PhD Defences
2022
Izabela Rudzińska, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 18.10.2022, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“The role of Rbs1 protein in control of general response of tRNA biosynthesis in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.”
Dissertation supervisor:
prof. dr hab. Magdalena Rakowska-Boguta, IBB PAS
Reviewers:
dr hab. Mikołaj Olejniczak, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan
dr hab. Kamilla Grzywacz, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, PAS
dr hab. Ewa Grzybowska, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology (MSCNRIO)
Monika Mitura, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 18.10.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Alpha-helical KfrC protein characteristic – role in linking of two vital processes in broad-host-range RA3 plasmid biology”
Dissertation supervisor:
prof. dr hab. Grażyna Jagura-Burdzy, IBB PAS
Reviewers:
Prof. dr hab. Dagmara Jakimowicz, University of Wroclaw
Prof. dr hab. Igor Konieczny, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology of University of Gdansk and Medical University of Gdansk
Paulina Oksińska, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 11.10.2022, 10:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Role of SWI3D – a subunit of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex in the control of regulatory processes in Arabidopsis thaliana, with particular emphasis on hormone signal transduction pathways”
Dissertation supervisor:
dr hab. Tomasz Sarnowski, prof. IBB, IBB PAS
Auxiliary supervisor:
dr Szymon Kubala, IBB PAS
Reviewers:
Prof. dr hab. Marcin Filipecki, Warsaw University of Life Sciences
Dr hab. Tomasz Pawłowski, Prof. ID PAS, Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences
Dr hab. Damian Gaweł, Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education
Aleksandra Głowacka-Rutkowska, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 06.10.2022, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Selected properties of obligatorily lytic Staphylococcus aureus in the context of studies on a bacteriophage therapeutic potential”
Dissertation supervisor:
prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Łobocka, IBB PAS
Reviewers:
Dr hab. Bożena Nejman-Faleńczyk, prof. UG, University of Gdansk
Prof. dr hab. Łukasz Dziewit, University of Warsaw
Magdalena Polakowska, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 29.09.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Conformational plasticity and cysteine reactivity in posttranslational regulation of multifunctional human S100A8 and S100A9 proteins.”
Dissertation supervisor:
prof. dr hab. Michał Dadlez, IBB PAS
Auxiliary supervisor:
dr Aleksandra Wysłouch-Cieszyńska, IBB PAS
Reviewers:
Dr hab. Małgorzata Zakrzewska, prof. UWr., University of Wroclaw
Prof. dr hab. Anna Filipek, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS
Dr hab. Paulina Czaplewska, Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG&MUG
Przemysław Surowiecki, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 15.09.2022, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Characterization of selected cis-prenyltransferases involved in the biosynthesis of polyisoprenoids in Arabidopsis thaliana”
Dissertation supervisor:
dr hab. Liliana Surmacz, IBB PAS
Reviewers:
Prof. dr hab.Mirosław Tyrka, Rzeszów University of Technology
Dr hab. Anna Szakiel, prof UW, Warsaw University
Jakub Kwiatkowski, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 15.09.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Effect of calcium levels on structure and function of HopQ1 – a virulence factor of phytopathogenic bacteria Pseudomonas syringae”
Dissertation supervisor:
dr hab. Magdalena Krzymowska, prof. IBB PAS, IBB PAS
Reviewers:
Prof. dr hab. Przemysław Wojtaszek, Adam Mickiewicz University
Prof. dr hab. Michał Jasiński, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAS
Magdalena Chmielewska-Jeznach, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 13.09.2022, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Genomic and physiological characteristic of Lactococcus bacteriophages and functional analysis of DNA replication‐related elements”
Dissertation supervisor:
prof dr hab. Jacek Bardowski, IBB PAN
Auxiliary supervisor:
Dr Agnieszka Szczepankowska, IBB PAN
Reviewers:
Prof. dr hab. Jolanta Zakrzewska‐Czerwińska, University of Wroclaw
Prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Szalewska‐Pałasz, University of Gdansk
Anna Znój, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 13.09.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Rhizosphere microbiota of invasive and native Magnoliophyta plants in Antarctica.”
Dissertation supervisor:
dr hab. inż. Katarzyna Chwedorzewska, prof. SGGW
Auxiliary supervisor:
Dr Jakub Grzesiak, IBB PAN
Reviewers:
Prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Piotrowicz-Cieślak, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn
Dr hab. Agnieszka Niedziela, Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute – National Research Institute
Jakub Boreczek, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 06.09.2022, 13:30 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Analysis of microbial diversity in sourdoughs towards selection of bacterial strains for starter cultures dedicated for the whole meal bread production”
Dissertation supervisor:
dr hab. Magdalena Kowalczyk, IBB PAN
Reviewers:
dr hab. Małgorzata Ziarno, prof. of Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences
dr hab. inż. Anna Elżbieta Diowksz, prof. of Lodz University of Technology, Lodz University of Technology
Elżbieta Lewandowska-Gnatowska, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 12.07.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Plant response to mechanical wounding: the role of Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinases (CDPKs) and DNA methylation in maize and barley stress signaling pathways”
Dissertation supervisor:
prof. dr hab. Grażyna Muszyńska
Reviewers:
Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Jerzmanowski
Prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Ludwików (Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań)
Dominik Cysewski, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 23.06.2022, 12:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Local translation in the synapse – proteomic analysis”
Dissertation supervisor:
prof. dr hab. Andrzej Dziembowski
Reviewers:
Dr hab. Katarzyna Kalita-Bykowska (Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology)
Dr hab. inż. Katarzyna Pawlak, prof. PW (Warsaw University of Technology)
Aleksandra Tymoszewska, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 14.06.2022, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Class II bacteriocins of Gram-positive bacteria – interactions with the receptor and the development of resistance”
Dissertation supervisor:
dr hab. Tamara Aleksandrzak-Piekarczyk
Reviewers:
dr hab. Łukasz Dziewit (Warsaw University)
prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Szalewska-Pałasz (University of Gdansk)
Małgorzata Orłowska, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 14.06.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required). Link.
