The University of Georgia

Lika Leshkasheli
Assistant
Doctor
Department of Natural Sciences
School of Science and Technology

Education

Tbilisi State University - Exact and Natural Sciences - Bachelor - 2002-02-09 - 2006-02-07

Tbilisi State University - Exact and Natural Sciences - Master - 2007-06-18 - 2009-02-04

Tbilisi state University - Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences - Doctor - 2011-10-10 - 2022-07-27

Publications

Susceptibility of extended-spectrum- βlactamase-producing Escherichia coli to commercially available and laboratory- isolated bacteriophages - 2011

bacterial infections Bacteriophages against multidrug resistant - 2016

Genomic characterization of three novel Basilisk-like phages infecting Bacillus anthracis - 2018

Efficacy of Newly Isolated and Highly Potent Bacteriophages in a Mouse Model of XDRAB Bacteremia - 2019

Eradication of a multi-drug resistant, carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae isolatefollowing oral and intra-rectal therapy with a custom-made, lytic bacteriophage preparation - 2020

Significance of lysogeny for the metabolism of Desulfovibrio spp. strains isolated from aquatic environments of Georgia. - 2021

Phage Therapy Experience at the Eliava Phage Therapy Center: Three Cases of Bacterial Persistence - 2021

Combination of pre-adapted bacteriophage therapy and antibiotics for treatment of fracture-related infection due to pandrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae - 2022

Conferences

100th Centennial Celebration of Bacteriophage Research - 24-04-2017

100th Centennial Celebration of Bacteriophage Research - 26-06-2017

EMBO Conference on the Viruses of Microbes - 09-07-2018

Viruses of Microbes 2022 - 18-07-2022

Viruses of Mivrobes 2023 - 03-07-2023

Scientific Projects

- 2010-2012

- 2013-2015

- 2014-2015

- 2018-2020

- 2019-2020

- 2022-2023

Courses

Basic Microbiology and Bacteriology-MD231240E ( 2022/2023; 2023/2024; )

Microbiology-NRSI2140E ( 2021/2022; 2022/2023; 2023/2024; 2024/2025; )

Schedule

Microbiology-NRSI2140E

Lika Leshkasheli received her Master’s degree in Molecular Immunology and Applied Microbiology and PhD in Biology from Tbilisi State University. Lika is employed as a scientist in the Laboratory of Molecular Biology at George Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology, and Virology. She has authored and co-authored 26 theses and 6 scientific publications. She is trained for work in BSL3 laboratories. In the frames of different international collaborations at ELiava Institute, she has conducted her work at Berkley Laboratory (USA), at Marine Research Centre (Greece), at the University of Hohenheim (Germany). In 2017 she has conducted laboratory training for the course “Microbial Biotechnology”. In the years 2018-2019, she trained the attendees of a summer school organized by George Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology, and Virology, where she helped the students develop practical microbiological skills.