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Joanna Wolszczak-Derlacz dr hab.
OsobyOd 2001 roku pracuję na Politechnice Gdańskiej, na Wydziale Zarządzania i Ekonomii, od 1 lipca 2016 na stanowisku profesora nadzwyczajnego. W 2006 r. uzyskałam stopień doktora nauk ekonomicznych, moja rozprawa została wyróżniona Nagrodą Prezesa Rady Ministrów. W latach 2007/2008 byłam beneficjentką stypendium podoktorskiego Max Weber Fellowship w Europejskim Instytucie Uniwersyteckim (European University Institute) we Florencji...
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Phenotypic consequences of the LYS4 gene disruption in Candida albicans
PublikacjaThe main scientific purpose of our studies was to verify the hypothesis that homoaconitase (HA) from Candida albicans, an enzyme catalyzing a second step of the α-aminoadipate pathway (AAP) of L-Lys biosynthesis may become a new target for antifungal chemotherapy. Previous studies indicated that the A. fumigatus mutant lacking the functional lysF gene, encoding HA, exhibited attenuated virulence in a low-dose mouse infection model...
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Construction of glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase with an internal hexahistydyl fragment
PublikacjaL-Glutamine: D-fructose-6-phosphate aminotransferase (EC 2.6.1.16), known also as glucosamine-6-phosphate (GlcN-6-P) syntase, catalyzes the first committed step in the amino sugar biosynthetic pathway in prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms. The enzyme carries out a complex reaction involving ammonia transfer and sugar phosphate isomerization. GlcN-6-P syntase is an important point of metabolic control of amino sugar biosynthesis...
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Isolation of the GFA1 gene encoding glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase of Sporothrix schenckii and its expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
PublikacjaGlucosamine-6-phosphate synthase (GlcN-6-P synthase) is an essential enzyme involved in cell wall biogenesis that has been proposed as a strategic target for antifungal chemotherapy. Here we describe the cloning and functional characterization of Sporothrix schenckii GFA1 gene which was isolated from a genomic library of the fungus. The gene encodes a predicted protein of 708 amino acids that is homologous to GlcN-6-P synthases...
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In vitro biological evaluation of a novel folic acid-targeted receptor quantum dot−β−cyclodextrin carrier for C-2028 unsymmetrical bisacridine in the treatment of human lung and prostate cancers
PublikacjaTraditional small-molecule chemotherapeutics usually do not distinguish tumors from healthy tissues. However, nanotechnology creates nanocarriers that selectively deliver drugs to their site of action. This work is the next step in the development of the quantum dot−β−cyclodextrin−folic acid (QD−β−CD−FA) platform for targeted and selected delivery of C−2028 unsymmetrical bisacridine in cancer therapy.Herein, we report an initial...
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JOURNAL OF FINANCIAL MARKETS
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Ahmer Bin Hafeez
OsobyI have experience in Computational Biology, particularly bioinformatics, homology modeling, phylogenetics, structural biology, and drug discovery. Furthermore, I have hands-on experience with Bioinformatics software. Currently, my interest lies in translatable omics studies and drug discovery against novel protein targets involved in cancer and infectious diseases and Host-Pathogen PPIs. My aim involves the use of computational...
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Ewa Hermanowicz prof. dr hab. inż.
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Understanding the early-stage release of volatile organic compounds from rapeseed oil during deep-frying of tubers by targeted and omics-inspired approaches using PTR-MS and gas chromatography
PublikacjaDuring deep-frying, a plethora of volatile products is emitted with the fumes. These compounds could act as oil quality indicators and change the indoor air composition leading to health risks for occupants. The presented experiments focus on deep-frying of different tubers in rapeseed oil at different frying temperatures. Here, two scenarios for real-time monitoring of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) using proton transfer reaction...
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Distance measurement errors in silent FM-CW sonar with matched filtering
PublikacjaThe secretiveness of sonar operation can be achieved by using continuous frequency-modulated sounding signalswith reduced power and significantly prolonged repeat time. The application of matched filtration in the sonarreceiver provides optimal conditions for detection against the background of white noise and reverberation, and avery good resolution of distance measurements of motionless targets. The article shows that target...
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MIC/MBC values of the investigated extracts of propolis. Interactions of selected extracts with azoles and echinocandins.
Dane BadawczeThis dataset contains results of our investigation aiming in determination of antimicrobial potential of the propolis extracts produced in our laboratory. The propolis samples were delivered by Polish beekeepers. Moreover in this dataset we presented results of our investigation aiming in assessment of interaction of the selected extracts of propolis...
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Emerging anticancer activity of candidal glucoseamine-6-phosphate synthase inhibitors upon nanoparticle-mediated delivery
PublikacjaNumerous glutamine analogues have been reported as irreversible inhibitors of the glucosamine-6-phosphate (GlcN-6-P) synthase in pathogenic Candida albicans in the last 3.5 decades. Among the reported inhibitors, the most effective N3-(4-methoxyfumaroyl)-L-2,3- diaminopropanoic acid (FMDP) has been extensively studied in order to develop its more active analogues. Several peptide−FMDP conjugates were tested to deliver FMDP to its...
