Projects funded by the NCN

Defining a new paradigm in bacterial copper homeostasis: distinct cytosolic and periplasmic copper storage proteins

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: NZ1

Principal investigator: dr hab. Kevin John Waldron

Instytut Biochemii i Biofizyki PAN

Small regulatory RNAs as key players in Yersinia Adaptation: A comparative analysis of Y. enterocolitica and Y. ruckeri ...

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: NZ2

Principal investigator: dr Karolina Jaworska

Uniwersytet Warszawski

Are RIG-I-Like Receptors the Key to Understanding Galliformes' Susceptibility to Pathogens? Investigating the Role of MD...

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: NZ9

Principal investigator: dr hab. Paweł Jan Sikorski

Uniwersytet Warszawski

Campylobacter jejuni protein expression, stress response and virulence modulated by methylation of 16S rRNA nucleotide C...

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: NZ6

Principal investigator: Małgorzata Sylwia Murawska

Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie

Characterization of microscopic fungi isolated from human cadavers.

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: Klaudyna Aleksandra Spychała

Uniwersytet Wrocławski

Investigation of the therapeutic potential of natural flavour and fragrance materials in inflammatory oral diseases indu...

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: NZ1

Principal investigator: Zuzanna Maria Bacińska

Politechnika Wrocławska

Application of probiotic extracellular vesicles in the treatment of chronic wounds with concomitant fungal infection.

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: NZ6

Principal investigator: Katarzyna Daria Kowalik

Uniwersytet Jagielloński

Structural engineering of cell-penetrating peptides into biostable antibacterials to combat drug-resistant pathogens

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: NZ1

Principal investigator: prof. Joanna Dominika Trylska

Uniwersytet Warszawski

The impact of selected polyphenols and potential postbiotics on gut microbiota modulation and the physiology of Clostrid...

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: NZ6

Principal investigator: Piotr Józef Lalowski

Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny

Development and study of peptide inhibitors of membrane fusion in flaviviruses, based on the STEM region of the tick-bor...

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: NZ6

Principal investigator: Krzysztof Polaczek

Uniwersytet Gdański

Photodynamic inactivation as a broad-spectrum antibiotic adjuvant reversing multidrug-resistant Gram-negative critical p...

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: dr hab. Mariusz Stanisław Grinholc

Uniwersytet Gdański

A new feature of the yeast Kazachstania humilis species: Growth-inhibitory properties against a broad spectrum of bacter...

Call: OPUS 28 , Panel: NZ9

Principal investigator: dr hab. Anna Sikora

Instytut Biochemii i Biofizyki PAN

Genomic backgrounds of adaptive response of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.) populations to ash dieback disease caus...

Call: SONATA 20 , Panel: NZ9

Principal investigator: dr Joanna Meger

Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego

Evaluation of the potential of Geum urbanum in preventing dysbiosis and associated oral cavity pathogens growth.

Call: SONATA 20 , Panel: NZ9

Principal investigator: dr Aleksandra Karolina Kruk

Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny

Analysis of factors determining cucumber green mottle mosaic virus variability and pathogen-host-environment interaction...

Call: OPUS 28 , Panel: NZ9

Principal investigator: prof. Beata Anna Hasiów-Jaroszewska

Instytut Ochrony Roślin - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

Carriage-Driven Evolutionary Mechanisms in Staphylococcus aureus

Call: SONATA 20 , Panel: NZ2

Principal investigator: dr Marta Matuszewska

Uniwersytet Warszawski

Gliadin deamidation by bacterial transglutaminases: significance in the pathogenesis of celiac disease.

Call: SONATA 20 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: dr Eva Krzyżewska-Dudek

Instytut Immunologii i Terapii Doświadczalnej im. Ludwika Hirszfelda Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Volatilomics-based approaches for early detection and monitoring of infections in crops and soils

Call: SONATA 20 , Panel: NZ9

Principal investigator: dr Małgorzata Wesoły

Politechnika Warszawska

Evolution of Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes and pathogen antigens, induced by adaptive immune response and...

