Olga M. Utevska
General information:
Professor, Doctor of Science in Biology (specialty 03.00.15 – Genetics, since 2017).
Address: Maidan Svobody, 4, 6-13.
E-mail: outevska@gmail.com
The fields of research and scientific interests:
Populations genetics;
Evolutionary genetics;
Human genetics;
Gene geography;
Bioinformatics.
The courses she teaches
Statistic Methods in Biology (standard bachelor's degree course; full-time and external education forms);
Specialized course Molecular Botany (bachelor's degree; full-time and external education forms);
Specialized course Population Genetics (master's degree; full-time and external education forms);
Multivariate statistics (for Ph.D. biology students).
Medical Biology (standard course for foreign Medicine specialty students).
Educational and methodical work
Textbooks for higher educational institutions students (recommended by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine):
Атраментова Л. О., Утєвська О.М. Статистичні методи в біології. Харків: ХНУ імені В. Н. Каразіна, 2007. – 288 с.
Атраментова Л. О., Утєвська О.М. Біометрія. Характеристики розподілів. Харків: Видавництво Ранок, 2007. – 176 с.
Атраментова Л. О., Утєвська О.М. Біометрія. Порівняння груп і аналіз зв’язку. Харків: Видавництво Ранок, 2007. – 176 с.
Генетика популяцій: навчально-методичний комплекс / уклад.: О.М. Утєвська. – Харків : ХНУ імені В.Н. Каразіна, 2020. – 32 с.
Textbooks for the Secondary School:
Задорожний К.М., Утєвська О.М. Біологія і екологія (профільний рівень): підруч. для 10 кл. закл. загал. серед. освіти. 2018.: Харків: Видавництво Ранок, 2018. – 240 с.
Задорожний К.М., Утєвська О.М., Леонтьєв Д.В. Біологія і екологія (профільний рівень): підруч. для 11 кл. закл. загал. серед. освіти. Харків: Видавництво Ранок, 2019. – 240 с.
Scientific projects
2017-2019. Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine grant (0117U004836.). Biological challenges and threats posed by migration and invasion: a population-genetic approach. Project's co-author.
2013-2014. Ukrainian-Russian bilateral project. State Fund of Fundamental Research of Ukraine (F53.4.071), Russian Fund of Fundamental Research (13-04-90420). Gene pool, phylogeography, and gene geography of 20 populations of Ukraine and southern Russia: analysis of autosomal markers of DNA identification, SNP and STR markers of Y-chromosome. Responsible executor.
2012. V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University Fund of Fundamental Research. The gene pool of Turkic-speaking populations of Ukraine – Crimean Tatars. Responsible executor.
2011. V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University Fund of Fundamental Research. The gene pool of Slavic and non-Slavic populations of Ukraine research. Responsible executor.
2008-2010. International project «GENOGRAPHIC», Regional Centre of the North of Eurasia. A member.
2005-2008. International Association for the promotion of co-operation with scientists from the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union (INTAS). INTAS Ref. No. 05-1000008-8147. 2005-2008. The Medicinal Leech (Hirudo spp.), Famous and Unknown: Taxonomy, Conservation, and Medical Applications. A member.
Internships
2013–2014. Estonian Biocentre, Tartu, Estonia.
2010–2013 Medicinal-genetic center, M. I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Moscow, Russia.
2006–2008 Institute of Ecology, Vilnius, Lithuania.
