Iryna B. Sorokulova, MS, PhD, DSCI Research Professor from Ukraine, joined the College of Veterinary Medicine in 2002. Professor of the Institute of Microbiology and Virology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Recipient of the National Award in Science and Technology of Ukraine. She received her M.S. from Kiev State University (Ukraine), her Ph.D. and Doctor of Science Degree in Microbiology from the Institute of Microbiology and Virology National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
334-844-4425 sorokib@vetmed.auburn.edu
Research Interests Elaboration of new probiotics and peroral vaccines based on the alive bacterial cultures; new recombinant Bacillus probiotics; systematization and biological specificity of Bacillus, isolated from different habitats; elaboration of new methods for detection of different microorganisms.  Dr. Sorokulova has created several biotechnological products and saw them through all the stages of development from bench top experiments to clinical practice. One of these products – probiotic Biosporin – is approved as a drug in Russia and Ukraine and is now on market in these countries. Another product - recombinant probiotic Subalin - is approved as a drug in Ukraine. Selected Publications Sorokulova IB, Osipova IG, Tereshkina NV, Vasil'eva EA, and Budanova EV.  (2006)  A study of the safety of probiotic bacilli. Vestn. Ross. Akad. Med. Nauk. 1:50-54. Olsen EV, Sorokulova IB, Petrenko VA,  Chen I-Hsuan, and Vodyanoy VJ.  (2006)  Affinity-selected filamentous bacteriophage as a probe for acoustic wave biodetectors of Salmonella typhimurium.  Biosensor and Bioelectronics 15;21(8):1434-1442. Osipova IG, Sorokulova IB, Vasil'eva EA, and Budanova EV.  (2005)  Pre-clinical trials of new spore probiotics. Vestn Ross Akad Med Nauk 12:36-40. Sorokulova IB, Olsen EV, Chen I-Hsuan, Fiebor B, Barbaree JM, Vodyanoy VJ, Chin BA, and Petrenko VA.  (2005)  Landscape phage probes for Salmonella typhimurium.  Journal of Microbiological Methods 63(1):55-72. Petrenko VA, Olsen EV, Sykora JC, Kouzmitcheva GA, Sorokulova IB, Brigati JR, Chen I-H, Chin BA and Vodyanoy VJ.  (2005) Nanofabrication of bioselective materials using diverse nanolandscapes displayed on live viruses. Nanotech 1:262-265. Brigati J, Williams DD, Sorokulova IB, Nanduri V, Chen IH, Turnbough Jr. CL, and Petrenko VA.  (2004)  Diagnostic Probes for Bacillus anthracis Spores Selected from a Landscape Phage Library. Clin Chem 50(10):1899-1906. Petrenko VA and Sorokulova IB.  (2004)  Detection of biological threats. A challenge for directed molecular evolution.  Journal of Microbiological Methods 2:147-168.  Osipova IG, Mikhailova NA, Sorokulova IB, Vasilyeva EA, and Gaiderov AA.  (2003)  Spore probiotics. Zh Mikrobiol Epidemiol Immunobiol 3:113-119. Sorokulova IB, Reva ON, Smirnov VV, Pinchuk IV, Lapa SV, and Urdaci MC.  (2003)  Genetic diversity and involvement in bread spoilage of Bacillus strains isolated from flour and ropy bread. Letters in Applied Microbiology 37(2):169-173.  Pinchuk IV, Bressollier P, Sorokulova IB, Verneuil B, and Urdaci MC.  (2002)  Amicoumacin antibiotic production and genetic diversity of Bacillus subtilis strains isolated from different habitats. Res Microbiol 153(5):269-276. Pinchuk IV, Bressollier P, Verneuil B, Fenet B, Sorokulova IB, Megraud F, and Urdaci MC.  (2001)  In vitro anti-Helicobacter pylori activity of the probiotic strain Bacillus subtilis 3 is due to secretion of antibiotics. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 45(11):3156-3161. Reva ON, Sorokulova IB, and Smirnov VV.  (2001)  Simplified technique for identification of the aerobic spore-forming bacteria by phenotype. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 51(Pt 4):1361-1371.