Council of Young Scientists and Academicians

Institute of Pig Breeding and Agroindustrial Production of the National

Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine

PEKA Mykyta Yuriyovych	Chairman of the Council of Young Scientists, Researcher of the Genetics Laboratory	tel.+380968552088 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
POCHERNYAEVA Elizaveta Aleksandrovna	Deputy Chairman of the Council of Young Scientists, Postgraduate Student, Junior Researcher of the Genetics Laboratory	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
PUSHKINA Maria Lvovna	Secretary of the Council of Young Scientists, Junior Researcher Laboratory of Innovative Technologies and Experimental Animal Facilities	-->
GUK Malvina Serhiivna	Ph.D. s.-g. Sciences, in at. Head of the Laboratory of Scientific Research on Intellectual Property and Marketing of Innovations
DUBININ Dmitry Sergeevich	Doctor of Philosophy, Research Fellow Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Physiology and Health	-->
ŽIŽKA Stanislav Vasilovich	Doctor of Philosophy, Junior Researcher Laboratory of Ecological Safety in Animal Husbandry
INKOL Anton Gennadievich	postgraduate student
SINITSYN Oleksiy Sergeevich	postgraduate student
SOKYRKO Inna Anatoliyevna	junior research fellow Laboratory of Environmental Safety in animal husbandry
SUKHNO Taras Viktorovych	Doctor of Philosophy, Research Fellow Laboratory of Breeding and Genetics of Pigs
TARASENKO Yevgeny Yurievich	Postgraduate Student
TATSIY Oleksandr Volodymyrovych	Doctor of Philosophy, Research Fellow of the Dairy Cattle Breeding Laboratory
TENYAEV Volodymyr Valeriyovych	postgraduate student
TORIANIK Artem Yurievich	postgraduate student
SABLYA Petro Vladimirovich	postgraduate student
FAUSTOV Rostyslav Viktorovych	candidate of c.-g. science, senior scientific employee of the laboratory of innovative technologies and experimental animal facilities	-->
YARINA Andriy Fedorovych	graduate student

History of the creation of the Council of Young Scientists and the present

The Council of Young Scientists of the Institute of Pig Breeding and Agricultural Research of the NAAS resumed its activities in accordance with the decision of the Academic Council. The meeting was held on May 28, 2020 (chairman - Rybalko V.P.)

In the period from 2020 to 2024, the Chair of the Council of Young Scientists was Khotsenko Alla Volodymyrivna. Since 2024, the Chairman of the Council of Young Scientists is Peka Mykyta Yuriyovych.

As of 2025, the Council of Young Scientists consists of 17 people, including 8 postgraduate students of the Institute of Pig Breeding and Animal Husbandry of the NAAS and 6 people with scientific degrees.

Preparation of postgraduate students and defense of dissertations

Representatives of the Council of Young Scientists take an active part in the consideration of the work programs of postgraduate research on the topic of their dissertation by the Methodological Commission of the Institute of Pig Breeding and Animal Husbandry of the NAAS.

Young scientists, together with scientists of the Institute of Pig Breeding and Animal Husbandry of the NAAS, regularly hold seminars at which the results of postgraduate dissertations are approved.

During the period 2024-2025, the defenses of the dissertations of young scientists were held: 

Matiyuk Valeriia Valeriivna. Use of genetic markers to improve the reproductive traits of sows of different breeds: Doctor of Philosophy: special.. 204 - Technology of production and processing of livestock products: date of defense 2025-08-12; Institute of Pig Breeding and Agro-industrial Production of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine. – Poltava. Scientific advisor: Sayenko Artem Mykhailovych.

Sukhno Taras Viktorovych. Influence of the melanocortin 4 receptor gene and paratypic factors on the growth and reproductive ability of pigs: Doctor of Philosophy: special.. 204 - Technology of production and processing of livestock products: date of defense 2024-07-16; Institute of Pig Breeding and Agro-industrial Production of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine. – Poltava. Scientific advisor: Pavlo Anatolyovich Vashchenko.

Organization of scientific and practical conferences

Representatives of the Council of Young Scientists take part in the organization of scientific and practical conferences, in particular conferences of young scientists and specialists:

International scientific and practical conference of young scientists and specialists "Synergy of generations in the development of agricultural science - experience, innovations, strategies" (September 18, 2025, Poltava, Ukraine).

International scientific and practical conference of young scientists and specialists "Consolidation for the future: scientific achievements of scientists for the victory and post-war reconstruction of Ukraine" (August 29, 2024, Poltava, Ukraine).

International Scientific and Practical Conference of Young Scientists and Specialists "Integration of the Scientific Potential of Ukraine in the Field of Animal Husbandry into the European Space" (November 3, 2023, Poltava, Ukraine).

International Internet Conference "Development of the Animal Husbandry Industry in the Conditions of European Integration" (November 04, 2022, Poltava, Ukraine) 

International Internet Conference "Development of the Animal Husbandry Industry in the Conditions of European Integration" (November 04, 2022, Poltava, Ukraine)

Scientific and Practical Conference of Young Scientists and Postgraduate Students "Problems of Breeding, Genetics, Reproduction and Production Technology in Animal Husbandry" (October 26, 2021, Poltava, Ukraine).

