# First person – Taisa Bohdanovych

## TL;DR

This paper compares the green synthesis of silver and gold nanoparticles using extracts from Artemisia annua hairy roots.

## Contribution

The study introduces a novel comparison of nanoparticle synthesis methods using Artemisia annua hairy root extracts.

## Key findings

- Artemisia annua hairy root extracts effectively synthesize silver and gold nanoparticles.
- The study highlights the potential of plant-based methods for nanoparticle production.
- Green synthesis methods show promise for antioxidant and anti-inflammatory applications.

## Abstract

First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Biology Open, helping researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Taisa Bohdanovych is first author on ‘
Comparison of silver and gold nanoparticles green synthesis by Artemisia annua hairy root extracts’, published in BiO. Taisa is a junior research scientist in the lab of Dr Nadiia Matvieieva at the Department of Genetic Engineering, Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, investigating antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and other bioactive compounds of plants and hairy root cultures.