Institute

Dr Adriana Kaczmarczyk

Research Assistant

Unit
Molecular Biogeography and Systematics Group
E‑mail
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Phone
+4812‑4241‑796
Address
Lubicz 46, 31‑512 Kraków, Poland
Room
A‑15

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Research interests

  • Phytoremediation of saline and heavy metal contaminated areas.
  • Biodiversity of xerothermic and alpine ecosystems.
  • Adaptation of mountain plants to climate change.

Higher education and employment history

  • MSc degree at the University of Life Sciences, Lublin (2015).
  • PhD study at the Pedagogical University of Cracow (2016-2018).
  • PhD scholarship at the Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University (2017-2020).
  • PhD study at the Doctoral Studies in Natural Sciences, PAS.
  • Technical Assistant at the W. Szafer Institute of Botany, PAS (since 2020).
  • PhD degree at the W. Szafer Institute of Botany, PAS (2021).
  • Research Assistant at the W. Szafer Institute of Botany, PAS (since 2021).

Membership and awards

  • Coordinator of SOS Action – Universities to Shelters (2017).
  • Deputy Chairman of PhD Student Council (W. Szafer Institute of Botany in Cracow) (2018/2019).
  • Chairman of PhD Student Council (W. Szafer Institute of Botany in Cracow) (2019/2020).

International experience

  • Sweden, Norway, Finland (2018) - scientific expedition to analyze photochemistry in scots pines in north-south transect.
  • Germany (2019) - 2-week, scientific internship in Julius Kühn Institute in Darmstadt.
  • Tunisia (2019) - 3-day, Young Scientist Workshop "Communication in Science".

Research projects

  • Does cadmium remediation depend on the type of photosynthetic metabolism? (2017-2020); grant no. OPUS 2016/21/B/NZ9/00813, National Science Center (NCN), Małopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University – co-investigator.
  • Intracellular carbon dioxide and redox state of plastoquinone pool as regulators of ethylene biosynthesis pathway (2020-2022); grant no.OPUS/35/B/NZ9/01544, National Science Center (NCN) - co-investigator.

Recent publications (selected)

Zieliński K.J., Kaczmarczyk A., Cieślak E., Ślesak I. 2021. Symbioza u cyjanobakterii. Kosmos 70: 697–710. DOI

Nosek M., Kaczmarczyk A., Jędrzejczyk R.J., Supel P., Kaszycki P., Miszalski Z. 2020. Expression of genes involved in heavy metal trafficking in plants exposed to salinity stress and elevated Cd concentrations. Plants 9: 475. DOI

Śliwa-Cebula M., Kaszycki P., Kaczmarczyk A., Nosek M., Lis-Krzyścin A., Miszalski Z. 2020. The common ice plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.) – Phytoremediation potential for cadmium and chromate-contaminated soils. Plants 9: 1230. DOI

Nosek M., Kaczmarczyk A., Śliwa M., Jędrzejczyk R., Kornaś A., Supel P., Kaszycki P., Miszalski Z. 2019. The response of a model C3/CAM intermediate semi-halophyte Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. to elevated cadmium concentrations. Journal of Plant Physiology 240: 153005. DOI