Title of the dissertation:
“Diversity of genome content in early diverging fungi”
Dissertation supervisor:
dr hab. Anna Muszewska
Reviewers:
prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Janusz (Marie Curie-Skłodowska University)
dr hab. Lidia Błaszczyk (Institute of Plant Genetics PAS)
prof. dr hab. Rafał Milanowski (Warsaw University)
Dominik Rafalski, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 09.06.2022, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required). Link.
Title of the dissertation:
“Vertebrate and invertebrate Tet dioxygenases”
Dissertation supervisor:
prof. dr hab. Matthias Bochtler
Reviewers:
prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Bujacz (Lodz University of Technology)
dr Ferdinand von Meyenn (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich)
Alicja Wysocka, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 09.06.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required). Link.
Title of the dissertation:
“Biochemical characterization of selected peptidoglycan hydrolases of the M23 family and their use in antimicrobial wound dressings”
Dissertation supervisor:
dr hab. Izabela Sabała
Co-supervisor:
dr Elżbieta Jagielska
Reviewers:
dr hab. Ivo Gomperts Boneca – Institut Pasteur
dr Simon Heilbronner – Eberhard Karls University Tubingen
prof. dr hab. Jan Potempa – Jagiellonian University
Magdalena Modrzejewska, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 31.05.2022, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“The role of PA2121 and PA2577 transcriptional factors in the regulatory network of Pseudomonas aeruginosa”
Dissertation supervisor:
dr hab Aneta Bartosik
Reviewers:
prof. dr hab. Katarzyna Brzostek, Warsaw University
dr hab. Iwona Mruk, University of Gdański
prof. dr hab. Jarosław Dziadek, Institute of Medical Biology PAS
Małgorzata Jędrychowska, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 31.05.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Proper functioning of the GINS complex influences the stability of repetitive DNA sequences in Saccharomyces cerevisiae”
Dissertation supervisor:
prof. dr hab. Iwona Fijałkowska
Co-supervisor:
dr Michał Dmowski
Reviewers:
dr hab. Wojciech Strzałka, Jagiellonian University
dr hab. Dorota Dziadkowiec, University of Wrocław
prof. dr hab. Adam Jaworski, University of Łódź
Łukasz Rymer, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 24.05.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Characteristics of a new protein import pathway to peroxisomes in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae with the use of catalase A as a model protein”
Dissertation supervisor:
dr hab. Marek Skoneczny
Reviewers:
dr hab. Anna Bielak-Żmijewska, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS
dr hab. Renata Zadrąg-Tęcza, prof. UR, University of Rzeszów
Paweł Mitkowski, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 19.05.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Structural and biochemical characterization of: catalytic (M23) and substrate-binding (SH3b) domains found in peptidoglycan hydrolases”
Dissertation supervisor:
dr hab. Izabela Sabała
Co-supervisor:
dr Elżbieta Jagielska
Reviewers:
dr hab. Benedykt Władyka, prof. UJ, Jagiellonian University
dr hab. inż. Piotr Szweda, Gdańsk Tech
dr hab. Magdalena Płotka, University of Gdańsk
Radosław Kotuniak, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 22.03.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Kinetics of the copper ions binding reaction with blood serum transport molecules”
Dissertation supervisor:
prof. dr hab Wojciech Bal
Reviewers:
dr hab. Małgorzata Brindell – Jagiellonian University
prof. dr hab. Elżbieta Gumienna-Kontecka – University of Wrocław
Karolina Gościńska, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 08.03.2022, 1:00 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Identification of molecular mechanism regulating cytoplasmic translation upon defective mitochondria”
Dissertation supervisor:
dr hab. Ulrike Topf
Reviewers:
prof. dr hab. Katarzyna Tońska – University of Warsaw
prof. dr hab. Jarosław Marszałek – University of Gdańsk
prof. dr hab. Hanna Jańska – Uniwersity of Wrocław
Joanna Drabińska, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 03.03.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Analiza funkcjonalna wybranych białek z rodziny Nudix oraz białka PA2504 – partnera hydrolazy Nudix RppH Pseudomonas aeruginosa”
Dissertation supervisor:
dr hab. Elżbieta Kraszewska
Reviewers:
prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Szalewska-Pałasz, Uniwersytet Gdański
prof. dr hab. Jarosław Dziadek, Instytut Biologii Medycznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Maria Śladowska, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 01.03.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Mechanisms of protein homeostasis upon mitochondrial stress in Caenorhabditis elegans”
Dissertation supervisors:
prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Chacińska, dr hab. Ulrike Topf
Reviewers:
prof. dr hab. Adam Szewczyk – Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS
prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Liberek, University of Gdansk
