Yulia V. Tatonova

Pre-Intermediate/Intermediate.

Biology & Biotechnology

1) Grant supported by Russian Science Foundation #17-65-00004 (2017-2019) “Trematodes Clonorchis sinensis and Metagonimus spp. as a biological threat in the Russian Far East”, Leader.

2) Grant supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research #19-34-90126 (2019-2021) “Study of microevolutionary processes in the population of Metagonimus suifunensis (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) in the Russian southern Far East”.

Study of genetic diversity and phylogenetic relationships of parasitic worms and/or their hosts.

Supervisor’s research interests:

I am a specialist in parasitology. In my work, I use both classical morphological features and molecular data for describing parasites. The comprehensive approach helps to find new species, as well as analyze molecular processes that influence the formation of modern worm populations and determine the vectors of species distribution, which is important for predicting the emergence of new foci in the studied regions and neighboring countries of East and Southeast Asia.

Research highlights:

We have all the necessary equipment for molecular research; we cooperate with specialists from Vietnam, Japan, etc.

Supervisor’s specific requirements:

• Basic education in Biology.

• It is desirable that the graduate student know the following methods: DNA extraction, PCR, sequencing, as well as basic knowledge of programs for phylogenetic and population analysis. However, the first point is more important.

• 19 Web of science publications were published in last five years
• Tatonova Y.V., Besprozvannykh V.V. 2019. Description of a new species, Cryptocotyle lata sp. nov., and discussion of the phylogenetic relationships in Opisthorchioidea // Parasitology International. V. 72, Article No. 101939. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2019.101939.  Q3.
• Tatonova Y.V., Besprozvannykh V.V., Shumenko P.G., Nguyen H.M., Solodovnik D.A. 2019. First description of genetic diversity for the genus Metagonimus using the complete cox1 gene sequence // International Journal for Parasitology. V. 49, 985-992. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2019.07.004. Q1.
• Tatonova Y.V., Shumenko P.G. 2021. Cytochrome b as a more promising marker for analysing the distribution vector for Metagonimus suifunensis (Trematoda: Heterophyidae) // Parasitology. doi: 10.1017/S0031182021000275. Q2.
• Shumenko P.G., Tatonova Y.V. 2022. Assessing the population structure of trematode Metagonimus suifunensis using three mitochondrial markers // Parasitology Research. V. 121, 915–923. doi: 10.1007/s00436-022-07456-0. Q2.
• Nguyen H.M., Van H.H., Ho L.T., Tatonova Y.V., Madsen H. 2021. Are Melanoides tuberculata and Tarebia granifera (Gastropoda, Thiaridae), suitable first intermediate hosts of Clonorchis sinensis in Vietnam? // PLOS Neglected tropical diseases. V. 15, e0009093. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0009093. Q1.