Curriculum vitae

Inna Sokolova

I. Personal data

II. Educational Background

III. Awards/Honors

2006               Feodor Lynen/Alexander von Humboldt Research Travel Award (Germany)

2004               Award of the Ecological Society of America for outstanding achievements in mentoring students for the SEEDS Undergraduate Research Fellowship and the outstanding efforts to diversify the field of ecology.

2000               Award of the Academician V.E.Sokolov Foundation (Russian Academy of Sciences) for outstanding young researchers in the field of ecology

1999-2001     Alexander von Humboldt International Research Fellowship (Germany)

1998               Award of the European Marine Biology Society (EMBS) for the 3^rd best presentation at the EMBS annual meeting

1996               Post-graduate Student Award from the International Science Foundation (Educational Program)

1995               Post-graduate Student Award from the International Science Foundation (Educational Program)

1995               International Award of the Otto Kinne Foundation (Germany) for outstanding young ecologists

1995               Promising Young Scientist Award of the General Biology Division of Russian Academy of Sciences

1991               A.V.Dogel Undergraduate Student Award of the Leningrad (St. Petersburg) Society of Naturalists (Russia) for excellence in research and studies

Travel awards from organizers to present at scientific meetings

2006               Society for Experimental Biology

2004               Ecological Society of America

2004               Society for Experimental Biology

2002               Society for Experimental Biology

1998               European Marine Biology Society

1995               Scandinavian Society for Parasitology

Travel awards for teaching development

2006                             United Negro College Fund (EcoTrip to tropical rainforest, Costa Rica)

IV. Professional Experience

V. Teaching Experience

Assistant Professor – University of North Carolina at Charlotte – 2002-present

·           Primary courses taught

1. BIOL3144 Ecology
2. BIOL3144L Ecology Laboratory (participated in upgrading the Ecology Lab curriculum in 2006)
3. BIOL4000/5000 Ecotoxicology (new course)
4. BIOL6000/8000 Ecotoxicology (new course)
5. BIOL4600 Senior Seminar

·           Other courses taught or guest lectured:

1. BIOL2111L Cell Biology Laboratory
2. BIOL 1000 Strategies for Success in Biology
3. Ph.D. Colloquium
4. BIOL4900 Honors Seminar

VI. Service Committees and Synergistic Activities

Departmental and University Committees

·           Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Committee member, 2007 – present.

·           Biology Department Undergraduate Committee member, 2003-2006.

·           UNC Charlotte IACUC (The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee) member, 2004-2010.

·           Biology Seminar Committee member, 2004-2006.

·           Judge for Graduate Research Fair, 2003.

·           Reviewer for four graduate theses from the UNCC students submitted for the Council of Southern Graduate Schools Thesis Competition, 2003.

·           Biology Representative at the Majors Day Fair organized by the UNCC Career Center, 2003.

·           Search Committee Member for Environmental Biologist, 2002-2003.

·           Serve on 13 graduate student committees and 11 Honors student committees, 2002-2007.

Professional Service

·           Contributing Editor for Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2007 - present.

·           Review Editor for Marine Ecology Progress Series (average load 25 articles per year), 2004-2007 (promoted to Contributing Editor in 2007).

·           Organizer of a special topics symposium for Society for Experimental Biology entitled “Essential and Non-essential Metal Metabolism in Aquatic Organisms” (London, U.K., 2007)

·           Session organizer for the annual meeting of Society for Experimental Biology entitled “The role of thermal environment in stress adaptation and tolerance: Integration of multiple stressors” (Canterbury, U.K., 2007)

·           Guest editor for a special issue of the Journal of Thermal Biology entitled “The role of thermal environment in stress adaptation and tolerance: Integration of multiple stressors” (2007).

·           Grant review panelist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (2007)

·           Proposal reviewer for SEEDS (Strategies for Ecology Education, Development and Sustainability) program of the Ecological Society of America, 2004.

·           Served on the Reviewer Board for Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2003 - 2007.

·           Panelist for “Frontiers in Disease Research” panel of National Sea Grant/NOAA Workshop “Oyster Research & Restoration in U.S. Coastal Waters: Developing Strategies for the Future”, 2003.

·           Ad hoc grant reviewer for NSF/NIH EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) Program and NSF Developmental and Evolutionary Biology, Biological Oceanography, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Integrative & Organismal Biology Clusters, 2002 - present.

·           Ad hoc reviewer for NOAA Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems & Hypoxia Assessment program (2007).

·           Ad hoc reviewer for Science, Journal of Experimental Biology, American Journal of Physiology, Aquatic Toxicology, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Freshwater and Marine Research, Journal of Molluscan Studies, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, Polar Biology, Marine Biology, Apoptosis, Journal of Economic Entomology, 1995 – present.

·           Member of the Organizing Committee for the 31^st European Marine Biology Symposium, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1995.

Community service

·           Panelist for Biotech 101 workshop organized by Rowan Cabarrus Community College and the City of Kannapolis to educate public about science, applications and practice of biotechnology,  2006.

·           Instructor for a one-night experimental workshop for Summer Camps on Campus K-12 students “Global warming in the sea: Effects of temperature on nitrogen excretion in marine animals”, 2007.

