{"id":484,"date":"2013-06-03T10:23:40","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T07:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/?page_id=484"},"modified":"2026-01-26T12:45:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T10:45:56","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.bio21.bas.bg\/ippg\/en\/?page_id=484","title":{"rendered":"Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>National Research Programs funded by the Ministry of Education and Science<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>National Program:<\/strong> Project BULCode \u041401-271\/02.10.2020\u00a0 Fostering plant biodiversity research capacity in Bulgaria through scientific excellence in DNA barcoding and metabarcoding. National program \u201cEuropean Scientific Networks\u201d, Ministry of Education and Science of Bulgaria. 2020-2022. Project coordinator:\u00a0 Assoc. Prof. Georgi Bonchev<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>National Research Program:<\/strong> Healthy nutrition for strong bioeconomy and quality of \u00a0\u00a0life. Project coordinator\u00a0 from\u00a0 IPPG:\u00a0 Prof. Violeta Velikova<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>National Research Program: <\/strong>Environmental protection and reduction of the risk for adverse climate changes. Project coordinator from IPPG: Prof. Valya Vassileva<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u201cScience\u201d Fund:<\/strong> Project 24027 Essential oils and essential oil components: analysis and correlations of antitumor, antioxidant, and antimicrobial activity. Medical University \u2013 Varna. 2024-2027. Participants from IPPG: Assist Prof. Zlatina Gospodinova, Assist. Prof. Georgi Antov<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>International projects<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">European Research Executive Agency (REA), HORIZON-CL6-2024-BIODIV-02 Project 101181400 PROSPER Promoting resilient orphan legumes for sustainable agriculture and food security. 2025-2029. Coordinator from IPPG-BAS: Prof. Valya Vassileva<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) Project CRP\/24\/006 Regulatory determinants of the intracellular trafficking of the brassinosteroid receptor BRI1 and their impact on brassinosteroid-related plant growth traits in optimal and adverse environmental conditions. 2024-2027. Coordinator from IPPG-BAS: Assoc. Prof. Kiril Mishev<\/li>\n<li>IKEA Technical Cooperation Project BUL5016 Improving the Productivity and Quality of Economically Important Crops through Mutation Breeding and Biotechnology. 2020-2024. Coordinator from IPPG-BAS: Prof. Lubomir Stoilov<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">IAEA Technical Cooperation Project BUL5020 Increasing the Yield and Quality of Main Vegetable Crops through Nuclear Technology to Withstand the Impacts of Climate Change. 2024-2026. Coordinator from IPPG-BAS: Dr. Vasilissa Manova<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Projects funded by the National Science Fund (NSF)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041a\u041f-06-\u041d96\/3 Relationship between drought tolerance and resistance to fungal pathogens in crop and model plants. 2025-2028. Project leader: Assoc. Prof. Gergana Mihailova<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041a\u041f-06-\u041d91\/4\u00a0Comprehensive study of the biological activity of lovage extract (<em>Levisticum officinale<\/em>) in models of metabolic and oncological diseases in experimental animals and cell cultures. 2025-2028. Project leader from IPPG: Assist. Prof. Georgi Antov<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041a\u041f-06-\u041d96\/1\u00a0A holistic model for evaluating the effectiveness of a plant extract against <em>Erwinia amylovora<\/em> and the physiological response of strawberry plants to combined biotic and abiotic stress. 2025-2028. Project leader from IPPG: Assoc. Prof. Dessislava Todorova<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041a\u041f-06-\u041d96\/5\u00a0Elicitor-mediated seed priming for targeted biosynthesis of health-promoting phytochemicals in kale microgreens (<em>Brassica oleracea<\/em> var. acephala). Investigation of antioxidant capacity, metabolic profile, and antitumor activity. 2025-2028. Project leader: Assist. Prof.Lilyana Brankova<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041a\u041f-06-\u041d86\/6\u00a0A multidisciplinary study of the effects of seed pre-treatment with polyamine spermine on fungal plant pathogens of <em>Fusarium<\/em> spp. and disease development on wheat (BioSS). 2024-2027. Project leader: Assoc. Prof. Dessislava Todorova<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041a\u041f-06-\u041d81\/10 Multidisciplinary approaches for the conservation of endangered and endemic species of the Bulgarian flora. 2024-2027. Coordinator from IPPG-BAS: Assoc. Prof. Georgi Bonchev<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041a\u041f-06-\u041d86\/4 Investigation on the effect of regenerative organic farming strategies on the productivity of <em>Solanum tuberosum<\/em> and <em>Phaseolus vulgaris<\/em> and soil substrate parameters. 