Mariia Bailiak
Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology of Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University (PNU), Ivano-Frankivsk
ACADEMIC EDUCATION/ (WITH DEGREE)
Biology (1998-2003), Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian University (Ukraine), diploma with
distinction, advisor: Dr. Nadia Shumska
SCIENTIFIC DEGREES
D.Sc. in Biochemistry, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University (Ukraine), 2020, advisor:
Prof. V. Lushchak
PhD in Biochemistry, Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University (Ukraine), 2020, advisor:
Prof. V. Lushchak
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2020-pres Professor of Biochemistry, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University,
Ivano-Frankivsk
2008-2020 Associate Professor, Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University, Ivano-
Frankivsk
Teaching courses - Microbiology, Virology, Biologically active natural compounds, Laboratory
practicum on Biochemistry
SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND CURRENT RESEARCH WORK
- Biochemical and molecular aspects of adaptation of living organisms (yeast, Drosophila, mice)
to environmental conditions, in particular to oxidative stress
- Aging and anti-aging approaches
- Free radicals, oxidative stress and antioxidants
- Antioxidant, adaptogenic, antiglycemic, stress-protective, neuroprotective, and geroprotective
effects and detoxifying properties of natural products (alpha-ketoglutarate, arginine, quercetin,
plant extracts, etc.) on fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster and mice
- Metabolic syndrome and obesity prevention and treatment (on fruit flies and mice)
- Brain aging
Publications in Scopus: 44, h-index - 13
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6268-8910
- Bayliak M.M., Lushchak, V.I. (2021) Pleiotropic effects of alpha-ketoglutarate as a potential anti-ageing agent. Ageing Res. Rev. 66, 101237.
- Bayliak M.M., Sorochynska O.M., Kuzniak O.V., Gospodaryov D.V., Demianchuk O.I., Vasylyk Y.V., Mosiichuk N.M., Storey K.B., Garaschuk O., Lushchak V.I. (2021) Middle age as a turning point in mouse cerebral cortex energy and redox metabolism: Modulation by every-other-day fasting. Exp. Gerontol. 145, 111182.
- Bayliak M.M., Lylyk M.P., Shmihel H.V., Sorochynska O.M., Semchyshyn O.I., Storey J.M., Storey K.B., Lushchak V.I. Dietary alpha-ketoglutarate promotes higher protein and lower triacylglyceride levels and induces oxidative stress in larvae and young adults but not in middle-aged Drosophila melanogaster. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part A: Mol. Integr. Physiol. 2017. 204, 23-33.
- Bayliak M.M., Lushchak V.I., 2011. The golden root, Rhodiola rosea, prolongs lifespan but decreases oxidative stress resistance in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Phytomedicine. 18(14), 1262-1268.
