Dr hab. Dip. eng. Iwona Żur

Associate Professors
Department of Cell Biology
(+48) 12 4253301 (wew./ext. 40)
i.zur@ifr-pan.edu.pl

Physiological and molecular factors that determine the process of androgenesis • doubled haploids production • biotic and abiotic stress tolerance

- 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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- Żur I.
- Dubas E.
- Malaga S.
- Janowiak F.
- Janeczko A.
- Rapacz M.
- Hura T.
- Waligórski P.
- Ostrowska A.
- Wójcik-Jagła M.
- Identyfikacja czynników determinujących odporność jęczmienia ozimego (Hordeum vulgare L.) na suszę i mróz.
- 2019.
- Biuletyn IHAR 286: 113-116.
- Dubas E.
- Zieliński K.
- Krzewska M.
- Żur I.
- Nowicka A.
- Juzoń K.
- Identyfikacja czynników determinujących efektywność otrzymywania podwojonych haploidów żyta (Secale cereale L.) metodami androgenezy i krzyżowań oddalonych.
- 2019.
- Biuletyn IHAR 286: 135-137.
- 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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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

Dr hab. Dip. eng. Iwona Żur

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