Alexander Dyomin

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Academic degree, academic title: Ph.D.

Position: Senior Researcher

E-mail: ADyomin@binran.ru

Research interests:

Study of the structure and evolutionary features of plant ribosomal repeats.
Development and application of eDNA metabarcoding methods for studying plant biodiversity.

Keywords: rDNA, IGS, Avena, eDNA, DNA barcoding

Education and work experience:

2004–2009 ― Biologist (specialist). N.G. Chernyshevsky Saratov State University, Faculty of Biology, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Saratov.
2011 ― Candidate of Biological Sciences (specialization 03.02.07 ― Genetics). Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.

2006–2014 ― Laboratory Assistant, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Saratov State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky, Saratov.
2009–2011 ― Laboratory Assistant, Department of General Biology, Pharmacognosy and Botany, Saratov State Medical University named after V.I. Razumovsky, Saratov.
2011–2012 ― Research Scientist, Laboratory of Cell Technologies and Genetic Research, GosNIIENP, Saratov.
2013–2014 ― Engineer, Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Saratov State University named after N.G. Chernyshevsky, Saratov.
2014–2016 ― Postdoc, Faculty of Biology, St. Petersburg State University.
2016–2017 ― Leading Engineer, Chromas Resource Center, St. Petersburg State University.
2017–2025 ― Environmental Engineer, Marine Research Center, Moscow State University.
2017–2023 ― Research Scientist, Laboratory of Cell Technologies, Saratov State Medical University named after V.I. Razumovsky, Saratov.
2019–2025 ― Research Scientist, Department of Genetics and Biotechnology, St. Petersburg State University.
2024 ― until now ― Senior Researcher, Komarov Botanical Institute RAS.
2025 ― until now ― Senior Researcher, Zoological Institute RAS.

Grants and research projects:

Project leader:

2022–2025. RSF №22-74-10043 «Application of DNA identification methods in the aquatic environment (eDNA) for monitoring the species diversity and abundance of waterfowl».
2021–2022. Saratov State Medical University, №SSMU-2021-006, «Study of genetic factors in the development of hip and knee arthrosis».

Member of research team:

2024–2025. RFBR №24-24-00326 а «Genome and karyotype changes during speciation in flowering plants: new subgenome combinations, polyploidy, dysploidy, and genome fractionation».

Selected publications:

Galkina S.A., Demina I.V., Platonova E.V., Takki O.D., Demin A.G. Environmental DNA as a tool for studying bird species diversity and ecology. Proceedings of the Zoological Institute RAS. 2025. 329(2): 170–186.

Galkina S., Demina I., Platonova E., Dyomin A. Aquatic environmental DNA: applications for assessment and monitoring vertebrate diversity. Biological Communications. 2024. 69(4): 263–279.

Dyomin A., Galkina S., Ilina A., Gaginskaya E. Single copies of the 5S rRNA inserted into 45S rDNA intergenic spacers in the genomes of Nototheniidae (Perciformes, Actinopterygii). International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023. 24(8): 7376.

Davidian A.G., Dyomin A.G., Galkina S.A., Makarova N.E., Dmitriev S.E., Gaginskaya E.R. 45S rDNA repeats of turtles and crocodiles harbor a functional 5S rRNA gene specifically expressed in oocytes. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 2022. 39(1): msab324.

Dyomin A., Galkina S., Sokolovskaya A. et al. Structure of the intergenic spacers in chicken ribosomal DNA. Genetics, Selection, Evolution. 2019. 51(1): 59.

Dyomin A.G., Danilova M.I., Galkina S.A. et al. Mitochondrial DNA D-loop haplogroup contributions to the genetic diversity of east european domestic chickens from Russia. Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics. 2017. 134(2): 98–108.

Dyomin A., Volodkina V., Koshel E., Galkina S., Saifitdinova A., Gaginskaya E. Evolution of ribosomal internal transcribed spacers in Deuterostomia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2017. 116: 87–96.

Anikin V.V., Knushevitskaya M.A., Dyomin A.G. Phylogeny and taxonomy of casebearer moths (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae) based on morphological and molecular genetic data. 2. Reconstruction of divergence time for major taxa of Coleophoridae based on COI gene variability. Entomological Review. 2016. 96(2): 137–143.

Anikin V.V., Knushevitskaya M.A., Dyomin A.G. Phylogeny and taxonomy of casebearer moths (Lepidoptera, Coleophoridae) based on morphological and molecular genetic data. 1. Reconstruction OF phylogeny of Coleophoridae using analysis of COI gene variability. Entomological Review. 2016. 96(1): 15–27.

Dyomin A.G., Koshel E.I., Saifitdinova A.F. et al. Chicken rRNA gene cluster structure. PLoS ONE. 2016. 11(6): e0157464.

Demin A.G., Polukonova N.V., Mugue N.S. Molecular phylogeny and the time of divergence of minges (Chironomidae, Nematocera, Diptera) inferred from a partial nucleotide sequence of the cytochrome oxidase I gene (COI). Russian Journal of Genetics. 2011. 47(10): 1168–1180.