Projects

Ongoing projects

Project ID: 2022/45/B/NZ9/02018
Funding agency: National Science Centre, Poland
Title: The coal fly ash management – the microbial degradation of unburnt carbon
Duration: 2023-2026
Principal investigator: L. Drewniak
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Project ID: 2021/42/E/NZ1/00314
Funding agency: National Science Centre, Poland
Title: Deciphering how viral epitranscriptome shapes host immune response
Duration: 2022-2026
Principal investigator: P. Sikorski
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Project ID: 2021/41/B/NZ9/01552
Funding agency: National Science Centre, Poland
Title: Role of extracellular DNA, generated during communal wastes treatment, in dissemination of virulence and antibiotic resistance genes in aquatic ecosystems
Duration: 2022-2026
Principal investigator: L. Dziewit
Project partners: T. Bajda (AGH University of Science and Technology; Poland), M. Grzesiuk-Bieniek (Warsaw University of Life Science; Poland)
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Project ID: 2021/41/B/NZ7/03786
Funding agency: National Science Centre, Poland
Title: Benchmarking human tissue culture systems that mimic the tumor microenvironment
Duration: 2022-2026
Principal investigator at University of Warsaw: T. Kaminski
Project partners: M. Nees project coordinator (Medical University of Lublin; Poland), M. Tabaka (Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Science; Poland)
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Project ID: 2021/43/D/ST4/03291
Funding agency: National Science Centre, Poland
Title: High-throughput droplet microfluidics for dissecting cellular interactions
Duration: 2022-2025
Principal investigator: T. Kaminski
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Project ID: 2021/03/Y/NZ9/00141
Funding agency: National Science Centre, Poland; JPIAMR Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA)
Title: Phage treatment and wetland technology as intervention strategy to prevent dissemination of antibiotic resistance in surface waters (PhageLand)
Duration: 2022-2025
Principal investigator at University of Warsaw: L. Dziewit
Project partners: C. Borrego project coordinator (Catalan Institute for Water Research; Spain), M. Grzesiuk-Bieniek (Warsaw University of Life Science; Poland), R. Lavigne (KU Leuven; Belgium), E. Adriaenssens (Quadram Institute Bioscience; United Kingdom), D. Weissbrodt (Delft University of Technology; Netherlands), A. Ferdohleb (Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy; Moldova)
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Project ID: LIDER/13/0051/L-11/19/NCBR/2020
Funding agency: National Centre for Research and Development, Poland
Title: Development of the biofertilizers dedicated to the improvement of the biological quality of soil
Duration: 2021-2024
Principal investigator:  K. Debiec-Andrzejewska
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Project ID: 2019/34/H/NZ2/00584
Funding agency: National Science Centre, Poland; Norway Grants, Norway
Title: Life at the limits: diversity, adaptation strategies and bioprospecting of microbes living in Arctic deep sea habitats
Duration: 2021-2024
Principal investigator at University of Warsaw: L. Dziewit
Project partners: T. Kaczorowski project coordinator (University of Gdansk; Poland), W. Rypniewski (Institute of Bioorganic Chemsitry, Polish Academy of Sciences; Poland), I. Steen (University of Bergen; Norway)
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Project ID: 857552 (H2020-EU.4.b.)
Funding agency: Horizon 2020
Title: Research platform on antibiotic resistance spread through wastewater treatment plants
Duration: 2019-2022
Principal investigator at University of Warsaw: L. Dziewit
Project partners: J. Bartacek project coordinator (University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Czech Republic), D. Weissbrodt (Delft University of Technology; Netherlands), Roel Meulepas (European center of excellence for sustainable water technology; Netherlands), C. Manaia (Catholic University of Porto; Portugal), P. Nielsen (Aalborg University; Denmark)
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Project ID: POIR.04.04.00-00-14E6/18
Funding agency: Foundation for Polish Science, Poland
Title: Fly ashes as the precursors of functionalized materials for applications in environmental engineering, civil engineering and agriculture
Duration: 2019-2023
Principal investigators at University of Warsaw: L. Drewniak; group leaders: T. Kaminski and K. Pranaw
Project partners: W. Franus project coordinator (Technical University of Lublin; Poland), T. Bajda (AGH University of Science and Technology; Poland)
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Project ID: 2018/29/N/NZ8/00228
Funding agency: National Science Centre, Poland
Title: Diversity, biogeography and ecological role of mobile genetic elements of psychrotolerant bacteria and archaea
Duration: 2019-2022
Principal investigator: P. Decewicz
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Project ID: 2017/25/B/NZ8/00472
Funding agency: National Science Centre, Poland
Title: Community-wide analysis of bacteriophages infecting bacteria inhabiting an extreme environment contaminated with heavy metals
Duration: 2018-2022
Principal investigator: M. Radlinska
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Project ID: 2016/22/E/NZ8/00340
Funding agency: National Science Centre, Poland
Title: Heavy metal and antibiotic metabolism in Arctic bacterial microbiocenoses – metagenomic, metatranscriptomic and genomic analyses
Duration: 2017-2023
Principal investigator: L. Dziewit
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Past projects

