Department of Plant Physiology
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Head

Associate Professor
Iwona Ciereszko
phone (+48 85) 745-73-14

Research staff

Professor Stanisław Maleszewski, phone (+48 85) 745-73-19
Irena Siegień, Ph.D., phone (+48 85) 745-73-16
Bożena Kozłowska-Szerenos, Ph.D., phone (+48 85) 745-73-15
Ewa Żebrowska, M.Sc., phone (+48 85) 745-73-15
Edyta Łukaszuk, M.Sc., phone (+48 85) 745-73-14


Technical research assistants

Irena Jackiewicz-Repucha, M.Sc., phone (+48 85) 745-73-16
Research interests

Mechanisms of regulation, acclimation and protection of photosynthetic apparatus in plants and algae. Prevention of damages under stresses: water, oxidative and induced by phosphate deficiency. Role of stomata, photorespiration, xanthophyll cycle and poliamines in protecive reaction. Regulation of gene expression of selected enzymes of sucrose/starch synthesis of Arabidopsis thaliana under phosphate deficiency (investigation realised at cooperation with Department of Plant Physiology, Umea University, Sweden). Differentiation and regeneration of plant organs in vitro.
Publications

(since 1999)

Żebrowska E., Ciereszko I. 2007. Pobieranie i transport fosforanów w komórkach roślin. Postępy Biologii Komórki 34: 283-298.

Ciereszko I. 2007. Odbiór i przekazywanie sygnału wywołanego zmianami poziomu cukrów w komórkach roślin. Postępy Biologii Komórki 34: 695-713.

Siegień I. 2007. Cyjanogeneza u roślin i jej efektywność w ochronie roślin przed atakiem roślinożerców i patogenów. Kosmos 56: 155-166.

Siegień I., Bogatek R. 2006. Cyanide action in plants - from toxic to regulatory. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 28: 483-497.

Ciereszko I. 2006. Kontrola metabolizmu sacharozy u roślin w odpowiedzi na zmienne warunki środowiska. Kosmos 55: 229-241.

Ciereszko I., Kleczkowski L. A. 2006. Phosphate deficiency-dependent upregulation of UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase genes is insensitive to ABA and ethylene status in Arabiodopsis leaves. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 28: 387-393.

Bukłaha S., Niedźwiedź-Siegień I. 2006. The effect of cytokinins on flax seed germination at low temperature. Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae 75: 281-284.

Ciereszko I., Balwicka H. 2005. Phosphate-starvation response of cereal plants: acid phosphatase activity and growth changes. W: C. J. Li et al. (eds). Plant nutrition for food seciurity, human health and environmental protection. Proceedings XV International Plant Nutrition Colloquium. Tsinghua University Press, Beijing, China: 486-487.

Ciereszko I., Kleczkowski L. 2005. Expression of several genes involved in sucrose/starch metabolism as affected by different strategies to induce phosphate dificiency in Arabidopsis. Acta Physiologiae Plantarum 27: 147-155.

Ciereszko I., Johansson H., Kleczkowski L. A. 2005. Interactive effects of phosphate dificiency, sucrose and light/dark conditions on gene expression of UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in Arabidopsis. Journal of Plant Physiology 162: 343-353.

Kozłowska-Szerenos B., Bialuk I., Maleszewski S. 2004. Enhancement of photosynthetic 02 evolution in Chlorella vulgaris under high light and increased CO2 concentration as a sign of acclimation to phosphate dificiency. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 42: 403-409.

Maleszewski S., Ciereszko I., Skowrońska A., Mieczejko E., Kozłowska-Szerenos B. 2004. Changes induced by low oxygen concentration in photosynthetic and respiratory CO2 exchange in phosphate-deficient bean leaves. Biologia Plantarum 48: 401-405.

Niedźwiedź-Siegień I., Bogatek-Leszczyńska R., C?me D., Corbineau F. 2004. Effects of drying rate on dehydration sensitivity of excised wheat seedling shoots as related to sucrose metabolism and antioxidant enzyme activities. Plant Science 167: 879-888.

Kleczkowski L. A., Geisler M., Ciereszko I., Johanson H. 2004. UDP-Glucose pyrophosphorylase. An old protein with new tricks. Plant Physiology 134: 912-918.

