Agata Krawczyk-Balska Ph.D.

Head of the Department of Molecular Microbiology
Adress Żwirki i Wigury 101, 02-089, Warsaw
Room 4.38
Phone +48 22 55 26 690
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CURRENT POSITIONS

Since 2020 Head of the Department of Molecular Microbiology, Institute Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw

Since 2016 Leader of the Laboratory of Molecular Microbiology, Biological and Chemical Research Centre, University of Warsaw

EDUCATION & DEGREES

2016, PhD, DSc degree, Department of Applied Microbiology, Institute Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw

2009-2016, Post-doc researcher, Department of Applied Microbiology, Institute Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw

2004-2009, Post-doc researcher, Department of General Microbiology, Institute Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw

1999-2004, PhD student, Department of Applied Microbiology, Institute Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Poland

1994-1999, MSc student, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Poland

GRANTS

2021-present, Principal Investigator, Innovation Incubator 4.0, The University Center for Technology Transfer of the University of Warsaw, UWRC Ltd and the Center for Technology Transfer of the Kielce University of Technology on behalf of Ministry of Education and Science (UOTT), Poland, "Peptidoglycan O-acetyltransferase inhibitor as a new antibiotic in the treatment of bacterial infections"

2017-present, Principal Investigator, Opus 11 grant, National Science Centre, Poland, #2016/21/B/NZ6/00963 „Functional analysis of ferritin operon genes encoding unknown factors involved in virulence, antibiotic resistance and stress adaptation of Listeria monocytogenes”

2016-present, Principal Investigator, Sonata Bis 5 grant, National Science Centre, Poland, #2015/18/E/NZ6/00643 „Elucidation of the mechanism of regulation of expression of ferritin operon genes by the chaperone RNA - Hfq protein of Listeria monocytogenes and its role in the metabolism of heme iron and adaptation to various stresses”

2010-2013, Principal Investigator, grant of The Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, #N N302 229738 „The role of ferritin and regulators PhoP and AxyR in the resistance and/or tolerance of Listeria monocytogenes to β-lactam antibiotics - the search for new targets for the chemotherapeutic agents in the treatment of listeriosis”

2006-2008, Principal Investigator, grant of The Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, # N303 033 31/0938 „Identification of genes of Listeria monocytogenes specifically induced in the presence of β-lactam antibiotics - the search for new targets in the therapy of listeriosis”

2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003, Grant for young researchers (DSM), Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw

AWARDS

2018, 2017 Awards of the Rector of University of Warsaw for outstanding achievement in science, III degree team award

2016, Polish Society of Microbiologists poster prize (I degree) in the Molecular Microbiology category, „Mikrobiologia – nowe wyzwania, nowe możliwości”, Bydgoszcz, Poland

2014, Award of Polish Society of Microbiologists for young scientists (Prof. Edmund Mikulaszek Scientific Prize), II degree award for leadership of team of young microbiologists

2014 Award of the Rector of University of Warsaw for outstanding achievement in science, III degree team award

2013, EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization) Short Term Fellowship for Young Scientists Award, Odense, Denmark

2013, Award of the Rector of University of Warsaw for outstanding achievement in science, II degree individual award

2009, FEMS (The Federation of European Microbiological Societies) Congress Grant for Young Scientists, Gothenburg

2009, Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) Conference Grant

2006, Award of Polish Society of Microbiologists for young scientists (Prof. Edmund Mikulaszek Scientific Prize) II degree individual award

2006, Scholarship of the Rector of University of Warsaw for outstanding achievements in since

2005, Award of the Rector of University of Warsaw for PhD dissertation, III degree

RESEARCH AREA

Bacterial gene regulation, ryboregulation, virulence, antibiotics resistance

SKILLS

Genetic engineering;

Molecular biology techniques: northern blot, EMSA DNA and RNA, primer extension, RNA structure probing, RT-qPCR

Protein Biochemistry Techniques: protein overexpression, protein isolation and purification, gel electrophoresis, western blotting, pull-down, coimmunoprecipitation