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Gita G. Paskerova
Web of Science ResearcherID: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/H-3805-2014
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RSCI: https://www.elibrary.ru/author_profile.asp?authorid=6005-0640
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1026-4216
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ru/citations?user=tbDGLYUAAAAJ
Academic degree: No degree
Academic title: No title
Position: Research assistant
E-mail: Gita.Paskerova@zin.ru
Contact phone: ---
Educational background: Saint-Petersburg State University, 1995
Research interests: Marine fauna, parasites, protists, host-parasite relationships, evolution of parasites.
Field studies: White Sea.
Scientific projects and grants:
  • 2000, SABIT Program (USA), personal grant.
  • 2005-2006, DAAD foundation (Germany): personal grant “Reconstruction of general evolutionary pathways of the lower gregarines on the basis of ultrastructural and biological data”.
  • 2009-2011, Russian Foundation for Basic Research, 09-04-01682-а “Pathways of Alveolata evolution”, researcher.
  • 2015-2017, Russian Foundation for Basic Research, 15-04-08870 “Molecular phylogeny and diversity of primitive microsporidia and neighbouring groups within the ARM clade: so where the protist-to-fungi boundary is located?”, researcher.
  • 2018-2020, Russian Foundation for Basic Research, 18-04-00324 “Development of the synthetic phylogenetic taxonomy of sporozoans (Apicomplexa: Sporozoa) suggested by ultrastructural and molecular phylogenetic evidence”, researcher.
  • 2018-2020, Russian Foundation for Basic Research, 18-04-01359 “Metchnikovellids is a key group for understanding of origin and evolutionary history of microsporidia (Opisthokonta: Microsporidia)”, researcher.
  • 2018-2020, Russian Foundation of Science, 18-14-00123 “Morphological and genomic evolution of parasitic alveolates”, researcher.
  • 2022-2023, Russian Foundation of Science, 22-24-00427 “Evolutionary strategies of parasitising in sporozoans of different phylogenetic lineages (Apicomplexa: Sporozoa)”, project manager.
Selected Publications:
  • Dolgikh V.V., Nasonova E.S., Paskerova G.G. 1996. Activities of enzymes of carbohydrate and energetic metabolism in spores of the microsporidia Nosema grylli. Parasitologiya, vol.30, (2): 178-181 [in Russian; English summary]. https://www.zin.ru/journals/parazitologiya/content/2002/prz_2002_6_6_Dolgikh.pdf
  • Paskerova G.G. 1996. Urceolaria kozloffi, an ectocommencal of the brachiopod Hemithyris psittacea from the White Sea. Parasitologiya, vol.30, (3): 236-243 [in Russian; English summary]. https://www.zin.ru/journals/parazitologiya/content/1996/prz_1996_3_6_Paskerova.pdf
  • Paskerova G.G., Sokolova Yu.Ya., Dobrovolsky (Dobrovolskij) A.A. 1998. Peculiarities of pathogenesis of a fat body in the cricket Gryllus bimaculatus (Gryllidae) infected with Adelina grylli (Sporozoa: Adeleina). Parasitologiya. Vol.32 (5): 457-463 [in Russian; English summary]. https://www.zin.ru/journals/parazitologiya/content/1998/prz_1998_5_8_Paskerova.pdf
  • Dyakin A.Yu., Paskerova G.G. 2004. Urospora chiridotae (Sporozoa: Gregarinomorpha: Eugregarinida) - a neogamic parasite of sea cucumber Chiridota laevis (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Apoda). Parasitologiya. Vol.38 (3): 225-238 [in Russian with English summary] https://www.zin.ru/Journals/parazitologiya/content/2004/prz_2004_3_3_Dyakin.pdf
  • Butaeva F., Paskerova G., Entzeroth R. 2006. Ditrypanocystis sp. (Apicomplexa, Gregarinia, Selenidiidae): the mode of survival in the gut of Enchytraeus albidus (Annelida, Oligochaeta, Enchytraeidae) is close to that of the coccidian genus Gryptosporidium. Tsytologiya. Vol.48 (8): 695-704.
  • Sokolova Yu.Ya., Paskerova G.G., Rotari Yu.M., Nasonova E.S., Smirnov A.V. 2013. Fine structure of Metchnikovella incurvata Caullery and Mesnil 1914 (microsporidia), a hyperparasite of gregarines Polyrhabdina sp. from the polychaete Pygospio elegans. Parasitology. Vol.140: 855–867. doi:10.1017/S0031182013000036.
