PhD Defences

2024

MSc Karim Abu Nahia

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 04.04.2024, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Transcriptome profiling of cardiac pacemaker cells in zebrafish”

Dissertation supervisor:

Dr hab. Cecilia Lanny Winata, IIMCB

Reviewers:

Dr Aki Minoda, Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands
Dr Katarzyna Koltowska, Immunology Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Dr hab. Przemysław Błyszczuk, Jagiellonian University Medical College

PhD dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Emilia Baranowska

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 28.03.2024, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Biochemical and molecular basis of diseases caused by mutations in the mitochondrial ATP6 gene encoding the 6 subunit of ATP synthase – studies in a yeast model”

Dissertation supervisor:

Dr hab. Róża Kucharczyk, IBB PAN

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Joanna Szczepanowska, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS
Prof. Katarzyna Tońska, Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Warsaw University
Dr hab. Ewa Maciaszczyk-Dziubińska, University of Wroclaw

PhD dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Małgorzata Dylewska

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 14.03.2024, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“The role of E. coli AlkB and its human homolog – ALKBH3 dioxygenases and E. coli glycosylase AlkA in repair of acrolein adducts to adenine and cytosine”

Dissertation supervisor:

Dr hab. Agnieszka Maciejewska, IBB PAN

Auxiliary supervsior:

Dr Damian Mielecki, Mossakowski Medical Research Institute PAS

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Joanna Rzeszowska, Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice
Prof. dr hab. Anna Lankoff, Jan Kochanowski University of Kielce

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Wojciech Goch

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 07.03.2024, 13:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“New models of chemical reaction in subcellular volumes and their application to the Aβ/Cu(II) system”

Dissertation supervisor:

Prof. dr hab. Wojciech Bal, IBB PAN

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Joanna Trylska, Biomolecular Machines Laboratory, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw, Warsaw
Prof. dr hab. Tomasz Lipniacki, Department of Biosystems and Soft Matter, Institute of Fundamental Technological Research Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Rafał Jastrząb

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 03.03.2024, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Cytostatic effect of postbiotics derived from selected strains of lactic acid bacteria in a colorectal cancer model. Mechanism of action of the Lactococcus lactis Lc4 strain postbiotic.”

Dissertation supervisor:

Dr hab. Paweł Siedlecki, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Dr hab. Małgorzata Ziarno, prof. SGGW, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Institute of Food Sciences, Department of Food Technology and Evaluation, Department of Milk Technology, Warsaw
Dr hab. Dawid Walerych, Laboratory of human disease multiomics, Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
Prof. dr hab. Łukasz Drewniak, Faculty of Biology, Department of Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Pietro Boccaletto

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 22.02.2024, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“New tools for comparative analysis of structures and modifications of
ncRNAs molecules. Development and application of RNArchitecture and MODOMICS databases.”

Dissertation supervisor:

Prof. dr hab. Janusz M. Bujnicki, IIMCB

Auxiliary supervsior:

Dr. Filip Stefaniak, IIMCB

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Barbara Uszczyńska-Ratajczak, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences
Prof. dr hab. Izabela Makałowska, Adam Mickiewicz University

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Bartosz Baranowski

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 11.01.2024, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Advanced methods of analyzing genomic neighborhoods to provide function prediction for new, uncharacterized gene families”

Dissertation supervisor:

Dr hab. Krzysztof Pawłowski, Warsaw University of Life Sciences and University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Reviewers:

Dr hab. inż. Aleksandra Gruca, prof. Pl. Śl., Silesian University of Tehnology
Dr hab. Dariusz Plewczyński, prof. UW, Warsaw University
Dr hab. Witold Rudnicki, prof. UwB, Instytut Informatyki, University of Białystok

PhD dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Joanna Grochowska

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 11.01.2024, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Analysis of the role of selected proteins responsible for the processing and maturation of mitochondrial RNA in the regulation of the level of double-stranded RNA in human mitochondria”

Dissertation supervisor:

Dr hab. Roman Szczęsny, IBB PAS

Auxiliary supervsior:

