Head of the Innovation Research Centre
Małgorzata Tokarska-Rodak, PhD, Hab. Associate Professor
Scientific career:
Post-doctoral degree in the discipline of health sciences
title of the habilitation thesis: "Analysis of interactions between selected elements of the Borrelia burgdorferi cell structure, its life strategies, and the element
Scientific career:
habilitated doctor in the discipline of health sciences
title of habilitation thesis: "Analysis of the interaction between selected elements of the Borrelia burgdorferi cell structure, its life strategies, and elements of innate and acquired human immunity"
Medical University of Lublin, 2nd Faculty of Medicine with an English-speaking Department
Research interests:
The subject of scientific and research interests includes:
- issues in the field of tick-borne diseases and their prevention
- analysis of the immune response to infection with Borrelia burgdorferi s.l. and Candida spp.
- analysis of nanomechanical properties of Candida spp. fungi using the atomic force microscope (AFM)
-biological contamination of food - presence of mycotoxins in food products
Medical Laboratory
Marta Zarębska, PhD
Scientific career:
doctor in biological sciences in the discipline of biology
title of the doctoral dissertation: "Biochemical basis of aphid development strategies"
Siedlce University of Natural Sciences and Humanities, Faculty of Natural Sciences
laboratory diagnostician
Medical University of Lublin
Research interests:
Scientific interests focus on analytics and medical microbiology, including:
- serological diagnostics: quantitative and qualitative assessment of the level of antibodies against infections, diagnostics based on the measurement of interferon γ secretion
- pathomechanism of infections, mechanisms of microbial resistance to antibiotics, diagnostic methods, their occurrence and biological properties, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of infections caused by microorganisms of recognized pathogenicity
Patrycja Teodorowicz, MSc
Scientific career:
master in the discipline of molecular and experimental biology
Master's thesis title: "Effect of injury stress and thermal stress on the physiological processes of Pisum sativum pea"
University of Bialystok, Faculty of Biology and Chemistry
Research interests:
Scientific interests unite around broadly understood biology, where they mainly focus on:
- molecular level and genotyping, including: isolation of genetic material, classic and innovative methods of molecular biology for working with genetic material: PCR reaction and its variants, the use of restriction enzymes, comparing genetic profiles,
- immune media: analysis of single cells, their role and mechanisms
Andżelika Dyrda, Eng.
Scientific career:
engineer in the discipline of Bioengineering
title of the engineering thesis: "Evaluation of the possibility of using the Bjerkander adusta CCBAS 930 strain for the removal of Bisphenol A."
University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Faculty of Agrobioengineering
Scientific and research interests include natural and technical sciences:
- expanding knowledge and promoting modern solutions in the field of modeling organisms and the environment in order to ensure human health,
- the study of complex living systems and biological processes and their proper modeling using modern techniques and technologies, and then using them for the needs of humans and the environment, such as cell cultures,
- serological diagnostics, quantitative and qualitative assessment of the level of antibodies against infections,
- microbiology - learning, observation, cultivation and study of microorganisms, their structure, development, occurrence, life functions and role in nature
IT and Construction Laboratory
Estera Michaluk, PhD
Scientific career:
doctor in physical sciences
title of the doctoral thesis: "Dynamics of electrons in ZnO determined from spin resonance studies"
Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, Institute of Physics
Research interests:
The subject of scientific and research interests includes:
- production of multilayer coatings by magnetron sputtering for photovoltaic applications, testing their resistance, efficiency as well as observation and evaluation of the surface quality of the surface layers produced using a scanning electron microscope, atomic force microscope and contact profilometer
- analysis of nanomechanical properties of biological samples by atomic force microscopy (AFM) and scanning electron microscopy
- assessment of the surface morphology of building materials and their elemental composition using contact profilometry, scanning electron microscopy and EDS
