Head: Oksana Urbanovich
D.Sc. in Biology, Professor
E-mail: O.Urbanovich@igc.by
Key directions of scientific research:
- Development of new methods and technologies aimed at the deeper investigation of genetic processes and genes, including those of interest for agricultural crop breeding;
- Development of genetically modified (transgenic) and genetically edited plants with economically valuable traits using the CRISPR/Cas system;
- Marker-assisted selection;
- DNA identification and certification of agricultural crops.
Key publications:
- Urbanovich, O.Yu. Polymorphism of two genes encoding wheat dehydrins / O.Yu. Urbanovich, P.V. Kuzmitskaya, V.G. Borovskiy // Factors in experimental evolution of organisms. – 2019. – No. 25. – P. 172–177.
- Effect of mixed solutions of heavy metal eluents on soil fertility and microorganisms / Z. Liu [et al.] // Environmental Pollution. – 2019. – Vol. 254, Part A, 112968. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.112968 (IF 5,714)
- A review on phytoremediation of mercury contaminated soils / Z. Liu [et al.] // Journal of Hazardous Materials. – 2020. – Vol. 400, Article 123138. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123138
- Genetic Diversity of Potato Virus Y in Belarus / P.V. Kuzmitskaya [et al.] // Cytology and Genetics. – 2021. – Vol. 55, No. 3. – Р. 290–297. DOI: 10.3103/S009545272103004X
- Kuzmitskaya, P. Genome-wide identification of trihelix transcription factors in the apple genome in silico / P. Kuzmitskaya, E. Koroleva, O. Urbanovich // J. Appl. Genetics. – 2023. –Vol. 64. – P. 445–458. DOI: 10.1007/s13353-023-00770-y
- Effect of Expression of the NDB2 Heterologous Gene of Arabidopsis thaliana on Growth and Respiratory Activity of Nicotiana tabacum / N.E. Korotaeva [et al.] // Russ. J. Plant Physiol. – 2023. – Vol. 70. DOI: 10.1134/S1021443723600885
Monographs:
- Urbanovich, O. Yu. Molecular methods for the identification and genotyping of apple and pear trees / O. Yu. Urbanovich. – Minsk : Pravo & Ekonomika, 2013. – 210 p. – ISBN 978-985-522-231-8.
Methodological guidelines:
- Fomina, E.A. Methods for the identification of the polymorphism of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) genes controlling important breeding traits: Methodological guidelines / E.A. Fomina, S.V. Malyshev, O.Yu. Urbanovich. – Minsk : Pravo & Ekonomika, 2016. – 48 p. – ISBN 978-985-552-588-3.
Book chapters:
- Genetic bases of plant breeding. In 4 volumes. Vol. 4. Biotechnology in plant breeding. Genomics and genetic engineering / scientific editorship of A. V. Kilchevsky, L. V. Khotyleva. – Minsk: Belarusskaya Navuka. – 2014. – 653 p. – ISBN 978-985-08-1791-4.