Call: OPUS 27 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr Maciej Jan Ejsmond

Uniwersytet Jagielloński

Unravelling the role of gibberellins (GAs) at the interface of vascular reprogramming during clubroot disease in Arabido...

Call: PRELUDIUM 23 , Panel: NZ9

Principal investigator: Deeksha Singh

Instytut Genetyki Roślin PAN

Epidemics among the inhabitants of the early medieval suburb of Wrocław, Poland. Can endocranial changes be a determinan...

Call: PRELUDIUM 23 , Panel: HS3

Principal investigator: dr Joanna Iwona Wysocka

Instytut Immunologii i Terapii Doświadczalnej im. Ludwika Hirszfelda Polskiej Akademii Nauk

FREE-B: Studying FREE-living honey Bee colonies in Europe: nature-based solutions to safeguard diversity, ensure resilie...

Call: BiodivNBS , Panel: NZ9

Principal investigator: dr hab. Andrzej Oleksa

Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego

Innovative diagnostic and therapeutic strategies targeting inflammation in periodontitis.

Call: OPUS 27 , Panel: NZ5

Principal investigator: dr Maja Sochalska

Uniwersytet Jagielloński

The interplay between pathogens pressure, microbiome composition, and host hybridization in the survival rate of western...

Call: OPUS 26 , Panel: NZ9

Principal investigator: dr Michał Robert Kolasa

Instytut Zootechniki - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy

Smart nanogels of bio-based antimicrobials to prevent urinary tract infections bydisrupting inter- and intra-species com...

Call: M-ERA.NET 3 Call 2023 , Panel: ST11

Principal investigator: prof. Robert Bucki

Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku

Molecular mechanisms of phenotypic plasticity of native chicken breeds.

Call: OPUS 26 , Panel: NZ9

Principal investigator: prof. Maria Siwek-Gapińska

Uniwersytet Technologiczno-Przyrodniczy im. Jana i Jędrzeja Śniadeckich w Bydgoszczy, Wydział Hodowli i Biologii Zwierząt

Is there an escape from antibioticresistant ESKAPE pathogens present in wastewater - the importance of last-chance antib...

Call: SONATA 19 , Panel: NZ9

Principal investigator: dr Katarzyna Natalia Grudlewska-Buda

Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Collegium Medicum im. Ludwika Rydygiera w Bydgoszczy

Investigating the function of the incomplete heme synthesis pathway in human oral pathogen Porphyromonas gingivalis

Call: SONATA 19 , Panel: NZ6

Principal investigator: dr Michał Sylwester Śmiga

Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Biotechnologii

The Impact of Undernutrition on Host Microbiome: the Messenger Role of Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles.

Call: SONATA 19 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: dr Agnieszka Maria Razim

Instytut Immunologii i Terapii Doświadczalnej im. Ludwika Hirszfelda Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Exploring the Impact of Salmonella on the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System

Call: OPUS 26 , Panel: NZ1

Principal investigator: dr Grzegorz Jan Grabe

Uniwersytet Gdański, Międzyuczelniany Wydział Biotechnologii Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego i Gdańskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego

Urban rats Viromics: Unraveling the Viral Landscape and Its Implications for Public Health

Call: PRELUDIUM BIS 5 , Panel: NZ6

Principal investigator: prof. Maciej Grzybek

Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny, Wydział Nauk o Zdrowiu z Instytutem Medycyny Morskiej i Tropikalnej

Aerobiome based genomic surveillance of fungicide resistance to track the development and spread of AMR in plant pathoge...

Call: JPIAMR ACTION Call 2023 , Panel: NZ9

Principal investigator: prof. Tomasz Kulik

Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie, Katedra Botaniki i Ochrony Przyrody

Standardized One Health surveillance of antiBiotic residues and antibiotic and heAvy metaL resisTance In BaltiC wAter en...

Call: JPIAMR ACTION Call 2023 , Panel: NZ9

Principal investigator: dr Ewa Kotlarska

Instytut Oceanologii PAN

Evaluation of biosurfactants production capacity by bacteria isolated from sea water and determination of their role in ...

