Candidate of Biological Sciences,  Assosiated Professor Office 5214, tel. +7 (7172) 38-00-32 E-mail: s.jatayev@kazatu.edu.kz

Sphere of scientific interests
Genetics, molecular genetics and plant, molecular markers in plant breeding, genotyping, plant biotechnology, genetically modified organisms, genomic editing

Delivered disciplines    
• Innovative technologies in crop breeding
• Selection and seed production of agricultural crops

• Plant Genetics
• Theory and practice in breeding and seed production
 

Main research areas
The use of modern methods of Biotechnology and Molecular Genetics in Crop Breeding

Current research projects

2024-2026, Grant financing of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan, AP23489286 "Marker-assisted selection in lentil accessions from International germplasm collection and hybrid populations for genes controlling flowering time and height to first pod."

Education
1968-1973 - Samarkand State University named after A. Navoi, Specialty: biologist – genetics and breeding
1975-1978 - Graduate study named N.I. Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow)
Work experience:
1973-1975 Senior laboratory assistant, researcher-lab assistant for control of heredity plants of the Institute of Genetics and Plant Experimental   Biology at the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan
1979-1982 Junior researcher, lab assistant for control of heredity plants of the Institute of Genetics and Plant Experimental   Biology at the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan
1982-1992    Senior Researcher at the Laboratory of gene and cell engineering at the Biotechnology Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry named after Academic A.Sadykova, Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan.
1992-1997 Head of the Laboratory of Cell Engineering and Plant Genetics Institute of Uzbek Academy of Sciences
1998-2004   Deputy Director for International Affairs, Head of Laboratory of Plant Biotechnology at the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan 
2004-2010 National Coordinator of the International Project UNEP - GEF - «Institute of conservation of crop wild relatives through the strengthening of information management and its practical application" (Uzbekistan)
2010-2011 Deputy Director of the Institute of Genetics and Plant Experimental   Biology at the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan 
2011-2015 Head of the International Cooperation Department of the National Center of Biotechnology Sciences
2015-2021. - Senior lecturer of the Department of Agriculture and Crop Production of S.Seifullin KATU
From 2022 to the present day - Associate Professor of the Department of Agriculture and Crop Production of the S.Seifullin KATRU

Awards, diplomas
2021- Winner of the “Best Scientist” award for high achievements in the field of agricultural and veterinary sciences of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan
2022 - Medal “Enbek Ardageri” of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan
2023 – Medal “Saken Seifullin” of the Kazakh Agrotechnical Research University named after S. Seifullin

Advanced training courses
15.01-25.01.2024 – «Innovations in the educational process: theory, methodology, practice of higher education», Kazakh Agro-Technical Research University (KATRU), Astana, 72 hours
06.01-20.01.2025 – "Consistency and continuity of inclusive education in higher education institutions", LLP "Academy of Teachers and Psychologists", Astana, 72 hours

03.02- 25.02.2025 - "Marker-mediated breeding and genotyping of agricultural plants", Flinders University, (Australia), Adelaide, 80 hours

Author of more than 100 scientific papers

The most important publications:

• Kuzbakova M. M., Джатаев С.А., Хасанова Г.Ж., Ошергина И.П., Тен Е.А. Изучение коллекционных сортообразцов чечвицы в условиях Северного Казахстана //Scientific Journal" Bulletin of Science of the Kazakh Agrotechnical Research University named after S. Seifullin".  2022. – №. 1 (112). – С. 11-20

• Kalendar R., Baidyussen A., Serikbay D., Zotova L., Khassanova G., Kuzbakova M., Jatayev S., Hu Y.G., Schramm C., Anderson P.A., Jenkins C.L.D., Soole K.L., Shavrukov Y.Modified “Allele-specific qPCR” method for SNP genotyping based on FRET // Front. Plant Sci.  2022. – V.12. – 747886
• Kuzbakova M., Khassanova G., Oshergina I., Ten E., Jatayev S., Yerzhebayeva R., Bulatova K., Khalbayeva S., Schramm C., Anderson P., Sweetman C., Jenkins C.L.D., Soole K.L., Shavrukov, Y. Height to first pod: A review of genetic and breeding approaches to improve combine harvesting in legume crops. // Front. Plant Sci.  2022. – 13. – 948099
• Amangeldiyeva A., Baidyussen A., Kuzbakova M., Yerzhebayeva R., Jatayev S., Shavrukov Y.Modified allele-specific qPCR (ASQ) genotyping // Methods Mol.Biol. (Clifton, N.J.).  2023. – V.2638. – P.231-247
• Kuzbakova, M. М., Khassanova, G. Z., Jatayev, S. А., & Ten, E. А. Studying the diversity of lentil varieties by alleles of the early flowering gene  LcELF3 using molecular markers. Herald of Science of S. Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University: Multidisciplinary, 2024, 2 (121), 23-35            

• Baidyussen A., Khassanova G., Utebayev M., Jatayev S., Kushanova R., Khalbayeva S., Amangeldiyeva A., Yerzhebayeva R., Bulatova K., Schramm C., Anderson P., Jenkins C.L.D., Soole K.L., Shavrukov Y. "Assessment of molecular markers and marker-assisted selection for drought tolerance in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.)", Journal оf Integrative Agriculture. Elsevier.  2024, 23(1): 20-38.

• Khassanova G., Jatayev S., Gabdola A., Kuzbakova M., Zailasheva A., Kylyshbayeva G., Schramm C., Schleyer K., Philp-Dutton L., Sweetman C., Anderson P., Jenkins C.L.D., Soole K.L., Shavrukov Y. "Haplotypes of ATP-binding cas-sette CaABCC6 in chickpea from Kazakhstan are associated with sa-linity tolerance and leaf necrosis via oxidative stress", Biomolecules,  2024. – Vol.14. – 823. Q1=78.8% (Web of Science) and Q1=84% (Scopus) https://doi.org/10.3390/biom14070823               
• Konstantin V. Kiselev, Zlata V. Ogneva, Alexandra S. Dubrovina, Ademi Zh. Gabdola, Gulmira Zh. Khassanova and Satyvaldy A. Jatayev -"Study of CaDreb2c and CaDreb2h Gene Sequences and Expression in Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) Cultivars Growing in Northern Kazakhstan under Drought", Plants, 2024. – Vol.13. – 2066;   DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ plants13152066
• Khassanova G., Jatayev S., Daniyeva N., Sweetman C., Jenkins C. L.D., Soole K.L.  and Shavrukov Y. Longer Internode with Same Cell Length: LcSOC1-b2 Gene Involved in Height to First Pod but Not Flowering in Lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.), l Plants.  2025. – Т. 14. – №. 8. – С. 1157. Q1=78.8% (Web of Science) and Q1=84% (Scopus). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/plants14081157