Publications
Published more than 70 scientific publications:
Утєвська О., Горпинченко М., Колядко C., Mарута Н., Атраментова Л. Популяційна частота і фактори ризику депресивних розладів в населенні східної України. Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна. Серія «Біологія». Вип. 35. C. 64-73. https://periodicals.karazin.ua/biology/article/view/16970
Атраментова Л.О., Линский І.В., Mарута Н.О., Утєвська О.М., Колядко C.П., Явдак І.О. Ґендерні особливості депресивних розладів. Український вісник психоневрології. 2021. Т. 29, Вип. 1 (106). С. 23-28. https://uvnpn.com.ua/arkhiv-nomeriv/2021/tom-29-vipusk-1-106/endern-osoblivost-depresivnikh-rozlad-v
Атраментова Л.О., Утєвська О.М. Оцінка популяційної частоти мультифакторіальних захворювань, залежних від віку. Фактори експериментальної еволюції організмів. 2021. Т. 29. С. 137-141. http://utgis.org.ua/journals/index.php/Faktory/article/view/1420
Järve, M., Saag, L., Scheib, Ch., Pathak, A.K., Montinaro, F., Pagani, L., Flores, J. R., Guellil, M., Saag, L., Tambets, K., Kushniarevich, A., Solnik, A., Varul, L., Zadnikov, S., Petrauskas, O., Avramenko, M., Magomedov, B., Didenko, S., Toshev, G., Bruyako, I., Grechko, D., Okatenko, V., Gorbenko, K., Smyrnov, O., Heiko, A., Reida, R., Sapiehin, S., Sirotin, S., Tairov, A., Beisenov, A., Starodubtsev, M., Vasilev, V., Nechvaloda, A., Atabiev, B., Litvinov, S., Ekomasova, N., Dzhaubermezov, M., Voroniatov, S., Utevska, O., Shramko, I., Khusnutdinova, E., Metspalu, M., Savelev, N., Kriiska, A., Kivisild, T., Villems, R. Shifts in the Genetic Landscape of the Western Eurasian Steppe Associated with the Beginning and End of the Scythian Dominance. Current Biology, 2019; 29(14): 2430-2441.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.019 https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(19)30712-2?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0960982219307122%3Fshowall%3Dtrue
Jeong C, Balanovsky O, Lukianova E, Kahbatkyzy N, Flegontov P, Zaporozhchenko V, Immel A, Wang CC, Ixan O, Khussainova E, Bekmanov B, Zaibert V, Lavryashina M, Pocheshkhova E, Yusupov Y, Agdzhoyan A, Koshel S, Bukin A, Nymadawa P, Turdikulova S, Dalimova D, Churnosov M, Skhalyakho R, Daragan D, Bogunov Y, Bogunova A, Shtrunov A, Dubova N, Zhabagin M, Yepiskoposyan L, Churakov V, Pislegin N, Damba L, Saroyants L, Dibirova K, Atramentova L, Utevska O, Idrisov E, Kamenshchikova E, Evseeva I, Metspalu M, Outram AK, Robbeets M, Djansugurova L, Balanovska E, Schiffels S, Haak W, Reich D, Krause J. The genetic history of admixture across inner Eurasia. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2019; 3(6): 966-976. doi: 10.1038/s41559-019-0878-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-019-0878-2
Утевская О.М., Атраментова Л. А. Нерівномірний розподіл гаплогруп Y-хромосоми в обласних популяціях українців. . / Факторыэкспериментальной эволюции организмов: сб.наук.праць. К.: Укр. тов-во генетиків і селекціонерів ім. М.І.Вавилова, 2018. – Т. 23. – С.232-237. http://utgis.org.ua/journals/index.php/Faktory/article/view/1020
Balanovsky O., Chukhryaeva M., Zaporozhchenko V., Urasin V., Zhabagin M., Hovhannisyan A., Agdzhoyan A., Dibirova K., Kuznetsova M., Koshel S., Pocheshkhova E., Alborova I., Skhalyakho R., Utevska O., Mustafin Kh., Yepiskoposyan L., Tyler‑Smith C., Balanovska E. Genetic differentiation between upland and lowland populations shapes the Y‑chromosomal landscape of West Asia. Hum Genet, 2017. 136(4), P. 437–450. doi: 10.1007/s00439-017-1770-2 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00439-017-1770-2
Balanovska E. V., Zhabagin M. K., Agdzhoyan A. T., … Utevska O., … et al. Population biobanks: Organizational models and prospects of application in gene geography and personalized medicine. Russian Journal of Genetics, 2016; 52(12), P. 1227–1243. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1022795416050045