  • Sokolova Yu.Ya., Paskerova G.G., Rotari Yu.M., Nassonova E.S., Smirnov A.V. 2014. Description of Metchnikovella spiralis sp. n. (Microsporidia: Metchnikovellidae), with notes on the ultrastructure of metchnikovellids. Parasitology. V. 141, pp 1108-1122. doi:10.1017/S0031182014000420.
  • Rotari Yu.M., Paskerova G.G., Sokolova Yu.Ya. 2015. Diversity of metchnikovellids (Metchnikovellidae, Rudimicrosporea), hyperparasites of bristle worms (Annelida, Polychaeta) from the White Sea. Protistology. Vol. 9 (1): 50-59.
  • Valigurová A., Paskerova G.G., Diakin A., Kováčiková M., Simdyanov T.G. 2015. Protococcidian Eleutheroschizon duboscqi, an unusual apicomplexan interconnecting gregarines and cryptosporidia. PLoS ONE. V. 10, N 4: e0125063. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0125063.
  • Diakin A., Paskerova G.G., Simdyanov T.G., Aleoshin V.V., Valigurová A. 2016. Morphology and molecular phylogeny of coelomic gregarines (Apicomplexa) with different types of motility: Urospora ovalis and U. travisiae from the polychaete Travisia forbesii. Protist. Vol. 167: 279-301. doi: 10.1016/j.protis.2016.05.001.
  • Paskerova G.G., Frolova E.V., Kováčiková M., Panfilkina T.S., Mesentsev E.S., Smirnov A.V., Nassonova E.S. 2016. Metchnikovella dogieli sp. n. (Microsporidia: Metchnikovellida), a parasite of archigregarines Selenidium sp. from polychaetes Pygospio elegans. Protistology. V. 10, N 4: 148-157. doi:10.21685/1680-0826-2016-10-4-4.
  • Valigurová A., Vaškovicová N., Diakin A., Paskerova G.G., Simdyanov T.G., Kováčikova M. 2017. Motility in blastogregarines (Apicomplexa): Native and drug-induced organisation of Siedleckia nematoides cytoskeletal elements. PLoS ONE. V. 12, N 6: e0179709. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0179709.
  • Bratova O., Paskerova G.G. 2018. Henricia spp. (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Echinasteridae) of the White Sea: morphology, morphometry and synonymy. Can. J. Zool. 96 (4): 341–355. https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2017-0072.
  • Simdyanov T.G., Paskerova G.G., Valigurová A., Diakin A., Kováčiková M., Schrével J., Guillou L., Dobrovolskij A.A., Aleoshin V.V. 2018. First ultrastructural and molecular phylogenetic evidence from the blastogregarines, an early branching lineage of plesiomorphic Apicomplexa. Protist. V. 169, N 5: 697–726. 10.1016/j.protis.2018.04.006.
  • Galindo L.J., Torruella G., Moreira D., Timpano H., Paskerova G., Smirnov A., Nassonova E., López-García P. 2018. Evolutionary genomics of Metchnikovella incurvata (Metchnikovellidae), an early branching microsporidium. Genome Biol. Evol. V. 10, N 10: 2736–2748. doi:10.1093/gbe/evy205.
  • Paskerova G.G., Miroliubova T.S., Diakin A., Kováčiková M., Valigurová A., Guillou L., Aleoshin V.V., Simdyanov T.G. 2018. Fine structure and Molecular Phylogenetic Position of Two Marine Gregarines, Selenidium pygospionis sp. n. and S. pherusae sp. n., with Notes on the Phylogeny of Archigregarinida. Protist. V. 169, N 6: 826-852. 10.1016/j.protis.2018.06.004.
  • Kováčiková M., Paskerova G.G., Diakin A., Simdyanov T.G.,Vaškovicová N., Valigurová A. 2019. Motility and cytoskeletal organisation in the archigregarine Selenidium pygospionis (Apicomplexa): observations on native and experimentally affected parasites. Parasitology Research. V. 118, N 9: 2651-2667. doi: 10.1007/s00436-019-06381-z. Q3 (JCR), Q1 (SJR), JCR (2019) 1.641
  • Janouškovec J., Paskerova G.G., Miroliubova T.S., Mikhailov K.V., Birley T., Aleoshin V.V., Simdyanov T.G. 2019. Apicomplexan-like parasites are polyphyletic and widely but selectively dependent on cryptic plastid organelles. eLife. V. 8: 49662. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.49662. Q1 (JCR), Q1 (SJR), JCR (2019) 7.08.
