Aim
To determine the response of the metabolism of cyanobacteria and microalgae, especially photosynthetic activity, to selected stress factors, e.g. UV radiation, cosmic-ray components, and, more generally, the role of abiotic stress factors as possible triggers for the biosynthesis of nutrients in cyanobacteria and algae. In addition, analyses using molecular phylogenetics are being used to help uncover the evolution of oxygenic photosynthesis in the early stages of the evolution of life on Earth.
Leader
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Prof. Ireneusz Ślesak |
Dr Monika Kula-Maximenko |
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Members
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| Zofia Mazur | Marta Libik-Konieczny |
Kamil Zieliński |
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MICROBIOLOGY |
BIOCHEMISTRY |
MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
Projects
‘Effects of simulated cosmic rays on the biomass quality of Chlorella vulgaris - a potential food source for astronauts'. MINIATURA 5 (NCN), 2021/05/X/NZ9/00349; Principal investigator: dr Monika Kula-Maximenko
Papers - 5 - the most important and recent in the field of project
Kula-Maximenko M., Zieliński K.J., Ślesak I. (2021) The role of selected wavelengths of light in the activity of photosystem II in Gloeobacter violaceus. Int. J. Molecular Sci. 22:4021. doi: 10.3390/ijms22084021
Zieliński K.J., Kaczmarczyk A., Cieślak E., Ślesak I. (2021). Symbioza u cyjanobakterii [Symbiosis with cyanobacteria]. Kosmos 70: 697 - 710.
Ślesak I., Kula M., Ślesak H., Miszalski Z., Strzałka K. (2019) How to define obligatory anaerobiosis? An evolutionary view on the antioxidant response system and the early stages of the evolution of life on Earth. Free Radic. Biol. Med. 140: 61–73. doi: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2019.03.004
Kula M., Kalaji HM., Skoczowski A. (2017) Culture density influence on the photosynthetic efficiency of microalgae growing under different spectral compositions of light. J. Photochem. Photobiol. B, Biol. 167: 290 – 298. doi: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2017.01.013
Kula M., Rys M., Możdżeń K., Skoczowski A. (2014) Metabolic activity, the chemical composition of biomass and photosynthetic activity of Chlorella vulgaris under different light spectra in photobioreactors. Eng. Life Sci. 14: 57 – 67. doi: 10.1002/elsc.201200184