Mykola Borisjuk Position: Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biotechnology Foundation Laboratory at Thomas Jefferson University. Address: 1020 Locust Str., Philadelphia, PA, 19107-679, USA Phone: +1 (215) 503-9664 E-mail: mykola.borysyuk<AT>jefferson.edu

Scientific interests:

• Plant Biotechnology
• Immunology

2001 Rutgers President’s Award of Faculty Academic Service Increment, New Brunswick, USA
1990 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, Bonn, Germany
1989 State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology, Kiev, Ukraine

American Society of Plant Physiologists
International Society for Plant Molecular Biology

1. Komarnytsky S, Borisjuk N: Functional analysis of promoter elements in plants. In: Genetic Engineering: Principles and Methods (Ed. J.K. Setlow), vol. 23, pp. 113-141 (2003)

2. Borisjuk N, Borisjuk L, Komarnytsky S, Timeva S, Hemleben V, Gleba Yu, Raskin I: Tobacco ribosomal DNA spacer element stimulates amplification and expression of heterologous genes. Nature Biotechnology, 18: 1303-1306 (2000)

3. Borisjuk N, Borisjuk L, Logendra S, Petersen F, Gleba Yu, Raskin I: Production of recombinant proteins in plant root exudates. Nature Biotechnology, 17: 466-469 (1999)