Borislava Borisova | CV

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Education

• 2022 – till now: PhD student in Lab: Transmembrane Signalling, IBPhBME
• 2021: Master degree in Biomedical engineering, University of Chemical Technology and metallurgy – Sofia
  Master’s thesis: Investigation of the antitumor and antioxidant activity of extracts of Petasites hybridus L. (Butterbur) on breast cancer cell lines with different invasiveness; prepared at IBPhBME
• 2018: Bachelor degree in Chemical engineering, University of Chemical Technology and metallurgy – Sofia
  Bachelor’s thesis: Isolation and purification of recombinant membrane proteins ATP synthase and cytochrome B oxidase from the bacteria Escherichia Coli; prepared at Max Planck Institute, located in Magdeburg, Germany

Professional experience

• January 2021 till now: Medical Information Specialist with German, C3i Europe
• February 2020 – March 2021: Customer care support (German/English), Regiocom Bulgaria
• December 2018 – May 2019: Technical Support Engineer Intern with German and English in the Storage department in the Customer Solution Center of Hewlett Packard Enterprise in Sofia, Bulgaria
• June 2018 – September 2018: Research and Development Intern, at Max Planck Institute, located in Magdeburg, Germany
• February 2017 – June 2017: Microbiology Research and Development Intern in IBPhBME
• June 2017 – September 2017 and June 2016 – August 2016: Research and Development Intern, at Institute of thermodynamics, Leibnitz University Hannover, Germany
• November 2016 – April 2019: German Teacher, Providence Consult & Trading

Areas of Scientific Interest

• Biomaterials, Biocompatibility, Protein adsorption, cell adhesion and cell signaling

Awards

Second place for “Best Poster” by the Organizing Committee of the “International Seminar on Ecology – 2020”, dedicated to 10 years of IBER-BAS, 2020

Winner of the Second Place in the Category “Nature” of the Photo Contest “America Through My Eyes 2020”, as well as 1 incentive award in the CATEGORY “People” and 2 incentive awards in the category “The City”, 2020

Won a scholarship for a German Summer Course funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) – held in the city of Düsseldorf, Germany 2019

“Evrika“ Foundation Scholarship for success in the field of chemistry and chemical technology in the name of Acad. Rostislav Kaishev for the academic year 2017 – 2018

Winner of the “Bavarian Originals” competition (November 2013)

Won a prize from an essay competition and a visit to the Viadrina University in Frankfurt (on the Oder), Germany (November 2012)

Fellow of the “American Foundation for Bulgaria” and “1000 Scholarships”

Publications

• Rumiana Tzoneva, Veselina Uzunova, Tihomira Stoyanova, Borislava Borisova, Albena Momchilova, Roumen Pankov, Liliana Maslenkova, Anti-cancer effect of Petasites hybridus L. (Butterbur) root extract on breast cancer cell lines, Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2021, 35, 1, 853-861.
• Borislava V. Borisova, Svetlana M. Momchilova, Dimitrina P. Koleva, Albena P.Ivanova , Albena B. Momchilova, Liliana T. Maslenkova, The effect of seasonality of climate conditions on the structure and functional performance of photosynthetic apparatus of medicinal plant Petasites hybridus, Ecologia Balkanicа, 202/ 12/2.

Participation in academic projects

• B. Borisova, E.Shandurkov, D.Mladenova, M.Petrova, A.Siunetchieva, Stilian Tsaushev, Desislava Mutafchieva: COMPARISON BETWEEN CHEMICAL PROCESS SIMULATORS DESIGN II FOR WINDOWS AND PROMA/ , XIV Scientific Poster Session for Young Scientists, Doctoral Students and Undergraduates, 2016, UCTM – Sofia
• B. Borisova, E.Shandurkov, D.Mladenova, M.Petrova, A.Siunetchieva, N. Penkova, Modeling and numerical simulation of thermodynamically processes at ideal gases, XIII Scientific Poster Session for Young Scientists, Doctoral Students and Undergraduates, 2016, UCTM – Sofia