Call: PRELUDIUM 22 , Panel: NZ9

Principal investigator: Dominika Wiktoria Jama

Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy we Wrocławiu, Wydział Biotechnologii i Nauk o Żywności

The Axe-Txe toxin-antitoxin system in the multidrug resistant human pathogen Enterococcus faecium: regulation and role i...

Call: OPUS 25 , Panel: NZ2

Principal investigator: dr Barbara Wanda Kędzierska

Uniwersytet Gdański, Wydział Biologii

Chiral hybrids of quinones and quinols with double anticancer and antimicrobial activity against drug-resistant pathogen...

Call: OPUS 25 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: prof. Ryszard Józef Ostaszewski

Instytut Chemii Organicznej Polska Akademia Nauk

The genetic basis underlying immune resistance in selected accessions of the model plant A. thaliana against the plant p...

Call: PRELUDIUM 22 , Panel: NZ2

Principal investigator: Anastasiia Satyr

Instytut Chemii Bioorganicznej PAN

unESKAPEable. Innovative antibiotics leads based on bifunctionalsed metallacarboranes to combat ESKAPE pathogens.

Call: PRELUDIUM 22 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: Jakub Cebula

Instytut Immunologii i Terapii Doświadczalnej im. Ludwika Hirszfelda Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Traces of memory in the clonal plant network: effects of epigenetic variability on plant adaptation to drought or a path...

Call: PRELUDIUM 22 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: Wojciech Robert Wysoczański

Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, Wydział Biologii

The battle for iron between plants and pathogens: genetic and molecular basis of Arabidopsis responses to Fe-deficiency ...

Call: OPUS 24 , Panel: NZ2

Principal investigator: dr Anna Ihnatowicz

Uniwersytet Gdański, Międzyuczelniany Wydział Biotechnologii Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego i Gdańskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego

Can plant metabolites efficiently decrease mycotoxin content in flax?

Call: SONATA 18 , Panel: NZ9

Principal investigator: dr Justyna Katarzyna Mierziak-Derecka

Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Biotechnologii

Landfill foraging in migratory birds: pain or gain?

Call: OPUS 24 (LAP) , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr Marcin Tobółka

Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu

Towards understanding the suppression of host xylogenesis by the plant pathogen Plasmodiophora brassicae

Call: OPUS 24 , Panel: NZ9

Principal investigator: dr hab. Robert Malinowski

Instytut Genetyki Roślin PAN

Associations between Babesia, Borrelia and Theileria and tick vectors in different ecosystems of the world

Call: OPUS 23 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: prof. Anna - Bajer

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Biologii

Reserved antibiotics and critical priority pathogens in hospital wastewater as an indicator of sanitary-epidemiological ...

Call: OPUS 23 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: prof. Ewa Korzeniewska

Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie, Wydział Geoinżynierii

Specificity of the regulation of Fusarium-asparagus interaction by host metabolites and hormones produced during infecti...

Call: OPUS 22 , Panel: NZ9

Principal investigator: prof. Łukasz Wojciech Stępień

Instytut Genetyki Roślin PAN

Studies on the prevalence and properties of peptidoglycan peptidases as potential antimicrobial agents with targeted spe...

Call: OPUS 22 , Panel: NZ6

Principal investigator: dr hab. Benedykt Władyka

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Biochemii, Biofizyki i Biotechnologii

The importance of polysaccharides for the dieback of European ash (Fraxinus excelsior L.)

Call: SONATA 17 , Panel: NZ9

Principal investigator: dr Jan Jakub Łyczakowski

Uniwersytet Rolniczy im. Hugona Kołłątaja w Krakowie, Wydział Leśny

The role of prophages in the virulence of clinical strains of human pathogen Clostridioides difficile in vitro and in vi...

Call: OPUS 22 , Panel: NZ6

Principal investigator: dr hab. Krzysztof Hinc

Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny, Międzyuczelniany Wydział Biotechnologii Uniwersytetu Gdańskiego i Gdańskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego

Coming out of the shadow of iron – manganese as an important player at the host-pathogen interface.

Call: SONATA 17 , Panel: ST4

Principal investigator: dr Małgorzata Ostrowska

Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Chemii