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In January 1998 it was created Phytovirology &
biotechnology Laboratory in the Plant Protection College of NAUU. The lab
was committed to become a Research Centre in Plant Virology and
Biotechnology for graduate students, postgraduates and postdoctoral.
From the first day of the Laboratory creation it is headed by Associate
Professor, Dr. Maksym Melnychuk.Dr. Maksym Melnychuk was graduated at Kiev National
University by Taras Shevchenko in Virology Department supervised by Prof.,
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He was also mastered at National Agricultural
University in the Phytopathology Department supervised by Prof., Dr.
Mykola Kyryk and defended MS on phytopathology "Obtaining of the
virus-free hop seedlings using biotechnology methods".In 1997 he
defended his PhD "Pathological changes of hops (Humulus lupulus L.)
infected by Hop Leaves Binding Virus".
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During 1997-2000 Dr. Maksym Melnychuk visited and
practised in the leading biology centres of the world.
First of all - at Iowa State University in Molecular Plant Virology laboratory (Head
Dr. W. Allen Miller). At Louisiana State University he had been worked twice in
Agricultural Center (Baton Rouge), in Plant Virology Lab under supervising by
Professor, Dr. Rodrigo A. Valverde, in many private companies in other states of
the USA: Nebraska, Illinois, Mississippi, Florida.
Visits were co-ordinated and sponsored by ISU & LSU International
Departments and Ukrainian family from the USA - Stefan and Kateryna Dwojak and
Dr. Victor Udin (Iowa.State University).
In April 1998 Dr. Maksym Melnychuk within Delegation of Plant Varieties
Protection Committee by Ministry of Agriculture in Ukraine attended
International Seminar on problems of modern methods of certification of
agricultural seeds, which was held in France (Paris and Angers). The same year
Dr. Melnychuk worked in Germany at Humboldt University of Berlin, in Bavarian
Fachhoschule Weihnstephan in Fresing and in the leading laboratories of hop
research headed by Dr. Luitgardis and Elisabeth Seigner, visited Hop Research
Center in Hule. During 1997-99 he had important meetings with world-known educators - the
President of Purdue State University Dr. Martin Jischke, Provost ISU John Kozak,
Prof. David Topel, Prof. Collin Scanes, Prof. David Acker;Chancellor of Agricultural Center of LSU Dr. William B. Richardson,
Vice-Chancellor and Director LSU Ag Center, Dr. Larry Rogers, Dr. Lakshman
Velupillai, Dr. Rouse Caffey;The President of Fachhoschule Weihenstephan Prof., Dr. Jozef Herz, Humboldt
University leaders - Prof., Dr. Ernst Lindemann, Prof. Otto Caufmann, Prof.
Carmen Buettner, Prof. Michael Bohme, Prof.
Dieter Spaar, Prof. Thomas Teuscher.
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