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University of Modena and Reggio Emilia: Modena, Modena, IT

2023-03-15 to present | resercher (Department of Life Sciences)
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Anush Kosakyan

Czech Academy of Sciences: Ceske Budejovice, South Bohemia, CZ

2016-10-25 to 2022-12-31 | PostDoc (Insitute of parasitology)
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Anush Kosakyan

University of Sao Paulo: São Paulo, BR

2014-12-01 to 2016-06-01 | PostDoc (Biosciences)
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Anush Kosakyan

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University: Greensboro, NC, US

2008-11-01 to 2009-03-30 | reserach assistant (Natural Resources and Environmental Design)
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Anush Kosakyan

Education and qualifications (5)

University of Neuchâtel: Neuchâtel, CH

2009-10-01 to 2014-04-14 | PhD (Faculty of Science, Inst. of Biology)
Education
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Anush Kosakyan

University of Haifa: Haifa, Haifa, IL

2006-09 to 2009-09 | PhD ( Institute of Evolution, Faculty of Science & Science Education)
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Anush Kosakyan

Mediterranean Agronomic Institute of Chania: Chania, GR

2004-09 to 2005-08 | Certificate of Specialization in sustainable agriculture
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Anush Kosakyan

Yerevan State University: Yerevan, Yerevan, AM

2002-09 to 2004-06 | MSc (Biology)
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Anush Kosakyan

Armenian National Agrarian University: Yerevan, AM

1998-09 to 2002-06 | BSc
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Anush Kosakyan

Funding (3)

Game of genes: Exploring the major parasitic strategies in myxozoans

2020-01 to 2022-12 | Grant
GACR (Prague, CZ)
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Anush Kosakyan

Bridging the gap between traditional taxonomy and transcriptomics in arcellinids (Amoebozoa)

2014-12 to 2016-06 | Grant
National Science Foundation (Berne, CH)
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Anush Kosakyan

Swiss Barcoding Of Life initiative

2013-09 to 2014-09 | Award
National Science Foundation (Berne, CH)
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Anush Kosakyan

Works (38)

A taxonomic monograph of hyalospheniid testate amoebae. Amoebozoa: Arcellinida: Hyalospheniformes

2025 | Edited book
Contributors: Anush Kosakyan; Ralf Meisterfeld; Enrique Lara; Clément Duckert; Edward A. D. Mitchell
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Anush Kosakyan

Comparative transcriptomics reveal stage-dependent parasitic adaptations in the myxozoan Sphaerospora molnari

BMC Genomics
2025-02-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1471-2164
Contributors: Monika M. Wiśniewska; Jiří Kyslík; Gema Alama-Bermejo; Alena Lövy; Martin Kolísko; Astrid S. Holzer; Anush Kosakyan
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Anush Kosakyan

Gaining and losing on the way: the evolutionary scenario of reproductive diversification in genus <i>Urodasys</i> (Macrodasyida: Gastrotricha) inferred by multi-gene phylogeny

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
2024-12-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0024-4082
Part of ISSN: 1096-3642
Contributors: Agata Cesaretti; Anush Kosakyan; Francesco Saponi; M Antonio Todaro
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Anush Kosakyan

A contribution to the taxonomy and phylogeny of the genus Chaetonotus (Gastrotricha, Paucitubulatina, Chaetonotidae), with the description of a new species from Italian inland waters

The European Zoological Journal
2024-07-02 | Journal article
Contributors: F. Saponi; A. Kosakyan; A. Cesaretti; M. A. Todaro
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Global distribution modelling of a conspicuous Gondwanian soil protist reveals latitudinal dispersal limitation and range contraction in response to climate warming

Diversity and Distributions
2024-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Estelle P. Bruni; Olivia Rusconi; Olivier Broennimann; Antoine Adde; Raphaël Jauslin; Valentyna Krashevska; Anush Kosakyan; Eric Armynot du Châtelet; João P. B. Alcino; Louis Beyens et al.
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RNAi-directed knockdown in the cnidarian fish blood parasite Sphaerospora molnari

Scientific Reports
2024-02-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2045-2322
Contributors: Jiří Kyslík; Ana Born-Torrijos; Astrid S. Holzer; Anush Kosakyan
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Biodiversity, Distribution, and Conservation of Plants and Fungi: Effects of Global Warming and Environmental Stress

Journal of Fungi
2022-04-24 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2309-608X
Contributors: Alona Yu. Biketova; Rodica Catana; Anush Kosakyan
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Anush Kosakyan

