal communities associated with needles, shoots, roots and adjacent soil of Pinus sylvestris. Journal of Fungi, 8 (10): 1112. IF – 4,7
- Bakys R., Bajerkevičienė G., Pliūra A., Marčiulynas A., Marčiulynienė D., Lynikienė J., Mishcherikova V., Menkis A. 2022. Fungal communities in re-emerging Fraxinus excelsior sites in Lithuania and their antagonistic potential against Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. Microorganisms, 10 (10): 1940. IF – 4,5
- Vaitiekūnaitė D., Striganavičiūtė G., Mishcherikova V., Sirgedaitė-Šėžienė V. 2022. Populus tremula × P. alba microshoot secondary metabolism response after Paenibacillus sp. inoculation in vitro. Forests, 13 (10): 1702. IF – 2,9
- Marčiulynas A., Marčiulynienė D., Mishcherikova V., Franić I., Lynikienė J., Gedminas A., Menkis A. 2022. High variability of fungal communities associated with the functional tissues and rhizosphere soil of Picea abies in the southern Baltics. Forests, 13 (7): 1103. IF – 2,9
- Povilaitienė A., Gedminas A., Varnagirytė-Kabašinskienė I., Marčiulynienė D., Marčiulynas A., Lynikienė J., Mishcherikova V., Menkis A. 2022. Changes in chemical properties and fungal communities of mineral soil after clear-cutting and reforestation of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) sites. Forests, 13 (11): 1780. IF – 2,9