  • Miroliubova T.S., Simdyanov T.G., Mikhailov K.V., Aleoshin V.V., Janouškovec J., Belova P.A., Paskerova G.G. 2020. Polyphyletic origin, intracellular invasion, and meiotic genes in the putatively asexual agamococcidians (Apicomplexa incertae sedis). Scientific Reports. V. 10: 1-17. 10:15847. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-72287-x. Q1 (JCR), Q1 (SJR), JCR (2019) 3.998.
  • Karpov Sergey A., Paskerova Gita G. 2020. The aphelids, intracellular parasitoids of algae, consume host cytoplasm “from the inside”. Protistology. V. 14, N 4: 258–263. Doi: 10.21685/1680-0826-2020-14-4-7. Q3 (SJR), SJR (2020) 0.37.
  • Nassonova E., Bondarenko N., Paskerova G., Kováčiková M., Frolova E., Smirnov А. 2021. Evolutionary relationships of Metchnikovella dogieli Paskerova et al., 2016 (Microsporidia: Metchnikovellidae) revealed by multigene phylogenetic analysis. Parasitology Research. V. 120: 525–534. Doi:10.1007/s00436-020-06976-x. Q3 (JCR), Q1 (SJR), JCR (2019) 1.641.
  • Михайлов К.В., Насонова Е.С., Шишкин Е.А., Паскерова Г.Г., Симдянов Т.Г., Юдина В.А.,. Смирнов А.В., Янушковец Я., Алешин В.В. 2021. Рибосомная РНК мечниковеллид в транскриптомах грегарин и рДНК микроспоридий senso lato в метагеномах. Журнал Общей биологии. V. 82, N 3: 201-228, 10.31857/S0044459621030040. Q4 (JCR), JCR (2019) 0.606.
  • Frolova E.V., Paskerova G.G., Smirnov A.V., Nassonova E.S. 2021. Molecular phylogeny and new light microscopic data of Metchnikovella spiralis (Microsporidia: Metchnikovellidae), a hyperparasite of eugregarine Polyrhabdina sp. from the polychaete Pygospio elegans. Parasitology. V. 148: 779–786. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182021000603. Q1 (SJR), JCR (2019) 2.783.
  • Paskerova G.G., Miroliubova T.S., Valigurová A., Janouškovec J., Kováciková M., Diakin A., Sokolova Y.Y., Mikhailov K.V., Aleoshin V.V., Simdyanov T.G. 2021. Evidence from the resurrected family Polyrhabdinidae Kamm, Apicomplexa: Gregarinomorpha) supports the epimerite, an attachment organelle, as a major eugregarine innovation. PeerJ 9: e11912. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11912. Q1 (SJR)
  • Frolova E.V., Paskerova G.G., Smirnov A.V., Nassonova E.S. 2022. Metchnikovella dobrovolskiji sp. nov. (Microsporidia: Metchnikovellida), a parasite of archigregarines Selenidium pygospionis from the polychaete Pygospio elegans. Protistology. V. 16, N 3: 226–235. doi:10.21685/1680-0826-2022-16-3-7. Q3 (SJR)
  • Frolova E.V., Paskerova G.G., Smirnov A.V., Nassonova E.S. 2023. Diversity, distribution, and development of hyperparasitic microsporidia in gregarines within one super-host. Microorganisms. V. 11, N 1:152. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11010152. Q2 (SJR)
  • Paskerova G.G., Miroliubova T.S., Valigurová A., Aleoshin V.V., Simdyanov T.G. 2023. Morphological and Phylogenetic Study of Protococcidians Sheds Light on the Evolution of Epicellular Parasitism in Sporozoa (Apicomplexa), with the Description of Eleutheroschizon planoratum sp. nov. Diversity. V. 15, N 7: 863. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15070863. Q1 (SJR)
  • Valigurová A., Diakin A., Seifertová M., Vaškovicová N., Kováčiková M., Paskerova G.G. 2023. Dispersal and invasive stages of Urospora eugregarines (Apicomplexa) from brown bodies of a polychaete host. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. V. 201: 107997. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2023.107997. Q1 (JCR)
  • Frolova E.V., Raiko M.P., Bondarenko N.I., Paskerova G.G., Simdyanov T.G., Smirnov A.V., Nassonova E.S. 2023. Mesnilia travisiae gen. nov., sp. nov. (Microsporidia: Metchnikovellida), a parasite of archigregarines Selenidium sp. from the polychaete Travisia forbesii: morphology, molecular phylogeny and phylogenomics. Protistology. V. 17, N 4: 244–258. doi:10.21685/1680-0826-2023-17-4-5. Q3 (SJR)

 

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