·           Reviewer on a Paper Screening Committee for the students’ papers submitted to state-wide 2006 Junior Sciences and Humanities Symposium for high school students, 2006

·           Served as a judge for students’ posters at Science Research Symposium at Villa Heights Elementary School, Charlotte, NC, 2006.

·           Panelist for the RISE Science and Career Exploration Program at Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, NC) to expose minority students to different career options and to encourage them to pursue career in science, 2006.

·           Judge for the state-wide Junior Science & Humanities Symposium for high school students organized by the Center for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education (CMSTE), 2004. 

·           Guest professor for the Marine Biology elective course at the Idlewild Elementary School, Charlotte NC, 2004. 

VII. Funding History (external funds only)

            VIIa. Active

Funding Agency: National Science Foundation

Title: “CAREER: Physiological and cellular mechanisms of action of temperature and trace metals on mitochondrial bioenergetics in marine mollusks”

Total Cost: $722,587

Role: Principal Investigator (50% effort)

Project dates: 07/01/03-06/30/08

Funding Agency: NOAA/Sea Grant

Title: “Molecular mechanisms controlling Dermo proliferation and spread in Crassostrea virginica: Parasite-induced inhibition of apoptosis as a target for anti-parasite therapy”

Total Cost: $102,000

Role: co-PI (50% effort with Dr. F.M.Hughes, UNC Charlotte)

Project dates: 02/01/2006-01/31/2008

Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health

Title: R01 Genetic factors responsible for exercise endurance

Total Cost: $1,604,930

Role: Co-PI (10% effort) (Dr. T. Lightfoot, Kinesiology, PI)

Project dates: 07/01/05-06/30/10

Funding Agency: United Negro College Fund

Title: Strategies for Ecology Education, Development and Sustainability, Charlotte Chapter (educational grant)

Total Cost: $30,000

Role: Co-PI (50% effort) (Dr. J. Fail, Johnson C. Smith University, PI)

Project dates: 08/01/05-07/31/07

Funding agency: National Science Foundation

Title: Research Opportunity Award, a supplement for the CAREER proposal (educational grant to support training for a faculty member from a minority-serving institution)

Total Cost: $25,000

Role: PI (50% effort)

Project dates: 07/01/07-08/01/08

VIIb. Completed

Funding agency: National Science Foundation

Title: Research Experience for Undergraduates supplement for the CAREER proposal (educational grant)

Total Cost: $6,000

Role: PI (100% effort)

Project dates: 06/01/06-08/01/06

Funding Agency: North Carolina Sea Grant

Title: Preliminary identification of genetic markers of high resistance to Perkinsus marinus and Vibrio vulnificus in the Eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica

Total Costs: $5,000

Role: Principal Investigator (15% effort)

Project dates: 03/01/03-07/01/04

Funding Agency: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany)

Title: "Physiological and populational mechanisms of temperature adaptations in the intertidal snail Littorina saxatilis: Latitudinal and microscale comparisons"

Total Costs: $59,100

Role: Principal Investigator (100% effort)

Project dates: 04/99-03/01

Funding Agency: Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Russia)

Title: Adaptive strategies of some key species of intertidal molluscs at the species' distribution boundaries

Total Costs: 175,000 roubles ($7,000)

Role: Principal Investigator (100% effort)

Project dates: 01/98-12/99

  VIIc. Funding obtained during the past 2 years to support students’ research

2007                Pfizer Travel Award, Society of Toxicology ($1,000, 1 student)

2007                American Physiological Society ($4,300, 1 student)

2006-2007       MBRS-RISE program of Johnson C. Smith University ($7,000, 2 students)

2006                American Physiological Society ($4,300, 1 student)

2005-2006       United Negro College Fund: SEEDS program for minority involvement in the research. ($30,000, co-PI, 30% effort)

2005                American Physiological Society ($4,300, 1 student)

2004                American Physiological Society ($4,300, 1 student)

2004                Global Institute for Energy and Environmental Systems ($1,000, 1 student)

2004                Ecological Society of America ($16,800, 2 students)

2004                MBRS-RISE program of Johnson C. Smith University ($7,000, 2 students)

2003                Global Institute for Energy and Environmental Systems ($2,000, 1 student)

2003                National Beta Beta Beta Biological Society ($464, 1 student)

2003                MBRS-RISE program of Johnson C. Smith University ($3,500, 1 students)

VIII. Invited seminars and presentations

2007    “Physiological mechanisms of adaptation to environmental stressors in intertidal invertebrates: Integrating research from two sides of Atlantic”. Invited speaker at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the White Sea Biological Station of Russian Academy of Sciences, Kartesh, Russia

2007    “Surviving global warming in a polluted environment: Effects of cadmium and temperature on mitochondrial bioenergetics of marine mollusks”. Bennett College, Greensboro, NC

2006    “Surviving global warming in a polluted environment: Effects of cadmium and temperature on mitochondrial energetics of marine mollusks”. University of South Carolina Aiken, Aiken SC.

2006    “Interactive effects of cadmium and elevated temperature on ectotherm metabolism”. Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

2005    “Independent student research: A tool to educate, motivate and empower”.  Workshop organized by the United Negro College Fund program “Strategies in Ecological Education, Development and Sustainability (SEEDS)”, Washington DC.

2005    “Oysters under siege: Global warming may increase effects of marine pollution”. UNC Charlotte cable TV series “Spotlight on Research”.

