Semester I

Date

PhD student’s name and topic of the seminar

6 October 2020        Teleconference         

Waldemar Ulaszewski - "Transfer of chromatin of wild goatgrasses (Aegilops sp.) carrying genes responsible for resistance to leaf rust into triticale (× Triticosecale Wittmack) using chromosome manipulations"

Supervisor: dr hab. M. Kwiatek, prof. UPP

20 October 2020

Teleconference 

Adam Augustyniak - "Fizjologiczne i molekularne podstawy hartowania na mróz form introgresywnych życicy wielokwiatowej (Lolium multiflorum Lam.) i kostrzewy trzcinowej (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.)".

Supervisor: prof. A. Kosmala

3 November 2020

Teleconference

“Coronaviruses 101: Focus on Molecular Virology”

In this video, UC Berkeley professor and IGI Investigator Britt Glaunsinger, PhD, explains the evolution, genetics, and virulence of coronaviruses.

17 November

2020

Teleconference

Katarzyna Lechowicz - "Funkcjonowanie aparatu fotosyntetycznego oraz systemu antyoksydacyjnego traw kompleksu Lolium-Festuca w warunkach suszy"

Supervisor: prof. A. Kosmala

1 December 2020

Teleconference

Urszula Talar - Overexpression and knockout of StBBX4 gene in potato

Supervisor: dr hab. A. Kiełbowicz-Matuk

Soham Mukhopadhyay - "Characterization of a putatine chitin binding protein from Plasmodiophora brassicae"

Supervisor: dr hab. R. Malinowski, prof. IPG PAS

Pankaj Kumar - "The pea plant (Pisum sativum L.) response on the gene level to Peyronella pinodes (Chilvers, J.D., Rogers & Peever 2009), the cause of Ascochyta blight"

PhD student tutor: prof. W. Święcicki

Juan Camilo Cabezas Ochoa - "Understanding the molecular interaction of Arabidopsis thaliana with Plasmodiophora brassicae through a genome-wide association stud"

19 January 2021

Teleconference

Katarzyna Czepiel - "Towards understanding of lupin alkaloids accumulation: monitoring expression profiles of RAP2-7 transcription factor across the organs of narrow-leafed lupin"

PhD student tutor: prof. dr hab. W. Święcicki

Klaudia Grądzka - "The function of the StBBX22 protein in the regulation of flowering time in cultivated potato"

PhD student tutor: dr hab. A. Kiełbowicz-Matuk

4 February 2021

Teleconference

prof. B. Hasiów-Jaroszewska - "Innovative tools for the detection of plant viruses"

prof. B. Hasiów-Jaroszewska - Head of the Department of Virology and Bacteriology of the Institute of Plant Protection - National Research Institute