Twinning and Networking Activities

Scientific Visits and Twinning with Partner Institutions
Outgoing researchers: Prof Sylwia Jafra (IFB UG&MUG), Dr Mariusz Grinholc (IFB UG&MUG)
European Partner: University of Nottingham, UK, Prof. Paul Williams
Duration of visit: 16-18.12.2013

Outgoing researchers: Prof Stanisław Ołdziej (IFB UG&MUG), Dr Paulina Czaplewska (IFB UG&MUG)
European Partner: University of Konstanz, Germany, Prof. Martin Scheffner
Duration of visit: 24-26.11.2013

Outgoing researchers: Dr Małgorzata Rychłowska (IFB UG&MUG), Dr Agnieszka Brzozowska (IFB UG&MUG)
European Partner: FORTH, Biomedical Research Institute, Ioannina, Greece
Duration of visit: 16-19.12.2013

Outgoing researcher: Prof Ewa Łojkowska (IFB UG&MUG)
European Partner: INSERM U846 – Stem-cell and Brain Research Institute, Lyon, France
Duration of visit: 3-8.03.2014

Outgoing researcher: Prof Sylwia Jafra (IFB UG&MUG)
European Partner: University of Nottingham, UK, Prof. Paul Williams
Duration of visit: 3-16.08.2014

Outgoing researcher: Dr Agnieszka Bernat-Wójtowska (IFB UG&MUG)
European Partner: INSERM U846 – Stem-cell and Brain Research Institute, Lyon, France
Duration of visit: 18-21.08.2014

Outgoing researcher: Prof Ewa Łojkowska (IFB UG&MUG)
European Partner: INSA, Lyon, France
Duration of visit: 10-28.02.2014

Outgoing researcher: Dr Rafał Dutkiewicz (IFB UG&MUG)
European Partner: Philipps-Universitaet Marburg, Germany
Duration of visit: 4.08.2014 – 26.09.2014

Outgoing researcher: Dr Krzysztof Hinc (IFB UG&MUG)
European Partner: Federico II University of Naples, Italy
Duration of visit: 5.05.2014 – 4.08.2014

Outgoing researcher: Prof Michał Obuchowski (IFB UG&MUG)
European Partner: Federico II University of Naples, Italy
Duration of visit: 24-29.03.2014

Outgoing researcher: Prof Michał Obuchowski (IFB UG&MUG)
European Partner: Federico II University of Naples, Italy
Duration of visit: 24-29.03.2014

Incoming researcher: Dr Aleksandre Orly
Institution: Laboratory Agronomy & Environment ENSAIA-INPL, Nancy, France
Duration of visit at IFB UG&MUG: 3-14.12.2013

Incoming researcher: Dr Vasiliki Lazani
Institution: FORTH, Biomedical Research Institute, Ioannina, Greece
Duration of visit at IFB UG&MUG: 20-25.10.2014

Incoming researcher: Dr Teja Sirec
Institution: Federico II University of Naples, Italy
Duration of visit at IFB UG&MUG: 30.11.2014 – 28.02.2015

Participation in Regional Events in Poland

MIKROBIOT 2013 – The 3rd Workshop on Microbiology in Health and Environmental Protection
16-20.09.2013, Łódź, Poland
Participants: Prof. Krzysztof P. Bielawski, Dr Joanna Nakonieczna, Dr Mariusz Grinholc
POSTER: J.Nakonieczna, P.Wolicki, K.P.Bielawski: Silver nanoparticles prevent Staphylococcus aureus biofilm re-growth after photoantimicrobial chemotherapy
POSTER: M.Grinholc, A.Rapacka-Zdończyk, K.P.Bielawski: Photoporphyrin IX-mediated photoinactivation revealsother than antimicrobials resistance mechanisms differences between MRSA and MSSA strains