2005    “Surviving global warming in a polluted environment: Effects of cadmium and temperature stress on mitochondrial bioenergetics of oysters”. Duke University, Durham, NC.

2005    “Surviving global warming in a polluted environment: Effects of cadmium and temperature stress on mitochondrial bioenergetics of oysters”. Clemson University, Clemson, SC.

2005    “Combined effects of temperature and cadmium stress on mitochondrial function of a model marine poikilotherm”. Ohio University, Athens, OH.

2005    “Facing global warming in a polluted environment: Effects of cadmium and temperature stress on oyster bioenergetics”. Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC.

2005    “Global Warming on Half-Shell: Further studies on Temperature-Pollution Interaction in Estuaries”. Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NC.

2004    “Physiological and cellular mechanisms of cadmium toxicity in oysters”. Davidson College, Charlotte NC.

2004    “How to publish in a scientific journal”. Ecological Society of America, SEEDS Fellows Workshop.

2003    “Physiological mechanisms of environmental stress tolerance in mollusks: A quest for common solutions”.  Johnson C. Smith University (Charlotte, NC), Seminar of the Science Department.

2001    “Parallel physiological adaptations to temperature in intertidal gastropods on geographical and microhabitat scales”. Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

2001    “Adaptations of Littorina spp. to the vertical shore gradient of the intertidal”. Tjärnö Marine Biological Station, Tjärnö, Sweden.

2001    “Champions of high intertidal: Physiological adaptations to temperature and desiccation stress in the intertidal snails Littorina saxatilis”. Bamfield Marine Biological Station, Bamfield BC, Canada.

1996    “Shell colour polymorphism and variation in the stress response in Littorina populations”. Alfred-Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany

IX. Publications (peer-reviewed)

Published:

1.      Lyzen (Sokolova), I.M., Sukhotin, A.A. and Sergievsky, S.O. (1992). Influence of the infection by trematode partenites on the aquatic respiration rate of the intertidal mollusk Littorina obtusata. Parazitologiya 26 (6), 521–523 (in Russian with English summary).

2.      Sokolova, I.M. (1995). The influence of trematodes on the demography of Littorina saxatilis (Olivi) (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Littorinidae) in the White Sea. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 21, 91–101.

3.      Sokolova, I.M. (1995). Embryonic abnormalities in populations of Littorina saxatilis (Olivi) (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) in the White Sea. Journal of Molluscan Studies 61 (3), 303–311.

4.      Granovitch, A.I., Sergievsky, S.O. and Sokolova, I.M. (1995). Co-occurrence of several trematode species in the White Sea molluscs Littorina saxatilis and L. obtusata. Parazitologiya 29(6), 45–46 (in Russian with English summary).

5.      Sergievsky, S.O., Granovitch, A.I. and Sokolova I.M. (1997). Long-term studies of the Littorina obtusata and Littorina saxatilis populations in the White Sea. Oceanologica Acta 20 (1), 259 - 265.

6.      Sokolova, I.M., Granovitch, A. I., Sergievsky, S. O. (1997). Shell colour polymorphism in Littorina obtusata and L. saxatilis populations along a salinity gradient in a White Sea estuary. In: The responses of marine organisms to their environment. L.E. Hawkins, S. Hutchinson [Eds.]. University of Southampton. Pp. 57 - 65.

7.      Sokolova I.M. (2000). Effects of salinity on growth rate and survival of juvenile gastropods Littorina saxatilis from habitats with different salinity regimes. Russian Journal of Marine Biology 26(6): 427 – 431

8.      Sokolova, I.M., Berger, V.Ja. (2000). Physiological variation related to shell colour polymorphism in White Sea Littorina saxatilis. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 245: 1 – 23.

9.      Sokolova, I.M., Bock, C., Pörtner, H.O. (2000). Resistance to freshwater exposure in White Sea Littorina spp. I. Anaerobic metabolism and energetics. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 170 (2): 91 – 103.

10.  Sokolova, I.M., Bock, C., Pörtner, H.O. (2000). Resistance to freshwater exposure in White Sea Littorina spp. I. Acid-base regulation. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 170 (2): 105 – 115.

11.  Granovitch, A.I., Sergievsky, S.O., Sokolova, I.M. (2000). Spatial and temporal variation of trematode infection in coexisting populations of intertidal gastropods Littorina saxatilis and L. obtusata in the White Sea. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 41: 53 – 64.

12.  Sokolova, I.M., Granovitch, A.I., Berger, V.Ja., Johannesson, K. (2000). Intraspecific physiological variability of the gastropod Littorina saxatilis related to the vertical shore gradient in the White and North Seas. Marine Biology 137: 297 – 308.

13.  Sokolova, I.M., Pörtner, H.O. (2001). Temperature effects on key metabolic enzymes in Littorina saxatilis and L. obtusata from different latitudes and shore levels. Marine Biology 139: 113 – 126.

14.  Granovitch A.I., Sokolova I.M. (2001). Littorina arcana Hannaford Ellis, 1978 – a new record from the eastern Barents Sea. Sarsia 86: 241 – 243.

15.  Sokolov, E.P., Sokolova, I.M., Pörtner H.O. (2001). Composition and relative abundance of microsatellite repeats in genome of Littorina saxatilis (Olivi) (Gastropoda: Littorinidae). Journal of Molluscan Studies 67: 499 – 501.

