Projects funded by the NCN
Life at the edge – a step towards recognizing adaptations of lichens to extreme extraterrestrial conditions
2022/45/B/NZ8/01961
Keywords:
lichens adaptations extraterrestrial conditions extremotolerance astrobiology lichen physiology X-rays solar radiation vacuum
Descriptors:
- NZ8_011:
- ST9_006:
- NZ2_004:
Panel:
NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography
Host institution :
Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Biologii
woj. małopolskie
Principal investigator (from the host institution):
Number of co-investigators in the project: 11
Call: OPUS 23 - announced on 2022-03-28
Amount awarded: 1 321 861 PLN
Project start date (Y-m-d): 2023-02-07
Project end date (Y-m-d): 2027-02-06
Project duration:: 48 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status: Pending project
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Information in the final report
- Publication in academic press/journals (1)
- Ionizing radiation resilience: how metabolically active lichens endure exposure to the simulated Mars atmosphereAuthors:Kaja Skubała, Karolina Chowaniec, Mirosław Kowaliński, Tomasz Mrozek, Jarosław Bąkała, Ewa Latkowska, Beata Myśliwa-KurdzielAcademic press:IMA Fungus (rok: 2025, tom: 16, strony: e145477), Wydawca: Pensoft PublishersStatus:PublishedDOI:10.3897/imafungus.16.145477 - link to the publication