Ongoing Research Projects
National Funding
КП-06-Н71/12 “Cell-type specificity of ethylene signaling in response to drought (ETIDRO)” (2024-2027). Project Leader: Assoc. Prof. Irina Vaseva (IPPG-BAS).
КП-06-Н76/5 “Biotechnological approaches for targeted accumulation of secondary metabolites in the medicinal plant Arnica montana L. and study of the biosynthetic pathway of sesquiterpene lactones“ (2024-2027). Project Leader: Assist. Prof. Maria Petkova (IPPG-BAS).
КП-06-Н56/9 “Interdisciplinary biotechnological approach for analysis and modulation of the biological potential of the medicinal plant Nepeta nuda“ (2021-2024). Project Leader: Assoc. Prof. Miroslava Zhiponova (Sofia University). Partner: IPPG-BAS.
КП-06-Н36/3 “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. Desislava Todorova (IPPG-BAS).
КП-06-Н66/7 “Comparative analysis of the physiological effects of melatonin on Bulgarian wheat varieties with different drought resistance” (2022-2025). Project Leader: Assoc. Prof. Iskren Sergiev (IPPG-BAS).
КП-06-Н36-2 „Leguminous crops in Bulgaria – a source of useful additional proteinaceous substances“ (2020-2023). Project Leader: Assoc. Prof. Lyudmila Simova-Stoilova, IPPG-BAS. Partners: Institute of Microbiology – BAS, Institute of Plant genetic resources – Agricultural Academy.
КП-06-Н41/6 „Potentiating effect of Haberlea extract on soybean Bowman-Birk protease inhibitor in breast cancer cell lines” (2020-2023). Project Leader: Assoc. Prof. Diana Zasheva, IBIR – BAS. Partners: IPPG-BAS, Agrobioinstitute – Agricultural Academy.
National Research Program: „Environmental protection and reduction of the risk for adverse climate changes“, 2019-2023. Project coordinator from IPPG – BAS: Prof. Valya Vassileva.
Bilateral cooperation
Project IC-HU/03/2024-2025: Defence mechanisms at root and leaf levels that allow the resurrection plant Haberlea rhodopensis to overcome the final stage of desiccation, 2024-2025. Partner: Institute of Plant Biology, Biological Research Centre, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Szeged, HAS, Hungary. Project Coordinator: Prof. Katya Georgieva (IPPG-BAS).
Project HormOnDrought: 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 Assoc. Prof. Irina I. Vaseva (IPPG-BAS) and Dr. Giedrė Samuolienė (Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry – LAMMC).
International Funding
Project CRP/BGR23-03 “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). Funding: International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB). Project Leader: Assoc. Prof. Kiril Mishev (IPPG-BAS).
COST Action CA19125: ‘Epigenetic mechanisms of crop adaptation to climate change” (EPI-CATCH), 2020-2024. Project coordinator from IPPG-BAS: Prof. Valya Vassileva.
