Program

X INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

BIORESOURCES AND VIRUSES

September 11-13, 2023

Kyiv, Ukraine

ORGANIZERS:

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
      ESC‘Institute of Biology and Medicine’
    Society of Microbiologists of Ukraine

PARTNERS:

            Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
            The National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
D.K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiologyand Virology of NASU

SPONSOR:

Federation of European Microbiological Societies (FEMS)

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 60 Volodymyrska str, room 201

The link for ZOOM conference:

https://knu-ua.zoom.us/j/81962870179?pwd=QzYwYzJ6bmd3OGF6eFYveWFtcEhaQT09
09:00-10:30
REGISTRATION OF PARTICIPANTS
10:30-11:00
CONFERENCE OPENING
Welcome speech from the administration of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

Greetings from the administration of ESC ‘Institute of Biology and Medicine’

Greetings from the administration of SMU and scientific community
11:00-18:00
PLENARY SESSION
Session heads: Thomas KUEHNE and Hanna KOROTIEIEVA
11:00-11:30
Thomas KUEHNE
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE „BIORESOURCES AND VIRUSES“- A GOOD TRADITION PRESERVED IN DIFFERENT TIMES. SOME PERSONAL MEMORIES

DrSci, Former head, Julius Kuehn Institute, Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Epidemiology and Pathogen Diagnostics, Quedlinburg, GERMANY  
11:30-12:00
Iryna BUDZANIVSKA
VIROLOGYIN UKRAINE: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE

‍DrSci, Professor, ESC “Institute of Biology and Medicine”, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, UKRAINE
12:00-12:30
Alla MIRONENKO
DYNAMIC OF CHANGES OF GENETIC VARIANTS OF SARS-COV-2DURING PANDEMIC OF COVID-19 IN UKRAINE

DrSci, SI L.V. Gromashevsky Institute of epidemiology and infectious diseases of National Academy of Medical Sciences of Ukraine, UKRAINE
12:30-13:00
Natalia VYNOGRAD
ARBOVIRUSES: AN URGENT PROBLEM IN UKRAINE

‍Prof.,Doctor of Medicine Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, UKRAINE
13:00-14:00
LUNCH
Session heads: Anders VAHLNE and Oleksiy SHEVCHENKO
14:00-14:30
Ulrike PROTZER
HBV CURE – HOW CAN WE GET THERE?

Professor, M.D., Institute ofVirology, Technical University of Munich, München, GERMANY
14:30-15:00
Andres MERITS
PRINCIPLES OF ORGANIZATION, FORMATION AND FUNCTIONING OF ALPHAVIRUS REPLICASE COMPLEX

Professor of Applied Virology,Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, ESTONIA
15:00 -15:30
Anders VAHLNE
THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF HERPES SIMPLEX  VIRUS

M.D., Ph.D., Professor Emeritusin Clinical Virology, Karolinska Institutet, SWEDEN
15:30-16:00
Michael KANN
AGE-DEPENDENT ADAR-DEAMINATION SIGNATURES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER VIRAL LOADS IN INFLUENZA-INFECTED PATIENTS

PhD, Professor of Clinical Virology, Gothenburg University and Sahlgrenska University Hospitals, Gothenburg, SWEDEN
16:00-16:30
COFFEE BREAK
16:30-17:00
Eugene KOONIN
GLOBAL ORGANIZATION AND EVOLUTION OF THE VIRUS WORLD

Professor, NIH Distinguished Investigator and theleader of the Evolutionary Genomics Groupat the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) at the NIH, USA
17:00-17:30
Valerian DOLJA
ACCELERATING EXPANSION OF THE RNA VIROSPHERE

Professor, Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, USA
17:30-18:00
Andrei GUDKOV
ENDOGENOUS “RETROBIOME” IN MAMMALIAN EVOLUTION, CANCER AND AGING

Professor of Oncology, Sr. VP, Research Technology & Innovation, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, USA
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 60 Volodymyrska str, room 201

The link for ZOOM conference:

https://knu-ua.zoom.us/j/81962870179?pwd=QzYwYzJ6bmd3OGF6eFYveWFtcEhaQT09

Session heads: Laszlo PALKOVICS and Iryna BUDZANIVSKA
10:00-10:20
Wenxing XU
CHARACTERIZATION OF MYCOVIROIDS IN FILAMENTOUS FUNGI

Professor, Huazhong Agricultural University, CHINA
10:20-10:40
Xifeng WANG
MOLECULAR TRANSMISSION MECHANISM OF WHEAT DWARF VIRUS BY VECTOR LEAFHOPPER

Professor, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, CHINA
10:40-11:00
Huaibing JIN
ENHANCEMENT OF ANTIVIRAL RNAI MEDIATED BY HOST KINASES SUBVERTING A VIRAL VIRULENCE PROTEIN THROUGH PHOSPHORYLATION

PhD, Institute of Plant Protection, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, CHINA
11:00-11:20
Laszlo PALKOVICS
GRAPEVINE PINOR GRIS VIRUS (GPGV) INFECTION IN A SOUTHERN HUNGARIAN VINEYARD

