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