Arina
Kosolapova

Project Researcher, Molecular Plant Biology
Doctoral Researcher

Areas of expertise

Plant molecular biology
cyanobacteria
protoplasts
photosynthesis
exoelectrogenesis

Biography

BSc in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Northern British Columbia (2018-2022)

MSc in Biotechnology, University of Inlandet (2023-2025). Thesis "Optimization of the protoplast transfection for CRISPR-Cas9 RNP delivery in cultivated tetraploid potatoes".

Research

I've started in the Bioelectricity group led by Laura Wey in December 2025 as a doctoral researcher. During my PhD, I will be focusing on bioelectrochemical mechanism of photosynthetic exoelectrogenesis in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803, specifically how it is affected by circadian rhythms and phosphorylation.