My research interests lie in the area of plant ecology, ecology of transgenic and conventional crops, species competition, and crop breeding. Within the framework OF NRP 59 (http://www.nfp59.ch), I focus on the understanding of transgene x environment interactions in transgenic wheat, in particular, its competitive ability and life history traits, such as seedling persistence, seed and pollen viability.

2007 Finalist of Fulbright graduate student program

2004 Master’s Diploma with Honors

2004 Diploma for an active participation in social and cultural life of the Faculty, ZSU

2003 Diploma of the winner of All-Ukrainian Student Competition in Biology and Ecology

1999 The winner of the Students Olympiad in Biology, ZSU

1999 Gold Medal for studying with honors

1999 Diploma for the 1st place in the Contest-Defence of research works of Small Academy of Sciences of Ukraine

1999 Certificate of achievement of the Fifth Soros Olympiad in Biology from the International Soros Science Education Program

Articles:

Kalinina O , Zeller SL , Schmid B , 2011 Competitive Performance of Transgenic Wheat Resistant to Powdery Mildew. PLoS ONE 6(11): e28091. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0028091

Rieben S, Kalinina O, Schmid B, Zeller SL (2011) Gene Flow in Genetically Modified Wheat. PLoS ONE 6(12): e29730. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029730

Brunner, S., S. Hurni, G. Herren, O. Kalinina, S. von Burg, S. Zeller, B. Schmid, M. Winzeler, and B. Keller. 2011. Transgenic Pm3b wheat lines show resistance to powdery mildew in the field. Plant Biotechnology Journal 9:897–910.

Zeller S.L., Kalinina O., Brunner S., Keller B., Schmid B. (2010) Transgene × environment interactions in genetically modified wheat. PLoS ONE, 5(7), e11405. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011405


Kalinina O., Lyakh V. (2009) Effect of environmental conditions on variability and inheritance of stem branching and plant height traits in linseed lines and F1 hybrids. Actual Questions of Biology, Ecology and Chemistry: Electronic journal, ZNU, Ukraine, 1, 24-32.

Kalinina J., Lyakh V. (2008) Genetic control of habitus traits in oil flax. Visnik of Donetsk National University: collection of scientific materials. Section: Life Sciences, 2, 314–318.

Kalinina O., Lyakh V. Variability and correlations between habitus traits in oil flax lines // Agricultural Visnik Prichornomorja: collection of scientific materials. – Odessa, 2007. – P.100–105.

Kalinina O. (2007) Inheritance of dwarfism in oil flax. Scientific Bulletin of the Institute of Oilseed Crops, Zaporizhzhya, 25–30.

Kalinina O., Lyakh V. (2007) Analysis of combining ability of habitus traits in oil flax under complete and incomplete diallel crosses schemes. Visnik of Bilicerkivskij State University: collection of scientific materials.

Kalinina O., Lyakh V. (2006) Inheritance of habitus traits in F1 and F2 hybrids of oil flax. Visnik of Zaporizhzhya National University: Collection of scientific materials, 75–79.

Kalinina O., Lyakh V. (2006) Effect of environmental conditions on the dominance and expression of some habitus traits in flax. Aspects of Bioindication and Ecology: interdepartmental collection of scientific materials, 118–124.

Kalinina O. (2004) Effect of the excess of heavy metals Chromium and Manganese in the environment on the growth of ornamental plants. Proceedings of All-Ukrainian Students Scientific Conference “Topical Problems of Environmental Research”, Sumy, 16–18.

Kalinina O. (2004) Fatty acid composition of seed-oils of the plants of Ukrainian flora. Proceedings of the Conference of Young Scientists of Lviv “Scientific Bottoms of Biodiversity Conservation”, Lviv, 22−25.

Kalinina O. (2004) Resistance of ornamental plants of exposed soils to environmental pollution with heavy metals: Theoretical and Applied Aspects in Plants’ Introduction and Landscaping: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference of Young Scientists, Kiev, 218–220.

Kalinina O. (2004) Wild species of flora of south-east Ukraine as the sources of valuable oils. International Conference of Young Scientists on the Problems of Nature Management and Conservation, Krivoy Rog, 29–30.

Kalinina E. (2004) Wild species of the southeast flora of Ukraine as sources of valuable oils. Bulletin of State Nikitsky Botanical Gardens: national scientific periodical, Yalta, 89, 60–63.

Kalinina O. (2004) Wild species of southeast Ukraine as sources of fatty oils: Visnik of Zaporizhzhya State University: Collection of scientific papers. Biological sciences, 2, 155–159.

Book-tutorial for students in Plant Systematics:

Kalinina O., Lyakh V. Herbarium of Zaporizhzhya State University: Taxonomy of species of the South-East of Ukraine, catalogue of herbarium samples of Zaporizhzhya State University. – Zaporizhzhya, 2004. – 174 pp.

Abstracts:

Kalinina O., Zeller S., Schmid B. (2009) Assessment of the ecological performance of transgenic wheat with a phytometer approach. Proceedings of the Symposium of the Zurich-Basel Plant Science Center “Plant-Microbe Interactions”, November 13, 2009, Basel. – P. 21.

Kalinina O., Lyakh V. (2007) Variability and correlation of habitus traits in oil flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) under the different environmental conditions. Proceedings of the III International young scientists conference “Biodiversity. Ecology. Adaptation. Evolution.” – Odesa: Pechatniy dom. – P. 193.

Kalinina O. (2007) Expression and inheritance of some habitus traits in oilflax hybrids under the different environmental conditions //Materials of International conference “Modern problems of Biology, Ecology and Chemistry” – Zaporizhzhya: Zaporizhzhya National University. – P. 34–35.

Kalinina O. (2006) Expression and inheritance of height and branching in flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) under the different environmental conditions. Materials of International conference of young scientists-botanists “Actual problems of Botany, Ecology and Biotechnology”, Кiev: Phytosociocenter. – P. 125–126.

Kalinina O. (2005) Variability of some habitus traits of flax under the different environmental conditions. Proceedings of Scientific and Practical Conference of Young Scientists and Specialists “The Latest Technologies of Industry of Competativable Production of Plant Cultivation”, 29-30 November 2005, Agrarian Institute of Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences, Chabany, 2005. – P. 118–119.

Kalinina O. (2005) Influence of environmental conditions on expression of some habitus traits of parent plants and hybrids of flax. Proceedings of the First International Conference of Young Scientists “The Modern Problems of Ecology”, Zaporizhzhya National University, Zaporizhzhya, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya, 2005. – P. 103–104.

Kalinina O. (2004) Fatty oils of some wild species of Ukrainian plants: Proceedings of the VIIIth Conference of Young Botanists in St.-Petersburg, 17-21 May 2004, Russia. St.-Petersburg. – P. 125.