Research Groups
Forest Ecology and Conservation
Former Research Group
Research overview
My research is at the confluence of aquatic ecology, microbiology and biodiversity conservation. I am especially interested in the application of molecular tools to study all links of the aquatic food web from microbes to fish. I am currently working on an exciting project to establish community-led surveillance of wildlife health by screening animals and their pathogens for environmental DNA and RNA in natural waterways in Nunavik, Canada.
Previous positions
2015 - 2022 Research Scientist, Institute of Biophysics SB RAS, Russia
2015 - 2018 Guest researcher, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Germany
Qualifications
2015 Ph.D. in Hydrobiology, Siberian Federal University, Russia
2011 M.Sc. in Biochemistry, Siberian Federal University, Russia
Key publications
Neubauer, D., Kolmakova, O., Woodhouse, J., Taube, R., Mangelsdorf, K., Gladyshev, M., Premke, K., Grossart, H-P. 2021. Zooplankton carcasses stimulate microbial turnover of allochthonous particulate organic matter. The ISME Journal 15: 1735–1750. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-020-00883-w
Kolmakova, OV., Gladyshev, M.I., Fonvielle, J.A., Ganzert, L., Hornick, T., Grossart, H-P. 2019. Effects of zooplankton carcasses degradation on freshwater bacterial community composition and implications for carbon cycling. Environmental Microbiology 21 (1): 34-49. https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14418
Kolmakova, O.V., Gladyshev, M.I., Rozanov, A.S., Peltek, S.E., Trusova, M.Y. 2014. Spatial biodiversity of bacteria along the largest Arctic River determined by next-generation sequencing. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 89 (2): 442-450. https://doi.org/10.1111/1574-6941.12355