Chukhryaeva M.I., Ivanov I.O., Frolova S.A., … Utevska O. M. … [et al.]. The haplomatch program for comparing Y-chromosome STR-haplotypes and its application to the analysis of the origin of Don Cossacks. Russian Journal of Genetics, 2016; 52(5), P. 521-529. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1022795416050045
Pagani L, Lawson DJ, Jagoda E, Morseburg A, Eriksson A, Mitt M, Clemente F, Hudjashov G, DeGiorgio M, Saag L, Wall JD, Cardona A, Magi R, Sayres MAW, Kaewert S, Inchley C, Scheib CL, Jarve M, Karmin M, Jacobs GS, Antao T, Iliescu FM, Kushniarevich A, Ayub Q, Tyler-Smith C, Xue YL, Yunusbayev B, Tambets K, Mallick CB, Saag L, Pocheshkhova E, Andriadze G, Muller C, Westaway MC, Lambert DM, Zoraqi G, Turdikulova S, Dalimova D, Sabitov Z, Sultana GNN, Lachance J, Tishkoff S, Momynaliev K, Isakova J, Damba LD, Gubina M, Nymadawa P, Evseeva I, Atramentova L, Utevska O, Ricaut FX, Brucato N, Sudoyo H, Letellier T, Cox MP, Barashkov NA, Skaro V, Mulahasanovic L, Primorac D, Sahakyan H, Mormina M, Eichstaedt CA, Lichman DV, Abdullah S, Chaubey G, Wee JTS, Mihailov E, Karunas A, Litvinov S, Khusainova R, Ekomasova N, Akhmetova V, Khidiyatova I, Marjanovi D, Yepiskoposyan L, Behar DM, Balanovska E, Metspalu A, Derenko M, Malyarchuk B, Voevoda M, Fedorova SA, Osipova LP, Mirazon M, Gerbault P, Leavesley M, Migliano AB, Petraglia M, Balanovsky O, Khusnutdinova EK, Metspalu E, Thomas MG, Manica A, Nielsen R, Villems R, Willerslev E, Kivisild T, Metspalu M. Genomic analyses inform on migration events during the peopling of Eurasia. Nature, 2016; 538(7624): 238–242. doi:10.1038/nature19792. https://www.nature.com/articles/nature19792
Darabi-Darestani, K., Sari, A., Utevska, O., Utevsky, S.Y. Coloration pattern in populations of the eastern medicinal leech, Hirudo orientalis Utevsky & Trontelj, 2005 (Clitellata, Hirudinida): geographical distribution and life history. Zoomorphology, 2016; 135(3): 291-303. DOI 10.1007/s00435-016-0316-9. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00435-016-0316-9
Ilumäe AM, Reidla M, Chukhryaeva M, Järve M, Post H, Karmin M, Saag L, Agdzhoyan A, Kushniarevich A, Litvinov S, Ekomasova N, Tambets K, Metspalu E, Khusainova R, Yunusbayev B, Khusnutdinova EK, Osipova LP, Fedorova S, Utevska O, Koshel S, Balanovska E, Behar DM, Balanovsky O, Kivisild T, Underhill PA, Villems R, Rootsi S. Chromosome Haplogroup N: A Non-trivial Time-Resolved Phylogeography that Cuts across Language Families. American Journal of Human Genetics, 2016; 99(1): 163-173. DOI 10.1016/j.ajhg.2016.05.025 http://www.cell.com/ajhg/abstract/S0002-9297(16)30160-4
Горпинченко М.Ю., Утєвська О.М., Атраментова Л.О. Значення показника «Індекс місця прізвища» при вивченні українських популяцій // Вісник Львівського національного університету імені Івана Франка. Серія біологічна. – Львів, 2015. – Вип. 70. – С. 74-81. http://dl.franko.lviv.ua/faculty/biologh/wis/70/5/9/9.pdf
Kushniarevich A, Utevska O, Chuhryaeva M, Agdzhoyan A, …, Villems R, Balanovsky O. Genetic Heritage of the Balto-Slavic Speaking Populations: A Synthesis of Autosomal, Mitochondrial and Y-Chromosomal Data. // PLoS One. – 2015. – Sep 2. – 10(9). – e0135820. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0135820
Karmin M, Saag L, Vicente M, Wilson Sayres MA, Järve M, Talas UG, Rootsi S, … , Atramentova L, Utevska O, …, Villems R, Kivisild T. A recent bottleneck of Y chromosome diversity coincides with a global change in culture. // Genome Res. – 2015. - 25(4). – P. 459-66. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4381518/
Balanovsky O., Zhabagin M., Agdzhoyan A., Chukhrayeva M., Zaporozhchenko V., Utevska O., …, Tyler-Smith C., Balanovska E. Deep phylogenetic analysis of the Y-chromosomal haplogroup G1 reveals migrations of Iranic speakers between South-West Asia and the Eurasian steppe. // PLoS One. – 2015. – Apr 7. – 10(4). – e0122968. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0122968