DrSci, Professor, Szechenyi  Istvan University, Gyor, HUNGARY
11:20-11:40
Konstantin CHUMAKOV
VACCINES: A NEVER ENDING EVOLUTION

President and CEO of NextGen Bio Consulting, Adjunct Professor George Washington University and University of Maryland, USA
11:40-12:00
Stanislav DEREVIANKO
REPRODUCTIVE AND ANTIGENIC PROPERTIES OF THE TESCHOVIRUS A DNIPROVSKYI 34 STRAIN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF METAL AND NON-METAL NANOPARTICLES

PhD, Senior Research Fellow, State Scientific Control Institute of Biotechnology and Strains of Microorganisms, UKRAINE 
12:00-12:20
Hanna KANN
A NOVEL PRECISION-SEROLOGY ASSAY FOR SARS-COV-2 INFECTION BASED ON LINEAR B-CELL EPITOPES OF SPIKE PROTEIN

PhD, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, SWEDEN
12:20-12:40
Yevgenia DUDNYK
EPIZOOTIC SITUATION, DIAGNOSTICS AND MEASURES FOR CONTAINMENT OF THE SPREAD OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER IN THE SUMY REGION

PhD student, Sumy National Agrarian University, UKRAINE
12:40-13:00
Lubov ARTIUKH
ANTIVIRAL POTENTIAL OF BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES

PhD, D.K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology NAS of Ukraine,  UKRAINE
13:00-14:00
LUNCH
Session heads: Ricardo SANTOS and Svitlana ZAGORODNYA
14:00-14:30
Svitlana ZAGORODNYA
MODERN STATE AND PROSPECTS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANTIVIRAL AGENTS IN UKRAINE

PhD, Senior researcher, Head of the Department of virus reproduction, D.K.Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology NAS of Ukraine,  UKRAINE
14:30-15:00
Cecile DESBIEZ
VIRUSES OF CUCURBIT CROPS: A COMPLEX AND RAPIDLY EVOLVING SITUATION

PhD, INRAE (National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment), FRANCE
15:00-15:30
Yuriy RUD
FISH VIRUSES ARE A HIDDEN THREAT TO NATIONAL AQUACULTURE

‍PhD, Seniorresearcher, Head of the Laboratory of biotechnologies inaquaculture, The Institute of Fisheries of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences, UKRAINE
15:30-16:00
COFFEE BREAK
16:00-16:20
Ricardo SANTOS
CONNECTING VIROLOGY TOWARDS A ONE-HEALTH APPROACH

PhD, Water MicrobiologyLaboratory, Técnico Lisboa - PORTUGAL
16:20-16:40
Yuliia FAIDIUK
RECOMBINANT EPS-DEPOLYMERASES OF PHAGE ORIGIN AS PROMISING TOOLS AGAINST PLANT DISEASES CAUSED BY PHYTOPATHOGENIC BACTERIA

‍PhD., Assistant Lecturer, ESC  “Institute of Biology andMedicine”, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, UKRAINE; JuniorResearch Fellow, D. K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology, the National Academy of Sciences, UKRAINE;  Post-Doc, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, POLAND
16:40-17:00  
Anhelina KYRYCHENKO
BARLEY YELLOW DWARF VIRUS-PAV IN UKRAINE: INFLUENCE ON WHEAT YIELD AND GRAIN QUALITY

Dr. Sci, D.K.Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology NAS of Ukraine,UKRAINE
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 60 Volodymyrska str, room 201

The link for ZOOM conference:

https://knu-ua.zoom.us/j/81962870179?pwd=QzYwYzJ6bmd3OGF6eFYveWFtcEhaQT09

Session heads: Fyodor KONDRASHOV and Alla KHARINA
10:00-10:20
Liping HAO
THE PROKARYOTIC VIRUSES INFECT FUNCTIONAL MICROORGANISMS IN CARBON CYCLE IN ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF BIOWASTES

Associate Professor, School of Earth System Science, Tianjin university, CHINA
10:20-10:40
Fyodor KONDRASHOV
COMPLEX VACCINATION STRATEGIES PREVENT THE EMERGENCE OF VACCINE RESISTANCE

Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, JAPAN
10:40-11:00
Nadiya ZHOLOBAK
NANOCERIA  IN VIROLOGY

PhD, Senior researcher, D.K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology NAS of Ukraine,  UKRAINE; Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design, UKRAINE
11:00-11:20
Leonid BUCHATSKYI
ОNCOLYTIC POTENTIAL OF RHABDOVIRUSES

DrSci., Professor, Instituteof Fisheries of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences, UKRAINE 
11:20-11:40
Zinaida KLESTOVA
SARS-COV-2AND EXPANSION IN ANIMAL SPECIES

DrSci., Professor, Institute for Medical Virology and Epidemiology of Viral Diseases, GERMANY
11:40-12:00
Oleksiy SHEVCHENKO
EMERGING AND (RE)EMERGING VIRAL THREATS  FOR COMMERCIAL PLANTS IN UKRAINE: WAR AND OTHER PROBLEMS

