Projects funded by the NCN

Surviving the Desert: Phylogenomics and Evolution of Arid-Adapted Darkling Beetles (Tenebrionidae: Blaptinae)

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: prof. Marcin Jan Kamiński

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN

Functional variation in absorptive roots across the gymnosperm phylogeny

Call: OPUS 28 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr hab. Marcin Zadworny

Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu

Origin of fibro-lamellar bone in Archosauriformes with special focus on Pseudosuchia - combining palaeohistology, palaeo...

Call: SONATINA 8 , Panel: ST10

Principal investigator: dr Elżbieta Maria Teschner

Uniwersytet Opolski

Evolution and spatial genetic differentiation of feather grasses of the Central-Western Asian steppe biome in relation t...

Call: OPUS 26 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: prof. Marcin Nobis

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Biologii

Global drivers of plesiosaur evolution during intervals of intense change in Mesozoic marine ecosystems

Call: OPUS 26 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr Daniel Madzia

Instytut Paleobiologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Phylogeny of whiteflies (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Aleyrodoidea) based on themorphology of fossil and modern insects.

Call: OPUS 24 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr hab. Jowita Katarzyna Drohojowska

UNIWERSYTET ŚLĄSKI, Wydział Nauk Przyrodniczych

Phylogenetic and palaeoecological reconstruction of symbiotic relations between serpulids and hydroids using computed mi...

Call: PRELUDIUM 21 , Panel: ST10

Principal investigator: Jakub Artur Słowiński

UNIWERSYTET ŚLĄSKI, Wydział Nauk Przyrodniczych

Turtles from Czechia and Poland: An overview of common evolution in Central Europe since the Triassic until Recent

Call: POLONEZ BIS 2 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr Milan Chroust

Instytut Paleobiologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Generation of the bioinformatic pipeline for detecting interlineage recombinants of Sars-Cov-2 in Poland and Europe

Call: PRELUDIUM BIS 3 , Panel: NZ6

Principal investigator: prof. Miłosz Stanisław Parczewski

Pomorski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Szczecinie

Evolution of duplicated elements in the mitochondrial genomes of birds

Call: OPUS 22 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: prof. Paweł Mackiewicz

Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Biotechnologii

The role of genetic admixture in ecological diversification of the Anthriscus sylvestris complex, a putative ring specie...

Call: OPUS 22 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: prof. Krzysztof Spalik

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Biologii

The fossil record of Coccinellidae and its significance for reconstruction of evolution of the ladybird beetles

Call: SONATA 17 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr Karol Szawaryn

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN

COLONISERS - COLONIsation of abySsal EnviRonmentS – phylogeny and zoogeography of deep-sea Typhlotanaidae (Tanaidacea: C...

Call: PRELUDIUM 20 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr Marta Karolina Gellert

Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Biologii i Ochrony Środowiska

Reconstruction and calibration of genome-based phylogeny of the Microtus genus using the Middle Pleistocene genomes

Call: OPUS 20 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr hab. Mateusz Krzysztof Baca

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Centrum Nowych Technologii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Genetic analyses of extinct and recent forms of Saiga (family Bovidae) to determine their taxonomic variation and phylog...

Call: OPUS 19 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: prof. Paweł Mackiewicz

Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Biotechnologii

Reconstruction the evolutionary history of the European snow vole (Chionomys nivalis, Cricetidae, Mammalia) based on anc...

Call: PRELUDIUM 19 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: Aleksandra Żeromska

Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Biotechnologii

A systems biology approach to study the role and evolution of molecular pathways related to multicellularity

Call: OPUS 19 , Panel: NZ2

Principal investigator: dr Stanisław - Dunin-Horkawicz

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Biologii

Structure, functioning and evolution of ovaries in earthworms and their allies - microscopical and molecular analysis

Call: OPUS 19 , Panel: NZ4

Principal investigator: prof. Piotr Jan Świątek

UNIWERSYTET ŚLĄSKI, Wydział Nauk Przyrodniczych

High-throughput DNA sequencing on historical collections of beetles: phylogenetic studies among Platynotini (Tenebrionid...

Call: OPUS 19 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr hab. Marcin Jan Kamiński

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN

The origin and biogeography of the genus Pseudechiniscus Thulin, 1911 (Heterotardigrada)

Call: ETIUDA 8 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: Piotr Bartłomiej Gąsiorek

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Biologii

Testing species boundaries in the order Apochela (Tardigrada) with genomic data

Call: ETIUDA 8 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: Witold Morek

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Biologii

In search of the ancestry of the order Apochela (Tardigrada)

Call: PRELUDIUM 18 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: Witold Morek

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Biologii

Impact of the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum on diversification dynamics in Paederinae rove beetles.

Call: OPUS 18 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr Dagmara Maria Żyła

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN

Phenotype evolution along phylogenetic lineages of Echiniscoidea

Call: PRELUDIUM 17 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: Piotr Bartłomiej Gąsiorek

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Biologii

A large-scale phylogeny and evolution of immature stages in megadiverse family Muscidae (Diptera)

Call: OPUS 17 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr Andrzej Grzywacz

Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Wydział Nauk Biologicznych i Weterynaryjnych

An integrative revision of the family Macrobiotidae (Tardigrada) - phylogeny, taxonomy and trait evolution in challengin...

Call: PRELUDIUM 16 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr Daniel Piotr Stec

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Biologii

Reconstructing evolutionary histories of rapidly diversified groups: Toward a robust dated species tree of Oestroidea us...

