Preludium Bis for our researchers
In the fifth edition of the Preludium Bis programme, the National Science Centre received 229 applications for a total amount of more than PLN 134 million. 43 projects worth nearly PLN 26 million have been selected for funding, among which are three projects submitted by our researchers.
Funding was awarded to prof. dr hab. Dagmara Jakimowicz from the Faculty of Biotechnology for a project titled Koordynacja cyklu komórkowego Mycobacterium – rola homologu białka ParA (“Mycobacterium cell cycle regulation – the role of the ParA protein homolog”)
– As part of the Preludium Bis project, we shall study the cell cycle of bacteria which belong to bacillus. – says prof. dr hab. Dagmara Jakimowicz, and explains: – Bacillus is a large group of bacteria that includes recognized pathogens such as tubercle bacillus, while our research is going to be conducted using non-pathogenic model species.
In order to multiply successfully, bacteria need to coordinate the duplication of genetic material, its separation into daughter cells, and fission. As prof. Jakimowicz states: – The mechanisms responsible for the synchronization of these key cell cycle processes in bacillus are still unrecognized, and examining them is the goal of our project.
Exploring these mechanisms may allow the identification of new targets for antimicrobial therapies.
The project is going to be carried out in cooperation with Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology in Berlin. The Preludium Bis project is a doctoral project. The project executor is going to be one of the students of the Doctoral School of the University of Wrocław.
Among those selected for participation in the Preludium Bis programme, there are:
– Węch doskonały: jak kultura i środowisko wpływają na odbieranie zapachów (“The perfect sense of smell: how culture and environment affect the perception of scents) – a project by dr hab. Piotr Krzysztof Sorokowski, professor of the Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences, University of Wrocław.
– Koronofiryny – hybrydy eterów koronowych i porfiryn stanowiące platformy makrocykliczne do konstrukcji dwu- i trójwymiarowych ligandów i receptorów molekularnych (“Crownphyrins – hybrids of crown ethers and porphyrins constituting macrocyclic platforms for the construction of two- and three-dimensional ligands and molecular receptors) – a project by dr hab. Bartosz Szyszko, professor of the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Wrocław.
Katarzyna Górowicz-Maćkiewicz
Translated by Wiktoria Łapka (student of English Studies at the University of Wrocław) as part of the translation practice.
