Boryana Sidjimova

Personal information

Contacts

Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
Acad. G. Bonchev Street, Bl. 23
1113 Sofia, Bulgaria

Phone 979 37 63
e-mail sidjimova@yahoo.com

Curriculum vitae

WORK EXPERIENCE
11.07.2013 – until now Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, BAS
Chief Assistant

01.12.2011 – 11.07.2013 Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, BAS
Biologist

03.01.2007 – 30.11.2011 Institute of Botany, BAS
Biologist

01.01.2004 – 01.01.2007 Institute of Botany, BAS
Ph.D. student

04.09.2001 – 31.12.2003 Institute of Botany, BAS
Biologist

Teaching activity 2004-2017 г. – Part-time Assistant in Faculty of Biology, Sofia University „St. Kliment Ochridsky”

EDUCATION
2008 Institute of Botany, BAS
Ph.D. of Botany
Biological and Phytochemical investigation of species from Genus Galanthus L. (snowdrop) in Bulgaria

2002 Faculty of Biology, Sofia University „St.Kliment Ochridsky”
Master's degree of Biology, Specialisation of Medicinal plants

Research interests

Amaryllidaceae alkaloids, Phytochemistry, Biodiversity, Monitoring, Medicinal plants, Plant resources, Hydroponics

Publications

Haist, G., Sidjimova, B., Vladimirov, V., Georgieva, L., Nikolova, M., Bastida, J., Berkov, S. 2023. Morphological, cariological, and phytochemical studies of diploid and autotetraploid Hippeastrum papilio plants. Planta, 257 (51).

Berkov, S., Denev, R., Sidjimova, B., Zarev, Y., Shkondrov, A., Torras-Claveria, L., Viladomat, F., Bastida, J. 2023. GC-MS of some Amaryllidaceae alkaloids of homolycorine type. Rapid Communication in Mass Spectrometry. 37, e9506, 1-16.

Berkov, S., Krumova, E., Stoyancheva, G., Miteva-Staleva, J., Dishliyska, V., Kostadinova, N., Georgieva, L., Sidjimova, B., Nikolova, M., Angelova, M., Mutafova, B. 2023. Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids Inhibit the Growth of Endophytic Fungi. ACTA MICROBIOLOGICA BULGARICA, 39( 1): 51-58.

Berkov, S., Georgieva, L., Sidjimova, B., Bastida, J. 2022. Evaluation of Hippeastrum papilio (Ravenna) Van Scheepen potencial as a new industrial source of galanthamine. Industrial Crops & Products 178, 114619.

Georgiev, B., Nikolova, M., Aneva, I., Dzhurmanski, A., Sidjimova, B., Berkov, S. 2022. Plant products with acetylcholinesterase inhibitory activity for insect control. Bio Risk 17: 309–315 doi: 10.3897/biorisk.17.77052.

Sidjimova, B. 2021. Genus Galanthus (Amaryllidaceae) in Bulgaria:Notes about Taxonomy, Chorology and Ecology. Ecologia Balkanica, 2021, 13 (2): 75-93.

Berkov, S, Pechlivanova, D., Denev, R., Nikolova, M, Georgieva, L., Sidjimova, B., Bakalov, D., Radka Tafradjiiska, R., Stoynev, A., Momekov, Jaume Bastida, J. 2021. GC-MS analysis of Amaryllidaceae and Sceletium-type alkaloids in bioactive fractions from Narcissus cv. Hawera. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom, 35 (14): e9116. doi: 10.1002/rcm.9116.

Berkov, S., Georgieva, L, Sidjimova, B., Nikolova, M, Stanilova, M, Bastida J. 2021. In vitro propagation and biosynthesis of Sceletium-type alkaloids in Narcissus pallidulus and Narcissus cv. Hawera. South African Journal of Botany, 136, 190-194. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2020.07.036

Semerdjieva, I., Sidjimova, B., Yankova-Tsvetkova, E., Kostova, M., Zheljazkov, V. 2019. Study on Galantus species in the Bulgarian Flora. Heliyon, 5(12) Elsevier, ISSN:24058440, DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e03021

Berkov S., Georgieva L., Sidjimova B., Nikolova M. 2017. Metabolite Profiling of In Vitro Plant Systems. In: Pavlov, A., Bley, T. (Eds.) Bioprocessing of Plant In Vitro Systems, Springer International Publishing, 1-17., DOI:10.1007/978-3-319-32004-5_12-1

Sidjimova, B., Evstatieva, l., Ivanova, A., Mechkarova, P., Lazarova, I., Tchorbanov, B. Intraspecific Variability of Main Phytochemical Compounds in Tribulus terrestris L. from North Bulgaria. Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 25, 2, 2011, ISSN:1310-2818, 2348-2351.

Berkov S., Bastida J., Sidjimova B., Viladomat F., Codina C. 2011. Alkaloid diversity in Galanthus elwesii and Galanthus nivalis. Chemistry & biodiversity, 8, 1, WILEY‐VCH Verlag, DOI:10.1002/cbdv.200900380, 115-130.

Sidjimova,B., Nikolova, M. 2010. Distribution and resource evaluation of Tribulus terrestris L. in North Bulgaria. 24, 2, Biotechnology and Biotechnological Equipment, ISSN:1310-2818, 71-77. DOI:10.1080/13102818.2010.10817814

Berkov, S, Bastida, J, Sidjimova, B., Viladomat, F, Codina, C. 2008. Phytochemical differentiation of Galanthus nivalis and Galanthus elwesii (Amaryllidaceae): A case study. Biochem. Syst. Ecol., 36(8): 638-645.

Sidjimova, B. 2006. Morphometrical variability in Bulgarian Galanthus elwesii ( Amaryllidaceae). Proceedings of IV BBC – Sofia, Национално неакадемично издателство.

Berkov, S, Sidjimova, B., Evstatieva, L, Popov, S. 2004. Intraspecific variability in the alkaloid metabolism of Galanthus elwesii. Phytochemistry, 65(5):579-586. ISSN:0031-9422, DOI:10.1016.

Affiliation

Department

Plant and Fungal Diversity and Resources

Division

Applied Botany

Research group

Resource assessment and monitoring of rare, medicinal and aromatic plants

History

Member for

10 years 23 weeks