Bioanalytical Studies

Evaluation of bioactive compounds

Preclinical studies on bioactive compounds

Research interests:

– drug design, molecular docking,
– biological evaluation of the substances of natural origin and synthesized de novo. Anticancer and antimicrobial compounds,
– study of the virulence factors of Candida albicans,
– protein kinases in various cellular processes,
– protein expression and purification.

agnieszka.kuzniar@kul.pl
+48 81 4545 461
Office: B 1.17

Courses:
Advanced Biotechnology

Research interests:
– the use of modern methods of analyzing the biodiversity of the community of microorganisms occurring in various environments, e.g. plant tissues, soil, sediments,
– analysis of the genomes of microorganisms,
– gene expression in conjunction with phenotypic analysis of microorganisms,
– microbiological issues related to agrobiotechnology, industrial biotechnology.

agnieszka.wolinska@kul.pl
+48 81 4545 456
Office: B 1.15

Courses:
Experimental work methodology and Quality management systems

Research interests:
– soil biodiversity determined by NGS and CLPP techniques in the context of biotechnological applications,
– soil biology and enzymatic activities,
– plant endophytes and its importance in biotechnology.

andrea.baier@kul.pl
+48 81 4545 426
Office: B 3.02

Courses:
Omics Technologies
Methods in Protein Biochemistry

Research interests:
– analysis of natural and synthetic substances against various enzymatic activities (e.g., kinases, helicases, polymerases), their antioxidant activity and their effect against various microorganisms,
– study of the regulation of enzymatic activities by site-directed mutagenesis,
– overexpression and purification of native or recombinant proteins expressed in E. coli and S. cerevisiae.

anna.borowka@kul.pl
+48 81 4545 674
Office: B 3.18

Course:
Application of Nanomaterials

Research interests:
– synthesis of nanomaterials, especially mesoporous silicates, and modification of their structure and surface features,
– study of adsorption properties of various nanomaterials,
– application of mesoporous materials as carriers of active substances.

anna.szafranek-nakonieczna@kul.pl
+48 81 4545 460
Office: B 1.16

Courses:
Analysis of environmental samples

Research interests:
– interdisciplinary research of microbial communities in soil and geological environments (activity and taxonomic composition, reconstruction of palaeoenvironmental processes based on lipid biomarkers),
– processes of methanogenesis and methanotrophy in various environments,
– study of the processes in soil environment polluted by different substances, including petroleum substances, with particular emphasis on the influence of contamination on the greenhouse gas balance.

artur.banach@kul.pl
+48 81 4545 648
Office: B 1.13

Courses:
Bioremediation

Research interests:
– plant microbiomes, Azolla sp., bioremediation of heavy metals, microbially-assisted phytoremediation of heavy metals, plant growth-promoting bacteria, soil science, biogeochemistry, aquatic systems, analytical methods, data processing (statistics, bioinformatics).

emedykowska@oschr.pl
+48 81 742 63 01

Main field of study and field specialisation: Biology, Applied Biology

Research interests:
– soil and growing media analysis according to Spurway method,
– quantification of macronutrients, pH and salinity,
– water and nutrients analysis used for horticultural plants irrigation.

hieronim.golczyk@kul.pl
+48 81 4545 445

Molecular Cytogenetics

Research interests:

– cytogenetics, genetics, cytology: chromosome and chromatin structure and function, karyotype evolution.

weronika.goraj@kul.pl
+48 81 4545 461

Microbial diversity in environment

Research interests:

– microbial ecology and microbiology of subsurface environments,
– methanogenesis and methanotrophy,
– the use of microorganisms in industrial biotechnology and agriculture.

malgorzata.poniewozik@kul.pl
+48 81 4545 416

Detection of plant bioactive substances

Research interests:

– biodiversity and ecology of phytoplankton,
– functioning of ponds and shallow lakes,
– phytoplankton in the assessment of ecological status of water bodies,
– water quality and water management,
– biology and taxonomy of euglenoids,
– vegetation (macrophytes) in lakes functioning; investigation of plant compound activity.

monika.jach@kul.pl
+48 81 454 54 34

Experimental work methodology and Quality management systems

Research interests

– various applications of microbes, especially lactic acid bacteria for the improvement of health,
– yeast like Yarrowia lipolytica as a source of valuable components for human diet,
– microsymbionts of legume plant.

pawel.patrzylas@kul.pl
+48 81 4545 416

Phytochemical analysis

Research interests:

– responses of higher plants to heavy metal stress in the environment (at physiological, biological, and molecular levels),
– analysis of antioxidant capacity (both enzymatic and non-enzymatic) in plants in various abiotic stress conditions,
– studies of the impact of plant-derived substances on the action of antiepileptic drugs in various animal models of epilepsy.

radoslaw.mencfel@kul.pl
+48 81 454 54 58

Biohydrology

Research interests:

– physical and chemical analyses of water in site and in laboratory,
– high-performance liquid chromatography,
– fish culture water quality monitoring based on the EU Water Framework Directive,
– water sampling in the field analyses and research planning in water monitoring,
– impact of catchment.

tomasz.lenard@kul.pl
+48 81 4545 458

Bioanalytical methods for water monitoring in the EU legislation

Research interests:

– analysis of phytoplankton response to climate change, with particular emphasis on the role of winter periods,
– ecology and taxonomy of phytoplankton (algae and cyanobacteria) including potentially toxic species,
– application of multi-metric phytoplankton index to the assessment of ecological status or ecological potential of waters,
– searching for the possibility of application of primary producers present in aquatic environment in terms of the use of active substances produced by them in medical therapies.