Position: Technician

Department: Institute of Microbiology, Laboratory of Metabolomics, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

 The main area of Ivanka’s research interests is in vitro plants and tissue cultures breeding, plant genetic transformation (e.g., Agrobacterium rhizogenes-mediated), NMR-based metabolomics, biosynthesis of biologically active molecules from plants and tissue cultures with relevant application in pharmacy and cosmetics.

Ivanka is also interested in studying bioactivity of plant-derived secondary metabolites in different in vitro models of skin cancer, senescence and inflammation.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Marchev A., Dimitrova P., Koycheva I., Georgiev M. (2017) Altered expression of TRAIL on mouse T cells via ERK phosphorylation by Rhodiola rosea L. and its marker compounds. Food and Chemical Toxicology, 108: 419-428. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fct.2017.02.009

Marchev A., Aveva I., Koycheva I., Georgiev M. (2016) Phytochemical variations of Rhodiola rosea L. wild-grown in Bulgaria. Phytochemistry Letters, 20: 386-390. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.phytol.2016.12.030