Katerina Sazanova

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Academic degree, academic title: Ph.D.

Position: Research Scientist

E-mail: KSazanova@binran.ru

Research interests:

Metabolomics of plants and fungi./li>
Metabolomics of microbial associations.
Geochemical activity of microorganisms.
Physiology of extremophilic fungi.

Keywords: Metabolomics, extremophilic fungi, microbial associations, geochemistry

Education and work experience:

2005-2011 — Student of St. Petersburg State University, department of plant physiology and biochemistry.
2011-2014 — PhD Student of St. Petersburg State University.

2008-2009 — Senior Laboratory Assistant, Laboratory of Biochemistry of Fungi, Komarov Botanical Institute RAS.
2009-2015 — Research Assistant, Laboratory of Biochemistry of Fungi, Komarov Botanical Institute RAS.
2014 — until now — Research Scientist, Laboratory of Analytical Phytochemistry, Komarov Botanical Institute RAS.

Grants and research projects:

Project leader:

2021-2022. President of Russian Federation grant MK-799.2021.1.4 «Metabolomics of lithobiont microorganism associations».
2018. Subsidy from St. Petersburg Government, Committee on Science and High School, project «Biological aspects of granite and marble erosion in urban and natural ecosystems».
2016-2017. RFBR 16-34-00725 «Structural-functional organisation of lithobiont systems».

Member of research team:

2020-2022. Russian Foundation for Basic Research 20-04-01092 «Mechanisms of Formation and Remodeling of Molecular Diversity of Phosphatidylcholines and Their Physiological Role in the Fungal Cell».
2019-2021. Grant of the Russian Science Foundation 19-17-00141 «Modern mineral formation with the participation of microorganisms».
2017. Grant of the Russian Science Foundation 17-16-01030 «Dynamics of soil biota in chronoseries of post-technogenic landscapes: analysis of the soil-ecological efficiency of ecosystem restoration processes».
2016-2018. RFBR 16-05-00986 «Morphogenesis and crystal chemistry of crystalline hydrates of oxalic acid salts formed during the interaction of microorganisms with rocks and minerals».
2016-2018. RFBR 16-04-01649 «Ecological-cenotic and molecular-genetic characteristics of microbial communities in key areas of the polar landscapes of the Arctic and Antarctic».
2015-2017. RFBR 15-29-02604 «Metabolic approach to the study of biological diversity of vascular plants».
2015-2017. RFBR 15-04-06211 «Morpho-physiological and biochemical bases of ecological plasticity of xylobiont macromycetes».
2014-2016. RFBR 14-04-01795 «Dynamics of the metabolic state in the context of a systematic approach to the study of the growth and development of higher plants and fungi».
2014-2016. Grant of the Russian Science Foundation 14-16-00120 «Changes in the stoichiometry of the small antenna and reaction centers of photosystem 2 as a unique mechanism for increasing the yield and resistance of barley to light and water stress».

Professional memberships:

Selected publications:

Sazanova (nee Barinova) K.V., Frank-Kamenetskaya O.V., Vlasov D.Yu., Zelenskaya M.S., Vlasov A.D., Rusakov A.V., Petrova M.A. Carbonate and Oxalate Crystallization by Interaction of Calcite Marble with Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus subtilis–Aspergillus niger Association. Crystals. 2020. 10: 756.

Vlasov D.Y., Panova E.G., Zelenskaya M.S., Rodina O.A., Pavlova O.A., Vlasov A.D., Sazanova K.V. Biofilms On Granite Rapakivi In Natural Outcrops And Urban Environment: Biodiversity, Metabolism And Interaction With Substrate. Lecture Notes in Earth System Sciences. 2020. 535-559.

Vlasov D.Yu., Frank-Kamenetskaya O.V., Zelenskaya M.S., Sazanova K.V., Rusakov A.D., Izatulina A.R. In: Aspergillus niger. Pathogenicity, cultivation and uses Editor Baughan E. New York. 2020. 123 p.

Sazanova K.V., Senik S.V., Kirtsideli I.Y., Shavarda A.L. Metabolomic Profiling and Lipid Composition of Arctic and Antarctic Strains of Micromycetes Geomyces pannorum and Thelebolus microsporus Grown at Different Temperatures. Microbiology (Mikrobiologiya). 2019. 88(3): 282-291.

Petrova, N.V., Sazanova, K.V., Medvedeva, N.A. et al. Features of Metabolomic Profiles in Different Stages of Ontogenesis in Prunella vulgaris (Lamiaceae) Grown in a Climate Chamber. Russ J Bioorg Chem. 2019. 45: 906–912.

Povolotckaia A.V., Pankin D.V., … Sazanova K.V. et al. Biodamage to paper by micromycetes under experimental conditions: a study by vibrational spectroscopy methods. Optics and Spectroscopy. 2019. 126(4): 354-359.

Sazanova K.V., Vlasov D.Yu., Osmolovskay N.G., Schiparev S.M., Rusakov A.V. Significance and regulation of acids production by rock-inhabited fungi. In book: Biogenic-Abiogenic Interactions in Natural and Anthropogenic Systems. Editors: Frank-Kamenetskaya O.V., Panova E.G., Vlasov D.Yu. Springer. 2016. 379-392.

Sazanova K.V., Prutzeva N.V., Shavarda A.L. Cultural and metabolomic studies of a new phtalides producer, Lignomyces vetlinianus (Agaricomycetes). International Journal of Medicinal Mushrooms. 2018. 20(11): 1031-1045.

Sazanova K.V., Zelenskaya M.S., Manurtdinova V.V., Izatulina A.R., Rusakov A.V., Vlasov D.Y., Frank-Kamenetskaya O.V. Accumulation of Elements in Biodeposits on the Stone Surface in Urban Environment. Case Studies from Saint Petersburg, Russia. Microorganisms. 2021. 9: 36.

Sazanova K.V., Psurtseva N.V., Shavarda A.L. Metabolomic Changes in Wood Inhabiting Filamentous Fungi during Ontogenesis. Metabolomics. Intechopen.