Dr. Łukasz Borowski, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Dr hab. Małgorzata Heidorn-Czarna, University of Wroclaw
Dr hab. Marta Olejniczak prof. ICHB PAN, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAS
Prof. dr hab. Artur Jarmołowski, Adam Mickiewicz University

PhD dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Marta Żurawska

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 09.01.2024, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Development of a multiplexed protein panel using a targeted proteomics approach for the study of CDK4/6-inhibitor resistance in breast cancer”

Dissertation supervisor:

Prof. Michał Dadlez, IBB PAS

Auxiliary supervsior:

Dr. Dominik Domański, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Dr hab. Monika Pietrowska, prof. NIO-PIB, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology in Gliwice
Prof. dr hab. Piotr Stefanowicz, University of Wrocław
Dr hab. Katarzyna Pawlak, Warsaw University of Technology

PhD dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Justyna Antoniuk-Majchrzak

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 09.01.2024, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Role of Swi6 and Rad51 proteins in cell protection against genetic instability”

Dissertation supervisor:

Dr hab. Adrianna Skoneczna, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Dr. hab. Ewa Grzybowska, professor, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology
Dr. hab. Małgorzata Adamczyk, professor, Warsaw University of Technology
Prof. dr hab. Robert Wysocki, University of Wrocław

PhD dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


 

2023

MSc Ferran Masana

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 14.12.2023, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Analysis of seed dormancy relationship with systemic acquired resistance”

Dissertation supervisor:

Dr hab. Szymon Świeżewski, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Prof. Luis Oñate-Sánchez, Centro de Biotecnología y Genómica de Plantas UPM
Prof. dr hab. inż. Dariusz Grzebelus, University of Agriculture in Krakow
Prof. dr hab. Magdalena Arasimowicz-Jelonek, Adam Mickiewicz University

PhD dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Izalbela Ziuzia-Graczyk

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 12.12.2023, 13:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

”The investigation of the interactions between two bacteriophage proteins, T4 primase (gp61) and RB69 DNA polymerase (gp43).”

Dissertation supervisor:

Dr hab. AnnaBębenek, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Jolanta Zofia Zakrzewska-Czerwińska, University of Wrocław
Dr hab. Damian Gaweł, Postgraduate Medical Education Centre

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Katarzyna Kosiorek

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 12.12.2023, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Plasmidome of Lactococcus lactis IL594 and its role in chromosomal gene expression”

Dissertation supervisor:

Dr hab. Tamara Aleksandrzak-Piekarczyk, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Dr hab. Małgorzata Ziarno, prof. of Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences
Dr hab. Paweł Stączek, prof. of University of Lodz, University of Lodz

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Weronika Puzia

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 07.12.2023, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Multidrug-resistant invasive Streptococcus pneumoniae strains of serotype 19A: a new epidemiological threat in Poland”

Dissertation supervisor:

Prof. dr hab. Anna Skoczyńska, National Medicines Institute

Auxiliary supervsior:

Dr. Robert Gromadka

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Eligia Maria Szewczyk, Medical University of Lodz
Prof. dr hab. Alina Małgorzata Olender, Medical University of Lublin
Prof. dr hab. Katarzyna Dierżanowska-Fangrat, Institute “Monument – Children’s Health Center”

PhD dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Vandana Kaushal

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 05.12.2023, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Evaluation of endosymbiotic theory of apoptosis origin using heterologous expression of remotely related orthologs of Saccharomyces cerevisiae apoptotic factors”

Dissertation supervisor:

Dr hab. Urszula Zielenkiewicz, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Pierre M. Durand, Instytute of Philosophy, Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven, Belgium
Prof. dr hab. Ryszard Korona, Jagiellonian University
Dr hab. Maciej Wnuk, University of Rzeszów

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Michał Kamiński

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 30.11.2023, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Phylogenetic and genomic analysis of bacterial strains isolated from xenobiotically contaminated soils. The gamma-hexachlorocyclohexane case”

Dissertation supervisor:

Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Dziembowski, IIMCB

Auxiliary supervsior:

Dr Leszek Lipiński

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Magdalena Frąc, Institute of Agrophysics Polish Academy of Sciences
Prof. dr hab. Adam Jaworski, University of Social Sciences

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Dorota Adamska

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 30.11.2023, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Metagenomic analysis for the discovery of new enzymes with laccase-like activity and biotechnological potential”

Dissertation supervisor:

Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Dziembowski, IIMCB

Auxiliary supervsior:

Dr Leszek Lipiński

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Zofia Piotrowska-Seget, University of Silesia in Katowice
Prof. dr hab. Sławomir Ciesielski, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Sebastian Graczyk

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 28.11.2023, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“The use of the mevalonate pathway to increase the biocontrol properties of Trichoderma atroviride

Dissertation supervisor:

Prof. dr hab. Joanna Kruszewska, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Dr hab. Lidia Błaszczyk, Institute of Plant Genetics Polish Academy of Sciences
Dr hab. Grzegorz Janusz, University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Ismail Tahmaz

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 23.11.2023, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Non-canonical function of the molecular co-chaperone prefoldin under physiological and stress conditions in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Dissertation supervisor:

Dr hab. Ulrike Topf, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Prof. Dr hab. Krzysztof Liberek, University of Gdańsk
Prof. Dr hab. Adam Szewczyk, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS
Prof. Dr hab. Katarzyna Tońska, University of Warsaw

PhD dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Elżbieta Filipczuk

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 23.11.2023, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Biological functions and mechanisms of action of unique lipid compounds,dolichols in the cells of filamentous fungi”

Dissertation supervisor:

Prof. dr hab. Joanna Kruszewska, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Anna Jarosz-Wilkołazka, University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska in Lublin
Prof. dr hab. Łukasz Stępień, Institute of Plant Genetics PAS in Poznan
dr hab. Sylwia Różalska, University of Lodz

PhD dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Maciej Lirski

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 16.11.2023, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“The key role of linker histones (H1) in maintenance of heterochromatin repression in Arabidopsis”

Dissertation supervisor:

Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Jerzmanowski (professor emeritus), IBB PAS/University of Warsaw

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Artur Jarmołowski, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan
Prof. dr hab. Piotr Widłak, Medical University of Gdańsk

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Martyna Biernacka

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 16.11.2023, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Comprehensive analysis of potential, novel virulence-associated factors – the NudC and RppH proteins from Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Dissertation supervisor:

Dr hab. Elżbieta Katarzyna Kraszewska, prof. IBB PAS, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Prof. Agnieszka Szalewska-Pałasz, University of Gdańsk
Dr hab. Adrianna Raczkowska, University of Warsaw

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Krystyna Bińko

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 9.11.2023, 2:00 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Biogenesis of Atp6 and Atp9 subunits of ATP synthase in yeast  Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Dissertation supervisor:

Dr hab. Róża Kucharczyk, IBB PAS

Co-supervisior:

Prof. Jean-Paul di Rago, IBGC du CNRS

Reviewers:

Prof. Jarosław Marszałek, Gdańsk University
Dr hab. Ewa Maciaszczyk-Dziubińska, Wrocław University

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Agnieszka Bednarek

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 26.10.2023, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Analysis and biological basis of the complexity of lytic functions of bacteriophage P1”

Dissertation supervisor:

Prof. dr hab. Małgorzata Łobocka – IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Dr hab. Ewa Brzozowska, Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, PAS
Dr hab. Magdalena Płotka, University of Gdansk

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Katarzyna Kamińska

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 24.10.2023, 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 characteristics of compounds that abolish the activity of influenza virus endonuclease of the viral RNA polymerase complex”

Dissertation supervisor:

Prof. dr hab. Janusz Bujnicki – IIMCB

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Grzegorz Węgrzyn, University of Gdańsk
Prof. dr hab. Joanna Trylska, The Centre of New Technologies University of Warsaw

