Andriy Bilichak

Research Scientist

I am leading a program on cereal biotechnology and functional genomics. The focus of the program is adoption of genome editing (CRISPR/Cas) and/or transient manipulation of gene expression methods to increase performance and output of small grain cereals (wheat, triticale, barley, etc.) in timely and cost-efficient manner.

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Morden, Manitoba

Current research and/or projects

  • Development of non transgenic genome editing methods to improve yield and stress tolerance in small grain cereals.
  • Bioinformatic mining of transcriptional factors related to “green revolution” in wheat genome.
  • Improvement of spring wheat transformation efficiency for functional genomics studies.

Education and awards

07/2013     Doctoral degree in Biomolecular Science/Plant Biotechnology from the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada

07/2008     B.Sc. (biology) with Great Distinctions, National Precarpathian University, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine

05/2012     Alberta Innovates Technology Features Graduate Student Scholarship

Key publications

  • Bilichak, A., L. Sastry-Dent, S. Sriram, M. Simpson, P. Samuel, S. Webb, F. Jiang and F. Eudes (2019). "Genome editing in wheat microspores and haploid embryos mediated by delivery of ZFN proteins and cell penetrating peptide complexes." Plant Biotechnol J.
  • Bilichak, A., D. Gaudet and J. Laurie (2020). "Emerging Genome Engineering Tools in Crop Research and Breeding." Methods Mol Biol 2072: 165-181.
  • Bilichak, A., J. Luu, F. Jiang and F. Eudes (2018). "Identification of BABY BOOM homolog in bread wheat." Agri Gene 7: 43-51.
  • Bilichak, A. and I. Kovalchuk (2016). "Transgenerational response to stress in plants and its application for breeding." J Exp Bot 67(7): 2081-2092.
  • Bilichak, A., J. Luu and F. Eudes (2015). "Intracellular delivery of fluorescent protein into viable wheat microspores using cationic peptides." Front Plant Sci 6: 666.
  • Bilichak, A., Y. Yao and I. Kovalchuk (2014). "Transient down-regulation of the RNA silencing machinery increases efficiency of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Arabidopsis." Plant Biotechnol J 12(5): 590-600.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contact

Research facility

Morden Research and Development Centre

Expertise

Agriculture›Biotechnology
Plant›Plant cell technologies
Technology›Biotechnology/genomics

Affiliations

  • The University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Associate member of the School of Graduate Studies
  • Member of the Canadian Association for Plant Biotechnology
  • Member of the Canadian Society of Plant Biologists

Language

English

Other languages

Ukrainian