2024-2027. Coordinator from IPPG-BAS: Assist. Prof. Vasilissa Manova<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">K\u041f-06-\u0421\u043b\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043a\u0438\u044f\/4 DNA-based studies on ecogeographic diversity of endangered orchid species. 2024-2026. Coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Georgi Bonchev<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041a\u041f-06-\u041d71\/12 Cell-type Specificity of Ethylene Signaling In Response To Drought (ETIDRO). 2024-2027. Project leader: Assoc. Prof. Irina Vaseva<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041a\u041f-06-\u041d76\/5 Biotechnological approaches for targeted accumulation of secondary metabolites in the medicinal plant <em>Arnica montana<\/em> L. and study of the biosynthetic pathway of sesquiterpene lactones. 2023-2026. Project leader: Assoc. Prof. Maria Petkova<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041aP-06-N78\/8 Ultrafast Femtosecond Laser Irradiation To Enhance Nanoparticle-based Photothermal Cancer Therapy: Novel Strategies and Applications. 2023-2027. PI: Assoc. Prof. Lyubomir Stoychev (Institute of Solid State Physics \u2013 BAS); Partner organization: Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering \u2013 BAS. Participant from IPPG &#8211; Assist. Prof. Zlatina Gospodinova<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041a\u041f-06-\u041f\u041d73\/10 A new strategy for influencing experimental Alzheimer&#8217;s-type dementia using nanoparticle systems. 2023-2026. PI: Assoc. Prof. Maria Lazarova, Institute of Neurobiology (BAS), Participant from IPPG: Assist. Prof. Teodora Taseva<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041a\u041f-06-\u041d66\/7 Comparative analysis of the physiological effects of melatonin on Bulgarian wheat varieties with different drought resistance. 2022-2025. Project leader: Prof. Iskren Sergiev<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041a\u041f-06-\u041d56\/16 Effectiveness of extracts from cultivated Bulgarian medicinal plants as potential therapeutic agents in socially significant diseases. 2022-2025. Project leader: Assist. Prof. Krasimira Tasheva<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041a\u041f-06-\u041d56\/15 \u0422he ancient wheat &#8211; growth and physiological characteristics under unfavorable stress factors and possibilities to alleviate the negative effects. 2022-2025. Project leader: Assist. Prof. Irina Moskova<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041a\u041f-06-\u041d56\/8 Influence of newly synthesized amino acid nanofibers carriers of biologically active agents on in vitro propagation and accumulation of secondary metabolites in <em>Stevia rebaudiana<\/em> Bertoni 2021-2025. Project leader: Assoc. Prof. Maria Geneva<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041a\u041f-06-\u041d56\/9 Interdisciplinary biotechnological approach for analysis and modulation of the biological potential of the medicinal plant <em>Nepeta nuda<\/em>. 2021-2024.\u00a0 Project Leader: Assoc. Prof. Miroslava Zhiponova (Sofia University). Partner: IPPG-BAS<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041a\u041f-06-\u041d36\/3 Assessment of the physiological responses of wheat and triticale to soil drought and waterlogging after routine application of selective herbicide. 2020-2023. Project leader: Assoc. Prof. Dessislava Todorova<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041a\u041f-06\/\u041d36-1 Study of bacteriophage-phytopathogen-plant pathosystem for control of bacteriosis on economically important crops. 2020-2023. Project leader: Assist. Prof. Elena Shopova<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041a\u041f-06-\u041d36-2 Leguminous crops in Bulgaria \u2013 a source of useful additional proteinaceous substances 2020-2023. Project coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Lyudmila Simova-Stoilova, IPPG-BAS. Partners: Institute of Microbiology \u2013 BAS, Institute of Plant genetic resources &#8211; Agricultural Academy<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041a\u041f-06-\u041d41\/6 Potentiating effect of Haberlea extract on soybean Bowman-Birk protease inhibitor in breast cancer cell lines. 2020-2023. Project coordinator: Assoc. Prof. Diana Zasheva, IBIR-BAS, Partners: IPPG-BAS, Agrobioinstitute &#8211; Agricultural Academy<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Study on adaptive mechanisms to drought in Bulgarian winter wheat varieties. Project leader: Assist. Prof. Anna Dimitrova<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Small NudC proteins: effective regulators of development and stress tolerance of Arabidopsis thaliana, Project leader: Prof. Valya Vassileva<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mechanisms of recovery from drought and frost-induced desiccation: strategies for survival of the resurrection plant <em>Haberlea rhodopensis<\/em>. Project leader: Prof. Katya Georgieva<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Correlation between psychosocial and epigenetic characteristics in problematic psychoactive substances use. Project leader: Assist. Prof. Maria Krasteva<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Complex assessment of anticancer properties of medicinal plant <em>Cotinus coggygria<\/em> Scop. against human skin cancer cell lines. Project leader: Assist. Prof. Zlatina Gospodinova<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u041a\u041f-06-\u041d31\/17 Genome wide association study of grain yield, grain protein content and grain nitrogen concentration in Bulgarian bread wheat germplasm. 