Research & Development Laboratory of IFB UG & MUG declares solidarity with Ukraine
The Research & Development Laboratory of the University of Gdańsk declares solidarity with the Ukrainian nation and encourages to engage in the aid actions carried out at our University. Links below:
Professor Ewa Łojkowska awarded with Scientific Award of the City of Gdańsk named after J. Hevelius
We are pleased to announce that Prof. dr hab. Ewa Łojkowska was honored with the Science Award of the City of Gdańsk named after J. Hevelius for outstanding scientific achievements.
This award, which enjoys prestige and recognition in the scientific community, is granted annually in two categories: exact and natural sciences, and humanities and social sciences.
We cordially invite you for watching the retransmission of the ceremony that took place on January 28 at 7.00 p.m. on the birth anniversary of J. Hevelius at the official website of the city of Gdańsk: www.gdansk.pl.
Laureate of the Science Award of the City of Gdańsk Professor Ewa Łojkowska
Photograph from granting of the Science Award of the City of Gdańsk . From the left: Rector of University of Gdańsk Professor Piotr Stepnowski, Dean of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG Professor of UG Ewelina Król, Laureate of the Science Award of the City of Gdańsk Professor Ewa Łojkowska, Deputy Director of the Institute of Biotechnology UG Dr. eng. Wojciech Śledź, vice-Rector for Innovation and Liasion with Business and Community Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Bielawski.
Merry Christmas from our research group:)
Merry Christmas from the research group of R&D Laboratory to our supporters, clients and collaborators:):):)
Realization of the NCN Preludium Bis-1 project under the supervision of Prof. Ewa Łojkowska
We are pleased to announce a progress in the realisation of the NCN Preludium Bis-1 project (2019/35/O/NZ1/02751) granted to Prof. Ewa Łojkowska. A PhD student, Izabela Perkowska, who won the competition for the scholarship planned as a part of the project, is also involved in realisation of the research tasks. The project concerns the understanding of the role and mechanism of regulation of the expression of genes encoding dioxygenases in the process of plant adaptation to grow and develop on land. It is worth emphasizing that dioxygenases are the main group of enzymes involved in degradation of aromatic compounds.
During the course of the project, the research team has already collected very interesting data on the relationship between the accumulation of coumarins, iron deficiency and the susceptibility of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana to Dickeya infection.
The following outcomes deserve special attention:
→ optimizing the growth of Arabidopsis thaliana in hydroponic cultures under conditions of abiotic stress (different levels of iron ions) and biotic stress (after inoculation of plants with a suspension of Dickeya sp.).
→ development of the 6-point disease severity scale (DSS)
→ optimization of the method for testing of the expression level of dioxygenases genes in plants inoculated with Dickeya strains
We kindly encourage you to read this research work:
→ Perkowska, I., Potrykus, M., Siwinska, J., Siudem, D., Lojkowska, E., & Ihnatowicz, A. (2021). Interplay between coumarin accumulation, iron deficiency and plant resistance to Dickeya spp. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22 (12), 6449.
In addition, the outcomes of the project have been presented so far at two scientific conferences:
• 10th Polish Society of Experimental Plant Biology Virtual Conference, Katowice 20/09/2021 – 23/09/2021. Oral presentation entitled: “Effect of combined environmental stresses on plant health: study using the model system of Arabidopsis thaliana/Dickeya spp. Molecular interactions”
Presentation by Izabela Perkowska; authors: Izabela Perkowska Marta Potrykus, Joanna Siwińska, Dominika Siudem, Ewa Łojkowska, Anna Ihnatowicz
• 31st International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, ICAR2021 Virtual Conference June 21, 2021 – June 25, 2021. Poster presentation: “Effect of iron deficiency on infection symptoms caused by Dickeya spp. in Arabidopsis thaliana” Izabela Perkowska, Marta Potrykus, Joanna Siwińska, Dominika Siudem, Ewa Łojkowska, Anna Ihnatowicz
and during a popularisation of science meeting:
• “Młodzi dla Fahrenheita” – popular science conference (Young for Fahrenheit), Gdańsk, Poland November 17, 2021. Oral presentation entitled: “W służbie roślinom i ludziom. Identyfikacja genów zaangażowanych w biosyntezę roślinnych związków farmakologicznie czynnych” by Izabela Perkowska
Realization of the NCN Opus 17 project led by Dr. Wojciech Śledź
We would like to keep you informed about the progress in realization of OPUS 17 project (2019/33/B/NZ9/00940) granted by the National Science Center in Poland.
