Institute of Cell Biology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

Department of Molecular Genetics and Biotechnology

The main areas of scientific research in the department:

1. Mechanisms of degradation of peroxisomal and cytosolic proteins in yeasts.


2. Regulation of flavinogenesis in non-conventional yeast. Cloning of structural and regulatory genes involved in biosynthesis of riboflavin and its derivatives (flavin coenzymes and antibiotics).


3. Production of biofuel ethanol by fermentation of lignocellulosic hydrolysates by non-conventional yeasts.


4. Identification of mechanisms of functioning genes and their products involved in the metabolism and alcoholic fermentation of pentose sugars (xylose, L-arabinose) in thermotolerant methylotrophic yeast.


5. Development of a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 based on the expression of S protein fragments in yeast and the study of the immune response in laboratory animals.