Name of the laboratory:

Genome Structure and Expression

Phone:

(+994-12) 539 41 35 (interoffice 11-19 and 11-26)

Fax:

(+994-12) 510 24 33

E-mail:

genomlab@imbb.science.az

Head of the laboratory:

Doctor of Philosophy in Biology Alamdar Charkaz Mammadov  

Staff:

Ph.D. in Biology, leading researcher Zarifa Jahandar Suleymanova

Ph.D. in Biology, associate professor, leading researcher Saadet Rustam Khudaverdiyeva 

junior researcher Bahar Zaur Samadova

junior researcher Gulgun Adalat Samedli              

Research directions of the laboratory:

• Expression analysis of genes associated with salt tolerance in wheat plant;
• A comparative study of DNA damage and repair in plants subjected to abiotic stress at the total transcriptome level and in isolated DNA using specific monoclonal antibodies

Main scientific achievements:

• A genome library of chloroplast DNA was created, vector systems were constructed to transfer foreign genes to plants, and transgenic plants were obtained;
• The chl.DNA genome library of Cicer arietinum was created;
• For the first time, the presence of a soluble and membrane-bound form of the carbonic anhydrase enzyme was discovered in salina cells;
• Mechanisms of regulation of expression of some WRKY transcription factor genes (TaWRKY 10; TaWRKY 19a), HKT-2.3 and HKT-1.4 transporter genes and SOS genes induced by high concentrations of salt in bread and durum wheat genotypes were studied at the mRNA level;
• Damage (pyrimidine cyclobutane dimers-CPD; 6- photoproducts) induced by UVC radiation and reparation mechanisms were studied in the wheat plant. The relative amount of dimers was found to increase by about 3-4 times compared to the control in the nuclear DNA isolated from leaves and roots.