Opus

Project manager: prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Marycz

Project title: „Exploring the role and therapeutic potential of sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) in the course of insulin resistance, inflammation, lipotoxicity in adipose stem progenitor cells and adipocytes in equine metabolic syndrome (EMS) mares”

Contract number: OPUS 18 UMO-2019/35/B/NZ7/03651

Duration: 03.08.2020 - 02.08.2023

Budget: 2 212 920 zł

Keywords: equine metabolic syndrome (EMS), sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells (ASCs)


Project manager: dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Sośnica, prof. uczelni

Project title: „Integrated terrestrial reference frames based on SLR measurements to geodetic, active LEO, and GNSS satellites”

Contract number: OPUS 18 UMO-2019/35/B/ST10/00515

Duration: 18.06.2020 - 17.06.2024

Budget: 1 295 040 zł

Keywords: Satellite Laser Ranging; SLR; geodetic reference frames; GNSS; GLONASS; Galileo; remote sening satellites; Sentinel-3; LAGEOS; LARES


Project manager: prof. dr hab. Maciej Ugorski

Project title: „Galactosylceramide as a regulator of apoptotic gene expression and modulator of drug resistance in breast cancer cells”

Contract number: OPUS 18 UMO-2019/35/B/NZ5/01392

Duration: 02.07.2020 - 01.07.2023

Budget: 1 560 895 zł

Keywords: breast cancer, galactosylceramide, apoptosis, drug resistance


Project manager: prof. Dusan Misic, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Project title: „Molecular and physiological response of foodborne pathogens to selected natural bioactive compounds and development of novel biodegradable polymers with antibacterial activity”

Lider- Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Partners: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, University of Warsaw

Contract number: OPUS 18 UMO-2019/35/B/NZ9/02774

Duration: 30.09.2020 - 29.09.2024

Budget: 2 628 600 zł

Budget for UPWr (role): 1 380 000 zł (Partner)  

Keywords: foodborne pathogens, natural bioactive compounds,mechanism of antibacterial activity, novel antibacterial biodegradable polymers, biofilm

Project Manager: dr hab. inż. Marek Furmankiewicz

Project title: „The concept of absorptive and transformational europeanization of subnational entities on an example of the Local Action Groups in Poland”

Contract number: OPUS 17 UMO-2019/33/N/NZ9/00247

Duration: 29.01.2020 - 28.01.2023

Budget: 130 000 zł

Keywords: political geography, Europeanization, absorption, transformation, subnational entities, Local Action Groups, cross-sectoral territorial cooperation


Project Manager: dr hab. inż. prof. dr hab.  Paweł Lipiński Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Task manager UPWr: prof. dr hab. h. c. Józef Nicpoń

Project title: „Molecular mechanisms of transplacental iron transport and regulation of iron metabolism in domestic pig and wild boar neonates: comparative studies”

Lider - Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Partner: Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Contract number: OPUS 17 UMO-2019/33/B/NZ9/02566

Duration: 21.06.2019- 20.06.2022

Budget: 1 414 488 zł

Budget for UPWr (role): 277 800 zł (Partner)    

Keywords: iron, placenta, domestic pig, wild boar, piglets, anemia, hemoglobin

Project Manager: prof. Marcin Czerwiński Hirszfeld, Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy - Polish Academy of Sciences

Task manager UPWr: dr Tomasz Piasecki

Project title: „P1PK blood grouping system antigens in birds: role of Gb3/CD77 synthase in resistance to Shiga toxins"

Lider - Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Partner: Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Contract number: OPUS 16 UMO-2018/31/B/NZ6/01828

Duration: 06.06.2019 - 05.06.2022

Budget: 1 285 320 zł

Budget for UPWr (role): 210 000 zł (Partner)

Keywords: Shiga toxins, glycosyltransferases, resistance


Project Manager: dr hab. inż. Magdalena Rudzińska, Poznań University of Life Sciences

Task manager UPWr: dr inż. Aleksandra Grudniewska

Project title: „Investigation of physicochemical and biological properties of sterol glycerides and their products formed during thermal oxidation”,

Lider - Poznań University of Life Sciences, Partner: Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Contract number: OPUS 16 nr UMO-2018/31/B/NZ9/00602

Duration: 21.06.2019- 20.06.2022

Budget: 1 806 220 zł

Budget for UPWr (role): 488 600 zł (Partner)          

Keywords: phytosterols; phospholipids; acyloglycerols; synthesis; thermo-oxidative stability; cytotoxicity


Project Manager: dr hab. Aleksandra Mirończuk, prof. uczelni

Project title: „Molecular mechanism of polyol assimilation in yeast Yarrowia lipolityca”

Contract number: OPUS 16 UMO-2018/31/B/NZ9/01025

Duration: 01.10.2019 - 30.09.2022

Budget: 1 302 000 zł

Keywords: yarrowia lipolytica; erythritol; polyols; transporters; metabolic pathway


Project Manager: prof. dr hab. inż. Jerzy Weber, Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences

Project title: „Investigation of physicochemical and biological properties of sterol glycerides and their products formed during thermal oxidation”

Lider - Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Partners: Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation (State Research Institute), West Pomeranian University of Technology, University of Wrocław”