Maleszewski S., Kozłowska-Szerenos B. 2003. Znaczenie aparatów szparkowych dla współdziałania wody i światła w metabolizmie rośliny. Wiadomości Botaniczne 47: 27-39.

Siedlecka A., Ciereszko I., Mellerowicz E., Martz F., Chen J., Kleczkowski L.A 2003. The small subunit ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (ApS) promoter mediates okadaic acid-sensitive uidA expression in starch synthesizing tissues and cells in Arabidopsis. Planta 217: 184-192.

Ciereszko I. 2003. Molekularne podstawy odpowiedzi roślin na niedobór fosforu. Postępy Biologii Komórki 30: 1-19.

Ciereszko I., Kleczkowski L.A. 2002. Effects of phosphate deficiency and sugars on  expression of rab18 in Arabidopsis: hexokinase-dependent and okadaic acid-sensitive transduction of the sugar signal. Bioch. Bioph. Acta 1579: 43-49.

Ciereszko I., Kleczkowski L.A. 2002. Glucose and mannose regulate the expression of a major sucrose synthase gene in Arabidopsis via different hexokinase-dependent transduction mechanisms. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 40: 907-911.

Ciereszko I. 2002. Regulacyjna rola cukrów. Percepcja cukrów i przekazywanie sygnałów w komórkach roślinnych. Postępy Biologii Komórki 29: 269-289.

Ciereszko I., Janonis A., Kociakowska M. 2002. Growth and metabolism of cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) in phosphate-deficient conditions. J. Plant Nutr. 25: 1115-1127.

Ciereszko I., Kleczkowski L.A. 2002. Ekspresja genów syntazy sacharozowej i pirofosforylazy UDP-glukozy w liściach Arabidopsis thaliana w warunkach zmiennego poziomu fosforu i sacharozy. Zeszyty Problemowe Postępów Nauk Rolniczych 481: 281-287.

Niedźwiedź-Siegień I., Gierasimiuk A. 2001. Environmental factors affecting tyhe cyanogenic potential of flax seedlings. Acta Physiol. Plant. 23:383-390.

Maleszewski S., Niemyjska E., Kozłowska-Szerenos B. 2001. Carbon dioxide assimilation, transpiration, and leaf conductance of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) under blue and red radiation. Photosynthetica 39: 233-237.

Ciereszko I., Johansson H., Hurry V., Kleczkowski L.A. 2001. Phosphate status affects the gene expression, protein content and enzymatic activity of UDP-glucose pyrophosporylase in wild-type and pho mutants of Arabidopsis. Planta 212: 598-605.

Ciereszko I., Johansson H., Kleczkowski L.A. 2001. Sucrose and light regulation of a cold-inducible UDP-glucose pyrophosphorylase gene via a hexokinase-independent, abscisic acid-insensitive pathway in Arabidopsis.   Biochem. J. 354: 67-72.

Kleczkowski L.A., Ciereszko I., Johansson H., Déjardin A. 2001. Transcriptional regulation of genes UDP-glucose synthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Science – Physiology & Patology. PS2001 Proceedings 12th International Congress on Photosynthesis CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, Australia S24-004: 1-4.

Kozłowska-Szerenos B., Zieliński P., Maleszewski S. 2000. Involvment of glycolate metabolism in acclimation of Chlorella vulgaris cultures to low phosphate supply. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 38: 1-8.

Ciereszko I. 2000. Wzrost i metabolizm roślin w warunkach deficytu fosforu. Kosmos 49: 179-189.

Ciereszko I., Barbachowska A. 2000. Sucrose metabolism in leaves and roots of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.)  during phosphate deficiency. J. Plant Physiol. 156: 640-644.

Maleszewski S., Burchacka E., Rakus M., Kozłowska-Szerenos B. 1999. Stomatal responses of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) leaves to changing irradiance, air humidity, and water potential of root medium. Photosynthetica 37: 39-46.

Ciereszko I., Farrar J.J., Rychter A.M. 1999. Compartmentation and fluxes of sugars in roots of bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) under phosphate deficiency. Biol. Plant. 42: 223-31.

Ciereszko I., Miłosek I., Rychter A.M. 1999. Assimilate distribution in bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) during phosphate limitation. Acta Soc. Bot. Pol. 68: 1-5.



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