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Aigerim Soltabayeva
Position:
Postdoctoral Scholar
Office Phone:
70 (92 96)
E-mail:
aigerim.soltabayeva@nu.edu.kz
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Research Interest

Molecular Genetics, Molecular Biology, Plant Stress, Plant Senescence, Plant transformation, Arabidopsis.

Biography
Selected Publications
Courses Offered

Education

Post–Doc: Sep 2018 – Present: Nazarbayev University, Department School of Science and Technology

Post–Doc: Jan – Sep 2018: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Department of French Associates Institute for Agriculture and Biotechnology of Drylands, Advisor: Prof. Moshe Sagi.

Ph.D.: 2013 – 2018: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Title of thesis: The role and control of purine catabolism genes and ureides generation in plant response to environmental stimuli

B.Sc.: 2007 – 2012: Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology – Title of graduation work: Genetic mechanisms of Arabidobsis thaliana plants adaptation to extreme conditions of northern limits of the species range

Employment History

Sep 2018 – Present: Post-doctoral researcher, Nazarbayev University, Department School of Science and Technology

Jun 2012 – Aug 2013: Laboratory technician, Nazarbayev University, Department Research and Innovation System, School of Science and Technology

Research grants

2020 – 2022: Faculty Development Grant (FDCRG 2020). “Enhance the tolerance of crop plants to abiotic stresses by modulating the senescence associated gene expression”, PI. 3 Bachelor students were involved as Research assistant.

2018 – 2019: Social Policy Grant. “Genetic manipulation of senescence associated genes to increase the tolerance in crop plant to environmental stresses”, PI.

Supervision

Co-supervision of one BSc student during the Graduation project in Biology in Fall 2021:

1) Leila Askarova, title of the project: “Characterization of the effects of nitrogen and sulfur co-doped carbon nanodots on the germination and growth rate of Arabidopsis thaliana”

Supervision of BSc students for their research grant from Young Researchers Alliance 2020:

1) Aizhan Rakhmetova and Daniyar Niyetkaliyev. FRIP 2020: COVID-19 Response and Recovery Solutions for Qazaqstan, website “Uidemiz”  (2020, active project) Budget 1 mln tenge.

2) Margulan Sandybek, title of project: “Investigation of the role of senescence-associated receptor-like kinase (AtSARK) under salinity stress” – FRIP program from 3d call (2019, Nov); Budget 1 mln tenge.

3) Dina Turlybekova, title: “The role of senescence-associated receptor-like kinase (AtSARK) in inducing senescence resulting from environmental stimuli” – FRIP program from 2nd call; (2019 Sep) Budget 1 mln tenge.

Social projects

Created in social project “Auyldanmyn_ho4u_u4itsya”, in 2020, aimed to support the Kazakh kids from village with poor academic performance to guide them to success in school, all information shared on: Instagram, YouTube and and in TEDxAstana talk.

Organizing and Mentoring student clubs at Nazarbayev University

“NU Eden club”: orientated students interested in gardening, and created a relaxing environment by conducting a plant care routine (from Spring 2021)

“BioExplorer NU club”: to support and motivate the students interested in having experience in Biology and chemistry research (from Fall 2022)

Conferences

1)      Plant Biology Summit 27-31 July 2020 (https://plantbiology.aspb.org/). “Senescence-associated receptor-like kinase (AtSARK) involved in salt induced senescence”, A poster presentation. Authors:  Margulan Sandybek, Aigerim Soltabayeva. (DOI:  10.46678/PB.20.1048281)

 2)      Plant Biology Summit 27-31 July 2020 (https://plantbiology.aspb.org/). “The role of senescence-associated receptor-like kinase (AtSARK) in inducing senescence resulting from environmental stimuli”, Authors: Dina Turlybekova, Margulan Sandybek, Aigerim Soltabayeva. DOI:  10.46678/PB.20.1047355

3)      31st international conference on Arabidopsis research. 21 st and 25 th of June 2021 (http://icar2020.arabidopsisresearch.org/). “Investigation of Atsark Mutant and WT (Col) Plants Under Cold Stress”. Authors:  Margulan Sandybek, Aigerim Soltabayeva.

4)      International Conference on Plant Systems Biology and Biotechnology (ICPSBB) June 14-17, 2021. “Investigation of role AtSARK in Cold and salt induced senescence”. Authors: Dina Turlybekova, Aizhan Rahmetova, Aigerim Soltabayeva.

5)      32nd International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, June 20th-24th 2022. “Overexpression of SARK, senescence related LRR-RLK gene, in Arabidopsis model plants”. Authors Symbat Serik , Nurbanu Dauletova , and Aigerim Soltabayeva

6)      ASM Microbe 2022, Jun 9-13, poster presentation: “Integration of an Agar Art to a Research-Oriented Microbiology Lab Syllabus”. Assem Duisembekova, Aigerim Soltabayeva, Damira Kanayeva.  American Society for Microbiology