Research interests: protistology, biodiversity, molecular phylogeny, ultrastructure of cells, evolution, distribution of species
Tikhonenkov, D.V., Mikhailov, K.V., Hehenberger, E., Karpov, S.A., Prokina, K.I., Esaulov, A.S., Belyakova, O.I., Mazei, Y.A., Mylnikov, A.P., Aleoshin, V.V., Keeling, P.J. New Lineage of Microbial Predators Adds Complexity to Reconstructing the Evolutionary Origin of Animals (2020) Current Biology. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.061
Tikhonenkov, D.V., Strassert, J.F.H., Janouškovec, J., Mylnikov, A.P., Aleoshin, V.V., Burki, F., Keeling, P.J. Predatory colponemids are the sister group to all other alveolates (2020) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 149, 106839. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106839
Tikhonenkov, D.V., Hehenberger, E., Esaulov, A.S., Belyakova, O.I., Mazei, Y.A., Mylnikov, A.P., Keeling, P.J. Insights into the origin of metazoan multicellularity from predatory unicellular relatives of animals (2020) BMC Biology, 18 (1), № 39. DOI: 10.1186/s12915-020-0762-1
Azovsky, A.I., Chertoprud, E.S., Garlitska, L.A., Mazei, Y.A., Tikhonenkov, D.V. Does size really matter in biogeography? Patterns and drivers of global distribution of marine micro- and meiofauna (2020) Journal of Biogeography, 47 (5), pp. 1180-1192. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.13771
Butenko, A., Opperdoes, F.R., Flegontova, O., Horák, A., Hampl, V., Keeling, P., Gawryluk, R.M.R., Tikhonenkov, D., Flegontov, P., Lukeš, J. Evolution of metabolic capabilities and molecular features of diplonemids, kinetoplastids, and euglenids (2020) BMC Biology, 18 (1), № 23. DOI: 10.1186/s12915-020-0754-1
Tikhonenkov, D.V. Predatory flagellates - The new recently discovered deep branches of the eukaryotic tree and their evolutionary and ecological significance (2020) Protistology, 14 (1), pp. 15-22. DOI: 10.21685/1680-0826-2020-14-1-2
Massana, R., Labarre, A., López-Escardó, D., Obiol, A., Bucchini, F., Hackl, T., Fischer, M.G., Vandepoele, K., Tikhonenkov, D.V., Husnik, F., Keeling, P.J. Gene expression during bacterivorous growth of a widespread marine heterotrophic flagellate (2020) ISME Journal. DOI: 10.1038/s41396-020-00770-4
Gawryluk*, R.M.R., Tikhonenkov*, D.V., Hehenberger, E., Husnik, F., Mylnikov, A.P., Keeling, P.J. Non-photosynthetic predators are sister to red algae (2019) Nature, 572 (7768), pp. 240-243. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-019-1398-6. *-equal contribution.
Mylnikov, A.P., Tikhonenkov, D.V., Karpov, S.A., Wylezich, C. Microscopical Studies on Ministeria vibrans Tong, 1997 (Filasterea) Highlight the Cytoskeletal Structure of the Common Ancestor of Filasterea, Metazoa and Choanoflagellata (2019) Protist, 170 (4), pp. 385-396. DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2019.07.001
Tikhonenkov, D.V., Jhin, S.H., Eglit, Y., Miller, K., Plotnikov, A., Simpson, A.G.B., Park, S. Ecological and evolutionary patterns in the enigmatic protist genus Percolomonas (Heterolobosea; Discoba) from diverse habitats (2019) PLoS ONE, 14 (8), статья № e0216188. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0216188
Strassert, J.F.H., Jamy, M., Mylnikov, A.P., Tikhonenkov, D.V., Burki, F. New phylogenomic analysis of the enigmatic phylum Telonemia further resolves the eukaryote tree of life (2019) Molecular Biology and Evolution, 36 (4), pp. 757-765. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msz012
Irwin, N.A.T., Tikhonenkov, D.V., Hehenberger, E., Mylnikov, A.P., Burki, F., Keeling, P.J. Phylogenomics supports the monophyly of the Cercozoa (2019) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 130, pp. 416-423. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.004
Záhonová, K., Petrželková, R., Valach, M., Yazaki, E., Tikhonenkov, D.V., Butenko, A., Janouškovec, J., Hrdá, Š., Klimeš, V., Burger, G., Inagaki, Y., Keeling, P.J., Hampl, V., Flegontov, P., Yurchenko, V., Eliáš, M. Extensive molecular tinkering in the evolution of the membrane attachment mode of the Rheb GTPase (2018) Scientific Reports, 8 (1), статья № 5239. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-23575-0
Bass, D., Tikhonenkov, D.V., Foster, R., Dyal, P., Janouškovec, J., Keeling, P.J., Gardner, M., Neuhauser, S., Hartikainen, H., Mylnikov, A.P., Berney, C. Rhizarian ‘Novel Clade 10’ Revealed as Abundant and Diverse Planktonic and Terrestrial Flagellates, including Aquavolon n. gen. (2018) Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 65 (6), pp. 828-842. DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12524
Janouškovec*, J., Tikhonenkov*, D.V., Burki, F., Howe, A.T., Rohwer, F.L., Mylnikov, A.P., Keeling, P.J. A New Lineage of Eukaryotes Illuminates Early Mitochondrial Genome Reduction (2017) Current Biology, 27 (23), pp. 3717-3724.e5. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.051. *-equal contribution.