Lazaridis I, Patterson N, Mittnik A, …, Utevska O, …, Reich D, Krause J. Ancient human genomes suggest three ancestral populations for present-day Europeans. // Nature. – 2014. –513(7518). – P. 409-413. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v513/n7518/full/nature13673.html
Pshenichnov A., Balanovsky O., Utevska O., Metspalu E., Zaporozhchenko V., Agdzhoyan A., Churnosov M., Atramentova L., Balanovska E. Genetic affinities of Ukrainians from maternal perspective // American Journal of Physical Anthropology. Dec 2013. 152(4). Р. 543–550. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.22371/abstract
Balanovsky O., Utevska O., Balanovska E. Genetics of Indo-European populations: the past, the future // Journal of Language Relationship. – 2013. – 9. – P. 23–37. http://www.rsuh.ru/upload/main/vestnik/fvir/Vestnik-5_13.pdf
Balanovsky O.P., Koshel S.M., Zaporozhchenko V.V., Pshenichnov A.S., Frolova S.A., Kuznetsova M.A., Baranova E.E., Teuchezh I.E., Kuznetsova A.A., Romashkina M.V., Utevska O.M., Churnosov M.L., Villems R., Balanovska E.V. Genetic Ecological Monitoring in Human Populations: Heterozygosity, mtDNA Haplotype Variation, and Genetic Load // Russian Journal of Genetics. –2011. – 47(11). – Р. 1353–1363. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S1022795411110056
Petrauskiene L., Utevska O., Utevsky S. Reproductive biology and ecological strategies of three species of medicinal leeches (genus Hirudo). // Journal of Natural History. – 2011. – 45. – P. 737-747. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00222933.2010.535918#preview
Utevsky S., Zagmajster M., Atemasov A., Zinenko O., Utevska O., Utevsky A., Trontelj P. Distribution and status of medicinal leeches (genus Hirudo) in the Western Palaearctic: anthropogenic, ecological, or historical effects? // Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems. – 2010. – 20. – P. 198-210. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aqc.1071/abstract
А.Ю.Утєвський, О.М.Утєвська, К.С.Бояршин, С.Ю.Утєвський. Поліморфізм забарвлення медичної п’явки Hirudo medicinalis (Clitellata, Hirudinida). // Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н.Каразіна. Серія: Біологія. – 2010. – 11(905). – C. 139-147. http://seriesbiology.univer.kharkov.ua/ukr/11(2010)/pdf/139.pdf
Petrauskiene L., Utevska O., Utevsky S. Can different species of medicinal leeches (Hirudo spp.) interbreed? // Invertebrate Biology. – 2009. – 128(4). – P. 324-331. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/enhanced/doi/10.1111/j.1744-7410.2009.00180.x/#Survey
Utevsky S.Y., Zinenko A.I., Atemasov A.A., Huseynov M.A., Utevska O.M., Utevsky A.Y. New information on the distribution of the medicinal leech (genus Hirudo) in the Iberian Peninsula, the Caucasus and Central Asia. // Lauterbornia. – 2008. – 65. – P. 119-130.
Atramentova L.A., Ishchuk M.L., Utevskaia O.M. Genetic demographic analysis of western Ukrainian populations: the marriage structure of populations from the Khmel'nitskii oblast with respect to ethnicity and birthplace. // Russian Journal of Genetics. – 2004. – 40(8). – P. 1131-1137. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/B%3ARUGE.0000039727.82043.3f
Links to scientometrics databases
Career guidance work
A jury in the All-Ukrainian School Olympiad in Biology, 2018.
The jury in the second stage of Contest-presentation of scientific research projects (Junior Academy of Science of Ukraine), Section "Genetics and Selection", the head of the section, 2013–2018.
The jury in the second stage of the annual All-Ukrainian Tournament of Young Biologists, 2009–2021.
Head of the circle for school students «Basics in Genetics», Kharkiv city, 2013–2018.