2019-2025. Project leader: Prof. Svetlana Misheva<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Exploring the natural diversity in tomato germplasm for phosphate starvation responses. Bulgaria \u2013 India programme of cooperation in science and technology co-funded by NSF. Project coordinator: Assist. Prof. Kiril Mishev<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Evaluation of plant response to drought stress and N deficiency based on the investigation of the relationship between photosynthesis and nitrogen metabolism of Bulgarian and Slovak bread wheat varieties. A bilateral joint research project between Institute of Plant Physiology and Genetics \u2013 BAS and Slovak University of Agriculture, Nitra, Slovakia. Project leader: Prof. Svetlana Misheva<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">A comprehensive study on the signal mechanisms, guiding interactions between host plants, rhizosphere microbiota, arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and root parasitic plants. Project coordinator from IPPG: Assist. Prof. Kiril Mishev<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Exploring the interactions between innovative nanomaterials and higher plants \u2013 basis for development of sustainable nanoagronomic practices. Project coordinator from IPPG: Prof. Violeta Velikova<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Production of biomethane from agricultural waste followed by cultivation of microalgae in the obtained digestate. Project coordinator from IPPG: Assist. Prof. Juliana Ivanova.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Biorefinery approach for algae biomass transformation to high-added value compounds \u2013 from linear to circular economy. Project coordinator from IPPG: Assist. Prof. Juliana Ivanova.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Isolation, characterization and investigation of the antitumor properties of natural biologically active substances produced by bacteria and algae. Project coordinator from IPPG: Assist. Prof. Juliana Ivanova.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Bilateral research projects<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bilateral research project IC-LT\/02\/2025-2027 Physiological responses of agricultural crops to treatment with herbicides and microbial biostimulants. Lithuanian Academy of Science. 2025-2027. Project coordinator from IPPG: Assoc. Prof. Dessislava Todorova<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bilateral research project <em>HormOnDrought:<\/em> Physiological and molecular mechanisms of phytohormones-mediated drought stress tolerance. 2022-2024. Joint Research Project between the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Lithuanian Academy of Science. Project coordinators\u00a0 Assoc. Prof. Irina I. Vaseva (IPPG-BAS) and Dr. Giedr\u0117 Samuolien\u0117 (Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry \u2013 LAMMC).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bilateral research project between the Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Szeged, Hungarian Academy of Sciences and Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Project topic: \u201cDetailed characterization of recovery processes from the drought-induced desiccated stage in the resurrection plant <em>Haberlea rhodopensis<\/em>\u201d. Project coordinator from IPPG: Prof. Katya Georgieva<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bilateral research project between the Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungary and Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Project topic: \u201cRole of bio-active substances in the stress responses of crop plants: Effects on photosynthesis and their interaction with plant hormones\u201d. Project coordinator from IPPG: Assist. Prof. Violeta Peeva<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bilateral research project between the Centre for Algology at the Institute of Botany, Trebon, Czech Academy of Sciences and Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. Project topic: \u201cBiodiversity and biotechnology of green and blue-green algae from hot springs\u201c. Project coordinator from IPPG: Assist. Prof. Ivan Iliev<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: right;\"><a class=\"_ps2id\" href=\"#top\" data-ps2id-offset=\"300\"> \u2191 Top \u2191<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Research Programs funded by the Ministry of Education and Science National Program: Project BULCode \u041401-271\/02.10.2020\u00a0 Fostering plant biodiversity research capacity in Bulgaria through scientific excellence in DNA barcoding and metabarcoding. National program \u201cEuropean Scientific Networks\u201d, Ministry of Education and Science of Bulgaria. 2020-2022. Project coordinator:\u00a0 Assoc. 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