Fruitful cooperation with the research team of Dr. eng. Anna Patrycja Dzimitrowicz from Wrocław University of Science and Technology, contributed to dissemination of the research results in the form of four scientific publications:
Collaborators in the OPUS 17 project (from left): Prof. Paweł Pohl, Dr. eng. Anna Dzimitrowicz (head of the project from PWr), Dr. eng. Piotr Jamróz, Dr. Agata Motyka-Pomagruk, Dr. eng. Wojciech Śledź (head of the project).
→ Dzimitrowicz, Anna, Piotr Jamroz, Pawel Pohl, Weronika Babinska, Dominik Terefinko, Wojciech Sledz, and Agata Motyka-Pomagruk. “Multivariate optimization of the FLC-dc-APGD-based reaction-discharge system for continuous production of a plasma-activated liquid of defined physicochemical and anti-phytopathogenic properties.” International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22, no. 9 (2021): 4813.
→ Motyka-Pomagruk, Agata, Anna Dzimitrowicz, Jakub Orlowski, Weronika Babinska, Dominik Terefinko, Michal Rychlowski, Michal Prusinski et al. “Implementation of a non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma for eradication of plant pathogens from a surface of economically important seeds.” International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22, no. 17 (2021): 9256.
→ Babinska, Weronika, Agata Motyka-Pomagruk, Wojciech Sledz, Agnieszka Kowalczyk, Zbigniew Kaczynski, and Ewa Lojkowska. “The first Polish isolate of a novel species Pectobacterium aquaticum originates from a Pomeranian Lake.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 9 (2021): 5041.
→ Dzimitrowicz, Anna, Pawel Pohl, Magda Caban, Piotr Jamroz, Piotr Cyganowski, Mateusz Bykowski, Aleksandra Klimczak, and Aleksandra Bielawska-Pohl. “How does direct current atmospheric pressure glow discharge application influence on physicochemical, nutritional, microbiological, and cytotoxic properties of orange juice?.” Food Chemistry 377 (2022): 131903.
And two patents and one patent application:
→ ,,Sposób eradykacji bakteryjnych fitopatogenów oraz przepływowy układ reakcyjno-wykładowczy do realizacji tego sposobu”. Patent no. Pat. 236055 from 2020-07-24. Authors: Łojkowska Ewa, Śledź Wojciech, Motyka Agata, Anna Dzimitrowicz, Piotr Jamróz and Paweł Pohl from University of Gdansk and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
→ ,,Sposób otrzymania preparatu do stymulacji wzrostu roślin, preparat otrzymany tym sposobem oraz zastosowanie preparatu do stymulacji wzrostu roślin, w szczególności tych istotnych gospodarczo”. Patent no. Pat.236377 from 2020-03-17. Authors: Agata Motyka-Pomagruk, Anna Dzimitrowicz, Weronika Babińska, Wojciech Śledź, Paweł Pohl, Piotr Jamróz, Dominik Terefinko and Ewa Łojkowska from University of Gdansk and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
→ ,,Sposób ochrony roślin istotnych gospodarczo, zwłaszcza roślin naczyniowych, przed patogenami bakteryjnymi” Patent application no. P.438360 from 2021-07-06. Authors: Dzimitrowicz Anna, Jamróz Piotr, Pohl Paweł, Terefinko Dominik, Motyka-Pomagruk Agata, Babińska Weronika, Śledź Wojciech, Łojkowska Ewa, Orłowski Jakub and Prusiński Michał from University of Gdansk and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
We will inform you about the next successes 🙂
In time of pandemics we highly recommend the assessments of antiviral and antibacterial properties of commercial products
In terms of virological analyzes, we have recently expanded our offer by antiviral studies.
The analyses focus on determining the effectiveness of inactivation of viral particles by various chemical and physical agents.
Available approaches:
→ Virucidal activity of disinfectants and antiseptics.
→ Virucidal testing of textile products, non-porous surfaces, filters and aerosols.
→ Cytotoxicity testing of liquids and solids (tests: Resazurin Cell Viability or MTT Cell Viability Assays)
Our specialists will help you to choose the most optimal method, and you will receive the results in the form of a detailed report covering the entire research process.
The virucidal tests we perform are based on the following standards:
ISO 18184: 2019 Textiles Determination of antiviral activity of textile
ISO 21702: 2019 Measurement of antiviral activity on plastics and other non-porous surfaces products.
PN-EN 14476 + A2: 2019-08 (EN 14476: 2013 + A2: 2019) Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics. Quantitative suspension method for the determination of virucidal activity in the medical field.
PN-EN 16777: 2019-01 (EN 16777: 2018) Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics. Quantitative surface method to determine the virucidal activity of chemical disinfectants used in the medical field on non-porous surfaces, without mechanical action.
PN-EN 17111: 2018-12 (EN 17111: 2018) Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics. Quantitative carrier method for the determination of virucidal activity for tools used in the medical field.