16.  Sokolova, I.M., Pörtner, H.O. (2001). Adaptation to high shore life in Littorina saxatilis involves improved water conservation abilities and metabolic rate depression. Marine Ecology Progress Series 224: 171 - 186.

17.  Sokolov, E.P., Sokolova, I.M., Pörtner H.O. (2002). Polymorphic microsatellite DNA markers from the marine gastropod Littorina saxatilis. Molecular Ecology Notes 2: 27-29

18.  Sokolova, I.M., Pörtner, H.O. (2003). Metabolic plasticity and critical temperatures for aerobic scope in a eurythermal marine invertebrate (Littorina saxatilis, Gastropoda: Litorinidae) from different latitudes. Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 195-207

19.  Sokolov, E.P., Pörtner H.O., Lucassen, M., Sokolova, I.M. (2003). Microscale adaptive differentiation is correlated with the restricted gene flow in White Sea snails Littorina saxatilis (Olivi). Journal of Molluscan Studies 69: 388-391.

20.  Sokolova I.M., Boulding E.G. (2004). A neutral DNA marker suggests that parallel physiological adaptations to open shore and salt marsh habitats have evolved more than once within two different species of gastropods. Marine Biology 145: 133-147

21.  Sokolova I.M., Boulding E.G. (2004). Length polymorphisms in an intron of aminopeptidase N provide a useful nuclear DNA marker for Littorina species (Caenogastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies 70: 165 - 172.

22.  Sokolova I.M. (2004). Cadmium effects on mitochondrial function are enhanced by elevated temperatures in a marine poikilotherm, Crassostrea virginica Gmelin (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). Journal of Experimental Biology, 207: 2639-2648.

23.  Sokolova I.M., Evans S.*, Hughes F.M. (2004). Cadmium-induced apoptosis in oyster hemocytes involves disturbance of cellular energy balance but no mitochondrial permeability transition. Journal of Experimental Biology, 207: 3369-3380.

24.  Sokolova I.M., Sokolov E.P. (2005). Evolution of mitochondrial uncoupling proteins: novel invertebrate UCP homologues suggest early evolutionary divergence of the UCP family. FEBS Letters 579: 313 – 317.

25.  Sokolova I.M., Sokolov E.P., Ponnappa K.M.* (2005).Cadmium exposure affects mitochondrial bioenergetics and gene expression of key mitochondrial proteins in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica Gmelin (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). Aquatic Toxicology 73: 242- 255.

26.  Sokolova I.M., Leamy L., Harrison M.*, Oliver J.D. (2005). Intrapopulational variation in Vibrio vulnificus levels in Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin 1971) is associated with the host size but not with disease status or developmental stability. Journal of Shellfish Research 24: 503-508.

27.  Sokolova I.M., Sokolov E.P., Ponnappa K.M.* (2005).Cadmium exposure affects mitochondrial bioenergetics and gene expression of key mitochondrial proteins in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica Gmelin (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). Aquatic Toxicology 73: 242- 255.

28.  Cherkasov A.S.*, Biswas P.K., Ridings D.M., Ringwood A.H., Sokolova I.M. 2006. Effects of acclimation temperature and cadmium exposure on cellular energy budgets in a marine mollusk Crassostrea virginica: Linking cellular and mitochondrial responses. Journal of Experimental Biology 209:1274-1284.

29.  Cherkasov A.S.*, Ringwood A.H., Sokolova I.M. 2006. Effects of cadmium exposure on mitochondrial function are modulated by acclimation temperature in eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica Gmelin (Bivalvia: Ostreidae). Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry 25: 2461-2469.

30.  Lannig G., Cherkasov A.S.*, Sokolova I.M. 2006. Temperature-dependent effects of cadmium on mitochondrial and whole-organism bioenergetics of oysters (Crassostrea virginica). Marine Environmental Research 62: S79-S82.

31.  Sokolova I.M., Oliver J.D., Leamy L.J. 2006. An AFLP approach to identify genetic markers associated with resistance to Vibrio vulnificus and Perkinsus marinus in eastern oysters. Journal of Shellfish Research 25: 95-100.

32.  Lannig G., Flores J.F., Sokolova I.M. (2006). Temperature-dependent stress response in oysters, Crassostrea virginica: Pollution reduces temperature tolerance in oysters. Aquatic Toxicology 79: 278-287.

33.  Cherkasov A.S.*, Grewal S.*, Sokolova I.M. 2007. Combined effects of temperature and cadmium exposure on haemocyte apoptosis and cadmium accumulation in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin). Journal of Thermal Biology 32 (3): 162-170.

34.  Cherkasov A.S.*, Overton, R.A. Jr*, Sokolov E.P., Sokolova I.M. 2007. Temperature-dependent effects of cadmium and purine nucleotides on mitochondrial aconitase from a marine ectotherm, Crassostrea virginica: a role of temperature in oxidative stress and allosteric enzyme regulation. Journal of Experimental Biology 210: 46-55.
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* indicates a student co-author

X. Non-peer-reviewed publications and book chapters

Published:

1.      Sokolova, I.M. (1995). Seasonal dynamics of fecundity in populations of intertidal gastropod molluscs Littorina saxatilis (Olivi) in the White Sea. Proceedings of Zoological Institute of R.A.S. 264: 78–88 (in Russian with English summary).

