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Dr. Kivisaar is professor of microbial genetics at the Estonian Biocentre and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology at Tartu University. She received her Ph.D. in molecular biology in 1992 from Tartu University. She did postdoctoral work at Uppsala University in Sweden. She has received a National Science Prize for Chemistry and Molecular Biology from the Estonian government for scientific research and an award from the International Science Foundation.
RESEARCH ABSTRACT SUMMARY:
Maia Kivisaar investigates molecular mechanisms of stress-induced (stationary-phase) mutagenesis in Pseudomonas. The research focuses on elucidating a network controlling mutation frequency (expression of different DNA polymerases and DNA repair pathways, for example) in Pseudomonas under stressful conditions. Mechanisms of competitive interactions taking place in stressed microbial populations are also investigated.
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