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Analytical data on molecular umbrella: cispentacin and molecular umbrella: fluorescent probe conjugates
Dane BadawczeAnalytical data (NMR, MS, FTIR) for nine conjugates of molecular umbrella with cispentacin, Lys(Mca) or Nap-NH2. The conjugates have been rationally designed as potential antifungal agents. 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectra were obtained at 500 MHz Varian Unity Plus spectrometer and the deuterated solvents were used as internal locks. High-resolution mass...
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Plasmon resonance in a TiO2-Au NPs structures
Dane BadawczeInvestigated structures were deposited on a pre cleaned Corning 1737 glass substrates, which provided flat optical transmission characteristics and high transmission coefficient in a visible light range. Plasmonic nanostructures were formed as a result of thermal annealing. For gold films with thickness of 2.8 nm depiction a table-top dc magnetron sputtering...
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A method of determining and visualizing safe motion parameters of a ship navigating in restricted waters
PublikacjaThe paper presents a method of displaying ship collision avoidance information which is based on an unconventional Collision Threat Parameters Area (CTPA) technique. The solution presented here extends CTPA's functionality from past works by supporting navigation in restricted waters and handling ship domains analytically instead of numerically. It visualizes potential navigational threats as well as possible collision avoidance...
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Engineering Candida albicans glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase for efficient enzyme purification
PublikacjaRationally designed muteins of Candida albicans glucosamine-6-phosphate synthase, an enzyme known as a promising target for antifungal chemotherapy, were constructed, overexpressed in Escherichia coli and purified to near homogeneity. To facilitate and to optimize the purification of the enzyme, three recombinant versionscontaining internal oligoHis fragments were constructed: (i) by substituting residues 343 - 348...
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Chemical and biological stability of polyene macrolides
PublikacjaThe polyene macrolide antibiotics have been used in an-tifungal therapy since first o f them were discovered in 1950's. Up to now, four polyene macrolides are being used in medical practice, namely amphotericin B, nystatin, candi-cidin and pimaricin.The antifungal activity and mode of ac-tion of polyene macrolides is determined by their structure, chemical and physical properties.The main fragment of polyene...
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IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing in Emerging Markets
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Luminescent, Scintillation, and Photoconversion Properties of Micro‐Pulling‐Down‐Grown Single Crystals of Ce 3+ ‐Doped Gd 3− x Lu x Al 5− y Ga y O 12 Garnets
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In silico approaches for better understanding cysteine cathepsin-glycosaminoglycan interactions
PublikacjaCysteine cathepsins constitute the largest cathepsin family, with 11 proteases in human that are present primarily within acidic endosomal and lysosomal compartments. They are involved in the turnover of intracellular and extracellular proteins. They are synthesized as inactive procathepsins that are converted to mature active forms. Cathepsins play important roles in physiological and pathological processes and, therefore, receive...
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Closed-loop stimulation of temporal cortex rescues functional networks and improves memory
PublikacjaMemory failures are frustrating and often the result of ineffective encoding. One approach to improving memory outcomes is through direct modulation of brain activity with electrical stimulation. Previous efforts, however, have reported inconsistent effects when using open-loop stimulation and often target the hippocampus and medial temporal lobes. Here we use a closed-loop system to monitor and decode neural activity from direct...
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Financial Markets, Institutions and Instruments
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Aromatic heptaene antibiotics as an alternative for synthetic triazole fungicides in plant protection
PublikacjaAn in vitro antifungal activity of candicidin and ascosin antibiotics (0,01-10 μg/mL) towards representative strains of phytopathogenic fungi was detd. Both compds. exhibited similar half max. effective concns. inhibiting growth of the fungi as that of tebuconazole used for comparison.
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Uncertainty of antioxidant profiling in complex mixtures using liquid chromatography involving post-column derivatisation
PublikacjaThe main goal of this paper is to discuss the problems associated with antioxidant profiling in complex samples using a high-throughput HPLC system coupled with post-column derivatisation reactor. Based on the experimental data reported in the literature, we demonstrated that improper optimisation of temperature and/or pH assay conditions performed using an on-line derivatisation reactor may substantially change the antioxidant...
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Approximate Cramér–Rao bound on Doppler error in correlation-processing relatively narrowband noise radar
PublikacjaThe paper studies limitations on accuracy of Doppler estimation in continuous-wave noise radar with correlation processing. Second order properties of output of the correlation receiver are evaluated and an approximate Cram´er-Rao bound on errors of Doppler measurement is derived. The accuracy of Doppler measurements is found to be affected by the following factors: power spectral density of noise signal, frequency response of the...
