Assistant Professor of TNMU Department of Histology and Embryology Took Part in the Erasmus+ program KA107 Internship Program
Since April 29 to November 1, 2022, Assistant Professor of TNMU Department of Histology and Embryology Nataliya Ohinska participated in the “Erasmus+ KA107” program at the laboratory centre of the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain).
The Centre for Research in Molecular Medicine and Chronic Disease (CiMUS) is a laboratory centre that was established in 2010 on the basis of the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC). The main goal of the centre is to promote the development of interdisciplinary research in the field of biomedical sciences through internal interaction and cooperation, as well as work with relevant national and international groups. Research at CiMUS is mainly focused on the following thematic areas: oncology, cardiometabolism and neuroscience. In addition, work in the areas of genetics and functional genomics, experimental therapy, bionics and bioinformatics is actively developing.
The centre includes 40 research laboratories that are designed with flexibility, security in mind, equipped with the most advanced technologies to support research and provide researchers with the best quality results.
In the premises of the Centre for Research in Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases
N. Ohinska took part in the work of the research team of circadian rhythms and glial biology (Circadian and Glial Biology), under the supervision of Olga Barka Maio and accompanied by post-graduate students Maria Luengo Mateus and Maria Silveira Loureira.
Nataliya Ohinska with the research team
During her internship, Nataliya Ohinska, accompanied by Maria Luengo Mateus and Maria Silveira Loureiro, worked at the Experimental Biomedicine Centre (CEBEGA), which provides an opportunity to conduct experimental research on animal models using a unique infrastructure for conducting state-of-the-art biomedical research. She also mastered stereotaxic surgery in the arcuate, ventromedial and supraoptic nuclei of the hypothalamus with the introduction of Lentivirus POMC Cre-GFP, performed ovariectomy to study metabolic changes in sexually mature female mice, performed perfusion of experimental animals.
Nataliya Ohinska in the semi-sterile zone of other species of experimental biomedicine centre
Наталія Огінська оволоділа лабораторним методом – вестерн-блотом, який ґрунтується на реакції антиген-антитіло і застосовується для визначення специфічних протеїнів в екстрактах тканин, попередньо фракціонованих за допомогою гелевого електрофорезу та перенесені на мембрану певного типу.
During a laboratory study
She also carried out research on histological preparations of the brain and hypothalamus using light, fluorescence and confocal microscopy.
Working with a fluorescent microscope
Together with the laboratory group, Nataliya Ohinska participated in the symposium on July 11-12, 2022 (1st CiMUS Symposium “From bench to human translational research” Santiago de Compostela, Spain), where challenges and trends related to biomedical research from their theoretical perspective basics for clinical application were discussed: concomitant diseases related to metabolism, importance of the brain in human diseases, new ideas in cancer treatment, aging and regeneration of the body.
During the work of the symposium
Also, on October 18, 2022, together with the team, Nataliya Ohinska took part in the poster session of the glial symposium (VI Symposium of the Portuguese Glial, Porto, Portugal), which is devoted to the molecular determinants of the identity and development of glia, its physiological role and regeneration.
Nataliya Ohinska together with the head of the research team Olga Barka Maio and colleagues
Together with Erasmus+, Nataliya Ohinska spent her free time, travelled and explored new aspects of the historical and cultural region of Spain – Galicia.
Excursion to the “Beach of the Holy Cathedrals” and the town of Korubedro
The experience gained during the mobility will allow to expand and introduce new modern methods of molecular biology in scientific research of Ternopil National Medical University.
The internship will expand scientific cooperation between the University of Santiago de Compostela and I. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
Nataliya Ohinska expresses her heartfelt appreciation to the administration and International Affairs Office of Ternopil National Medical University, as well as the mobility curator “Erasmus+ KA107” Isabel Barreiro and the head of the research team of circadian rhythms and glia biology Professor Olga Barko Mayo for the opportunity to be a participant in the program and the experience gained.
Assistant Professor of the Department of Histology and Embryology Nataliya Ohinska.
Асистент кафедри гістології та ембріології Наталія Огінська