Hehenberger, E., Tikhonenkov, D.V., Kolisko, M., del Campo, J., Esaulov, A.S., Mylnikov, A.P., Keeling, P.J. Novel Predators Reshape Holozoan Phylogeny and Reveal the Presence of a Two-Component Signaling System in the Ancestor of Animals (2017) Current Biology, 27 (13), pp. 2043-2050.e6. DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.006
Azovsky, A.I., Tikhonenkov, D.V., Mazei, Y.A. An Estimation of the Global Diversity and Distribution of the Smallest Eukaryotes: Biogeography of Marine Benthic Heterotrophic Flagellates (2016) Protist, 167 (5), pp. 411-424. DOI: 10.1016/j.protis.2016.07.001
Tikhonenkov, D.V., Janouškovec, J., Keeling, P.J., Mylnikov, A.P. The Morphology, Ultrastructure and SSU rRNA Gene Sequence of a New Freshwater Flagellate, Neobodo borokensis n. sp. (Kinetoplastea, Excavata) (2016) Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, 63 (2), pp. 220-232. DOI: 10.1111/jeu.12271
Strassert, J.F.H., Tikhonenkov, D.V., Pombert, J.-F., Kolisko, M., Tai, V., Mylnikov, A.P., Keeling, P.J. Moramonas marocensis Gen. Nov., Sp. Nov.: A jakobid flagellate isolated from desert soil with a Bacteria-like, but bloated mitochondrial genome (2016) Open Biology, 6 (2), 150239. DOI: 10.1098/rsob.150239
Burki, F., Kaplan, M., Tikhonenkov, D.V., Zlatogursky, V., Minh, B.Q., Radaykina, L.V., Smirnov, A., Mylnikov, A.P., Keeling, P.J. Untangling the early diversification of eukaryotes: A phylogenomic study of the evolutionary origins of centrohelida, haptophyta and cryptista (2016) Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283 (1823), № 20152802. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2015.2802
Janouškovec J., Tikhonenkov D., Burki F., Howe A., Kolisko M., Mylnikov A.P., Keeling P.J. 2015. Factors mediating plastid dependency and the origins of parasitism in apicomplexans and their close relatives // Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. V. 112. No 33. P. 10200–10207.
Tikhonenkov D.V., Janouškovec J., Mylnikov A.P., Mikhailov K.V., Simdyanov T.G., Aleoshin V.V., Keeling P.J. 2014. Description of Colponema vietnamica sp.n. and Acavomonas peruviana n. gen. n. sp., Two New Alveolate Phyla (Colponemidia nom. nov. and Acavomonidia nom. nov.) and Their Contributions to Reconstructing the Ancestral State of Alveolates and Eukaryotes // PLoS ONE. V. 9. No 4:e95467.
Tikhonenkov D. 2014. Species diversity and changes of communities of heterotrophic flagellates (protista) in response to glacial melt in King George Island, the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica // Antarctic Science. V. 26. No 2. P. 133–144.
Janouškovec J*., Tikhonenkov D*., Mikhailov K.V., Simdyanov T.G., Aleoshin V.V., Mylnikov A.P., Keeling P.J. 2013. Colponemids represent multiple ancient alveolate lineages // Current Biology. V. 25. No 24. P. 2546–2552. *Both authors contributed equally to this work.