Project ID: TEAM TECH/2016-2/9
Funding agency: Foundation for Polish Science, Poland
Title: The development of a (bio)technology for waste management and recovery of water from effluents from hydrometallurgical processes
Duration: 2017-2021
Principal investigator: L. Drewniak
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Project ID: POIR.02.03.02-14-0141/19
Funding agency: Polish Agency for Enterprise Development (in collaboration with EcoRGS company)
Title: The development of (bio)technology for the consolidation of heavy metals contaminated soils
Duration: 2020-2021
Principal investigator: K. Debiec-Andrzejewska
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Project ID: RPMA.01.02.00-14-b491/18
Funding agency: Operational Program of the Mazovia Region (Poland) (in collaboration with EcoRGS company)
Title: Proprietary optimization technology dedicated to treatment/neutralizing of heavy metals contaminated soils
Duration: 2020-2021
Principal investigator: K. Debiec-Andrzejewska
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Project ID: 2016/23/B/NZ9/02909
Funding agency: National Science Centre, Poland
Title: Analysis of the biochemical properties, biological activity and biotechnological potential of siderophores and biosurfactants produced by Antarctic psychrotolerant bacteria
Duration: 2017-2021
Principal investigator: L. Dziewit
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Project ID: 2016/23/N/NZ9/01655
Funding agency: National Science Centre, Poland
Title: The influence of soil bioaugumentation with arsenic oxidizing bacteria on the structure and activity of microorganisms in soil in the context of their interaction with metalophyts
Duration: 2017-2020
Principal investigator: K. Debiec-Andrzejewska
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Project ID: 2016/21/N/NZ1/00275
Funding agency: National Science Centre, Poland
Title: Functional analysis of plasmids of a psychrophilic bacterium Psychrobacter sp. ANT_AH3 – a study of the influence of plasmids on cell biology and shaping of the multireplicon genome
Duration: 2017-2020
Principal investigator: K. Romaniuk
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Project ID: 2015/19/N/NZ9/00478
Funding agency: National Science Centre, Poland
Title: Effect of zeolites on anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge – determination of process kinetics and changes in the structure of microbial community
Duration: 2016-2018
Principal investigator: M. Ciezkowska
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Project ID: GEKON2/02/266405/7/2015
Funding agencies: National Centre for Research and Development, Poland; National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, Poland
Title: Development of biotechnology for enhanced utilization of raw sewage sludge and the construction of mobile anaerobic digester
Duration: 2015-2017
Principal investigators: L. Drewniak and L. Dziewit
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Project ID: 0107/IP1/2015/73
Funding agencies: Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland
Title: Genomic and physiological basis of adaptation mechanisms of dissimilatory arsenate reducing bacteria
Duration: 2015-2017
Principal investigator: L. Drewniak
Project outcome: Publication #1

Project ID: 0090/IP1/2015/73
Funding agency: Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland
Title: Identification and characterization of Alphaproteobacteria phages
Duration: 2015-2017
Principal investigator: L. Dziewit
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Project ID: LIDER/043/403/L-4/12/NCBR/2013
Funding agencies: National Centre for Research and Development, Poland
Title: Microbial system for arsenic removal from contaminated waters
Duration: 2014-2017
Principal investigator: L. Drewniak

Project ID: 2013/09/D/NZ8/03046
Funding agency: National Science Centre, Poland
Title: Diversity of mobile genetic elements and their role in biology, adaptation and evolution of Antarctic strains of psychrophilic bacteria
Duration: 2014-2017
Principal investigator: L. Dziewit
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Project ID: DI2013 012543
Funding agency: Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland
Title: Functional analysis of the genetic modules of plasmid pP32BP2 of psychrophilic Psychrobacter sp. DAB_AL32B – the role of plasmid in biofilm formation, osmoprotection, cryoprotection and betaine, choline and carnitine metabolism
Duration: 2014-2017
Principal investigator: A. Ciok
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Project ID: UDA-POIG.01.03.02-00-084/12 (Innovative Economy 1.3.2.; EU Funds)
Funding agency: National Centre for Research and Development, Poland
Title: Obtaining patent protection for the invention – The use of arsenite oxidizing bacteria in arsenic removal from contaminated water and soil
Duration: 2013-2015
Principal investigator: L. Drewniak

Project ID: UDA-POIG.01.03.02-00-087/12-00 (Innovative Economy 1.3.2.; EU Funds)
Funding agency: National Centre for Research and Development, Poland
Title: Obtaining patent protection for the invention – The use of dissimilatory arsenate reducing bacteria in arsenic release from minerals resources
Duration: 2013-2015
Principal investigator: L. Drewniak

Project ID: 177481
Funding agency: National Centre for Research and Development, Poland
Title: Optimization of the two-step reactor for the high-methane biogas production – developing of biostarters and markers of the methane fermentation
Duration: 2012-2015
Principal investigator: L. Drewniak

Project ID: 0114/IP1/2011/71
Funding agency: Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland
Title: Comparative structural and functional genomics of Paracoccus aminovorans JCM 7685 and Paracoccus aminophilus JCM 7686 – methylotrophic bacteria utilizing toxic compounds
Duration: 2012-2014
Principal investigator: L. Dziewit

Project ID: N N303 816340
Funding agency: Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland
Title: Biology and evolution of Arctic strains of the genus Psychrobacter in the light of genomic analyses
Duration: 2011-2014
Principal investigator: L. Dziewit

Project ID: N N302 083639
Funding agency: Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland
Title: Structural and functional characteristics of plasmid pSinA of Sinorhizobium sp. M14 (carrying the genes for arsenic metabolism), and its use in bioremediation of arsenic contaminated environments
Duration: 2010-2013
Principal investigator: L. Drewniak

Project ID: 0086/P01/2010/70
Funding agency: Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland
Title: Identification, analysis and usage of the genetic modules responsible for utilization of toxic compounds for the construction of bacterial strains useful in bioremediation processes
Duration: 2010-2011
Principal investigator: L. Dziewit

Project ID: 0079/P01/201070
Funding agency: Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Poland
Title: Biogeochemistry of arsenic – biotechnological removal of arsenic from minerals and mineral industry
Duration: 2010-2011
Principal investigator: L. Drewniak