Department of Stress Biology
address: Niezapominajek 21, 30-239 Kraków
telephone: (+48) 12 4251833 (wew./ext. 158)
faks: (+48) 12 4251844
e.niewiadomska@ifr-pan.edu.pl
Staff
Scientific Staff
- Dr hab. Marta Libik-Konieczny
- M. Sc. Zofia Mazur
- Dr Maria Pilarska
- Prof. Ireneusz Ślesak
- Dr Eng. Kamil J. Zieliński
PHD Students
Description
Research of Department of Stress Biology are focused on the functioning of plants under abiotic and biotic stress. Among the abiotic stress factors, mainly salinity, drought and high irradiance, among the biotic factors – infections with bacterial (Pseudomonas syringae) and fungal (Botrytis cinerea) pathogens, are considered. Stress responses are studied at the whole plant level, as well as cell biology and gene expression. A particular emphasis is placed on the adaptive modifications of C3 photosynthesis and induction of CAM (Crassulacean Acid Metabolism) in relation to stress resistance. The role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the cellular redox status is analyzed in the context of signal transduction pathways, regulation of primary and secondary metabolism and stress protection. Another field of interest is the phylogeny of the antioxidant system and photosynthesis in different groups of organisms and their hypothetical role at the early stages of the evolution.
Publications
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- Ślesak I.
- Ślesak H.
- From cyanobacteria and cyanophages to chloroplasts: the fate of the genomes of oxyphototrophs and the genes encoding photosystem II proteins.
- 2024.
- New Phytologist, 242: 1055 -1067.
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- Saja-Garbarz D.
- Libik-Konieczny M.
- Janowiak F.
- Silicon improves root functioning and water management as well as alleviates oxidative stress in oilseed rape under drought conditions.
- 2024.
- Frontiers in Plant Science, 15: 1359747.
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- Pilarska M.
- Niewiadomska E.
- Kruk J.
- Salinity-induced changes in plastoquinone pool redox state in halophytic Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L..
- 2023.
- Scientific Reports, 13: 11160.
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- Zaffagnini M.
- Pilarska M.
- Niewiadomska E.
- Editorial: Chloroplast redox state: new insights into stress responses and acclimation.
- 2023.
- Frontiers in Plant Science, 14: 1234946.
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- Ziejewska C.
- Grela A.
- Lach M.
- Marczyk J.
- Hordyńska N.
- Szechynska-Hebda M.
- Hebda M.
- Eco-friendly zeolites for innovative purification of water from cationic dye and heavy metal ions.
- 2023.
- Journal of Cleaner Production, 406: 136947.
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- Pistelli L.
- Libik-Konieczny M.
- Hasanuzzaman M.
- Editorial: Plant-microbe interactions and their role in salinity tolerance.
- 2023.
- Frontiers in Plant Science, 14: 1142563.
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- Klajmon A.
- Makowska K.
- Zimny J.
- Oleszczuk S.
- Libik-Konieczny M.
- Sebela M.
- Gašparíková I.
- Bąba W.
- Konieczny R.
- Gum Arabic influences the activity of antioxidant enzymes during androgenesis in barley anthers.
- 2023.
- Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 153: 145–157.
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- Gozdur K.
- Ślesak I.
- Ślesak H.
- Photosynthetic and antioxidant activity in the sex‑related heat stress response of the dioecious species Rumex thyrsiflorus Fingerh.
- 2023.
- Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture, 152: 151-165.
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- Okunlola G.O.
- Olatunji O.A.
- Niewiadomska E.
- Jimoh M.A.
- Rufai A.B.
- Ogunkunle C.O.
- Foliar application of melatonin alleviates the deleterious effects of drought on the three most cultivated capsicum species in africa.
- 2023.
- Gesunde Pflanzen, 75: 139–149.
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- Mazur Z.
- Ślesak I.
- Cyjanobakterie – organizmy, którym niestraszne jest promieniowanie UV.
- 2022.
- Kosmos, 4.
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- Gula E.
- Libik-Konieczny M.
- Kwas pipekolowy - niewykorzystany potencjał.
- 2022.
- Kosmos, 4.
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- Ślesak I.
- Ślesak H.
- Cyanophages as an important factor in the early evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis.
- 2022.
- Scientific Reports, 12: 20581.
Projects
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2017/1/X/NZ3/00293 MINIATURA,
Molecular basis of plant resistance to soil salinity: characterization of NADPH oxidase (RBOH) genes in halophyte Eutral salsugineum -
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.) -
2015/17/B/NZ9/01695,
Mutants of barley with disturbances of synthesis and signaling of brassinosteroids in studies of temperature stress -
2013/09/N/NZ9/01650,
Characterisation of antioxidant system and the concentration of gibberellins in Stevia rebaudiana plants regenerated in vitro after transformation with Agrobacterium rhizogenes -
2012/05/B/NZ9/01035,
Engegament of oxidative stress in steviol glycosides biosynthesis in Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni plants -
2011/03/B/NZ9/01619,
The role of hydrogen peroxide in leaf senescence