4th Conference of Polish Mass Spectrometry Society
26-29.05.2014, Trzebnica, Poland
Participants:Dr Paulina Czaplewska, Dr Katarzyna Macur, Prof. Krzysztof Bielawski, Dr Anna Woziwodzka
POSTER: P.Czalewska, A.Szymanska, M.Prądzyńska, I.Behrendt, M.Rafalik, A.Śladewska-Marquardt, A.Marquardt, A.S.Kołodziejczyk, S.Rodziewicz-Motowidło: Epitope mapping of the human cystatin C
POSTER: K.Macur, L.Hagen, T.Ciesielski, L.Konieczna, J.Skokowski, B.M.Janssen, G.Slupphaug, T.Bączek: Optimization of workflow for tageted MS-based proteomic quantification of osteopontin in health and cancerous human breast tissues
POSTER: K.P.Bielawski, M.Rybicka, P.Stalke, M.Dręczewski, T.Smiatacz: High-throughput MALDI-TOF MS for monitoring drug resistance in HBV-infected patients
POSTER: A.Woziwodzka, A.Bernat-Wójtowska, M.Rybicka, A.Rudnicka, J.Markiewicz, K.Sikorska, K.P.Bielawski: Use of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry for the genotyping of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the genes involved in the regulation of iron homeostasis

32nd Scientific Conference Oilseed Crops
19-20.05.2014, Poznań, Poland
Participant: Prof. Antoni Banaś
POSTER: A.Banaś, K.Demski, T.Furmanek, K.Jasieniecka, W.Banaś: Akumulacja lipidów w rozwijających się nasionach Crambe abyssinica i potencjalna rola acylotransferazy acylo-CoA:diacyloglicerol (DGAT) i acylotransferazy fosfolipid:diacyloglicerol (PDAT) w tym procesie

Nasiennictwo i Ochrona Ziemniaka
15-16.05.2014, Dźwirzyno k. Kołobrzegu, Poland
Participants: Dr Marta Potrykus
POSTER: A.Motyka, W.Śledź, M.Potrykus, M.Golanowska, S.Żołędowska, J.Butrymowicz, A.Kołodziejska, R.Czajkowski, E.Łojkowska: Występowanie bakterii pektynolitycznych na roślinach ziemniaka i w wodach powierzchniowych w Polsce w 2013 roku

11th Conference of the European Foundation for Plant Pathology
08-13.09.2014, Kraków, Poland
Participants: Prof. Ewa Łojkowska
ORAL PRESENTATION: M.Potrykus, M.Golanowska, W.Śledź, A.Binek, A.Motyka, S.Żołędowska, M.Sławiak, E.Łojkowska: Detection, identification and monitoring of Dickeya spp. In potato, water and weed samples with molecular methods

1st Congress of the Polish Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Biophysics and Bioinformatics
09-12.09.2014, Warszawa, Poland
Participants: Dr Anna Woziwodzka
POSTER: A.Woziwodzka, G.Gołuński, J.Piosik: Caffeine modulates mutagenis activity of a food-borne carcinogen AlphaC by noncovalent complexes formation

VI Kongres Współczesnej Onkologii – Next Generation
27-29.03.2014, Poznań, Poland
Participants: Dr Anna Żaczek
LECTURE: A.Żaczek, A.Markiewicz, M.Wełnicka-Jaśkiewicz, J.Jassen: Profile molekularne krążących komórek nowotworowych u chorych na raka piersi

Meeting of Polish Society for Genetics
24.10.2014, Warszawa, Poland
Participants: Prof. Ewa Łojkowska
LECTURE: E.Łojkowska, M.Potrykus, M.Golanowska, W.Śledź, A.Motyka, S.Żołędowska, R.Czajkowski, M.Waleron: Regulatory zaangażowane w produkcję czynników wirulencji w komórkach bakteryjnych patogenów roślin z gatunku Dickeya solaniParticipation in international events outside Europe

Participation in International Events in Europe

22nd Congress of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venerology
01-06.10.2014, Istanbul, Turkey
Participants: Dr Joanna Nakonieczna
ORAL PRESENTATION: Dr Joanna Nakonieczna: Photoynamic inactivation of microoganisms as a tool to control infections