PN-EN 14675: 2015 Chemical disinfectants and antiseptics – Quantitative suspension method for the determination of the virucidal effect of chemical disinfectants and antiseptics used in the veterinary field.
Depending on the needs, we can use model viral strains such as:
Poliovirus type 1, Murine norovirus, Adenovirus type 5, Vaccinia virus, Bovine herpesvirus Type 1, Bovine enterovirus Type 1, Influenza A virus (H3N2), Feline calicivirus
Special issue of Acta Biochimica Polonica edited by Prof. Ewa Łojkowska
On the 100th anniversary of the birth of a great scientist Prof. Wacław Szybalski, a special issue of Acta Biochimica Polonica dedicated to his memory has been published. It was guest edited by Professor Ewa Łojkowska, head of our laboratory.
The honorary patronage over the aforementioned 3/2021 issue of Acta Biochimica Polonica was carried out by the Biotechnology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Professor Wacław Szybalski Foundation.
We highly encourage reading this publication
Professor Wacław Szybalski (1921 – 2020)
Born in Lviv, died in Madison, an outstanding Polish scientist who has been working for over 45 years at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, USA. He was a world-famous specialist in the field of molecular genetics and molecular medicine. He will remain in our memory as an outstanding scientist, mentor, educator and source of inspiration for many Polish researchers. On his initiative, the Professor Wacław Szybalski Foundation was established in 2007 to strengthen international prestige of Polish science and the city of Lviv. Professor Wacław Szybalski received five honorary doctorates. He actively participated in the human genome project. His scientific achievements include over 360 publications in the field of microbiology, general genetics, mutagenesis and molecular biology. He worked for many years on the mechanisms of chemical mutagenesis and was the first researcher to provide direct evidence for a connection between mutagenesis and carcenogenesis. His laboratory also laid the groundwork for transcription mapping in the lambda bacteriophage. The last years of the professor’s work focused on searching for methods for the physical mapping of the genome, modification of restriction enzymes, and especially sequencing of large genomes.
He was a foreign member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences, a honorary member of the Italian Society of Experimental Biology and the Polish Society of Microbiology. He was the laureate of the Hilldale Medal of the University of Wisconsin, the Gold Medal of Grzegorz Mendel, awarded by the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, and The 2003 Casimir Funk Natural Science Award, Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences, New York, 2003. By the decision of President Bronisław Komorowski of April 22, 2011 in recognition of his outstanding achievements in research work in the fields of biotechnology and genetics, he was awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. He was decorated on May 3 2011 during the ceremony at the Royal Castle on the occasion of the May 3 National Day.
Together with prof. Karol Taylor and prof. Anna Podhajska he was the initiator of the establishment of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology at the University of Gdańsk and the Medical University of Gdańsk.
Prolongation of the accreditation of our laboratory
We are pleased to announce that the Polish Center for Accreditation extended the accreditation of our laboratory on the basis of the technical and system audits that were carried out on July 30, 2021.
Thanks to the fact that we perform analyses in accordance with the PN-EN ISO / IEC 17025: 2018-02 standards, we can guarantee the highest quality of our services:)
We encourage submissions for the special issue of Agronomy (ISSN 2073-4395) guest edited by Dr. A. Motyka-Pomagruk
We encourage submissions of the manuscripts for the special issue of Agronomy (ISBN: 2073-4395, 100 MNiSW points, IF = 2.603) entitled “Comparative Genomic and Phenotypic Analyzes of Significant Plant Pathogens” in the “Pest and Disease Management” section guest edited by Dr. Agata Motyka-Pomagruk, Dr. Monika Kałużna and Dr. Agnieszka Misztak.
Submission of papers is possible until 30.04.2022.
We are waiting for your works:)
Dr. Agata Motyka-Pomagruk received a distinction in the competition for Polish Academy of Sciences’ Award for young scientists
This year, the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Gdańsk announced the 6th edition of the Scientific Award for young scientists. It was awarded to five laureates for original research achievements in the field of humanities and social sciences, biological and agricultural sciences, Life and earth sciences, technical and medical sciences to employees or doctoral students of scientific institutions in the following voivodeships: Kujawsko-Pomorskie, Pomorskie and Zachodniopomorskie.
A distinction in the competition for the Award of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Gdańsk for the best creative work published in 2020 was awarded to Dr. Agata Motyka – Pomagruk from our laboratory for the publication:
– Motyka-Pomagruk Agata, Żołędowska Sabina, Misztak Agnieszka E., Śledź Wojciech, Mengoni Alessio, Łojkowska Ewa. Comparative genomics and pangenome-oriented studies reveal high homogeneity of the agronomically relevant enterobacterial plant pathogen Dickeya solani. BMC Genomics 2020, 21: 449 (doi: 10.1186/s12864-020-06863-w)
