The main research interest and scientific activity of the laboratory is the isolation of bacteriophages against various pathogenic bacterial strains and study phage-biology and genetics, as well as the elaboration of different medicinal forms of phage preparations and development of technology for phage production.
Marina Goderdzishvili, PhD – Head of the Laboratory Email: (mgoderdzishvili@pha.ge)
Irina Chkonia, PhD – Leading Scientist Email: (irinachkonia@pha.ge)
Ia Kusradze, PhD – Senior Scientist Email: (iakusradze@pha.ge)
Natia Karumidze, PhD – Senior Scientist Email: (natiaqarumidze@pha.ge)
Sophie Rigvava, PhD – Senior Scientist Email: (sophierigvava@pha.ge)
Teona Dvalidze – Scientist
Nino Qvatadze – Technician
Darejan Jgenti – Technician
Sophie Rigvava – 2018-2020- SRNSF Research Grants for young scientists YS-18-413- “Isolation and study of antibacterial effectiveness of phages against Group B Streptococcus”
Natia Karumidze – 2015-2016 – Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship, University of Bern, Switzerland.
Natia Karumidze – 2014-2015 – Grant project “Endolysins as new class of antibacterials.” Eliava Institute and Harvard Medical school, Boston, USA.
Ia Kusradze – 2014 – Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation – Individual Grant Project- Phage Engineering with Bacterial Biofilm Dispersing Gene- MIT, Synthetic Biology Centre, USA.
Teona Dvalidze – 2013-2014 – Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation individual grant: “Study of the interaction of antibiotics, phages purulent-inflammatory infections” University of Leicester. Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Laboratory, UK.
Sophie Rigvava – 2013 – Identification and characterization Enterococcus Phage Endolysins. Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA.
Sophie Rigvava – 2012 – Presidential grant for young scientists 2012 – Efficacy of Phage therapy against Sepsis caused by Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecalis
Teona Dvalidze – 2012 – Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation individual grant: The study of bacteriophages (Klebsiella pneumoniae and Acinetobacter baumannii) activity in the Galleria mellonella infection model” University of Leicester. Department of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation Laboratory, UK.
Ia kusradze – 2012 – Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation – Individual Grant Project-Bioinformatics analyzing of phage genomes-Bioinformatics Centre, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Japan.
Natia Karumidze – 2012 – Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation, Individual Grant Project-“Biofilm Formation and their Inhibition with Bacteriophages” Lab of Physical Chemistry of living surfaces, University of Pierre and Marie Curie, Paris, France
Ia kusradze – 2010 – GNSF-Individual Grant Project –Study of Genetics of Acinetobacter baumannii phages-Molecular Biology; Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Université de la Méditerranée Aix-Marseille, France.
Natia Karumidze – 2010- Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation, Individual Grant Project “Isolation and study of freshly isolated clones of Klebsiella pneumoniae Bacteriophages” – University of Leicester, UK.
Sophie Rigvava – 2009-2010- Individual Grant Project, Georgian National Science Scholars Program GRDF/GNSF08/532 No. 0308 – Characterization of Enterococcus faecium Specific Bacteriophages-Bacteriophage Evolutionary Ecology Research, Queens College, City University of NY, USA.
Natia Karumidze – 2009-2010- Individual grant project, Georgian national Science Scholars Program GRDF/GNSF08/532 No. 0408 “Characterization of freshly isolated clones of bacteriophages against P.aeruginosa and Klebsiella for involving them into natural antimicrobial-antifungal biocomposite”. The research was done in health Science Center at San Antonio, Texas, USA.