6th European Symposium on Plant Lipids
07-10.07.2014, Bordeaux, France
Participants: Prof. Antoni Banaś
POSTER: A.Banaś, K.Demski, W.Banaś, T.Furmanek, A.Sanchez-Garcia, S.Stymne: Activity of PDAT and DGAT in developing seeds of oilseed plants

20th IMSC International Mass Spectrometry Conference
24-29.08.2014, Geneva, Switzerland
Participants: Dr Paulina Czaplewska
POSTER: P.Czaplewska, A. Śladewska-Marquardt, A.Marquardt, A.S.Koldziejczyk, M.Prądzińska, A.Szymańska, S.Rodziewicz-Motowidło : Mass Spectrometry as a powerfull tool in antigen-antibody studies
POSTER: K.Macur, L.Hagen, T.Ciesielski, L.Konieczna, J.Skokowski, B.M.Janssen, G.Slupphaug, T.Bączek: Optimization of workflow for tageted MS-based proteomic quantification of osteopontin in health and cancerous human breast tissues

Iron Sulfur Cluster Proteins Meeting
11.04.2014, London, United Kingdom
Participants: Prof. Jarosław Marszałek, Dr Rafał Dutkiewicz
LECTURE: J.Marszałek: The complex evolutionary history of mitochondrial HSP70 system involved in FE-S biogenesis
POSTER: M.Manicki, J.Majewska, Sz. Ciesielski, B.Schilke, A.Bleńska, J.Kominek, E.A.Craig, J.Marszałek, R.Dutkiewicz : Binding of Hsp70 Chaperon Ssq1, and frataxin homologue Yfh1, to the iron-sulfur cluster scaffold Isu1 protein in mutuall exclusive

Glycobiology & glycochemistry: Application to human health and disease
26-30.05.2014, Lisbon, Portugal
Participants: Mgr Beata Gromadzka
POSTER: B. Szewczyk, E. Król, B. Gromadzka, I. Wandzik, G. Grynkiewicz, W. Szeja: Novel compounds mimicking tunicamycin structure which inhibit late stages of n-glcosylation of viral glycoproteins

Influenza 2014: One Influenza, One World, One Health
09-11.09.2014, Oxford, United Kingdom
Participants: Mgr Krzysztof Łepek
POSTER: K.Łepek, B.Pająk, Ł.Rąbalski, K.Urbaniak, K.Kucharczyk, I.Markowska-Daniel, B.Szewczyk: The analysis of co-infections with A/H1N1 strain variants among pigs in Poland by multitemperature single-strand conformational polymorpism (MSSCP) technique

CASCADE Meeting
12-13.06.2014, Landskrona, Sweeden
Participants: Prof. Antoni Banaś
During the CASCADE Metting in Landskrona, Prof. Antoni Banaś presented University of Gdańsk – partner in “A cascading approach to oil crops for bio-based products (CASCADE)” and participated in the discussions on final version of CASCADE project, which is going to be send to EU Commission in June 2014.

RICT 2014 – Interfacing Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery (50th International Conference on Medicinal Chemistry)
02-04.07.2014, Rouen, France
Participants: Dr Elżbieta Jankowska
POSTER: E.Jankowska, J.Witkowska, P.Karpowicz, M.Giżyńska, M.Cieślak, M.Gaczynska, P.A.Osmulski: PR peptides as noncompetitive modulators of the 20S proteasome activity

International Congress on Invertebrate Pathology and Microbial Control & 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Invertebrate Pathology
03-07.08.2014, Mainz, Germany
Participants: Dr Łukasz Rąbalski
POSTER: Ł.Rąbalski, U.Grzęda, G.Topolska, M.Krejmer, B.Szewczyk: New findings on genome of Apis mellifera filamentous virus

EMBO Practical Course 2014 – Multidimensional NMR in Structural Biology
10-15.08.2014, Joachimstahl, Germany
Participants: Dr Wioletta Żmudzińska
POSTER: W.Żmudzińska, A.Hałabis, A.Lewandowska, K.Bęczkowski,S.Ołdziej: Can CXXC sequential motif play a significant role as a folding initiation center?

