Saadat Rustam Khudaverdiyeva 
| Place of birth | Aghjabadi district, Azerbaijan |
| Date of birth | 13.07.1963 |
| Education | Leningrad (now St. Petersburg) State University |
| Scientific degree | PhD in Biology |
| Academic rank | Associate Professor |
| Speciality code and title for PhD thesis | 2406.01 Biophysics, 2426.01 Ecology
"Some effects of increased gamma radiation background and UV-B radiation on plants" |
| Total number of printed scientific publications | 64 |
| Number of scientific publications printed abroad | 8 |
| Number of papers published in journals indexed and abstracted in international databases | - |
| Number of patents and certificates of authorship | - |
| Staff training: - number of PhDs | - |
| Key scientific achievements | Research on the development of test systems for the immunodiagnostics of a number of human, animal, and plant diseases was conducted using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Within a research project, an ELISA-based rapid diagnostic test system for the detection of the causative agent of bacterial dysentery (Shigella sonnei) was developed at the Pasteur Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation (St. Petersburg). An ELISA-based diagnostic system for the detection of Pseudomonas syringae parasitizing grape cultivars grown in the Absheron region was also developed. Since 1996, she has been engaged in studying the effects of low-dose gamma radiation on plants. In these studies, the effects of radiation-induced stress conditions were investigated at different levels of plant organization using modern experimental biology methods, including polymerase chain reaction (PCR) with RAPD and STR primers. A project entitled “Development of new bioindication systems for monitoring radioactively contaminated areas of the Absheron Peninsula,” in which she was both an author and one of the principal executors, was awarded a joint grant in 2008 funded by the Civilian Research and Development Foundation and the Azerbaijan National Science Foundation. Within the framework of this project, studies of plants distributed in radioactively contaminated areas of the Absheron Peninsula (including the territory of the former Ramana Iodine Plant) were continued. The activity levels of natural and artificial radionuclides along soil profiles were determined in several regions of the republic, particularly in Absheron soils, and their migration characteristics were established. It was shown that this process is complex in nature. Based on these studies, radioecological maps of several regions were compiled. Since 2017, she has been investigating various stress-induced DNA lesions (C–C, C–T, and T–T pyrimidine dimers) in local wheat genotypes using ELISA methods based on specific monoclonal antibodies. Additionally, she conducts research on stress-induced polymorphisms in the gene encoding the CPD photolyase enzyme, which catalyzes the repair of pyrimidine dimers via photoreactivation, using gene-specific primers. |
| Titles of publications | 1. Худавердиева С.Р., Алиев Л.А., Халилов Р.И. Влияние малых доз радиации на биоморфологические особенности растений. Доклады НАН Азербайджана, Серия Экология. 2003, LIX, 5-6. 2. Худавердиева С.Р., Л.А.Алиев, Р.И.Халилов. Растительный покров участков с повышенным радиационным фоном на Апшеронском полуострове. Извест. НАН Азербайджана, Биол. Науки. 2004. №3-4. 3. A.N. Səmədov, S.R. Xudaverdiyeva, M.İ. Moqilyevskaya, E.N. Şamilov Üzümün bakterial xəstəliklərini müəyyən etmək üçün immunodiaqnostik test sistemin yaradılması. AMEA-nın xəbərləri. Biol. elmləri seriyası, 1993, №.1-3,səh. 14-18. 4. Kurbanov M.R., Khudaverdieva S.R., Aliev L.A. Antropogenical and natural radioactive pollution of Apsheron’s environment Материалы XI Международного Симпозиума «Нетрадиционное растениеводство. Эниология. Экология и здоровье», Симферополь, г.Алушта, 2002. 5. Худавердиева С.Р., Алиев Л.А., Халилов Р.