Anna Shiriaeva

Research advisor: Professor Konstantin Severinov
Program entry year: 2016
Graduated from Saint-Petersburg State University, Biological Faculty, Department of Genetics and Biotechnology in 2015
Research project: The mechanisms of adaptation in type I CRISPR-Cas systems
Research interests: CRISPR/Cas systems, DNA replication and repair
Academic mobility:
University: Waksman Institute of Microbiology, Rutgers University, USA
Laboratory: Severinov Laboratory https://www.waksman.rutgers.edu/severinov/home
Dates: June 28, 2017 – May 29, 2018
Publications:

• Stepchenkova, E.I., Shiriaeva, A.A., and Pavlov, Y.I. (2018). Deletion of the DEF1 gene does not confer UV-immutability but frequently leads to self-diploidization in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. DNA Repair (Amst.) 70, 49–54.

Conference presentations:

• Anna Shiriaeva, Ekaterina Savitskaya, Kirill Datsenko, Irina Vvedenskaya, Bryce Nickels, Ekaterina Semenova, Konstantin Severinov In vivo detection of primed adaptation intermediates in Escherichia coli, CRISPR2018, June 20-23, Vilnius, Lithuania: poster presentation.
• Shiriaeva A., Savitskaya, Semenova E., Datsenko K.A., Severinov K. RecBC influences CRISPR Adaptation in the Type I-E CRISPR-Cas System of Escherichia coli, Waksman Annual Retreat, Rutgers University, NJ, USA, September 12, 2017: poster presentation.
• Shiriaeva A. Interplay between cellular DNA maintenance mechanisms and CRISPR-Cas machinery in Escherichia coli, 1^st Annual Workshop of Skoltech/MIT Next Generation Program, Moscow, October 25-26, 2016: oral presentation.

Grants:

•  UMNIK support of Russian Foundation for Assistance to Small Innovative Enterprises (FASIE) for the project: Development of accelerated version of genetic toxicology system “Alpha-test” (2015)
• Grant of Saint-Petersburg Administration for students and PhD students (2014)