Contract number: OPUS 16 UMO-2018/31/B/ST10/00677

Duration: 09.07.2019 - 08.07.2022

Budget:  1 263 000 zł

Budget for UPWr (role): 577 300 zł (Partner)        

Keywords: soil; humus substances; pesticides; humines

Project Manager: prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Marycz

Project title: „Tyrosine phosphatase inhibition as a strategy for insulin sensitization by activating chaperone autophagy and calming the inflammation and stress of a cellular horse liver with metabolic syndrome (EMS)”

Contract number: OPUS 15 UMO-2018/29/B/NZ7/02662

Duration: 01.03.2019 28.02.2022

Budget: 1 175 300 zł

Keywords: EMS, liver metabolism, therpay


Project Manager: dr hab. inż. Krzysztof Sośnica, prof. uczelni

Project title: „Determination of global geodetic parameters using the Galileo satellite system”

Contract number: OPUS 15 UMO-2018/29/B/ST10/00382

Duration: 02.01.2019  - 01.01.2022

Budget: 998 860 zł

Keywords: Galileo, SLR, Earth rotation, geocenter motion, Earth's oblateness, Earth's gravity field


Project Manager: dr inż. Jarosław Waroszewski

Project title: „Soil erosion and development in the loess landscape of the Třebnice Hills in terms of isotope studies (10Be, 239+240Pu) and OSL dating”

Contract number: OPUS 15 UMO-2018/29/B/ST10/01282

Duration: 14.01.2019 - 13.01.2022

Budget: 519 995 zł

Keywords: soil erosion, isotopes, numerical dating, soil evolution, Quaternary


Project Manager: dr hab. inż. Beata Łabaz

Project title: „Genesis and transformation of black earth soils in Poland against the background of climate change and the influence of settlement and human activity since the beginning of Neolithic times”

Contract number: OPUS 15 UMO-2018/B/ST10/00610

Duration: 18.02.2019  - 17.02.2022

Budget: 549 990 zł

Keywords: Chernozems, Black Earths, Luvisols, loess, climate, Neolithic period, human imoact,

vegetation history


Project Manager: prof. dr hab. inż. Aneta Wojdyło

Project title: „Fruit tree leaves as a donor of natural bioactive substances in the context of prevention strategies for selected diseases and diseases of civilization”

Contract number: OPUS 15 UMO-2018/29/B/NZ9/02872

Duration: 31.10.2019 - 30.10.2022

Budget: 650 000 zł

Keywords: phytochemicals; polyphenols; iridoids; tri- and tetraterpenes; fruit tree leaves; pro- and anti-inflammatory properties; antidiabetic; anti-urodegenerative; LC-MS; functional foods

Project Manager: dr hab. Magdalena Wołoszyńska, prof. university

Project title: "Regulation of Arabidopsis thalian photomorphogenesis by Elongator - a protein complex epigenetically regulating gene expression"

Contract number: OPUS 14 UMO-2017/27 / B / NZ1 / 00449

Duration: 07/31/2018 - 07/30/2022

Budget: PLN 735 300

Keywords: Elongator; epigenetics; Arabidopsis thaliana; histone acetylation; DNA methylation


Project Manager: prof. dr hab. Jacek Bania

Project title: „Determination of stability and vomiting activity of coagulase-negative staphylocococci. Food safety risk assessment”

Contract number: OPUS 14 UMO-2017/27/B/NZ7/00715

Duration: 24.07.2018 - 23.07.2021

Budget: 730 800 zł

Keywords: Coagulase-negative staphylocococci; staphylocococcal enterotoxins; food safety


Project Manager: dr hab. Aleksandra Mirończuk, prof. uczelni

Project title: „Testing the physiological ability of Yarrowia lipolytic yeast to degrade plastics”

Contract number: OPUS 14 UMO-2017/27/B/NZ9/02218

Duration: 25.06.2018 - 24.06.2021

Budget: 1 096 000 zł

Keywords: Yarrowia lipolytica; fornase; enzymes; plastics; biodegradation

Project Manager: prof. dr hab. inż. Ewa Łukaszewicz

Project title: „Analysis of the relationship between selected reproductive traits and the homozygosity of males with the genetic distance of the parents of protected capercaillie populations (Tetrao urogallus)”

Contract number: OPUS 11 UMO-2016/21/B/NZ9/02084

Duration: 12.01.2017 - 11.11.2020

Budget: 655 700 zł

Keywords: fat; reproduction; behaviour; biodiversity; genetic distance


Project Manager: prof. dr hab. inż. Mirosław Anioł

Project title: „Obtaining and anti-cancer characteristics of new hop flavonoid analogs”

Contract number: OPUS 11 UMO-2016/B/NZ9/01904

Duration: 13.01.2017 - 12.01.2022

Budget: 743 800 zł

Keywords: xantohumol; isoxantohumol; 8-prenylonaringenine; new post-harvest; anticancer activity; biological membranes

Project Manager: dr inż. Tomasz Berbeka

Project title: „Concentration processes and the principles of sustainable agricultural development”

Contract number: OPUS 10 UMO-2015/19/B/HS4/00128

Duration: 22.06.2016 - 21.12.2020

Budget: 299 440 zł

Keywords: sustainable development; agriculture; agribusiness; concentration of production; concentration of capital

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