On September 3, 2026, a meeting of the Ad Hoc Specialized Academic Council for PhD degrees at the Institute of Animal Biology of the NAAS (National Academy of Agrarian Sciences) was held. During the meeting, Viktoriia Mushynska, a postgraduate student at the Institute of Animal Biology of the NAAS, successfully defended her dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in the specialty 091 "Biology."
Dissertation title: "Genomic and functional characterization of the probiotic potential of the *Enterococcus* sp. SB12 strain."
Academic supervisors: Oksana Vsevolodivna Shtapenko — Doctor of Biological Sciences, Leading Researcher;
Vasyl Yaroslavovych Syrvatka — Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher.
The Ad Hoc Specialized Academic Council comprised specialists in the fields of biology and biotechnology:
Council Chair:
Oleh Vishchur — Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, Professor, Head of the Immunology Laboratory at the Institute of Animal Biology of the NAAS.
Reviewers:
Andrii Zinoviiovych Pylypets — Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Senior Researcher, Acting Scientific Secretary of the Institute of Animal Biology of the NAAS;
Mariia Romanivna Kozak — Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher, Acting Head of the Molecular Biology and Genetics Laboratory at the Institute of Animal Biology of the NAAS. Opponents:
Olena Volodymyrivna Moshynets — Doctor of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher, Leading Researcher at the Department of Cellular Regulatory Mechanisms, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;
Oksana Yuriivna Zinchenko — Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor at the Department of Microbiology, Virology, and Biotechnology, Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University.
We sincerely congratulate Viktoriia Stanislavivna and her academic supervisors on the successful defense! We wish her continued success, professional growth, and new achievements in the scientific field!