M. Sc. Katarzyna Kaczanowska

EDUCATION

since 2013 PhD study at The Franciszek Górski Institute of Plant Physiology Polish Academy of Sciences (IPP PAS) in the frame of Doctoral Studies in Natural Sciences at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kraków

2011 master's degree in biology and geology at Jagiellonian University in Kraków

2006-2011 study at the Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Jagiellonian University in Kraków

RESEARCH AREAS

Physiology stress of plants – photosynthetic efficiency, stomata status and hormonal balance (abscisic acid (ABA)) under environmental stresses (low temperature, drought)

Title of PhD thesis: Mechanisms of chilling tolerance in sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench)

Supervisor: dr hab. Franciszek Janowiak, Associate Professor of IPP PAS

PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS

Increasing chilling tolerance of sorghum seedlings through drought hardening
Financed by IB PAN, Special Grant for Young Scientists 2016
Year: 2016
Project leader

Adaptation of sorghum under low temperature conditions – physiological changes in roots
Financed by IFR PAN, Special Grant for Young Scientists 2014
Year: 2014
Project leader

ERANET GAS – Genetic Adaptation of Sorghum: Genomics-based breeding of a sustainable, next-generation bioenergy crop for Europe
Financing agency: The National Centre for Research and Development, Program: ERA-NET Bioenergy
Consortium: ERANET GAS (Germany, Sweden, Poland)
Project ID: ERA-NET-Bioenergy/3/2013
Years: 2013-2016
Project participant

PUBLICATIONS

Grzesiak M.T., Janowiak F., Szczyrek P., Kaczanowska K., Ostrowska A., Rut R., Hura T., Rzepka A. & Grzesiak S. (2016) Impact of soil compaction stress combined with drought or waterlogging on the physiological and biochemical markers in two maize hybrids. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum, 38, 1-15. Read more.

Janowiak F., Kaczanowska K., Jing H.-C., Bekele W.A. & Snowdon R.J. Metabolic limitations to photosynthetic efficiency of sorghum seedling leaves at low temperature. Procedia Environmental Sciences 29, 277-278. Read more.

RECENT POSTERS

Kaczanowska K. & Janowiak F. Sygnały komunikacji korzenie-liście u siewek sorga w warunkach stresu chłodu. Poster at II Ogólnopolska Konferencja Doktorantów Nauk o Życiu BioOpen, May 12-14, 2016, Łódź, Poland.

Kaczanowska K., Janowiak F., Jing H.-C., Bekele W.A., Samans B. & Snowdon R.J. Abscisic acid level and osmotic adjustment of sorghum roots under chilling conditions. Poster N28 at Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance III, June 29 – July 1, 2015, Vienna, Austria. Program and Abstracts, p. 47. Read more.

Grzesiak M., Janowiak F., Szczyrek P., Kaczanowska K., Ostrowska A., Rut G., Rzepka A. & Grzesiak S. Multistress effect of soil compaction combined with drought or waterlogging on changes in physiological characteristics in maize (Zea mays L.) hybrids. Poster No. PPS002 at Botany 2015, July 25-29, 2015, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Read more.

Janowiak F., Kaczanowska K., Jing H.-C., Bekele W.A. & Snowdon R.J. Osmotic adjustment, abscisic acid accumulation, and a decrease in photosynthetic efficiency are the key consequences of low temperature influence on sorghum seedlings. Poster at 10th International Plant Cold Hardiness Seminar Stress Recognition Triggers Plant Adaptation, August 17-21, 2014, Kórnik-Poznań, Poland. Book of Abstracts, p. S5.29. Read more.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Kaczanowska K., Janowiak F., Jing H.-C., Bekele W.A., Samans B. & Snowdon R.J. Physiological responses of sorghum seedlings to chilling conditions. Oral presentation at 10th International Conference Plant Functioning Under Environmental Stress, September 16-19, 2015, Cracow, Poland.

Grzesiak M.T., Szczyrek P., Kaczanowska K., Ostrowska A., Rut G., Rzepka A. & Janowiak F. Changes of ABA content, antioxidant activity and physiological characteristics in maize hybrids grown under soil compaction stress with drought or waterlogging. Oral presentation at 10th International Conference Plant Functioning Under Environmental Stress, September 16-19, 2015, Cracow, Poland.