Abiotic Factors from Different Ecuadorian Regions and Their Contribution to Antioxidant, Metabolomic and Organoleptic Quality of Theobroma cacao L. Beans, Variety “Arriba Nacional”

Plants
2022-04-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2223-7747
Contributors: Raluca Mihai; Pablo A. Landazuri Abarca; Andrés Tinizaray; Larisa Florescu; Rodica Catana; Anush Kosakyan
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Anush Kosakyan

Method for Isolation of Myxozoan Proliferative Stages from Fish at High Yield and Purity: An Essential Prerequisite for In Vitro, In Vivo and Genomics-Based Research Developments

Cells
2022-01-23 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2073-4409
Contributors: Ana Born-Torrijos; Anush Kosakyan; Sneha Patra; Joana Pimentel-Santos; Brian Panicucci; Justin Tze Ho Chan; Tomáš Korytář; Astrid Sibylle Holzer
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Anush Kosakyan

The myxozoan minicollagen gene repertoire was not simplified by the parasitic lifestyle: computational identification of a novel myxozoan minicollagen gene

BMC Genomics
2021-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1471-2164
Contributors: Jiří Kyslík; Anush Kosakyan; Serafim Nenarokov; Astrid S. Holzer; Ivan Fiala
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Anush Kosakyan

Author Correction: Selection of suitable reference genes for gene expression studies in myxosporean (Myxozoa, Cnidaria) parasites

Scientific Reports
2019-12-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Anush Kosakyan; Gema Alama-Bermejo; Pavla Bartošová-Sojková; Ana Born-Torrijos; Radek Šíma; Anna Nenarokova; Edit Eszterbauer; Jerri Bartholomew; Astrid S. Holzer
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Selection of suitable reference genes for gene expression studies in myxosporean (Myxozoa, Cnidaria) parasites

Scientific Reports
2019-10-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Anush Kosakyan; Gema Alama-Bermejo; Pavla Bartošová-Sojková; Ana Born-Torrijos; Radek Šíma; Anna Nenarokova; Edit Eszterbauer; Jerri Bartholomew; Astrid S. Holzer
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Dispersal limitations and historical factors determine the biogeography of specialized terrestrial protists

Molecular Ecology
2019-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0962-1083
Part of ISSN: 1365-294X
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Anush Kosakyan

Phylogenomics and Morphological Reconstruction of Arcellinida Testate Amoebae Highlight Diversity of Microbial Eukaryotes in the Neoproterozoic

Current Biology
2019-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0960-9822
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Anush Kosakyan

En garde! Redefinition of Nebela militaris (Arcellinida, Hyalospheniidae) and erection of Alabasta gen. nov.

European Journal of Protistology
2018-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0932-4739
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Anush Kosakyan

Environmental filtering and phylogenetic clustering correlate with the distribution patterns of cryptic protist species.

Ecology
2018-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Singer D; Kosakyan A; Seppey CVW; Pillonel A; Fernández LD; Fontaneto D; Mitchell EAD; Lara E
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Anush Kosakyan via Europe PubMed Central

Genetic Determinism vs. Phenotypic Plasticity in Protist Morphology.

The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology
2017-11 | Journal article
Contributors: Mulot M; Marcisz K; Grandgirard L; Lara E; Kosakyan A; Robroek BJM; Lamentowicz M; Payne RJ; Mitchell EAD
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Anush Kosakyan via Europe PubMed Central

Quadrulella texcalense sp. nov. from a Mexican desert: An unexpected new environment for hyalospheniid testate amoebae.

European journal of protistology
2017-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Pérez-Juárez H; Serrano-Vázquez A; Kosakyan A; Mitchell EAD; Rivera Aguilar VM; Lahr DJG; Hernández Moreno MM; Cuellar HM; Eguiarte LE; Lara E
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Anush Kosakyan via Europe PubMed Central

Between a Pod and a Hard Test: The Deep Evolution of Amoebae.

Molecular biology and evolution
2017-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Kang S; Tice AK; Spiegel FW; Silberman JD; Pánek T; Cepicka I; Kostka M; Kosakyan A; Alcântara DMC; Roger AJ et al.
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Anush Kosakyan via Europe PubMed Central

Phylogenetic reconstruction based on COI reshuffles the taxonomy of hyalosphenid shelled (testate) amoebae and reveals the convoluted evolution of shell plate shapes

Cladistics : the international journal of the Willi Hennig Society
2016-12 | Journal article
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Contributors: Kosakyan A; Daniel J. G. Lahr; Matthieu Mulot; Ralf Meisterfeld; Edward A. D. Mitchell; Enrique Lara
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Anush Kosakyan via Europe PubMed Central

Current and future perspectives on the systematics, taxonomy and nomenclature of testate amoebae.

