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● dr hab. Anna Kulma, professor, head of the Laboratory of Genetic Biochemistry

The main stream of my scientific interests is the biotechnological improvement of the functional properties of crops, learning about bioactive compounds in products obtained from them and determining the possibility of their use, mainly in medicine.

Since 2006, I have been conducting research aimed at studying the role of secondary metabolites in the response of flax to fusariosis. The subject of increasing plant resistance is important because fungal diseases of flax cause significant losses in its crops and thus contribute to the decline in interest in growing this valuable plant. In recent years, these studies have focused on the role of molecules formed by the enzymatic and non-enzymatic degradation of carotenoids, in particular volatile compounds and hormones (ABA, strigolactones) in the interactions of flax with pathogens.

The added value in the case of manipulating the level of secondary metabolites is obtaining plants with increased resistance and, at the same time, increased potential for application, which directly results in the second current of my research interests, regarding the identification of compounds with potential medical use in flax products, including those traditionally considered waste, such as chaff linen.

Education:

M.Sc. in biotechnology, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Wroclaw, 1995;

PhD in biological sciences, scientific discipline: biochemistry, Department of Natural Sciences, University of Wroclaw, 1999;

Habilitation in biological sciences, scientific discipline: biotechnology, Department of Biotechnology, University of Wroclaw, 2016;

Foreign internship:

1. Institut Jasques Monod, Paris, France, 3 months in 1997 - Scholarship of the Polish-French Center of Plant Biotechnology
2. Medical Research Council Protein Phosphorylation Unit, University of Dundee) Scotland 2000-2003, post-doc
3. IPB Halle: Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzenbiochemie, Halle, Germany, 3 months in 2014, scholarship as part of the Human Capital project

Scientific project principal investigator:

1. NCN PRELUDIUM BIS 2019/35/O/NZ9/00364 Establishing the role of polyamines in the interactions of flax with fungi of the genus Fusarium
2. NCN OPUS 2018/29/B/NZ9/00288 Abscisic acid function in the response of flax to Fusarium infection
3. NCN OPUS 2014/15/B/NZ9/00470 Functional analysis of carotenoid oxygenases and their participation in the response of flax to Fusarium infection - 2014-2018
4. KBN nr N N302 101136 - Assessment of the content of bioactive compounds in flax fiber - 2009- 2012
5. KBN nr. 2P06A 022 27 - Analysis of the promoters of the 14-3-3 protein genes and their potential use in the targeted modification of plants - 2004-2007

List of publications:

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5073-901X
or
https://scholar.google.pl/citations?hl=pl&user=bA82bVAAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

anna.kulma@uwr.edu.pl

● Consultation hours:

Monday, 12:00 - 14:00