SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS IN THE LAST 10 YEARS

NATIONAL FUNDING

КП-06-ПН77/32 “Enzyme-based biotechnological approach for the creation of engineered biomaterials for direct carbon dioxide capture”
2024 – 2026
Project leader: Associate Professor Dr. Albert Krastanov (UFT – Plovdiv)
Partner: IPPG – BAS
Coordinator from IPPG – BAS: Asst. Prof. Dr. Ivan Iliev

КP-06-Н26/5 “Production of biomethane from agricultural waste followed by cultivation of microalgae in the obtained digestate”.
2018-2022
Partners: IPPG – BAS
Project Leader: Assoc. Prof. Liudmila Kabaivanova, PhD (IM-BAS)
Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Juliana Ivanova, PhD (IPPG – BAS)

КP-06-ОПР04/1 “Biorefinery approach for algae biomass transformation to high-added value compouns – from linear to circular economy”.
2018-2022
Partners: IPPG – BAS
Project Leader: Prof. Dragomir Yankov, PhD (IIC-BAS)
Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Juliana Ivanova, PhD (IPPG – BAS)

КP-06-Н21/8 „Mechanisms of recovery from drought and frost-induced desiccation: strategies for survival of the resurrection plant Haberlea rhodopensis“
2018-2022
Partners: ABI – Agricultural Academy; IBPhBME – BAS
Project coordinator: Prof. Katya Georgieva, PhD (IPPG – BAS)
Participant: Assist. Prof. Ivanina Vasileva, PhD (EA – IPPG – BAS)

DN 11/2 “Isolation, characterization and investigation of the antitumor properties of natural biologically active substances produced by bacteria and algae”.
2017-2021
Partners: IPPG – BAS; IM – BAS; IOC – BAS
Project Leader: Assoc. Prof. Biliana Nikolova, PhD (IBFBME)
Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Juliana Ivanova, PhD (IPPG – BAS)

BILATERAL COOPERATION AND INTERNATIONAL FUNDING

Joint research project in the frame of exchange agreement between Bulgarian and Czech Academies of Sciences. Project topic: “Biodiversity and biotechnology of green and blue-green algae from hot springs“.
2020 – 2022
Partner organization: Centre for Algology at the Institute of Botany, CAS – Trebon, Czech Republic
Coordinator: Assist. Prof. Ivan Iliev, PhD (IPPG – BAS)

Bilateral cooperation project between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Czech Academy of Sciences, on the topic: “Snow algae of biotechnological importance”.
2017 – 2019
Partner organization – Institute of Botany – Czech Academy of Sciences, Trebon, Czech Republic.
Coordinator from IPPG – BAS: Asst. Prof. Dr. Ivan Iliev

Young Scientists and Postdoctoral Projects

PMS 203/19.09.18 National program Young scientists and postdoctoral fellows: “Isolation and optimization of the productivity of biologically active substances from cyanoprokaryotes (blue-green algae)”.
2019-2021
Project Leader: Assist. Prof. Ivanina Vasileva, PhD (IPPG – BAS)

Проект ДФНП17-36 Програма за подпомагане на млади учени и докторанти” – МОН: “Оптимизиране на култивирането на биотехнологично перспективни щамове зелени и червени микроводорасли”.
2017 – 2019
Участник от звеното: Гл. ас. д-р Юлиана Иванова

ДФНП17-36 Program for supporting young scientists and doctoral students” – MES: “Optimization of the cultivation of biotechnologically promising strains of green and red microalgae”.
2017 – 2019
Participant from IPPG-BAS: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Juliana Ivanova

ДФНП-207/16.05.2016 Program for supporting young scientists at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences: “Physiological-biochemical characterization of the newly isolated Bulgarian microalgae strain Scenedesmus sp. BGP with the aim of assessing its biotechnological potential”.
2016 – 2017
Scientific advisor to the young scientist: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Juliana Ivanova

SUPPORTED PATENTS

Lukavsky J, Cepak V, Rezanka T, Petkov G, Furnadzhieva S, Iliev I, Andreeva R, Bankova V. 2010. The alga Trachydiscus minutus strain Lukavský et Přibyl 2005/1 which produce oils with a high content of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Patent №: 302118/19.10.2010. Industrial Property Office – Journal № 42/2010, Prague, Czech Republic.