Ph.D student Katarzyna Pakiet
Meet The Team
She is an assistant professor on M. Curie-Sklodowska Univ. who
has experience in microbial ecology and structural chemistry. Her studies
concern on the structural and functional characteristic of glycoconjugates of Gram-negative bacteria and amoebae from the genus Acanthamoeba and their interactions. In previous study she verified the structure of the main amoeba polymer lipophosphonoglycan and she established that not only
pathogenic but also symbiotic bacteria can interact with protozoa what influenced their infectivity towards plant host.
In her research she uses spectroscopy techniques GC-MS, and
electron and fluorescence microscopy.
Specialist in biochemistry and microbiology. He has experiences in classical and molecular biology methods including DNA isolation, PAGE electrophoresis and molecular separation techniques. His recent investigations focus on isolation and identification of
bacteriophages with lytic activities against symbiotic and pathogenic bacteria.
MSc Maria Kurzylewska
Maria Kurzylewska is a fourth-year doctoral student (Ph.D student) in Biotechnology at the University of Marie Curie-Sklodowska in Lublin. Her research interest is focoused on the molecular serotyping method (for Aeromonas bacteria) based on the sequence diversities of genes in the O antigen gene cluster (OGC) and immunochemical characterizaton of the O-antigen. Her doctoral thesis are concentrate on immunochemical studies of the O-specific antigen and analysis of the OGC region determining its synthesis in Aeromonas sp. bacteria, which are pathogenic for farmed fish.
Dr hab. Magdalena KaraÅ›
Dr Katarzyna Dworaczek
Katarzyna Dworaczek (formerly Katarzyna Pakiet) received doctoral degree in the Biotechnology in 2021 at the University of Marie Curie-Sklodowska in Lublin. Her research interests concentrate on various aspects of the virulence of Aeromonas bacteria, especially on immunochemical characterization of the O-antigen part of lipopolysaccharide (LPS) from Aeromonas sp. strains belonging to the serogroups that are considered to be important in the pathogenesis of motile aeromonas infection and motile aeromonas septicemia (MAI/MAS) in cultured fish.