2.      Granovitch, A.I., Sergievsky, S.O. and Sokolova, I.M. (1995). Dynamics of phenotypic structure of  coexisting populations of the intertidal molluscs Littorina obtusata (L.) and L. saxatilis (Olivi): a 11-years long study. Proceedings of Zoological Institute of R.A.S. 264: 89–118 (in Russian with English summary).

3.      Sokolova, I.M., Granovitch, A.I. and Sergievsky, S.O. (1995). Phenotypic structure of the estuarine populations of Littorina saxatilis (Olivi) and Littorina obtusata (L.) in the White Sea. Proceedings of Zoological Institute of R.A.S. 264: 119–140 (in Russian with English summary).

4.      Sokolova I.M., Granovitch A.I., Sergievsky S.O. (1995). Influence of trematode infection on population structure of intermediate snail hosts Littorina saxatilis and L. obtusata in the White Sea. Bulletin of the Scandinavian Society for Parasitology 5: 115.

5.      Sokolova, I.M. (1997). Populational aspects of adaptation of the intertidal gastropod molluscs Littorina saxatilis to low salinity. Summary of the dissertation for the Ph.D. degree in biology (St. Petersburg): 1–20 (in Russian).

6.      Sokolova, I.M., Pörtner, H.O. (2000). Adaptation of intertidal snails to life at high shore levels: Is increased anaerobic capacity involved? Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 126: S138

7.      Sokolova I.M., Pörtner H.O. (2002). Metabolic aspects of temperature adaptations in a eurythermal marine gastropod Littorina saxatilis: latitudinal vs. microscale comparisons. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 132A: S19.

8.      Sokolova I.M., Boulding E.G. (2002). Bridging genetics and physiology: Candidate gene approach to the study of habitat-related variation in enzyme activities in intertidal snails (Littorina spp.). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 132A:  S91.

9.      Sokolova I.M., F. M. Hughes. (2004).Temperature and cadmium synergistically affect mitochondrial function in a marine poikilotherm, Crassostrea virginica. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 137A: S9.

10.  Sokolova I.M., S. Evans*, F. M. Hughes. (2004). Role of mitochondria in cadmium-induced apoptosis in hemocytes of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 137A: S13.

11.  Sokolova I., Cherkasov A.*, Biswas P., Lannig G. (2006). Temperature-dependent effects of cadmium on the bioenergetics of oysters (Crassostrea virginica): from mitochondrial to whole-organism responses. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 143A: S128.

12.  Lannig G., Flores J., Sokolova I. (2006). Cadmium reduces temperature tolerance in oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 143A: S130.

13.  Cherkasov A.*, Grewal S.*, Sokolova I. (2006). Cadmium and temperature effects on mitochondrial and cellular function of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 143A: S130.

14.  Sokolova I.M., Ringwood A.H., Habinck E.* (2006). Subcellular distribution of cadmium and its effect on mitochondrial function and enzyme activity in oysters Crassostrea virginica. Marine Environmental Research 62: S97.

15.  Sokolova I.M., Pörtner H.O. (2007). The role of thermal environment in stress adaptation and tolerance: Integration of multiple stressors. Journal of Thermal Biology 32 (3): 117.

16.  Sokolova I.M. (2006). The role of thermal environment in stress adaptation and tolerance: Integration of multiple stressors. Bulletin of the Society for Experimental Biology, July 2006: 17-18.

17.  Sanni B.*, Cherkasov A.*, Sokolova I. (2007). Mitochondrial aconitase is sensitive to oxidative stress induced by cadmium and elevated temperatures but not protected by uncoupling proteins in eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica. The FASEB Journal, 21 (6): A819-820.

18.  Sokolova I.M., Cherkasov A.S.*, Lannig G. (2007). Metabolic limitations reduce tolerance to combined cadmium and temperature stress in oysters, Crassostrea virginica. The FASEB Journal, 21 (6): A1141.

19.  Lannig G., Bock C., Pörtner H.O., Cherkasov A.S.* and Sokolova I.M. (2007). Reduced temperature tolerance in cadmium-exposed oysters: Early mismatch between O₂-demand and O₂-supply due to impaired aerobic capacities. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology 146 (4): S213

Accepted:

20.  Sokolova I.M. Poikilotherms. In: The Encyclopedia of Ecology. To be published by Elsevier in 2008.

21.  Sokolova I.M. Temperature regulation. In: The Encyclopedia of Ecology. To be published by Elsevier in 2008.

 * indicates a student co-author

XI. Professional Presentations

1.      Lyzen (Sokolova) I.M., Granovitch A.I. 1990. Trematode infection as a factor determining the spatial population structure of a marine mollusk, Littorina saxatilis. National Symposium on Factors Regulating Population Structure of Helminths, Pushchino, Russia

2.      Granovitch A.I., Lyzen (Sokolova) I.M. 1990. Age dynamics of fecundity in populations of the White Sea intertidal mollusk Littorina saxatilis with different infection levels. The 4^th Regional Conference on the Problems of the Study, Rational Use and Conservation of the Natural Resources of the White Sea. Archangel, Russia

3.      Lyzen (Sokolova) I.M. 1991. Mechanisms supporting reproduction of the Littorina populations under conditions of high parasite pressure. XVIII Scientific Conference of the Military Medicine Academy of Leningrad. Leningrad, Russia.

