Olga Mirgorodskaya

Author Identifiers: Russian Science Citation Index, ORCID iD

Academic degree, academic title: Ph.D.

Position: Research Assistant

E-mail: OMirgorodskaya@binran.ru

Phone number: +7 (812) 372-54-66 ext. 2245

Research interests:

Structural and functional bases of cold resistance of the generative sphere of plants in temperate climates.
Microsporogenesis and the formation of pollen grains of angiosperms at the ultrastructure level.

Keywords: Pollen grains, microsporogenesis,, ultrastructure, stress, low temperatures, seasonality

Education and work experience:

1987-1994 – Student, Department of Histology, Faculty of Biology and Soil Science, St. Petersburg State University.
1994 – Diploma in Biology, St. Petersburg State University.
1994-2000 – Student, Faculty of Theory and History of Arts, Russian Academy of Arts (St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after I.E. Repin).
2000 – Diploma in art history. St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after I.E. Repin.
2018 – PhD in Biological Sciences, Komarov Botanical Institute RAS, specialty - 03.02.01 - botany. Thesis title: «Development of the male gametophyte of some arboreal angiosperms in a temperate climate».

1989-1994 – Senior Laboratory Assistant, Laboratory of Electron Microscopy and Histochemistry, Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov.
1994-2002 – Research Scientist, Laboratory of Electron Microscopy and Histochemistry, Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov.
2007 – until now – Research Assistant, Laboratory of Anatomy and Morphology, Komarov Botanical Institute RAS.
2018 – until now – Associate Professor of the Department of Histology with the course of embryology of the Military Medical Academy named after S.M. Kirov.

Professional memberships:

Russian Botanical Society

Selected publications:

Mirgorodskaya O.E., Koteyeva N.K., Volchanskaya A.V. Microsporogenesis in Rhododendron: The development of pollen in relation to winter dormancy and bloom time. Journal ARS. 2016. 70: (136-137).

Mirgorodskaya O.E., Koteyeva N.K., Volchanskaya A.V., Miroslavov E.A. Pollen development in Rhododendron in relation to winter dormancy and bloom time. Protoplasma. 2015. 252: 1313–1323.