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Karolina Bogusz

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 13.02.2024, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“The role of mTOR activity in regulating p150Glued-AP-2β protein interaction and controlling cellular Brg1 protein level and distribution”

Dissertation supervisor:

Prof. dr hab. Jacek Jaworski – IIMCB

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Dariusz Rakus – University of Wrocław
Prof. dr hab. Anna Herman-Antosiewicz – University of Gdańsk
Dr hab. Adriana Magalska – Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Łukasz Grabowski

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 17.10.2023, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“The analysis of the safety of phage therapy administered to combat infections caused by Salmonella enterica serovars”

Dissertation supervisor:

Prof. dr hab. Alicja Węgrzyn – Univeristy of Gdansk

Auxiliary Supervisor:

Dr. Magdalena Podlacha – University of Gdańsk

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Krystyna Dąbrowska – Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy in Wrocław, PAS
dr hab. Paulina Niedźwiedzka-Rystwej, prof. US – University of Szczecin
dr hab. Maja Grabacka, prof. URK – University of Agriculture in Krakow

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Sebastian Chamera

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 05.10.2023, 1:30 p.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 3′-5′ tRNA ligases”

Dissertation supervisor:

Prof. dr hab. Marcin Nowotny, IIMCB

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Marek Tchórzewski – University of Maria Curie-Skłodowska
Prof. dr hab. Mikołaj Olejniczak – Adam Mickiewicz University
Prof. Štěpánka Vaňáčová – Central European Institute of Technology, Brno, Czech Republic

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Agata Jabczyńska

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 28.09.2023, 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 functional analysis of novel RNA-binding proteins in human mitochondria”

Dissertation supervisor:

Dr hab. Roman Szczęsny, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Dr hab. Marta Olejniczak, prof. ICHB PAN – Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences
Dr hab. Mikołaj Olejniczak, prof. UAM – Adam Mickiewicz University

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Julia Rachowka

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 26.09.2023, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“In search of the molecular mechanism of annexin-mediated chloroplast protection against oxidative stress in Arabidopsis thaliana.”

Dissertation supervisor:

Dr hab. Dorota Konopka-Postupolska, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Halina Gabryś – Jagiellonian University
Prof. dr hab. Iwona Ciereszko – University of Bialystok
Dr hab. Agnieszka Hanaka – Maria Curie-Sklodowska University

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Krystian Łazowski

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 19.09.2023, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Analysis of the efficiency of ribonucleotide repair pathways using DNA polymerase mutants with increased ribonucleotide incorporation rate in E. coli

Dissertation supervisor:

Prof. Iwona J. Fijałkowska, IBB PAS

Auxiliary supervisor:

Dr. Karolina Makieła–Dzbeńska, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Dr. hab. Wojciech Strzałka – Jagiellonian University
Prof. Agnieszka Szalewska–Pałasz – University of Gdańsk
Prof. Jolanta Zakrzewska–Czerwińska – University of Wrocław

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Katarzyna Dąbrowska

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 12.09.2023, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Mass-spectrometry based structural analysis of challenging protein complexes”

Dissertation supervisor:

Prof. dr hab. Michał Dadlez, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Piotr Stefanowicz -University of Wroclaw
Dr hab. inż. Katarzyna Pawlak, assistant professor – Warsaw University of Technology
Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Liberek – Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG&MUG, (University of Gdańsk and Medical University of Gdańsk)

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Gabriela Żurawska

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 05.09.2023, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Identification of mechanisms regulating Bmp6 transcription in response to iron in the liver microenvironment”

Dissertation supervisor:

Prof. dr hab. Marta Miączyńska, IIMCB

Auxiliary supervisor:

Dr. Katarzyna Mleczko-Sanecka, IIMCB

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Paweł Lipiński – Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology, Polish Academy of Sciences
Prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Łoboda – Jagiellonian University
Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Kobielak – Centre of New Technologies University of Warsaw

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Miguel Montez

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 29.06.2023, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

„Role of Pol II pausing and slow transcription in DOG1 expression boosting in Arabidopsis seeds in response to salt stress”

Dissertation supervisor:

Prof. Szymon Świeżewski, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Prof. Yiliang Ding, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, UK
Prof. Peter Brodersen, Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
Prof. Piotr A. Ziolkowski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Hitha Gopalan Nair 

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 06.06.2023, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

„Modulation of RNA polymerase III activity and the level of its subunit, POLR1D, affects the tumorigenic properties of colorectal cancer cells”

Dissertation supervisor:

Dr hab. Elżbieta Speina, IBB PAN

Auxiliary supervisor:

Dr Damian Graczyk, IBB PAN

Reviewers:

Dr hab. Damian Gaweł – The Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, Warsaw
Dr hab. Dawid Walerych – Mossakowski Medical Research Institute Polish Academy of Sciences Warsaw
dr hab. Ewa Grzybowska – Maria Skoldowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Katarzyna Banasiak

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 25.04.2023, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Identification of signals regulating muscular exophergenesis in Caenorhabditis elegans

Dissertation supervisor:

Dr hab. Wojciech Pokrzywa, IIMCB

Reviewers:

Dr hab. Grzegorz Sumara, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS (Poland)
Dr Martin Denzel, Altos Labs Cambridge Institute of Science (UK)
Dr Antonio Miranda-Vizuete, Institute of Biomedicine of Sevilla (Spain)

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Anna Stroynowska-Czerwińska

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 23.03.2023, 2:00 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Contribution of DNA and chromatin reader domains to the targeting of K-specific methyltransferase 2 (KMT2/MLL) proteins”

Dissertation supervisor:

Prof. dr hab. Matthias Bochtler, IIMCB/IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Jolanta Jura, Jagiellonian University
Prof. Tatiana Kutateladze, University of Colorado School of Medicine

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Aniruddha Das

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 14.032.2023, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Mechanism and function of synergistic cooperation of CHIP and UFD-2 ubiquitin ligases.”

Dissertation supervisor:

Wojciech Pokrzywa, PhD, DSc Habil, IIMCB

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Liberek, Laboratory of Protein Biochemistry Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology University of Gdansk
Dr hab. Grzegorz Sumara, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS
Dr Itay Koren, Bar‐Ilan University, Izrael

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Sylwia Pilch

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 02.03.2023, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Function of Fmp40 AMPylase in the regulation of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae cell response to oxidative stress.”

Dissertation supervisor:

dr hab. Róża Kucharczyk, prof IBB, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Dr hab. Renata Zadrąg-Tęcza, Univesrity of Rzeszów
Prof. Ewa Obłąk, University of Wrocław

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


2022

MSc Jarosław Steciuk

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 15.12.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Evaluation of the function of the SNF5-type core subunit of the SWI/SNF complex in Arabidopsis thaliana using new T-DNA insertion knock-out line”

Dissertation supervisor:

dr hab. Tomasz Sarnowski, prof IBB, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Jolanta Jura, Jagiellonian University
Dr hab. Jacek Kęsy, prof. UMK, Nicolaus Copernicus University
Prof. dr hab. Wacław Orczyk, Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Anna Zawada

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 13.12.2022, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Impaired protein interactions within the replisome and their impact on the stability of microsatellite DNA sequences in Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast cells”

Dissertation supervisor:

prof. dr hab. Iwona Fijałkowska, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

prof. Jolanta Zakrzewska-Czerwińska, University of Wrocław
prof. Paweł Parniewski, Institute of Medical Biology of Polish Academy of Sciences

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Renata Kuberska

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 13.12.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“The role of the Rad27 nuclease and ζ polymerase in maintaining the stability of the mitochondrial genome of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Dissertation supervisor:

dr hab. Aneta Kaniak-Golik, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

dr hab. Dorota Dziadkowiec, University of Wrocław
dr hab. Wojciech Strzałka, Jagiellonian University

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Marzena Nowacka

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 06.12.2022, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Biochemical and structural studies of foamyviral reverse transcriptases”

Dissertation supervisor:

dr hab. Elżbieta Nowak, IIMCB

Reviewers:

Dr hab. Krzysztof Brzeziński, IBCH PAS
Prof. Grzegorz Dubin, Jagiellonian University in Kraków
Prof. Grzegorz Bujacz, Lodz University of Technology

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Praveenraj Elancheliyan

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 29.11.2022, 1:30 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“The Relationship of Ovarian Cancer Immunoreactive Antigen Domain (OCIAD) Proteins in Assembly of Mitochondrial Inner Membrane Complexes”

Dissertation supervisor:

prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Chacińska, IMOL PAS

Auxiliary supervisor:

dr Michał Wasilewski, IMOL PAS

Reviewers:

prof. dr hab. Hanna Kmita, Adam Mickiewicz University
prof. dr hab. Mariusz Więckowski, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS
prof. dr hab. Marta Miączyńska, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


Marta Gapińska, MSc

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 29.11.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Structure and mechanism of action of bacterial reverse transcriptases involved in antiphage defense”

Dissertation supervisor:

prof. dr hab. Marcin Nowotny, IIMCB

Reviewers:

dr hab. Miłosz Ruszkowski, Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAS
dr hab. Benedykt Władyka, prof. UJ, Jagiellonian University
prof. Joanna Trylska, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


Paweł Ćwiek, MSc

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 22.11.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Identification of new signaling mechanisms regulating chromatin transcriptional activity in eukaryotes”

Dissertation supervisor:

dr hab. Tomasz Sarnowski, prof. IBB PAS, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

prof. dr hab. Marcin Filipecki, Warsaw University of Life Sciences
prof. dr hab. Jolanta Jura, Jagiellonian University

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


Aleksandra Robak, MSc

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 17.11.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Determining the etiology of pleural effusions using mass spectrometry-based targeted proteomics.”

Dissertation supervisor:

prof. dr hab. Michał Dadlez, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

prof. dr hab. Piotr Stefanowicz, University of Wroclaw
dr hab. n. med. Piotr Korczyński, Warsaw Medical University
dr hab. Monika Pietrowska, Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology, Gliwice

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


Milena Denkiewicz-Kruk, MSc

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 08.11.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“The role of the GINS complex in the maintenance of genomic stability in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells.”

Dissertation supervisor:

prof. dr hab. Iwona Fijałkowska, IBB PAS

Auxiliary supervisor:

dr Michał Dmowski, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Adam Jaworski, East European State Higher School in Przemyśl
Prof. dr hab. Jolanta Zakrzewska-Czerwińska, University of Wrocław

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


MSc Marlena Kisiała

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 03.11.2022, 2:00 p.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“Structural studies of AvaII and TagI restriction endonucleases”

Dissertation supervisor:

prof. dr hab. Mathhias Bochtler, IBB PAS/MIBMiK

Reviewers:

Barry Stoddard, Ph.D. – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Basic Sciences Division, Seattle, WA, USA
Prof. Grzegorz Dariusz Bujacz – Technical University of Lodz, Faculty Biotechnology and Food Science, Institute of Molecular and Industrial Biotechnology, Lodz, Poland

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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)

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


Dominika Nowak, MSc

PhD Dissertation Defense on: 13.10.2022, 11:00 a.m.
The public defence of the doctoral dissertation will be held remotely online (ZOOM application required).

Title of the dissertation:

“The Role of HopBF1, a Protein Kinase-like Effector, in Virulence of Pathogenic Bacteria”

Dissertation supervisor:

dr hab. Magdalena Krzymowska, prof. IBB, IBB PAS

Auxiliary supervisor:

dr Patrycja Zembek, IBB PAS

Reviewers:

Prof. dr hab. Dariusz Bartosik, University of Warsaw
Dr hab. Robert Malinowski Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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)

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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)

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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)

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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)

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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)

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

The doctoral dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

Abstracts and reviews of the dissertation can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

The doctoral dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

The doctoral dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

The doctoral dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

The doctoral dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

The doctoral dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.


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

The doctoral dissertation, reviews of the dissertation and abstracts can be found on the website of the Public Information Bulletin.