4.      Sokolova I.M. 1992. Effects of the trematode invasion on reproduction of population of Littorina saxatilis. The 5^th Regional Conference on the Problems of the Study, Rational Use and Conservation of the Natural Resources of the White Sea. Petrozavodsk, Russia

5.      A.I.Granovitch, I.M.Sokolova. 1994. Parasites that “govern” their environment. 29th European Marine Biology Symposium (EMBS), Vienna, Austria

6.      Sergievsky S.O., Granovitch A.I., Sokolova I.M. 1995. Complex analysis of the syntopic populations of the periwinkles Littorina obtusata and L. saxatilis (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia) in the White Sea: a 12-year survey. International Conference on Long-term Changes in Marine Ecosystems. Arcachon, France

7.      Sokolova I.M., Granovitch A.I., Sergievsky S.O. 1995. Influence of trematode infection on population structure of intermediate snail hosts Littorina saxatilis and L. obtusata in the White Sea. XVII Symposium of the Scandinavian Society for Parasitology, Juvaskyla, Finland.

8.      Sergievsky S.O., Granovitch A.I., Sokolova I.M. 1995. Populational monitoring of the White Sea mollusks of the genus Littorina. National Conference on the Factors of Taxonomic and chorologic biodiversity. St. Petersburg, Russia.

9.      Sergievsky S.O., Granovitch A.I., Sokolova I.M. 1995. The long-term populational monitoring of the gastropod mollusks Littorina obtusata (L.) and L. saxatilis (Olivi). The 6^th Regional Conference on the Problems of the Study, Rational Use and Conservation of the Natural Resources of the White Sea. Kandalaksha, Russia

10.  Sokolova I.M., Sergievsky S.O., Granovitch A.I. 1995. Phenotypic structure of the estuarine populations of the marine gastropods Littorina obtusata (L.) and L. saxatilis (Olivi) in the White Sea. The 6^th Regional Conference on the Problems of the Study, Rational Use and Conservation of the Natural Resources of the White Sea. Kandalaksha, Russia

11.  Sokolova I.M., Granovitch A.I., Sergievsky S.O. 1995. Shell colour polymorphism in Littorina obtusata and L. saxatilis populations along the salinity gradient in White Sea estuaries. 30th European Marine Biology Symposium, Southampton, UK.

12.  Sokolova I.M. 1995. Phenotypic variation of the estuarine populations of the marine gastropods in Littorina obtusata and L. saxatilis at the White Sea. National Conference on the New Approaches in Populational Studies. Moscow, Russia.

13.  Sokolova I.M., Granovitch A.I., Sergievsky S.O. 1995. Populational phenetics as a tool to study population structure and dynamics of Littorina obtusata and L. saxatilis at the White Sea. National Meeting on Mollusks of Russia and Adjacent Countries and Seas. St. Petersburg, Russia.

14.  Sokolova I.M., A.I.Granovitch, S.O.Sergievsky. 1996. Influence of trematodes on reproduction of intertidal snails Littorina saxatilis  and L. obtusata: a cost paid by the host population for persistence of host-parasite system. 31st European Marine Biology Symposium, St.Petersburg, Russia.

15.  Kaliberdina M.V.*, Sokolova. I.M. 1996. Inter- and intrapopulational variability of fecundity in Littorina saxatilis populations along the Kolvitsa river estuary (White Sea). 31st European Marine Biology Symposium, St.Petersburg, Russia.

16.  Sergievsky S.O., Sokolova I.M., Granovitch A.I. 1996. Population structure of Littorina saxatilis and L. obtusata along a salinity gradient in a White Sea estuary. 5th International Symposium on Littorinid Biology, Cork, Ireland.

17.  Granovitch A.I., Sergievsky S.O., Sokolova I.M. 1996. A 14-years long study of Littorina saxatilis and L. obtusata populations: dynamics and stability of a host-parasite system. 5th International Symposium on Littorinid Biology, Cork, Ireland.

18.  Sokolova I.M., Berger V.J. 1996. Physiological responses to salinity changes of different shell colour morphs of  Littorina saxatilis from the White Sea populations. 5th International Symposium on Littorinid Biology, Cork, Ireland.

19.  Sokolova I.M. 1997. Population-level adaptations of the intertidal snails Littorina saxatilis (Olivi) to reduced salinity in the White Sea estuaries. International Meeting on the Ecological Research in the White Sea. Kartesh, Russia.

20.  Bock C., Sokolova I.M., Pörtner H.-O. 1998. In vivo ³¹P-NMR studies of three Littorina species during hypoosmotic stress. International Symposium on Animal Physiology,  Berlin, Germany.

21.  êSokolova I.M., Bock C., Pörtner H.-O. 1998. Physiological mechanisms of the resistance to extreme hypoosmotic stress in White Sea Littorina spp. 33rd European Marine Biology Symposium, Wilhelmshaven, Germany. 3^rd best presentation of the symposium.

22.  Sokolova I.M., Berger V.J. 1998. Adaptations of White Sea Litorina saxatilis to life on the high shore: physiological and populational aspects. 33rd European Marine Biology Symposium, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.