И. Изучение эффектов хронического облучения малыми дозами гамма радиации на растениях. Тезисы докладов Научно-практической конференции «Парадигмы современной радиобиологии. Радиационная защита персонала объектов атомной энергетики» материалы научно-практической конференции, Киев, Чернобыль 2004. 6. Худавердиева С.Р., Алиев Л.А., Халилов Р.И. Исследование кинетики окислительно-восстановительных превращений Р700+ в листьях высших растений при УФ-В облучении. XVIII Пущинские чтения по фотосинтезу и Всероссийская конференция «Преобразование энергии света при фотосинтезе» Тезисы докладов, Москва, 2005. 7. Худавердиева С.Р., Курбанов М.Р., Алиев Л.А., Мамедов А.Ч., Халилов Р.И. ПЦР-исследования ядерной ДНК некоторых растений, хронически облученных малыми дозами ионизирующей радиации Докл. АН Азербайджана, Сер. биофизика. 2005, №2. 8. Курбанов М.Р., Худавердиева С.Р. Влияние повышенного гамма радиационного фона на всхожесть семян видов A. pseudoalhagi, E. angustifolia, Zygophyllum и некоторых других растений. Материалы Международной конференции «Биологические эффекты малых доз ионизирующей радиации и радиоактивных загрязнений среды», Сыктывкар, 2006. 9. Худавердиева С.Р., Халилов Р.И., Курбанов М.Р., Алиев Л.А. Изучение влияния повышенного естественного радиационного фона на ядерную ДНК видов A.pseudoalhagi, E.angustifolia, Zygophyllum с применением специфичных STR –праймеров микросателлитных локусов AG -110. Материалы V съезда по радиационным исследованиям, Москва, 2006. 10. R.I. Khalilov, S.R. Khudaverdieva, A.A. Garibov. The adaptive answers of plants to the influence of small doses of radiation factors. Science without borders. Transactions of the International Academy of Science H&E., Innsbruck. 2005/2006 V. 3. 11. R.I. Khalilov, S.R. Khudaverdieva. Use of EPR Spectra and PCR patterns of plants in bioindication of radioactive contamination. 2nd International Biophysics Congress and Biotechnology at GAP and the 21st National Biophysics Congress, Turkey, www.ibc2009.org/oral.pdf. 2009. 12. Abdullayev M.A., Khudaverdiyeva S.R. Distribution and migration of natural and artificial radionuclides in biogeocenoses of Absheron (on the example of Sabunchu region). Journal of Radiation Research, vol. 2, N2, Baku, 2015, pp. 32-39. 13. S.R.Khudaverdiyeva, A.Ch.Mammadov, I.M.Huseynova. Damage and Repair of the Genome: Universal and Plant-Specific Mechanisms (Review). Transactions of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies, ANAS, 2017, vol. 1, p.153-166. 14. S.R. Khudaverdiyeva, A.Ch. Mammadov, I.M.Huseynova. Molecular Marker Technology – Current State and Prospective Directions (Review). Известия НАНА (серия биол. и мед. науки), 2018, vol. 73, No2, p.75-90. |
| Membership in national, international, and foreign scientific organizations | Member of the Republican Societies of Biophysics and Biochemistry |
| Pedagogical activity |
At Khazar University (2007–2016), taught courses including Fundamentals of Molecular Biology, Molecular Cell Biology, General Biology, Human and Animal Physiology. At the Master’s program of the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2016–2022), taught Medical Biotechnology and Molecular Immunology. At Baku State University (2020–present), teaching Molecular Biology, Regulation of Gene Expression, Biomolecular Transport, and Immunobiotechnology. |
| Other activities | Expert activity aimed at evaluating biology textbooks prepared by the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan for secondary schools. Activities for the preparation and examination of control and assessment materials to test the knowledge of applicants (conducted by the State Examination Center of the Republic of Azerbaijan) Chairperson of the Trade Union Organization of the Institute of Molecular Biology of the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Azerbaijan. |
| Awards and prizes | - |
| Place of work and its address | Institute of Molecular Biology of the Ministry of Science and Education, AZ1073, Baku, Izzat Nabiyev st.11 |
| Position | Leading researcher |
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