Web Design (HTML, Dreamweaver, Adobe FireWorks, Adobe Photoshop, basic Adobe Flash), MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point), Statistica (statistical data analysis package), EndNote (bibliographic tool).

Bioinformatics software: Sequencher 4.8, CAP3, Geneious, VectorNTI, MEGA4, BioEdit, RAT, SimPlot, Simmonics v1.6 (a package of computer programs for analysis of virus phylogeny and segregation, RNA structure and recombination analysis).

Standard molecular biology techniques (gel electrophoresis, PCR, RT-PCR, DNA and RNA extraction, molecular cloning, etc.).

The methods of extracting viral nucleic acid and viral particles from plants, fungi, blood, excrements, animal tissues.

General Microarray techniques.

Basic of animal cell culture techniques.

Taxonomy of lichen fungi based on morphology and molecular data.

Identification of fungi and plants.

Making and processing of geobotanical descriptions in different ecotopes.

Methods of classification of plant communities (the Braun-Blanquet approach).

Geobotanical indication.

Study of the plant diaspore banks.

Study of plant populations.

Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory,
The Centre of Bioengineering RAS, Moscow, Russia.

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, US.

Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, CA, US.

Li L., Victoria J., Kapoor A., Blinkova O. , Wang C., Babrzadeh F., Mason C.J., Pandey P., Triki H., Bahri O., Oderinde B.S., Baba M.M., Bukbuk D.N., Besser J.M., Bartkus J.M., Delwart E.L. “A novel picornavirus associated with gastroenteritis”. J. Virol., 2009. Full text.

Blinkova O. , Victoria J., Li Y., Keele B.F., Sanz C., Ndjango J.N., Peeters M., Travis D., Lonsdorf E.V., Wilson M.L., Pusey A.E., Hahn B.H. and Delwart E.L. “Novel circular DNA viruses in stool samples of wild-living chimpanzees”. Journal of General Virology. Accepted.

Victoria J.G..,Kapoor A., Li L., Blinkova O.V. , Slikas B, Wang C, Naeem A, Zaidi S, Delwart E. “Metagenomic analyses of viruses in stool samples from children with acute flaccid paralysis.”. J Virol., 2009 May;83(9):4642-51. Full text.

Blinkova O.V. , Kapoor A.,Victoria J.G., Jones M, Wolfe N, Naeem A, Shaukat S, Sharif S, Alam MM, Angez M, Zaidi S, Delwart EL “Cardioviruses are genetically diverse and cause common enteric infections in South Asian children.”. J Virol., 2009 May;83(9):4631-41. Full text.

Blinkova O.V., Onipchenko V.G. 2001 “Analysis of interannual dynamics in alpine lichen heath, Teberdinsky State Biosphere Reserve” Bull. Mosk. o-va ispytateliei prirody. V. 106. Issue 5. P. 66-73. [In Russian with English abstract].

Blinkova O. , Rosario K., Li L., Kapoor A., Slikas E., Bernardin F., Breitbart M. and Delwart E. “High levels of genetic diversity for recently characterized human DNA and RNA enteric viruses found in sewage from throughout the United States”. Journal of Clinical Virology . Submitted.

Fadeev V.S., Blinkova O.V. , Gaponenko A.K. 2006 “Optimization of biological and physical parameters for biolistic genetic transformation of common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) using a particle inflow gun”. Genetika, Vol. 42, № 4, pp. 402–411. PDF.

Onipchenko, V.G., Blinkova, O.V., Zakharov, A.A., Blinnikov, M.S. and Abzeeva, M.A. 2001 “Dynamics of two contrasted alpine communities in the Caucasus: results of 14-years of permanent plot observations” Oecologia Montana. Vol. 10. P. 1-8.

Blinkova O.V. Urbanavichene I.N., Urbanavichus G.P. 2003 “New and rare lichen species from Caucasus (Teberdinsky State Biosphere Reserve)” Bot. journal. V. 88. № 10. P. 115-118. [In Russian with English abstract].

Blinkova O.V., Urbanavichus G.P. 2005. “Ecological analysis of lichens in the Teberda State Biosphere Reserve (North-Western Caucasus, Russia)”Folia Cryptog. Estonica, Fasc. 41: 23–34. PDF.

