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[to the Department of Evolutionary Morphology homepage] Oksana Vertsimakha
Education:2022 – PhD student at Imperial College London at Department of Life Sciences, Austin Burt’s lab. 2018 – 2020 Masters student in Theoretical and Applied Statistics at Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, supervisor Prof I. Dzeverin. 2014 – 2018 – Undergraduate student at Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv.
Scientific interests:Stochastic spatial modelling, network theory applications in biology.
PublicationsPapers:Vertsimakha, O., Radchenko, M., Mild solution of the parabolic equation driven by finite stochastic measure. Theor. Probability and Math. Statist. 97, 17-32 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1090/tpms/1045 Ghazali, M., Vertsimakha, O., Dzeverin, I. The Beginning of Divergence in Morphological Integration and Modularity Patterns is Exemplified by the Odontometric Characters of Two Closely Related Bat species, Myotis blythii and Myotis myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), Acta Chiropterologica, 26(1), 113- 131 (2024). Dzeverin, I., Vertsimakha, O. Restructuring of Skull Modularity Pattern in Evolution Within Myotis myotis–Myotis blythii Species Group (Vespertilionidae, Chiroptera, Mammalia). Evol Biol 51, 330–355 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11692-024-09638-3 Grilli S, Vertsimakha O, Marston L. et al. Sex distorter male drive for resistance-resilient population control of the human malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Nat Commun (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71627-1.
Conference abstracts:Gol’din P, Vertsimakha O, Ghazali M, Dzeverin I, Vishnyakova K, Telizhenko V, Davydenko S, Ortiazhyi P. (2022) Anatomical network as a tool for studies of evolution of marine mammal skeleton. – In Book of abstracts of the 33rd Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Ashdod, Israel. – P. 109. Vertsimakha O, Burt A, Khatri B, Stochastic spatial modelling for gene drive combined with sex distortion // In: Abstract book of Population Genetics Group 58 (7-9 January 2025, Sheffield, UK) Vertsimakha O, Burt A, Khatri B, Modelling the dynamics and impact of alternative genetic biocontrol strategies over time and space // In: Abstract book of Gordon Research Conference (Barcelona, Spain, 2025) Vertsimakha O, Burt, A, Khatri, B, Mitigating resistance in gene drives using sex distortion strategies // In: Abstract book of Population Genetics Group 59 (7-9 January 2026, Lille, France) [to the Department of Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrates homepage] |
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I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, 2004-2026 |