EFMC  International Symposium of Medicinal Chemistry
07-11.09.2014;, Lisbon, Portugal
Participants: Dr Marta Spodzieja, Dr Maria Smużyńska
POSTER: M.Spodzieja, K.Kalejta, A.S.Kołdziejczyk, A.Szymańska, P.Czaplewska: In search if inhibors of AB aggregation process based on C-terimal fragment of human cystatin C
POSTER: M.Smużyńska, A.Pogorzelska, S.Rodziewicz-Motowidło, P.Osmulski, M.Gaczyńska, A.Grubb, F.Kasprzykowski: Structure modifications and their influence on biological activity of peptidomimetics structurally based upon N-terminakl fragment of human cystatin C

Challenges and Management of Liver Cirrhosis
10-11.10.2014, Freiburg, Germany
Participants: Dr Anna Woziwodzka
POSTER: A.Woziwodzka, A.Bernat, M.Rybicka, J.Markiewicz, K.Sikorska, K.P.Bielawski: Influence of single-nucleotide polimorphfism in TFR2, TF and HFE genes on iron homeostasis and hepatic injury in chronic hepatitis C patiens

3rd Antivirals Congress
12-14.10.2014, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Participants: Dr Chaubey Binay
POSTER: B.Chaubey, E.Król, G.Pastuch-Gawolek, W,Szeja, B.Szewczyk: Novel uridine derivatives of heteroaryl 1-thioglycosides as potential anti-HCV compounds

Purines 2014 – Nucleotides, Nuclosides and Nucleobases, International Conference on Signalling, Drugs and Targets
23-27.07.2014, Bonn, Germany
Participants: Dr Patrycja Koszałka
POSTER: P.Koszałka, M.Gołuńska, A.Urban, M.Majewski, A.C.Składanowski, J.Bigda: CD73 plays a key role in B16F10 melanoma tumor growth, its vascularization and metastasis formation

22nd Euroconference on Apoptosis Cell Death & Rejuvenation
01-04.10.2014, Heraklion, Greece
Participants: Dr Grzegorz Stasiłojć
POSTER: G.Stasiłojć, A.Cebo, A.Nagel, J. Bigda: BITC treatment of U937 cells induce apoptosis without cell disintegration

Tumour Microenvironment and Signalling
07-10.05.2014, Heidelberg, Germany
Participants: Dr Rafał Sądej
POSTER: D.Czaplińska, Ł.Turczyk, A.Grudowska, M.Mieszkowska, H.Romańska, R.Sądej : FGFR2 activatives p38/RSK2 and enhances human mammary epithelial cells migration

Participation in Events ouside Europe

The 13th International Conference on Plant Pathogenic Bacteria
8-13.06.2014, Shanghai, China
Participants: Prof. Ewa Łojkowska, Prof. Sylwia Jafra
POSTER: E.Łojkowska, M.Potrykus, M.Golanowska, W.Śledź, A.Motyka, S.Żołędowska, R.Czajkowski, M.Waleron: Survey of bacteria from The Dickeya and Pectobacterium species in Poland
POSTER: S.Jafra, D.Krzyżanowska, A.Ossowicki: Antagonistic activity of selected rhizosphere isolates towards plant pathogenic bacteria

21th International Symposium on Plant Lipids
06-11.07.2014, Gueph, Canada
Participants: Prof. Antoni Banaś
POSTER: A.Banaś, K.Jasieniecka, K.Demski, S.Stymne, W.Banaś: In vitro studies of biosynthesis of alpha-eleostearic acid in the seed of Momordica charantia L