Publication activity of young scientists

With the participation of young scientists, a number of articles have been published in publications indexed in the international databases Scopus and Web of Science (2020-2025):

Peka, M., & Balatsky, V. (2025). Binding of transmissible gastroenteritis virus and porcine respiratory coronavirus to human and porcine aminopeptidase N receptors as an indicator of cross-species transmission. PLoS One, 20(5), e0325023.

Midlovets, K., Volkova, N., & Peka, M. (2025). Bioinformatic Analysis of WNT Family Proteins. Bioinformatics and biology insights, 19, 11779322251353347.

Matiiuk, V. V., Saienko, A. M., Vashchenko, P. A., Slynko, V. H., Fesenko, O. G., Peka, M. Y., & Tsereniuk, O. M. (2025). Association of polymorphisms in estrogen and prolactin receptor genes with reproductive traits in sows of rare breeds. Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems, 33(1), e25033.

Ibatullin I. I., Tsereniuk O. M., Zinoviev, S. H., Pushkina, M. L., Slynko, V. H., Stadnytska, O. I., & Vashchenko, P. A. (2024). Biochemical indicators of pig blood when using a complex probiotic feed supplement. Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems, 15(3), 416-422.

Peka, M., & Balatsky, V. (2024). Bioinformatic approach to identifying causative missense polymorphisms in animal genomes. BMC genomics, 25(1), 1226.

Tsereniuk, O. M., Vashchenko, P. A., Khokhlov, A. M., Tsybenko, V. H., Shostia, G. M., Saenko, A. M., Peka, M. Y., & Zhukorskyi, O. M. (2023). Comparative characteristics of polymorphisms of melanocortin 4 and ryanodine 1 receptor genes of Myrhorod pigs before and after the African swine fever outbreak. Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems, 14(4), 601–608.

Saienko, A., Peka, M., Tsereniuk, O., Babicz, M., Kropiwiec-Domańska, K., Onyshchenko, A., Vashchenko, P., & Balatsky, V. (2023). Analysis of polymorphism and development of a molecular-genetic system for genotyping by the telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) gene. Biosystems Diversity, 31(4), 436–443.

Peka, M., Balatsky, V., Saienko, A., & Tsereniuk, O. (2023). Bioinformatic analysis of the effect of SNPs in the pig TERT gene on the structural and functional characteristics of the enzyme to develop new genetic markers of productivity traits. BMC genomics, 24(1), 487.

Peka, M., & Balatsky, V. (2023). Analysis of RBD-ACE2 interactions in livestock species as a factor in the spread of SARS-CoV-2 among animals. Veterinary and Animal Science, 100303.

Peka, M., & Balatsky, V. (2023). The impact of mutation sets in the receptor-binding domain of SARS-CoV-2 variants on the stability of the RBD-ACE2 complex. Future Virology, 18(4), 225-242.

Zhukorskyi, O. M., Tsereniuk, O. M., Sukhno, T. V., Saienko, A. M., Polishchuk, A. A., Chereuta, Y. V., Shaferivskyi, B. S., & Vashchenko, P. A. (2023). The influence of genotype and feeding level of gilts on their further reproductive performance. Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems, 14(2), 312-318.

Vashchenko P. A., Zhukorskyi O. M., Saenko, A. M., Khokhlov, A. M., Usenko, S. O., Kryhina, N. V., Sukhno, T. V., & Tsereniuk O. M. (2023). The influence of feeding level on the growth of pigs depending on their genotype. Regulatory Mechanisms in Biosystems, 14(1), 112-117.

Balatsky, V. N., Oliinychenko, Y. K., Saienko, A. M., Buslyk, T. V., Bankovska, I. B., Peka, M. Yu., & Doran, O. (2022). Associations of Polymorphisms in Leptin and Leptin Receptor Genes with Meat Quality in Pigs of the Ukrainian Large White Breed. Cytology & Genetics, 56, 513–525.

Participation in scientific projects 

Young scientists are involved in fundamental and applied research funded by the state budget of Ukraine and the European Commission. For the period 2020-2025, 3 applications for grants from the National Research Foundation of Ukraine were submitted with the participation of the Council of Young Scientists.

The Chairman of the Council of Young Scientists, Peka Mykyta Yuriyovych, participates in two European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST Association) projects: European Swine Influenza Network (COST Action 21132);

 Non-globular proteins in the era of Machine Learning (COST Action 21160).

The Council of Young Scientists promotes the search for domestic and foreign grant support for scientific research and scholarship programs for young scientists. Informs young scientists and members of the Council of Young Scientists about competitions for the implementation of fundamental, applied and exploratory scientific research funded by national and international grant agencies.

For information on current grant competitions for young scientists, please contact the Chairman of the Council of Young Scientists or the Scientific Secretary of the Institute of Pig Breeding and Animal Husbandry of the NAAS.