Call: OPUS 16 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: prof. Krzysztof Kazimierz Szpila

Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Wydział Biologii i Ochrony Środowiska

Evolutionary biogeography and diversification of the predominantly Andean butterfly subtribe Pronophilina (Nymphalidae, ...

Call: HARMONIA 10 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr hab. Tomasz Wilhelm Pyrcz

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Biologii

Phylogeny and diversification of the Ladybird beetles (Coleoptera, Coccinellidae)

Call: OPUS 15 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: prof. Kazimiera Wioletta Tomaszewska

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN

In- and Out-of-Madagascar - testing island's colonization and continent's recolonization events in space and time in a h...

Call: OPUS 15 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr hab. Łukasz Przybyłowicz

Instytut Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierząt PAN

Environmental factors and the evolution of chemical communication in turtles - a phylogenetic perspective

Call: OPUS 13 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr Alejandro Ibáñez Ricoma

Uniwersytet Jagielloński, Wydział Biologii

Experimental research on lipid accumulation in marine diatom (Bacillariophyta) cells: influence of life cycle, physiolog...

Call: PRELUDIUM 12 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: Ewa Katarzyna Górecka

Uniwersytet Szczeciński, Instytut Nauk o Morzu i Środowisku

Mesozoic stage of evolution of the nematocerous Diptera in context of contemporary biogeographical changes; importance o...

Call: OPUS 12 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: prof. Wiesław Krzemiński

Instytut Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierząt PAN

Monophyly versus paraphyly again? Taxonomic revision of Aa Rchb.f. and Myrosmodes Rchb.f. (Orchidaceae)

Call: PRELUDIUM 11 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: Sławomir Łukasz Nowak

Uniwersytet Gdański, Wydział Biologii

Testing species concept and studying mechanisms of sepciation in snails from the genus Trochulus Chemnitz, 1786

Call: OPUS 11 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr hab. Paweł Mackiewicz

Uniwersytet Wrocławski, Wydział Biotechnologii

Algorithms for multiple alignment of genomes. Sequence alignment in a context of phylogenetic reconstruction.

Call: SONATA 11 , Panel: ST6

Principal investigator: dr Adam Gudyś

Politechnika Śląska, Wydział Automatyki, Elektroniki i Informatyki

Species delimitation and phylogeny of neotropical Lecanora s.l. (lichen-forming Ascomycota, Lecanoromycetes) from Bolivi...

Call: OPUS 11 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: prof. Lucyna Elżbieta Śliwa

Instytut Botaniki im. Władysława Szafera PAN

Alternative reproductive startegies (oviparity/viviparity) in the phylogeny of a highly speciose group of land snails

Call: OPUS 11 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr hab. Anna Maria Drozd

Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Biologii i Ochrony Środowiska

Ecological factors and developmental constraints shaping the evolution of secondary woodiness in umbellifer subfamily Ap...

Call: OPUS 10 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: prof. Krzysztof Spalik

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Biologii

Diversity and origin of the freshwater fauna of the Mediterranean Islands on the example of Gammaridae (Amphipoda)

Call: PRELUDIUM 9 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: Kamil Hupało

Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Biologii i Ochrony Środowiska

Next-generation systematics for challenging taxa: unravelling phylogeny and species delimitation in the subfamily Miltog...

Call: OPUS 9 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: prof. Krzysztof Kazimierz Szpila

Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika, Wydział Nauk Biologicznych i Weterynaryjnych

Neogene and Quaternary sea level changes and origin of epigean freshwater malacostracan fauna in the periadriatic region

Call: OPUS 8 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr hab. Michał Grabowski

Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Biologii i Ochrony Środowiska

Estimating divergence times of the umbellifers (Apiaceae) based on the reconstruction of pollen morphology and fossil da...

Call: SONATA 8 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr Łukasz Banasiak

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Biologii

Acariform mites (Acari: Acariformes) permanently parasitizing warm-blooded vertebrates in Sub-Saharan Africa and Madagas...

Call: OPUS 8 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr hab. Maciej Konrad Skoracki

Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, Wydział Biologii

Higher-level molecular phylogeny of prostigmatan mites (Actinotrichida; Prostigmata)

Call: OPUS 7 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: prof. Jacek Cezary Dabert

Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, Wydział Biologii

Cranial evidence of avian phylogeny: new insights from fossils

Call: OPUS 6 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: prof. Andrzej Elżanowski

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN

Diversity, host specificity and evolutionary trends of lichenicolous fungi in the tropical Andes: an innovative study on...

Call: SONATA 6 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr Adam Grzegorz Flakus

Instytut Botaniki im. Władysława Szafera PAN

Evolution of flower features of the genus Fritillaria L. (Liliaceae) in response to pollinator shift

Call: PRELUDIUM 6 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: Katarzyna Monika Roguz

Uniwersytet Warszawski, Wydział Biologii

The interactions between beetles and endosymbiotic bacterium Wolbachia: the role played by the ecological niche

Call: SONATA 6 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: dr hab. Łukasz Marcin Kajtoch

Instytut Systematyki i Ewolucji Zwierząt PAN

The analysis of genetic diversity of new virulent strains of Venturia inaequalis (the causal agent of apple scab) in Pol...

Call: OPUS 5 , Panel: NZ9

Principal investigator: prof. Joanna Puławska

Instytut Ogrodnictwa