European journal of protistology
2016-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Kosakyan A; Gomaa F; Lara E; Lahr DJ
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Anush Kosakyan via Europe PubMed Central

Nebela jiuhuensis nov. sp. (Amoebozoa; Arcellinida; Hyalospheniidae): A New Member of the Nebela saccifera - equicalceus - ansata Group Described from Sphagnum Peatlands in South-Central China.

The Journal of eukaryotic microbiology
2016-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Qin Y; Man B; Kosakyan A; Lara E; Gu Y; Wang H; Mitchell EA
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Anush Kosakyan via Europe PubMed Central

New, noteworthy, and rare species of the genusBoletusin Israel

Plant Biosystems - An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology
2016-09-02 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1126-3504
Part of ISSN: 1724-5575
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Anush Kosakyan

Environmental DNA COI barcoding for quantitative analysis of protists communities: A test using the Nebela collaris complex (Amoebozoa; Arcellinida; Hyalospheniidae)

European Journal of Protistology
2015-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0932-4739
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Anush Kosakyan
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Eight species in the Nebela collaris complex: Nebela gimlii (Arcellinida, Hyalospheniidae), a new species described from a Swiss raised bog.

European journal of protistology
2015-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Singer D; Kosakyan A; Pillonel A; Mitchell EA; Lara E
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Anush Kosakyan via Europe PubMed Central

One Alga to Rule them All: Unrelated Mixotrophic Testate Amoebae (Amoebozoa, Rhizaria and Stramenopiles) Share the Same Symbiont (Trebouxiophyceae)

Protist
2014-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1434-4610
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Anush Kosakyan

Using DNA-barcoding for sorting out protist species complexes: a case study of the Nebela tincta-collaris-bohemica group (Amoebozoa; Arcellinida, Hyalospheniidae).

European journal of protistology
2013-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Kosakyan A; Gomaa F; Mitchell EA; Heger TJ; Lara E
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Anush Kosakyan via Europe PubMed Central

COI barcoding of Nebelid testate amoebae (Amoebozoa: Arcellinida): extensive cryptic diversity and redefinition of the Hyalospheniidae Schultze.

Protist
2012-05 | Journal article
Contributors: Kosakyan A; Heger TJ; Leander BS; Todorov M; Mitchell EA; Lara E
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Anush Kosakyan via Europe PubMed Central

Rare and noteworthy lepiotaceous species (Basidiomycota, Agaricales, Agaricaceae) from Israel.

Mycotaxon
2008-01 | Journal article
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Contributors: Kosakyan A; Ur Y; Wasser SP; Nevo E
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Anush Kosakyan via Europe PubMed Central

A New Species from Mountain Forest Soils in Japan: Porosia paracarinata sp. nov., and Taxonomic Concept of the Genus Porosia Jung, 1942

Journal article
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Anush Kosakyan

Agaricomycetes of Israel

Koeltz Scientific Books
Book
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Anush Kosakyan

Amoeboid protist systematics: A report on the “Systematics of amoeboid protists” symposium at the VIIIth ECOP/ISOP meeting in Rome, 2019

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Anush Kosakyan

Case 3782–Nebela militaris Penard, 1890 (Arcellinida, Hyalospheniidae): proposed conservation of the specific name by giving it precedence over Nebela bursella Taranek, 1881

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Anush Kosakyan

Contribution to Volume V, Protozoa

Thorp and Covich's Freshwater Invertebrates
Book chapter
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Anush Kosakyan

Myxozoan Minicollagen Gene Repertoire Is Not Simplified By The Parasitic Lifestyle: Computational Identification Of Novel Myxozoan Minicollagen Gene

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Anush Kosakyan

Protistological science dissemination

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Anush Kosakyan

Testate amoeba functional traits and their use in paleoecology

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Anush Kosakyan

Transcriptome of Sphaerospora molnari (Cnidaria, Myxosporea) blood stages provides proteolytic arsenal as potential therapeutic targets against sphaerosporosis in common carp

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Anush Kosakyan

Peer review (2 reviews for 2 publications/grants)

Review activity for Molecular biology reports. (1)
Review activity for Parasitology research. (1)