Azovsky A., Saburova M., Tikhonenkov D., Khazanova K., Esaulov A., Mazei Y. 2013. Composition, diversity and distribution of microbenthos across the intertidal zones of Ryazhkov Island (the White Sea) // Europ. J. Protistol. V. 49. No 4. P. 500–515.
Tikhonenkov D., Mylnikov A.P., Gong Y., Feng W., Mazei Y. 2012. Heterotrophic Flagellates from Freshwater and Soil Habitats in Subtropical China (Wuhan Area, Hubei Province) // Acta Protozool. V. 51. No 1. P. 65–79.
Tikhonenkov D.V., Mazei Yu.A., Mylnikov A.P. 2006. Species diversity of heterotrophic flagellates in White Sea littoral sites // Europ. J. Protistol. V. 42. No 3. P. 191–200.
Academician V.E. Sokolov annual award in general biology and ecology, nomination to young talented scientists. Academician V.E. Sokolov charitable foundation for science supporting, Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences, National reserve bank, 2007
The award in the natural sciences and the humanities under the program "Best post-graduate students of the Russian Academy of Sciences". Charitable foundation for assistance to a national science, 2007
The award in the natural sciences and the humanities under the program "Best young PhDs of the Russian Academy of Sciences". Charitable foundation for assistance to a national science, 2008
Winner of the competition "The Best Young Scientist of the Yaroslavl Region 2014".
Certificate MK-7436.2015.5 Winner of the 2015 competition for the right to receive grants President of the Russian Federation for state support of young Russian scientists - Ph.D. in the field of knowledge "Biology, agricultural sciences and technologies of living systems ".
a member of the International Society of Protistology
a member of the Hydrobiological society at the Russian Academy of Sciences
a member of a society of Protozoologists at the Russian Academy of Sciences
Member of the editorial board of the journal "Biology of Inland Waters"
Guest Editor "Frontiers Plant Science"
Reviewer in various protistological and hydrobiological journals.
Patent for industrial design No. 121927 "Integrated information web-system for protist biodiversity"
Certificate of state registration of the computer program No. 2018617998 “Protist. Biodiversity of Protozoa ”.
Certificate of state registration of the database No. 2018621096 "Global geographical distribution of free-living heterotrophic flagellates".
Certificate of state registration of the database No. 2016620707 "Dynamics of the abundance and biomass of free-living heterotrophic flagellates under clonal culture conditions"
Megagrant No. 003 for State Support of research within the framework of the world-class scientific and educational centers, conducted under the guidance of leading scientists. "AquaBioSafe: aquatic ecosystems and biosafety as the basis for sustainable ecological and social development of Western Siberia"
RSF No. 18-14-00239 "Reconstruction of the early evolution of eukaryotes through studies of heterotrophic unicellular organisms"
RSF № 14-14-00515 Heterotrophic roots of eukaryotic tree of life: morphological and genomic investigation of ancient protist lineages.
Grant of the President of Russian Federation МК-7436.2015.4 Investigation of the novel basal lineage of opisthokont protists and origin of multicellular animals
RFBR № 20-34-70049_Stability "Phylogenomic and morphological study of predatory microbes: description of a potentially new supergroup of eukaryotes"
RFBR № 20-04-00583_A "Objectification of views on biodiversity, ecology and evolution of eukaryotes through the prism of studies of heterotrophic protists"
RFBR № 17-04-00899 A “Hunting for microbes”: finding and investigation of the undescribed biodiversity of unicellular eukaryotes in water ecosystems, predicted by environmental DNA sequencing
RFBR № 18-504-51028 NIF_a "Morpho-species vs phylotypes: study of the diversity of heterotrophic flagellates in Korea and Russia"
RFBR № 14-04-00554 А Investigation of cryptic diversity of heterotrophic flagellates: searching for new links in structural organization of biocenoses and phylogenetic relations among eukaryotes
RFBR № 15-34-20065 mol_а_ved Phylogenomic and ultrastructural analysis of the new representative of predatory flagellates belonging to the lineage of close unicellular relatives of Metazoa.
RFBR № 15-29-02518 офи_м Development of the integrated information web-system on a biodiversity of protists.
RFBR № 11-04-00084-а «Diversity and community organization of free-living heterotrophic flagellates
RFBR № 12-04-33067-mol_a_ved Morphologic and genomic study of basal alveolates: diversification of the group and the interchange of heterotrophic, photosynthetic and parasitic forms.
