Dr hab. Dip. eng. Iwona Żur
Department of Cell Biology
(+48) 12 4253301 (wew./ext. 40)
i.zur@ifr-pan.edu.pl
Publications
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- Malaga S.
- Janeczko A.
- Janowiak F.
- Waligórski P.
- Oklestkova J.
- Dubas E.
- Krzewska M.
- Nowicka A.
- Surówka E.
- Rapacz M.
- Wójcik-Jagła M.
- Kopeć P.
- Hura T.
- Ostrowska A.
- Kaczanowska K.
- Żur I.
- Involvement of homocastasterone, salicylic and abscisic acids in the regulation of drought and freezing tolerance in doubled haploid lines of winter barley.
- 2020.
- Plant Growth Regulation 90: 173–188.
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- Nowicka A.
- Juzoń K.
- Krzewska M.
- Dziurka M.
- Dubas E.
- Kopeć P.
- Zieliński K.
- Żur I.
- Chemically-induced DNA de-methylation alters the effectiveness of microspore embryogenesis in triticale.
- 2019.
- Plant Science 287: 110189.
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- Żur I.
- Dubas E.
- Krzewska M.
- Zieliński K.
- Fodor J
- Janowiak F.
- Glutathione provides antioxidative defence and promotes microsporederived embryo development in isolated microspore cultures of triticale (×Triticosecale Wittm.).
- 2019.
- Plant Cell Reports 38: 195–209.
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- Hura K.
- Hura T.
- Żur I.
- Płażek A.
- Rapacz M.
- Different response of winter oilseed rape calli and seedlings to Leptosphaeria maculans.
- 2018.
- Phyton, 57: 59-68.
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- Gołębiowska-Pikania G.
- Kopeć P.
- Surówka E.
- Janowiak F.
- Krzewska M.
- Dubas E.
- Nowicka A.
- Kasprzyk J.
- Ostrowska A.
- Malaga S.
- Hura T.
- Żur I.
- Changes in protein abundance and activity induced by drought during generative development of winter barley (Hordeum vulgare L.).
- 2017.
- Journal of Proteomics 169: 73-86.
Projects
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Tango2/340285/NCBR/2017,
Protocol for effective doubled haploids production by androgenesis for polish breeding materials of wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) -
2015/18/M/NZ3/00348,
Oxidative stress and its role in the regulation of embryogenesis in isolated microspore cultures of triticale (x Triticale Wittm.) and barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) -
MRiRW, nr 84,
Identification of factors determining the efficiency of doubled haploids production in rye (Secale cereale L.) through androgenesis and distant crosses
EDUCATION AND DEGREES
1985-1989 studies at the Faculty of Agronomy, University of Agriculture in Kraków (FA UA), specialty: plant physiology
1989 master and engineer’s degree in agricultural sciences, FA UA
1997 doctor’s degree in agricultural sciences, specialty: agronomics and plant physiology, FA UA
2008 habilitation in the field of agricultural sciences, specialty; agronomics and plant physiology, Faculty of Agriculture and Economics UA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1989-1990 Mangold Culture Research Company, Kraków, assistant
1990–1997 assistant and senior assistant at the F. Górski Department (now Institute) of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków (IPP PAS)
1997–2010 adiunkt at IPP PAS
2010 docent at IPP PAS
2010-2019 associate professor at IPP PAS
since 2019 institute professor at IPP PAS
MEMBERSHIPS AND FUNCTIONS
Member of Scientific Council of IPP PAS (since 2008)
2008-2014 Secretary of Scientific Council of IPP PAS
Head of Department of Cell Biology in IPP PAS (since 2010)
since 2015 representative of IPP PAS in Doctoral Studies in Natural Sciences PAS in Kraków
RESEARCH AREAS
In vitro culture techniques: tissue, suspension and protoplast cultures and its employment as model systems in studies of somatic embryogenesis, organogenesis and plant response to biotic and abiotic stresses on the cellular level
Self-incompatibility in Brassica oleracea L var capitata
Methods for doubled haploid (DH) production (androgenesis, distant crosses) in cereals, grasses and rape and utilization of DHs in fundamental studies and breeding practice
Identification of genetic and physiological factors determining the effectiveness of androgenesis induction
Molecular and physiological background of plant resistance against pathogenic fungi
METHODS USED
in vitro culture methods: organ/tissue, suspension and protoplast cultures
doubled haploid production by androgenesis induction (anther culture, shed microspore culture, isolated microspore culture)
analytical methods: calorimetry, spectrophotometry, respirometry, light and fluorescent microscopy
