PhD Defences

2023

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.