16th Internacional Congres on Infectious Diseases
02-05.04.2014, Cape Town, Republic of South Africa
Participants: Prof. Bogusław Szewczyk
POSTER: B.Szewczyk, K.Łepek, B.Pająk, P.Siedlecki, M.Niemcewicz, J.Kocik, Ho-Sheng Wu, Ji-Rong Jang: Application of single-strand conformational polymorphism for detection of amino acid changes in neutralizing epitope of hemagglutinin gene of influenza a strains

21st International Symposium on Hepatitis C Virus and Related Viruses
07-11.09.2014, Banff, Canada
Participants: Prof. Krystyna Bieńkowska-Szewczyk, Prof. Bogusław Szewczyk, Dr Małgorzata Rychłowska
POSTER: M.Rychłowska, K.Cielemecka, A.Chmielewska, K.Bieńkowska-Szewczyk: Role of ER haperone -protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) in oxidative folding of HCV E1E2 glycoproteins
POSTER: E.Król, I.Wandzik, M.Rychłowska, K.Grzyb, B.Szewczyk: Uridine derivatives of 2-deoxy sugars – a novel class of glycosylation inhibitors active against hepatitis C virus
POSTER: M.Rychłowska, K.Cielemecka, A.Chmielewska, K.Bieńkowska-Szewczyk: Role of ER haperone -protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) in oxidative folding of HCV E1E2 glycoproteins

39th Annual International Herpesvirus Workshop 2014
19-23.07.2014, Kobe, Japan
Participants: Dr Andrea Lipińska
POSTER: M.Graul, N.Karska, A.Grabowska, M.Ślusarz, M.Rychłowski, E.Wiertz, S.Rodziewicz-Motowidło: Dual activity of the BHV-1-encoded UL49.5 protein relies on distinct structural motifs within the amino-termal domain

Protein Folding Conference 2014
16-19.07.2014, Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
Participants: Prof. Stanisław Ołdziej
POSTER: A.Hałabis, W.Żmudzińska, A.Liwo, S.Ołdziej: Temperature influence on structure of small proteins – NMR study

American Society for Microbiology 114th General Meeting
17-20.05.2014, Boston, USA
Participants: Dr Joanna Nakonieczna
POSTER: W.Hewelt-Belka, J.Nakonieczna: A mass spectrometry-based approach to identify minute differences between Staphylococcus aureus wild type strain and its isogenic hrtA-mutant lipid content. Possible role in antimicrobial photoinactivation

25th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research
28.07-01.08.2014, Vancouver, Canada
Participants: Dr Anna Ihnatowicz
POSTER: J.Siwińska, A.Olry, V.Coqueret, A.Hehn, F.Bourgaud, E.Łojkowska, A.Ihnatowicz: Structure-function analysis of Arabidopsis feruloyl-CoA 6′-hydroxylase 2

International Society for Plasmid Biology Scientific Meeting 2014
27.10.2014 – 01.11.2014, Palm Cove, Australia
Participants: Prof. Igor Konieczny, Dr Katarzyna Bury
POSTER: K.Węgrzyn, K.Bury, A.Dubiel, M.Gross, A.Karłowicz, M.Roplewska, U.Uciechowska, A.Wawrzycka, E.Zabrocka, I.Konieczny: Nucleoprotein complexes in plasmid RK2 DNA metabolism
POSTER: K.Bury, K.Węgrzyn, I.Konieczny: Handcuffing and Uncuffing of RK2 plasmid

Participation in MS Demo Labs

Training Demo-Lab Sequenom MALDI-TOF
23-25.10.2013, Hamburg, Germany
Participant: Dr Anna Woziwodzka

The Waters HDX 2014 Meeting
14-15.05.2014, Manchester, United Kingdom
Participant: Dr Paulina Czaplewska, Dr Katarzyna Macur

TripleTOF 5600 Training for Proteomics Analyses
28-30.10.2014, Darmstadt, Germany
Participant: Dr Paulina Czaplewska, Dr Katarzyna Macur

Proteomics QTRAP System Training Class
11-13.11.2014, Darmstadt, Germany
Participant: Dr Paulina Czaplewska, Dr Katarzyna Macur