Talks, visits & galleries

Talks and presentations

• 2024Boris Balinsky at the Institute of Zoology by V. Kharchenko, L. Lastikova and V. Konstantinova. Balinsky Symposium, University of the Witwatersrand, 10–11 April 2024 — marking the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Ukraine and South Africa.
• 2019European Scientific Counsel Companion Animal Parasites (ESCCAP) in Ukraine: tasks and perspectives. USAVA Congress, Uzhhorod, 6–8 June 2019 (in Ukrainian).
• 2019Flotation ovoscopy technique for the diagnosis of helminthiases. Seminar “Modern issues of parasitology, tropical diseases of animals and humans”, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, 27 May 2019 (in Ukrainian).
• 2018All-Ukrainian seminar “Actual problems of diagnostics, control and prophylaxis of fish diseases”, 10–11 October 2018 (in Ukrainian).
• 2018Scientific journals as the creators of the scientific landscape. 6th International Conference “Scientific Communication in the Digital Age”, Kyiv, 29–30 March 2018 · video
• 2017Vestnik Zoologii in English: first results. 5th International Conference “Scientific Communication in the Digital Age”, Kyiv, 2017 · video
• 2016Academperiodyka vs De Gruyter Open. VI Conference “Scientific Periodicals: Traditions and Innovations”, 8 June 2016 (in Ukrainian).
• 2016Caucasus Ecosystem: Past, Present and Future (80 years of zoological investigations of the Caucasus), Baku, Azerbaijan, 23–24 November 2016.
• 2016XXIV Congress of the Polish Parasitological Society, Kraków, 5–8 September 2016.
• 2014Hints for Zoologists #5: Bibliographic databases and bibliography managers — slides · video
• 2013XXIII Congress of the Polish Parasitological Society, Szklarska Poręba, 4–7 September 2013.
• 2012Ukrainian Science in the Global Information Space (in Ukrainian).
• 2011Taxonomical and ecological research of horse Strongylidae in Ukraine. Lecture for students of Hebei Normal University (Shijiazhuang) and Hebei University of Engineering (Handan), China.
• 2011Biological diversity and conservation problems of the fauna of the Caucasus, Yerevan, Armenia, 26–29 September 2011.
• 2010Versita — our guide from traditions to innovations (in Ukrainian).
• 2003Current status of research on the helminth fauna of wild ungulates in Ukraine. Helminthological Society of Washington, Gettysburg, USA.

Slides of conference presentations linked to particular abstracts are also given in the list of publications.

Conferences and research visits

Sixty-seven papers have been presented at scientific meetings in Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Finland, France, India, Mexico, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, South Africa, Ukraine and the USA.

• 2024“PARADNI24. Parasites of 21 Century”, XV Slovak and Czech Parasitological Days, Tesáre-Nové Mlyny, Slovakia, 13–17 May 2024
• 2023III Konferencja Naukowo-Szkoleniowa “Parazytozy zwierząt”, Poland, 11–14 September 2023
• 2021II Konferencja Naukowo-Szkoleniowa “Parazytozy zwierząt”, Ciechanowiec, Poland, 6–9 September 2021 · slides · paper
• 2019XXV Congress of the Polish Parasitological Society, Warsaw, 9–12 September 2019
• 2018Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS, České Budějovice, Czech Republic
• 2017DAMA (Documentation – Assessment – Monitoring – Action) experts’ workshop, Balatonfüred, Hungary, 9–12 October 2017
• 2016International Scientific Conference “Caucasus Ecosystem: Past, Present and Future”, Baku, Azerbaijan, 23–24 November 2016
• 2016XXIV Congress of the Polish Parasitological Society, Kraków, 5–8 September 2016
• 2013XXIII Congress of the Polish Parasitological Society, Szklarska Poręba-Piechowice, 4–7 September 2013; W. Stefański Institute of Parasitology, Warsaw
• 2012XI European Multicolloquium of Parasitology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
• 2011Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, and Hebei University of Engineering, Handan, China
• 2011International Conference “Biological diversity and conservation problems of the fauna of the Caucasus”, Yerevan, Armenia, 26–29 September 2011
• 20106th International Colloquium for Working Equids, New Delhi, India
• 2010XXII Congress of the Polish Parasitological Society, Puławy, Poland · poster
• 2009International Scientific Conference “Rediscovering Eastern Europe”, University of Białystok, Poland
• 2008X European Multicolloquium of Parasitology, Paris, France
• 2007Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre RAS, Petrozavodsk, Russia; Institute of Parasitology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, Slovakia
• 2002Lithuanian Veterinary Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania
• 1997University of Pretoria, Onderstepoort, South Africa
• 1996 – 2004W. Stefański Institute of Parasitology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw (1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004)
• 1995, 2003Agricultural Research Center, USDA, Beltsville, USA
• 1991 – 2006Central Laboratory of General Ecology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia (1991, 2001, 2006)
• 1985 – 1987K. I. Skrjabin All-Union Institute of Helminthology, Moscow (several short visits)

TV and radio

• 2018Animals in the city — TV channel “Kyiv”
• 2017Vitaliy Kharchenko about zoology — Hromadske Radio
• 2013Diseases that kill — TV
• 2006Evolution vs creationism — discussion on local TV
• —Chronicle. Echoes of the Ages — the Red Book (in Ukrainian)

Resources for parasitologists

Müller (1950) on strongylid larvae

A scan of a rare and excellent work, shared in the hope that it helps preserve it:

Müller, B. 1950. Über die Larven der Strongyliden in der Darmwand des Pferdes. Inaugural-Dissertation, Universität Leipzig. (PDF)

Prevalence–abundance chart

A chart often used in parasitology, similar to a “population pyramid”. This Microsoft Excel template builds it automatically by combining two charts.

Download the Excel template (ZIP)

Photo galleries

My roots Dzharylgach, 2013 Chinese in Ukraine Carpathians, 2008 Pyrohiv museum, May 2008 Stone Barrows Reserve Through the Olympus BX51 We can do it! (tiling)

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