Department of Developmental Biology
address: Niezapominajek 21, 30-239 Kraków
telephone: (+48) 12 4251833 (wew./ext. 108)
faks: (+48) 12 4251844
a.janeczko@ifr-pan.edu.pl
Staff
Scientific Staff
- Prof. Jolanta Biesaga-Kościelniak
- Prof. Franciszek Dubert
- Dr Michał Dziurka
- Prof. Maria Filek
- Dr Monika Kula
- Dr Anna Maksymowicz
- Dr Magdalena Ryś
- Prof. Andrzej Maria Skoczowski
- Dr Piotr Waligórski
PHD Students
Description
Main scientific interests:
1. Hormonal regulation of plant development
- verification of the hormonal hypothesis of flowering induction of winter plants
- the search for compounds with regulatory/hormonal nature in plants and study of their activities and mechanisms of action
2. Bioregulators, microelements and maternal effect as factors affecting plant development, yield formation and stress resistance
- use of bioregulators (zearalenone, brassinosteroids) in crop production
- role of microelements (selene) in plant development and stress resistance
- selected biochemical mechanisms of maternal effect
3. Physiological and biochemical determinants of biomass production of plants (algae) with potential use in industry
4. Lowering of the content of allergens in wheat grains - use of allelopatics and traditional breeding
We offer the following expertise for research projects and cooperation:
1. Measurements of plant chemical composition:
- plant hormones: ethylene, salicylic acid, cytokinins, auxins, poliamines, jasmonic acid
- vitamins: C, E, provitamin A
- other substances: zearalenone, caffeine, melatonin, sugars, proteins, fatty acids, sterols, total lipids, photosynthetic pigments, H2O2, etc.
2. Osmolarity and ion concentration measurements (especially: H+, K+, Na+, Ca2+)
3. Measurements of oxidative stress enzymes activity (SOD, catalase, peroxidase)
4. Measurements of electrolyte leakage and osmotic potential
5. Electric potential measurements of plant tissues and cells
6. Plasmalemma isolation from plant material (two phase system: dextran- polyethylene glycol).
7. Artificial cell membrane creation (mono- and multi layers) as a model to study surface interaction of hydrophilic and hydrophobic compounds (hormones, enzymes).
8. Measurements of plant tissue metabolic activity via calorimetric methods
9. Potentiometric analysis, by ion selective electrode and biosensors, conductometric analysis
10. The algae cultivation under controlled light and temperature conditions, controlling the algae growth to obtain metabolites useful in industry
Publications
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- Janeczko A.
- Brassinosteroids in cereals - presence, physiological activity and practical aspects.
- 2019.
- Chapter 3 (pp. 59-88) in: S. Hayat et al. (eds.), Brassinosteroids: Plant Growth and Development. Springer Nature.
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- Janeczko A.
- Saja D.
- Dziurka M.
- Gullner G.
- Kornaś A.
- Skoczowski A.
- Gruszka D.
- Barna B.
- Brassinosteroid deficiency caused by the mutation of the HvDWARF gene influences the reactions of barley to powdery mildew.
- 2019.
- Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 108: 101438.
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- Oliwa J.
- Stawoska I.
- Janeczko A.
- Oklestkova J.
- Skoczowski A.
- Response of the photosynthetic apparatus in the tropical fern Platycerium bifurcatum to increased ozone concentration.
- 2019.
- Photosynthetica 57: 1119-1129.
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- Sadura I.
- Pociecha E.
- Dziurka M.
- Oklestkova J.
- Novak O.
- Gruszka D.
- Janeczko A.
- Mutations in the HvDWARF, HvCPD and HvBRI1 genes-involved in brassinosteroid biosynthesis/signalling: altered photosynthetic efficiency, hormonal homeostasis and tolerance to high/low temperatures in barley.
- 2019.
- Journal of Plant Growth Regulation 38: 1062-1081.
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- Ślesak I.
- Kula M.
- Ślesak H.
- Miszalski Z.
- Strzałka K.
- How to define obligatory anaerobiosis? An evolutionary view on the antioxidant response system and early stages of the evolution of life on Earth.
- 2019.
- Free Radical Biology and Medicine 140: 61-73.
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- Kornaś A.
- Filek M.
- Sieprawska A.
- Bednarska-Kozakiewicz E.
- Gawrońska K.
- Miszalski Z.
- Foliar application of selenium for protection against the first stages ofmycotoxin infection of crop plant leaves.
- 2019.
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture 99: 482–485.
Projects
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2018/31/B/NZ9/00298,
Structural and functional characteristics of loci determining the level of cell wall phenols under conditions of water stress in triticale. -
2018/31/N/NZ9/02430,
Brasinosteroidy as factors modifying the molecular dynamics of model membranes and membranes isolated from barley plants. -
2018/29/B/NZ9/01510,
Changes in the intensity of selected physiological, biochemical and molecular processes caused by the simultaneous effect of soil compaction stress and soil drought in individual maize hybrids differing in the degree of sensitivity to these stresses -
Biostrateg2/298241/10/NCBIR/2016 (akronim CROPTECH),
Optimization of industrial bioethanol production technology from maize grain. task no. 5: Development of wet corn maize ozonation technology -
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Increasing of the use of proteins from lupine for the production of high quality animal products in terms of sustainable development -
2015/17/B/NZ9/01695,
Mutants of barley with disturbances of synthesis and signaling of brassinosteroids in studies of temperature stress -
UMO-2015/17/B/NZ9/01694,
Analysis of mutations disrupting the formation of the wax layer in rye, and assessment of their impact on morphological, biochemical and physiological traits -
2014/15/B/NZ9/02192,
Structural-funcjonal modifications in natural and model cell membranes of wheat exposed on Fusarium toxin (zearalenone) - studies of selenium and brassinosteroid protective properties. -
MRiRW, nr 26,
Identification of factors which determine drought and freezing tolerance in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) -
2013/09/B/NZ9/01653,
Role of steroids in frost hardening of winter wheat