Elena Ilina

Elena Ilina

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Academic degree, academic title: Candidate of Biological Sciences (PhD)

Position: Research Scientist

E-mail: eilina@binran.ru

Research interests:
Morphogenesis of higher plants. Growth and development of the root systems. Structural and molecular mechanisms of lateral root initiation. Hormonal regulation of plant development. Agrobacterial transformation of higher plants: from construction of new vectors till adaptation of transformation techniques for new species.

Education and work experience:
Education:
2002 – 2006, undergraduate studies, Department of Genetic and Breeding, Biology and soil sciences faculty, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia.
2006, Bachelor of Science Honours (B.Sc. Honours) in Biology, Saint-PetersburgState University, Russia.
2006 – 2008, master course, Department of Genetic and Breeding, Biology and soil sciences faculty, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia.
2006, Master of Science Honours (M.Sc. Honours) in Biology, Saint-Petersburg State University, Russia. 2008 – 2011, Ph.D. student in the Laboratory of Plant Anatomy and Morphology, Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences.
2012, Candidate of Sciences (Biology) Degree (analogue of Ph.D.), Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences. Thesis title: Cellular and physiological mechanisms of lateral root initiation in pumpkin (Cucurbita pepo L.). Supervisor: Dr. Kirill Demchenko.

Career/Employment:
2011 – 2013, Junior Researcher in the Laboratory of Plant Anatomy and Morphology, Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences.
2013 – present, Research Scientist in the Laboratory of Plant Anatomy and Morphology, Komarov Botanical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences.

Selected publications:

  1. Kiryushkin A.S., Ilina E.L., Guseva E.D., Pawlowski K., Demchenko K.N. Lateral root initiation in cucumber (Cucumis sativus): what does the expression pattern of Rapid Alkalinization Factor 34 (RALF34) tell us?. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023. 24(9): 8440. │
  2. Shumilina J., Kiryushkin A.S., Frolova N., Mashkina V., Ilina E.L., Puchkova V.A., Danko K., Silinskaya S., Serebryakov E.B., Soboleva A., Bilova T., Orlova A., Guseva E.D., Repkin E., Pawlowski K., Frolov A., Demchenko K.N. Integrative proteomics and metabolomics analysis reveals the role of small signaling peptide Rapid Alkalinization Factor 34 (RALF34) in cucumber roots. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023. 24(8): 7654. │
  3. Kiryushkin A.S., Ilina E.L., Guseva E.D., Pawlowski K., Demchenko K.N. Hairy CRISPR: Genome editing in plants using hairy root transformation. Plants. 2022. 11(1): 51. │
  4. Dolgikh E.A., Kusakin P.G., Kitaeva A.B., Tsyganova A.V., Kirienko A.N., Leppyanen I.V., Dolgikh A.V., Ilina E.L., Demchenko K.N., Tikhonovich I.A., Tsyganov V.E. Mutational analysis indicates that abnormalities in rhizobial infection and subsequent plant cell and bacteroid differentiation in pea (Pisum sativum) nodules coincide with abnormal cytokinin responses and localization. Annals of Botany. 2020. 125(6): 905–923. │
  5. Ilina E.L., Kiryushkin A.S., Demchenko K.N. Features of fluorescent protein application to study the root system development of cucurbits (Cucurbitaceae). Agricultural Biology (Sel'skokhozyaistvennaya Biologiya). 2020. 55(5): 1040-1055.
  6. Kiryushkin A.S., Ilina E.L., Puchkova V.A., Guseva E.D., Pawlowski K., Demchenko K.N. Lateral root initiation in the parental root meristem of cucurbits: Old players in a new position. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2019. 10(365): 1-16.
  7. Ilina E.L., Kiryushkin A.S., Semenova V.A., Demchenko N.P., Pawlowski K., Demchenko K.N. Lateral root initiation and formation within the parental root meristem of Cucurbita pepo: is auxin a key player?. Annals of Botany. 2018. Special Issue on Developmental Plant Cell Biology, 122(5), 873–888.
  8. Ilina E.L., Kiryushkin A.S., Tsyganov V.E., Pawlowski К., Demchenko K.N. Molecular, genetic and hormonal outlook in root branching. Agricultural Вiology. 2017. 52(5): 856–868.
  9. Lebedeva M.A., Tvorogova V.E., Vinogradova A.P., Gancheva M.S., Azarakhsh M., Ilina E.L., Demchenko K.N., Dodueva I.E., Lutova L.A. Initiation of spontaneous tumors in radish (Raphanus sativus): Cellular, molecular and physiological events. Journal of Plant Physiology. 2015. 173: 97–104.
  10. Ilina E.L., Logachov A.A., Laplaze L., Demchenko N.P., Pawlowski K., Demchenko K.N. Composite Cucurbita pepo plants with transgenic roots as a tool to study root development. Annals of Botany. 2012. 110(2): 479–489.
  11. Lutova L., Dolgikh E., Dodueva I., Osipova M., Ilina E. Investigation of systemic control of plant cell division and differentiation in the model of tumor growth in radish. Russian Journal of Genetics. 2008. 44(8): 936–943.
  12. Dodueva I. E., Ilyina E. L., Arkhipova T. N., Frolova N. V., Monakhova V. A., Kudoyarova G. R., Lutova L. A. Influence of Agrobacterium tumefaciens ipt and Agrobacterium rhizogenes rolC genes on spontaneous tumor formation and endogenous cytokinins content in radish (Raphanus sativus) inbred lines. Transgenic Plant Journal. 2008. 2(1): 45–53.
  13. Ilyina Elena L., Popov Andrey V. Acoustic communication and sexual behaviour of insects. Ecological genetics. 2007. 5(4): 11–15.
  14. Il’ina E.L., Dodueva I.E., Ivanova N.M., Lutova L.A. The effect of cytokinins on in vitro cultured inbred lines of Raphanus sativus var. radicula Pers. with genetically determined tumorigenesis. Russian Journal of Plant Physiology. 2006. 53(4): 514–522.