PhD, Senior Research Fellow, Associate Professor, ESC “Institute of Biology and Medicine”, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, UKRAINE
12:00-13:00
LUNCH
13:00-17:00
SESSION for students and young scientists “THE VIRUSES ARE MIGHT”
Session heads: Oleksiy SHEVCHENKO and Maryna CHAIKA
13:00-13:15  
Uri NERI
TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF MANY THOUSANDS OF RNA VIRUSES - INSIGHTS FROM GENOME SECONDARY STRUCTURE

PhD student, The Shmunis School of Biomedicine and Cancer Research, Tel Aviv University, ISRAEL
13:15-13:30
Mariia NAZARENKO
INVESTIGATION OF THE EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTION IN UNTREATED PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA IN LATVIA

Student, ESC“Institute of Biology and Medicine”, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, UKRAINE; Institute of Microbiology
and Virology, Riga Stradiņš University, LATVIA
13:30-13:45
Krystyna NAUMENKO
NOVEL POTENTIAL INHIBITORS AGAINST ZIKV INFECTION

‍PPostdoc, Institute of Technology, University of Tartu, ESTONIA; D.K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology NAS of Ukraine, UKRAINE
13:45-14:00
Neda ZULGE
APPLE CHLOROTIC LEAFSPOT VIRUS GENETIC DIVERSITY IN WILD AND CULTIVATED HOSTS

PhD student, Institute of Horticulture, Dobele Reg, LATVIA
14:00-14:15
Olha PUHACH
SARS-COV-2 CONVALESCENCE AND HYBRID IMMUNITY ELICITS MUCOSAL IMMUNE RESPONSES

PhD, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,University of Geneva, Geneva, SWITZERLAND
14:15-14:30
Polina ZAREMBA
VIRUCIDAL ACTIVITY OF POLYMER SILVER-CONTAINING NANOCOMPOSITES OBTAINED BY THE GREEN SYNTHESIS

PhD student, D.K. Zabolotny Institute of Microbiology and Virology NAS of Ukraine, UKRAINE
14:30-14:45  
Karīna ŠVĀNBERGA
ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF BACTERIOPHAGES EFFECTIVE AGAINST AEROMONAS SPP. PATHOGENIC TO FISH

‍Student, Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre, Riga, LATVIA
14:45-15:00
Oleksandra BONDARENKO
LYTIC BACTERIOPHAGES ARE CAPABLE OF PERSISTING IN PLANT TISSUES AND LIMITING PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PROPAGATION

Student, Institute of Experimental botany, Czech Academy of Sciences, CZECH REPUBLIC; ESC“Institute of Biology and Medicine”, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, UKRAINE
15:00-15:15
Nurgul IKSAT
MODULATION OFTHE CRISPR/CAS13 GENE EDITING SYSTEM TO STIMULATE PLANT ANTIVIRAL RESISTANCE

PhD student, researcher, Department ofBiotechnology and Microbiology, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian national university, Astana, KAZAKHSTAN
15:15-15:30
Maryna CHAIKA
HUMAN INTESTINAL ENTEROIDS AS A MODEL SYSTEM FOR HUMAN NOROVIRUS INFECTION

PhD student, Institute of Virology and Cell Biology,University of Lübeck, Lübeck, GERMANY
15:30-15:45  
Illya POZHYLOV
PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION OF HIGH PLAINS WHEAT MOSAIC VIRUS ISOLATES

PhD Student, ESC "Institute of Biology and Medicine", Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, UKRAINE

15:45-16:00
Muhammad Ahmad ZESHAN
PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES IN TOMATO PLANTS INFECTED WITH TOMATO LEAF CURL VIRUS

Department of Plant Pathology, College of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, PAKISTAN
16:00-16:15
Mykhailo BILOUS
ISOLATION OF BACTERIOPHAGES AND THEIR APPLICATION TO CONTROL GENUS OF GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA PSEUDOMONAS

PZO"KLARIS VERBIS HIGH SCHOOL" LLC, UKRAINE
16:15-16:30
Sergiy PRILUTSKIY
ASSOCIATION OF THE EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS (EBV) WITH THE PATHOGENESIS OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Student, Department of Human Biology and Ecology, Melitopol State Pedagogical University named Bohdann Khmelnytskii, UKRAINE
16:30-16:45
Roman DOVHYI
BACTERIOPHAGE–DERIVED DOUBLE-STRANDED RNA (LARIFAN) CAUSES SPECIFIC METABOLIC SHIFT IN HUMAN MONOCYTES IN VITRO

PhD, ESC "Institute of Biology and Medicine", Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, UKRAINE
16:45-17:00
Tomas MORAVEC
HARNESSING PLANT VIRUSES AS VERSATILE TOOLS FOR PROTEIN OVEREXPRESSION, GENE SILENCING AND GENE EDITING USING STANDARDISED GOLDENBRAID PARTS

PhD., Head of the Laboratory of Virology - Centre forPlant Virus Research, Institute ofExperimental Botany of the Czech Academy of Sciences, CZECH REPUBLIC
17:00-17:30
COFFEE BREAK AND DISCUSSION
17:30-18:00
OFFICIAL CLOSING THE CONFERENCE