Davydov D.A. Gudovicheva A.V., Egorov V.I., Blinkova O.V. 2003 “The comparative investigating of N2 content and nitrogen fixation of some lichens in the protected areas of Tula region, Kola Peninsula and Northern Caucasus” Kulikovo Polie. Historical landscape. Nature. Archeology. History. Vol. 1. Tula. P. 187-197. [In Russian].

Onipchenko V.G., Golikov K.A., Blinkova O.V., Zakharov A.A. 2004 “Fluctuations and trends in the dynamics of alpine lichen heath and snow bed communities” P.144-157. In: W.Winterhoff (ed.), Alpine ecosystems in the Northwest Caucasus Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht. PDF.

Blinkova O.V. Urbanavichene I.N., Urbanavichus G.P. “The lichens of Teberdinsky State Reserve” Urbanavichus G.P., Urbanavichene I.N. The lichens in the reserves of Russia. The present-day biodiversity in the reserves. Vol. 2. The lichens and Bryophyta. Moscow. [In Russian].

Blinkova O.V. 2003 “Distribution of Macrolichens in Teberdinsky State Biosphere Reserve’s area” Transactions of the Teberda Reserve. Issue 20. Moscow. P. 60-74. [In Russian with English abstract].

Blinkova O.V. 2004: The materials to the lichen flora of the Teberda State Biosphere Reserve. - Novitates Systematicae Plantarum non Vascularium [Academia Scientiarum Rossica] 37: 192-199. [In Russian].

Blinkova O.V. 2004 “The annotated list of lichens from Teberdinsky Reserve” Transactions of the Teberda Reserve. Issue 21. Moscow. P. 113-149. [In Russian with English abstract].

Blinkova O.V. 2000 “Analysis of interannual dynamics in alpine lichen heath, Teberdinsky State Biosphere Reserve” The VII conference of young botanists in St.-Petepsburg. Abstracts. May 15-19, 2000, St.-Peterburg. P. 179. [In Russian].

Blinkova O.V. 2002 “Distribution patterns of fruticose and foliose lichens at Teberdinsky State Biosphere Reserve” Boreal lichen flora. Biological monitoring with lichen Program and abstracts of third international lichenological school and symposium. Abstracts. 31th July – 4th August, Ekaterinburg. P. 24-25. [In Russian].

Blinkova O.V. 2004 “The taxonomic structure of Teberdinsky Reserve’s lichens flora” Mycology and Algology – 2004. The materials of anniversary conference devoted 85 anniversaries of faculty a Mycology and Algology, Lomonosov Moscow State University. Moscow. P. 26. [In Russian].

Blinkova O.V. 2004 “Zone distribution of lichens in the Teberdinsky State Biosphere Reserve” The VIII conference of young botanists in St.-Petepsburg. Abstracts. May 17-21, St.-Peterburg. P.79. [In Russian].

Blinkova O.V. 2004 “The ecological analysis of lichens in the Teberda state biosphere Reserve (The North-Western Caucasus, Russia)” IAL5 Book of abstracts: Lichens in focus. Tartu: . University of Tartu. P. 53.

Blinkova O. “Distribution of plant-associated viruses: what can we say now? A review of the literature”. Tallgrass Prairie Preserve Retreat, Abstracts. March 9.

Grover V., Muthukumar V., Blinkova O., Zhang F., Song Y., Pierce M., Meicher U. 2006. “Identification of Viruses in the Tall Grass Prairie Preserve”. Tallgrass Prairie Preserve Retreat, Abstracts. March 9.

Melcher U., Grover V., Muthukumar V., Zhang F., Blinkova O., Pierce M. 2006. “Methods for Surveying Plants in Natural Settings for Viruses” American Phytopathological Society Annual Meeting, Abstracts. July 29 Aug. 2, Quebec City, Quebec.

Blinkova O., Wiley G.B., McGlinn D, Thapa V., Palmer M., Roe B.A., Melcher U. 2007. “Metagenomic Analysis of Plant Viruses using a ‘Lawn mower’ Approach”. American Society For Microbiology Missouri Valley Branch, Abstracts. March 30-31, Stillwater, OK. P. 36.