23.  Sokolova I.M., Berger V.J. 1999. Intarpopulational physiological heterogeneity of Littorina saxatilis populations along the vertical shore gradient on the White Sea intertidal. The 7^th International Conference on the Problems of the Study, Rational Use and Conservation of the Natural Resources of the White Sea. Archangel, Russia

24.  Sokolova I.M., Pörtner H.O. 2000. Adaptation of intertidal snails to life at high shore levels: Is increased anaerobic capacity involved? 21st Congress of the European Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry. Liege, Belgium.

25.  Sokolova I.M., Berger V.J., Pörtner H.O. 2000. Adaptations of a marine gastropod Littorina saxatilis to abiotic environmental factors: a multi-level analysis. 14^th O.A. Scarlato Conference on Marine Mollusks. St. Petersburg, Russia.

26.  Sokolova I.M., Bock C., Pörtner H.O. 2001. Resistance to extreme hypoosmotic stress in intertidal gastropods: metabolic rate depression and regulation of acid-base status are crucial for survival of Littorina spp. Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology. Canterbury, U.K.

27.  Sokolova I.M., Pörtner H.O. 2002. Metabolic aspects of temperature adatations in a eurythermal marine gastropod Littorina saxatilis: latitudinal vs. microscale comparisons. Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology. Swansea, U.K.

28.  Sokolova I.M., Boulding E.G. 2002. Bridging genetics and physiology: Candidate gene approach to the study of the habitat-related variation in enzyme activities in intertidal snails (Littorina spp.). Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology. Swansea, U.K.

29.  Sokolova I.M., Pörtner H.O., Lucassen M., Sokolov E.P., Boulding E.G. 2002. Physiological and genetic aspects of local environmental adaptation in Littorina spp.: Latitudinal vs microscale comparisons. 41^st Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Zoologists. Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.

30.  Sokolova I.M., Habinck E.*, Hughes F.M. 2002. Development of molecular and cellular biomarkers of environmental pollution in aquatic environments.  GIEES Program Exhibition, Partnership Development and Outreach Event, GIEES and UNC Charlotte, Charlotte, NC.

31.  Sokolova I. M., Hughes F. M. 2004. Temperature and cadmium synergistically affect mitochondrial function in a marine poikilotherm, Crassostrea virginica. Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology. Edinburgh, U.K.

32.  Sokolova I. M., S. Evans*, F. M. Hughes. 2004. Role of mitochondria in cadmium-induced apoptosis in hemocytes of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology. Edinburgh, U.K.

33.  Sokolova I.M. 2004. Physiological mechanisms of multiple stressors in the estuaries: Effects of cadmium and temperature on mitochondrial function of marine mollusks. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Portland, OR.

34.  Johnson C.*, Sokolova I.M. 2004. Subcellular distribution of cadmium in the eastern oyster. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Portland, OR.

35.  Gillespie P.*, Sokolova  I.M. 2004. Effects of pollutants on protozoan infections in populations of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Portland, OR.

36.  Harrison M.*, Leamy L., Oliver J.D., and Sokolova I.M. 2004. Using AFLP technique to find genetic markers of high resistance to Dermo disease and Vibrio vulnificus in oysters. Semiannual meeting of the Southeastern Estuarine Research Society, Wilmington NC.

37.  Ponnappa K.*, Sokolova I.M. 2004. Effects of in vivo exposure to cadmium on mitochondrial bioenergetics of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. Semiannual meeting of the Southeastern Estuarine Research Society, Wilmington NC.

38.  Sokolova I.M. Physiological effects of temperature and cadmium on estuarine mollusks (Crassostrea virginica): A key role of mitochondrial bioenergetics in stress response and acclimation. Semiannual meeting of the Southeastern Estuarine Research Society, Wilmington NC.

39.  êLannig G., Sokolova I.M. Temperature-dependent cadmium effects on whole animal and mitochondrial metabolism of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica.  Poster. Annual Meeting of the American Physiological Society. San Diego, CA, April 2005.

40.  Ponnappa K.^*, I. Sokolova, E. Sokolov. Cadmium exposure affects mitochondrial bioenergetics and expression of key mitochondrial genes in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. Poster. Annual Meeting of the American Physiological Society. San Diego, CA, April 2005.

41.  êLannig G., Sokolova I.M. Cadmium affects thermal tolerance of eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Oral presentation. Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Barcelona, Spain. July 2005.

42.  Sokolova I.M., G. Lannig, K. Ponnappa*, E. Sokolov. Cadmium and temperature affect mitochondrial function and gene expression of key mitochondrial proteins in the eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica). Poster. Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Barcelona, Spain. July 2005.

43.  Sokolova I. M., Cherkasov A.S.^*, and Lannig G. Temperature-dependent effects of cadmium on mitochondrial and whole-organism bioenergetics of oysters (Crassostrea virginica). Oral presentation. International Meeting on Pollution Responses in Marine Organisms PRIMO 13. Alessandria, Italy, June 2005.

44.  Sokolova I.M., Ringwood A.H., and Habinck E^*. Subcellular distribution of cadmium and its effect on mitochondrial function and enzyme activity in oysters Crassostrea virginica. Poster. International Meeting on Pollution Responses in Marine Organisms PRIMO 13. Alessandria, Italy, June 2005.

