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The pattern of the age- and sex-related variability of bone mineral density of the skeleton and of the frequency of osteoporotic fractures from the Neolithic to modern times as an indicator of changes of the biological condition of human populations.

2016/23/B/NZ8/03145

Keywords:

skeletal samples osteoporosis trabecular bone architecture bone mineral density susceptibility to osteoporosis

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_13: Human biology and ecology

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Uniwersytet Łódzki, Wydział Biologii i Ochrony Środowiska

woj. łódzkie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Elżbieta Żądzińska 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call: OPUS 12 - announced on 2016-09-15

Amount awarded: 794 640 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2017-08-02

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2022-08-01

Project duration:: 60 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

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Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Termoblok dla probówek typu eppendorf (20 000 PLN)
  2. Czujnik temperatury DS18B203m i kontroler LAN w obudowie.
  3. Separator magnetyczny dla probówek typu eppendorf (1,5 ml) (4 szt.) (5 000 PLN)
  4. Separator magnetyczny dla płytki 96 (2 szt.) (4 000 PLN)
  5. Zamrażarka do przechowywania izolatów.
  6. Zestaw pipet automatycznych (4 000 PLN)
  7. Wirówka dla probówek typu falcon 15 ml i 50 ml (30 000 PLN)
  8. UV Crosslinker (13 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  1. Trabecular bone changes in two prehistoric and historic Polish populations: bioarchaeological implication for the evolving understanding of osteoporosis
    Authors:
    Galassi F.M., Lorkiewicz W., Filipiak J., Nikodem A., Żądzińska E.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Archaeological Science , Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Submitted
  2. Did parity affect bone mineral density of women in past populations? Parturition scars and BMD of Neolithic to modern skeletons from north-central Poland.
    Authors:
    Lorkiewicz W., Karkus J., Mietlińska J., Stuss M., Sewerynek E., Plażuk D., Żądzińska E.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Archaeological Science (rok: 2020, tom: 124, strony: 105264), Wydawca: Elsevier Ltd.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jas.2020.105264 - link to the publication
  3. Osteoporotic bone fractures and age-related bone loss in males inhabiting the Kujawy region in north-central Poland from the Neolithic to early modern times
    Authors:
    Wiesław Lorkiewicz, Joanna Mietlińska, Justyna Karkus, Marta Kurek, Paulina Borówka, Michał Stuss, Ewa Sewerynek, Damian Plażuk, Elżbieta Żądzińska
    Academic press:
    Journal of Archaeological Science (rok: 2019, tom: 103, strony: 16-25), Wydawca: Elsevier Ltd.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.jas.2019.01.005 - link to the publication