SCHOOL OF NATURAL SCIENCES AND MEDICINE
ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY

Direction:Molecular Virology and Microbiology
Position:Associate Professor





Ekaterine Tevdoradze graduated from Iv. Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University(with honours), Faculty of Biomedical Ecological Genetics in 1998, Master Degree in Biology and Genetics. In 1998-2002 she has continued study as a Post Graduate student at the same University (TSU), specialisation- Microbiology. In 2001-2015 she has continued her research career at the G. Eliava institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology and Virology, was engaged in Bacteriophage research. In 2007-2013 she was PhD student at the department of Molecular Biology, at the Ilia State University. In 2013 she got Doctor’s degree in Life Sciences, at the Ilia State University (ISU), School of Natural Sciences and Engineering, Tbilisi, Georgia. Since 2016 Ekaterine is Associate Professor of Ilia State University.
In frame of program of Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) Ekaterine has received qualification of Biosafety Officer and working permission at Biosafety Level-3 Laboratory(BSL3).
The main field of research – study of antibiotic resistance mechanisms of pathogenic microorganisms; Molecular mechanisms of phage-bacteria interaction .

Scientific interests / research interests

  • Microbiology – Study of antibiotic resistance mechanisms of pathogenic microorganisms
  • Molecular Biology – Genome research
  • Bacteriophage research
  • Study of Molecular mechanizms of phage-bacteria interaction

Featured publications

  1. Margvelani , Meparishvili M., Tevdoradze E., McCabec B.J., and Solomonia R. Mitochondrial fusion and fission proteins and the recognition memory of imprinting in domestic chicks. Received 29 July 2017 accepted 21 August 2017 NeuroReport 2017
  2. Antadze I., Dadunashvili, Burbutashvili T., Gunia S., Balarjishvili N., Tevdoradze E., Pataridze T., Obiso R., Hagius S., Elzer F., Kutateladze M. Diversity of phage-host specificity in Brucella phage. Journal of Bacteriology and Mycology 2017
  3. Tevdoradze E., Farlow J., Kotorashvili A., Skhirtladze N., Antadze I., Gunia S., Balarjishvili N., Kvachadze L., Kutateladze M. Whole genome sequence comparison of ten diagnostic brucellaphages propagated on two Brucella abortus hosts.  Virology Journal (2015) 12:66  DOI 10.1186/s12985-015-0287-3
  4. Баларджишвили Н.Ш., Квачадзе Л.И., Кутателадзе М.И., Месхи Т.Ш., Патаридзе Т.К., Беришвили Т.А., Тевдорадзе Е.Ш.. Изучение новых вирулентных бактериофагов, активных против множественно-резистентных штаммов Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Прикладная Биохимия и Микробиология (2015) т.51. №6. с.1-10.
  5. Tevdoradze E., Kvachadze L., Kutateladze M., Stewart C.R. Bactericidal Genes of Staphylococcal Bacteriophage Sb-1. Current Microbiology (2013) 68(2):204-210. DOI 10.1007/s00284-013-0456-9.
  6. Kvachadze L., BalarjishviliN., Meskhi T., Tevdoradze E., Skhirtladze N, Pataridze T., Adamia R., Topuria T., Kutter E., Rohde C., Kutateladze M. Evaluation of lytic activity of staphylococcal bacteriophage Sb-1 against freshly isolated clinical pathogens. Microbial Biotechnology (2011) 4(5):643-650

 

Current Courses

Course Catalog

General Microbiology & Bacteriology (ENG); Microbiology and Virology; Molecular Biology; Gene expression regulation and basics of epigenetics; Molecular Biology Research Methods, Protein Interaction, Interactomics and Mass-Spectrometry;  Master’s Thesis  (Life Sciences)
  • 2017-2018 Fall semester
  • Bachelor’s level – Molecular Biology; Microbiology and Virology
  • Master’s level – Selected Topics in Molecular Biology
  • 2017-2018 spring semester
  • Bachelor’s level – Molecular Biology; Microbiology and Virology
  • Master’s level – Research Methods in Molecular Biology, Basics in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
  • 2016-2017 Fall semester
  • Bachelor’s level – Molecular Biology; Microbiology and Virology
  • Master’s level – Selected Topics in Molecular Biology
  • 2016-2017 spring semester
  • Bachelor’s level – Molecular Biology; Microbiology and Virology
  • Master’s level – Research Methods in Molecular Biology, Basics in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics
  • 2015-2016 Fall semester
  • Master’s level – Bacteriophages –Properties and Molecular Mechanisms of Action
  • 2015-2016 spring semester
  • Bachelor’s level – Molecular Biology;
  • Master’s level – Research Methods in Molecular Biology, Basics in Biotechnology and Bioinformatics; Bacteriophages –Properties and Molecular Mechanisms of Action

Member of American Society for Microbiology (ASM); Member of Georgian Biosafety Association (GeBSA); Member of Georgian Biochemical Association.

Expert of Georgian Accreditation Center (GAC) for testing laboratories according to ISO/IEC 17025