45.     Sokolova I.M., Lannig G. Surviving multiple stressors in the estuaries: Cadmium effects on whole organism and mitochondrial metabolism are temperature-dependent in eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica. Oral presentation. Carolinas Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Raleigh, NC. October 2005.

46.     Cherkasov A.S.*, Sokolova I.M. Cadmium effect on mitochondria is modified by acclimation temperature in eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica. Poster. Carolinas Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. Raleigh, NC. October 2005.

47.  Sokolova I., Cherkasov A.*, Biswas P., Lannig G. Temperature-dependent effects of cadmium on the bioenergetics of oysters (Crassostrea virginica): from mitochondrial to whole-organism responses. Oral presentation. Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Canterbury, U.K. April 2006.

48.  Lannig G., Flores J., Sokolova I. Cadmium reduces temperature tolerance in oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Poster. Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Canterbury, U.K. April 2006.

49.  Cherkasov A.*, Grewal S.*, Sokolova I. Cadmium and temperature effects on mitochondrial and cellular function of the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Poster. Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Canterbury, U.K. April 2006.

50.  Sokolova I., Lannig G., Cherkasov A.*, Flores J. Interactive effects of temperature and cadmkium on metabolism of the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica: Linking whole-organism, cellular and mitochondrial responses. Annual Meeting of the American Physiological Society (Experimental Biology). San Francisco, CA, April 2006.

51.  ­Overton R.A.*, Sokolova I.M. Mechanisms of cadmium-induced production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by mitochondria of a model marine mollusk, Crassostrea virginica. Annual Meeting of the American Physiological Society (Experimental Biology). San Francisco, CA, April 2006.

52.  Grewal S., Sokolova I.M., Hughes F.M.Jr*. Apoptosis as a host defense mechanism in Crassostrea virginica and its modulation by Perkinsus marinus. American Society of Cell Biology, 46th Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.

53.  Taylor C.N. *, Sokolova I.M. Temperature-dependent rates of cadmium accumulation in oysters from different climates. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, November 8-11, 2006

54.  Williams K.S.*, Sokolova I.M. Effects of temperature and cadmium exposure in vivo on mitochondrial aconitase in eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica. Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students, November 8-11, 2006

55.  «Lannig G.*, Flores J., Sokolova I. Temperature tolerance in oyster, Crassostrea virginica, is affected by cadmium. Comparative Physiology meeting of the American Physiological Society, October 2006, Virginia Beach, VA

56.  Sokolova I.M., Lannig G. Cadmium and elevated temperature stress synergistically affect energy metabolism in oyster, Crassostrea virginica. Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting, April 2007, Charlotte, NC.

57.  Sokolova I.M. Grewal S.*, Cherkasov A.*, Taylor, C.* Combined effects of temperature and cadmium exposure on hemocyte apoptosis and cadmium accumulation in the eastern oyster Crassostrea virginica (Gmelin). Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting, April 2007, Charlotte, NC.

58.  Sokolova I.M., Cherkasov A.*, Sanni  B.*, Williams K.*, Sokolov E. Mitochondrial aconitase is sensitive to cadmium-induced oxidative stress but not protected by uncoupling proteins in oysters. Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting, April 2007, Charlotte, NC.

59.  Sokolova I.M., Cherkasov A.S.*, Lannig G. Metabolic limitations reduce tolerance to combined cadmium and temperature stress in oysters, Crassostrea virginica. Experimental Biology Annual meeting, American Physiological Society, April-May 2007, Washington, DC.

60.  Sanni B.*, Cherkasov A.*, Sokolova I.M. Mitochondrial aconitase is sensitive to cadmium-induced oxidative stress but not protected by uncoupling proteins in eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica. Experimental Biology Annual meeting, American Physiological Society, April-May 2007, Washington, DC.

61.  Grewal S.*, Sokolova I.M., Hughes F.M. Apoptosis in eastern oysters Crassostrea virginica and its modulation by Perkinsus marinus. Experimental Biology Annual meeting, American Physiological Society, April-May 2007, Washington, DC.

62.  Lannig G., Bock C., Pörtner H.O., Cherkasov A.S.* and Sokolova I.M. (2007). Reduced temperature tolerance in cadmium-exposed oysters: Early mismatch between O₂-demand and O₂-supply due to impaired aerobic capacities. Annual Meeting of the Society for Experimental Biology, Glasgow, U.K. March - April 2007.

63.  Sokolova I.M. (2007). Physiological mechanisms of adaptation to environmental stressors in intertidal invertebrates: Integrating research from two sides of Atlantic. The 50^th Anniversary Conference of White Sea Biological Station of Russian Academy of Sciences “Ecological studies of White Sea organisms”, Kartesh, Russia, July 2007.

64.  Sokolova I.M., Bock C., Pörtner H.O. (2007). Physiological mechanisms of adaptation to extreme salinity in White Sea intertidal mollusks (Littorina spp.): Role of anaerobic metabolism and acid-base regulation. The 50^th Anniversary Conference of White Sea Biological Station of Russian Academy of Sciences “Ecological studies of White Sea organisms”, Kartesh, Russia, July 2007.

 * indicates a student co-author

êSelected among the top 10 presentations of the respective meetings and included in the meetings’ media release.

­ Selected among 12 finalists for the David S. Bruce Excellence in Undergraduate Research Award