Damian Garbicz, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 01.02.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Searching for compounds with anticancer activity among stilbens and oxepins, and ALKBH and HDAC protein inhibitors”
Dissertation supervisor:
prof. dr hab. Elżbieta Grzesiuk
Reviewers:
prof. dr hab. Janusz Błasiak – University of Lodz
prof. dr hab. Janusz Siedlecki, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology
Michał Marcinkowski, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 01.02.2022, 13:15 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Biochemistry and biophysic characteristic of FTO dioxygenase”
Dissertation supervisor:
prof. dr hab. Elżbieta Grzesiuk
Reviewers:
prof. dr hab. Janusz Błasiak – University of Lodz
prof. dr hab. Janusz Siedlecki, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology
Karolina Kotecka, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 18.01.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Functional analysis of transcriptional regulators PA3027 and PA3458 from Pseudomonas aeruginosa“
Dissertation supervisor:
dr hab. Aneta Bartosik
Reviewers:
dr hab. Paweł Stączek, prof. UŁ, University of Lodz
prof. dr hab. Monika Janczarek, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
Karolina Wojciechowska, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 11.01.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“ESCRT-I depletion sensitizes cancer cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis through accumulated TRAILR2”
Dissertation supervisor:
prof. dr hab. Marta Miączyńska
Auxiliary supervisor:
dr Kamil Jastrzębski
Reviewers:
prof. dr hab. Jarosław Czyż, Jagiellonian University
dr hab. Michał Komorowski, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research PAS
dr hab. Maria Rędowicz, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS
Michał Krawczyk, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 11.01.2022, 13:15 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“New mechanisms engaging Mms2 protein in shaping genetic stability of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells”
Dissertation supervisor:
prof. dr hab. Ewa Śledziewska-Gójska
Auxiliary supervisor:
dr Agnieszka Hałas
Reviewers:
dr hab. Wojciech Strzałka, Jagiellonian University
dr hab. Dziadkowiec Dorota, University of Wrocław
2021
Agnieszka Fatalska, Msc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 17.12.2021, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Structural studies of core centriolar proteins and their complexes using hydrogen-deuterium exchange monitored by mass spectrometry”
Dissertation supervisor:
prof. dr hab. Michał Dadlez, prof. David Glover
Reviewers:
dr hab. Dorota Włoga, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS
prof. dr hab. Zbigniew Szewczuk, University of Wrocław
prof. dr hab. Jarosław Marszałek, University of Gdańsk
Grzegorz Brzyżek, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 23.11.2021, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Identification and characterization of novel spliceosome related histone methyltransferase SDG45.”
Dissertation supervisor:
dr hab. Szymon Świeżewski, IBB PAS
Reviewers:
dr hab. Paweł Sowiński, Warsaw University
prof. dr hab. Monika Rakoczy-Trojanowska, Warsaw University of Life Sciences
prof. dr hab. Zofia Szweykowska-Kulińska, Adam Mickiewicz University
Ewa Lewicka, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 28.10.2021, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Expression of the stability module and the role of its components in the stable maintenance of RA3 plasmid (IncU) in a wide range of bacterial hosts”
Dissertation supervisor:
Prof. dr hab. Grażyna Jagura-Burdzy, IBB PAN
Reviewers:
prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Szalewska-Pałasz, Uniwersytet Gdański
dr hab. Łukasz Dziewit, Uniwersytet Warszawski
Joanna Klim, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 19.10.2021, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
„Experimental evolution of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. A detailed analysis of the evolution and stability of the functional modules”
Dissertation supervisor:
Dr hab. Szymon Kaczanowski, IBB PAS
Reviewers:
Prof. Ryszard Korona, Jagiellonian University
Prof. Rafał Milanowski, Warsaw University
Piotr Soczewka, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 28.09.2021, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
„Using yeast vps13Δ chorea-acanthocytosis model for genetic and chemical suppressor screens”
Dissertation supervisor:
Dr hab. Joanna Kamińska
Reviewers :
Dr hab. Renata Zadrąg-Tęcza, University of Rzeszów
Dr hab. Donata Wawrzycka, University of Wrocław
Aneta Jurkiewicz, MSc
PhD Dissertation Defense on: 21.09.2021, 10:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).
Title of the dissertation:
“Regulation of RNA polymerase III in macrophages”
Dissertation supervisor:
Prof. Magdalena Rakowska-Boguta, IBB PAS
Auxiliary supervisor:
Dr Damian Graczyk, IBB PAS
Reviewers :
Prof. Bożena Kamińska-Kaczmarek, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS
Prof. Joanna Kufel, Warsaw University
Dr hab. Aneta Kasza, Jagiellonian University in Krakow