C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
Anahit Sedrakyan
Affiliation and official address
:
Institute of Molecular Biology, National Academy of Sciences, Republic of Armenia,
7, Hasratyan str., 0014, Yerevan, Republic of
Armenia
Tel: +374 10 23-14-99
Mobile: +374 93459954
E-mail
:
sedanahit@
gmail.com,
a_sedrakyan@mb.sci.am
Present Positions:
Senior researcher, head of Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Molecular Biology,
National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
Home address:
1703, Moldovakan str. 0096, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia.
Date and Place of birth
:
26 July, 1960, Kirovakan, Armenia
Nationality:
Armenian
Citizenship:
Republic of Armenia
Education:
1996
Ph.D; Field: Molecular Biology and Genetics
1990-1993 Ph.D. student, Institute of Molecular Biology, National Academy of Sciences of
the Republic of Armenia
1979-1984 Yerevan State University, Faculty of Biology, Biophysics
Employments:
2017- at present
Head of Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Molecular Biology,
National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
2003- 2017
Senior researcher at the Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute of
Molecular Biology of NAS, RA
1998-2003
Researcher, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Molecular
Biology of NAS, RA
1991-1996
Laboratory assistant, Institute of Molecular Biology of NAS, RA
Grants:
2016-2018
ISTC Project #A-2140 Targeted elimination of multidrug-resistant (MDR)
Salmonella by bacteriophages; Manager
2014-2015
Armenian National Science and Education Fund (ANSEF, USA)
“molbio-3581”
Molecular characterization of genetic basis of multi-drug resistance in non-
typhoidal Salmonella enterica strains isolated from patients in Armenia; PI of
the project
2011-2013
Committee of Science, Ministry of Education and Science, Republic of Armenia
"11-1f 494" The role of intestinal homeostasis in prediction of Salmonella
infection and carriage; Researcher
2004-2008
ISTC project, A-1055/The role of intestinal microflora in the pathogenesis of
familial Mediterranean fever; Researcher
Research interests:
Microbial ecology; antimicrobial resistance; infectious diseases; infectious and aseptic
inflammation.
Current research activities:
Study of highly virulent and multidrug resistant Salmonella strains circulating in Armenia.
Development of phage therapy approaches to control spread of infectious diseases and
antimicrobial resistance in Armenia.
Recent publications:
1.
Zhanna A. Ktsoyan, Mkhitar S. Mkrtchyan, Magdalina K. Zakharyan, Armine A.
Mnatsakanyan, Karine A. Arakelova, Zaruhi U. Gevorgyan, Anahit M. Sedrakyan, Alvard I.
Hovhannisyan, Arsen A. Arakelyan and Rustam I. Aminov.
Systemic Concentrations of
Short Chain Fatty Acids Are Elevated in Salmonellosis and Exacerbation of Familial
Mediterranean
Fever.
May
2016
/Frontiers
in
Microbiology
7(101)
DOI:10.3389/fmicb.2016.00776
2.
Ktsoyan Z, Mkrtchyan M, Zakharyan M, Mnatsakanyan A, Arakelova K, Gevorgyan Z,
Ktsoyan L, Sedrakyan A, Hovhannisyan A, Ghazaryan K, Boyajyan A and Aminov R
(2015) Differential induction of total IgE by two Salmonella enterica serotypes.
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology 5:43. doi:10.3389/fcimb.2015.00043
3.
Ktsoyan ZhA., Beloborodova NV, Sedrakyan AM, Osipov GA, Khachatryan ZA, Manukyan
GP,Arakelova KA, Hovhannisyan AI, Arakelyan AA, Ghazaryan KA, Zakaryan MK and
Aminov RI. Management of familial Mediterranean fever by colchicine does not
normalize the altered profile of microbial long chain fatty acids in the human
metabolome. Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2013 January, V.3, Article
2, 1-8. doi:10.3389/fcimb.2013.00002
4.
Sedrakyan A.M., Arakelova K.A., Zakaryan M.K., Hovhanisyan A.I., Asoyan A.V.,
Gevorkyan Z.U., Mnatsakanyan A.A., Ktsoyan Z.A., Boyajyan A.S., Aminov R.
Multidrug-resistance and presence of class 1 integrons in clinical isolates of Salmonella
enterica serotype Enteritidis, circulating in Armenia. Infekciâ i immunitet (Infection and
Immunity), 2013, V. 3, no. 4, pp. 355–358. (in Russian)
5.
Sedrakyan A.M., Arakelova K.A., Gevorgyan Z.U., Mnatsakanyan A.A., Zakaryan M.K.,
Hovannisyan A.I., Asoyan A.V., Ktsoyan Zh.A. Multidrug resistance of clinically
important serotypes of causative agents of salmonellosis. Biological Journal of Armenia,
2013, V. LXV, no. 4. pp. 13-20. (in Russian)
6.
M.K. Zakharyan, A.M. Sedrakyan, K.A. Arakelova, A.I. Hovannisyan, A.V. Asoyan, Z.U.
Gevorgyan, A.A. Mnatsakanyan, Zh.A. Ktsoyan, A.S. Boyajyan and R.I. Aminov
Antibiotic resistance and occurrence of class 1 integrons in clinical isolates of
Salmonella enterica. Global Journal of Immunology and Allergic
Diseases,
2013,
1, 44-48.
7.
Zh.A. Ktsoyan, K.A. Ghazaryan, G.P. Manukyan, A. Martirosyan, А.А. Mnatsakanyan,
К.А. Arakelova, Z.U. Gevorgyan, A.M. Sedrakyan, A.V. Asoyan, А.S. Boyajyan and R.I.
Aminov Inflammatory responses to Salmonella infections are serotype-specific.
Hindawi Publishing Corporation International Journal of Bacteriology Volume 2013, Article
ID 168179, 7 pages http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/168179
8.
Ktsoyan Zh.A, Ghazaryan K.A., Martirosyan A.A., Mnatsakanyan A.A., Arakelova K.A.,
Gevorgyan Z.U., Tatyan M.B., Hovhannisyan A.I., Sedrakyan A.M., Zakharyan M.K.,
Arakelyan A.A., Boyajyan A.S., Aminov R.I. Profile of proinflammatory response in
salmonellosis depends on serotype of the pathogen. 2013. Cytokines & Inflammation (in
Russian) 12:131-136.
9.
Zhanna A Ktsoyan, Natalia V Beloborodova, Anahit M Sedrakyan, George A Osipov,
Zaruhi A Khachatryan, Denise Kelly, Gayane P Manukyan, Karine A Arakelova, Alvard I
Hovhannisyan, Andrey Y Olenin, Arsen A Arakelyan, Karine Ghazaryan, Rustam I
Aminov. Profiles of microbial fatty acids in the human metabolome are disease-
specific.
Frontiers
in
Cellular
and
Infection
Microbiology.
2010,
1:148;
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2010.00148 January 2011, V.1, 148, P.1-9.