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Amphotericin B and Its New Derivatives - Mode of Action
PublikacjaAmphotericin B (AmB) is a well known antifungal and antiprotozoal antibiotic used in the clinic for several decades. Clinicalapplications of AmB, however, are limited by its nephrotoxicity and many other acute side effects which are not acceptable by patientswhen their life is not threaten. In order to improve the therapeutic index of this drug, lipid formulations have been introduced and manyefforts have been made to obtain less...
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NBS Markets Naturalne rozwiązania na obszarach handlowych na terenie miast SB
ProjektyProjekt realizowany w Katedra Technologii w Inżynierii Środowiska zgodnie z porozumieniem STHB.02.02.00-22-S248/22
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Antibiotic-Based Conjugates Containing Antimicrobial HLopt2 Peptide: Design, Synthesis, Antimicrobial and Cytotoxic Activities
PublikacjaRecent studies have shown that modified human lactoferrin 20−31 fragment, named HLopt2, possesses antibacterial and antifungal activity. Thus, we decided to synthesize and evaluate the biological activity of a series of conjugates based on this peptide and one of the antimicrobials with proven antibacterial (ciprofloxacin, CIP, and levofloxacin, LVX) or antifungal (fluconazole, FLC) activity. The drugs were covalently connected...
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Andrzej Stateczny prof. dr hab. inż.
OsobyProf. dr hab. inż. Andrzej Stateczny jest profesorem Politechniki Gdańskiej i prezesem firmy Marine Technology Ltd. Jego zainteresowania naukowe koncentrują się głównie wokół nawigacji, hydrografii i geoinformatyki. Obecnie prowadzone badania obejmują nawigację radarową, nawigację porównawczą, hydrografię, metody sztucznej inteligencji w zakresie przetwarzania obrazów i fuzji danych wielosensorycznych. Był kierownikiem lub głównym...
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Impact of AlphaFold on structure prediction of protein complexes: The CASP15‐CAPRI experiment
PublikacjaWe present the results for CAPRI Round 54, the 5th joint CASP-CAPRI protein assembly prediction challenge. The Round offered 37 targets, including 14 homodimers, 3 homo-trimers, 13 heterodimers including 3 antibody–antigen complexes, and 7 large assemblies. On average 70 CASP and CAPRI predictor groups, including more than 20 automatics servers, submitted models for each target. A total of 21 941 models submitted by these groups...
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Energy policy and the role of bioenergy in Poland
PublikacjaPrzedstawiono sytuacje energetyczną kraju. Omówiono poszczególne sektory wytwarzania energii oraz zapotrzebowania na energię i paliwa. Omówiono przekształcenia sektorów energetycznych w Polsce na przestrzeni lat 1990-2002. Na tym tle przedstawiono techniczne, ekonomiczne, społeczne i prawne aspekty rozwoju energetyki źródeł odnawialnych a w szczególności opartych o bioenergię. Przedstawiono wnioski dla Polski płynące z dotychczasowych...
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Paweł Burdziakowski dr inż.
Osobydr inż. Paweł Burdziakowski jest specjalista w zakresie fotogrametrii i teledetekcji lotniczej niskiego pułapu, nawigacji morskiej i lotniczej. Jest również licencjonowanym instruktorem lotniczym oraz programistą. Głównymi obszarami zainteresowania jest fotogrametria cyfrowa, nawigacja platform bezzałogowych oraz systemy bezzałogowe, w tym lotnicze, nawodne, podwodne. Prowadzi badania w zakresie algorytmów i metod poprawiających...
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Mangiferin: A comprehensive review on its extraction, purification and uses in food systems
PublikacjaWith the target of fabricating healthier products, food manufacturing companies look for natural-based nutraceuticals that can potentially improve the physicochemical properties of food systems while being nutritive to the consumer and providing additional health benefits (biological activities). In this regard, Mangiferin joins all these requirements as a potential nutraceutical, which is typically contained in Mangifera indica...
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Potential of Liquid Biopsy in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma in Context of miRNA, BRAF and p53 Mutation
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Protective Effect of Aronia Melanocarpa Polyphenols on Cadmium Accumulation in the Body: A Study in a Rat Model of Human Exposure to this Metal
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Aqueous Extracts of Selected Potentilla Species Modulate Biological Activity of Human Normal Colon Cells
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New Insights into Dietary Supplements Used in Sport: Active Substances, Pharmacological and Side Effects
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Antioxidants as a Potential Preventive and Therapeutic Strategy for Cadmium
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Complexation of Bioelements and Toxic Metals by Polyphenolic Compounds - Implications for Health
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Organic semiconductor rubrene thin films deposited by pulsed laser evaporation of solidified solutions
PublikacjaOrganic semiconductor rubrene (C42H28) belongs to most preferred spintronic materials because of the high charge carrier mobility up to 40 cm2(V·s)-1. However, the fabrication of a defect-free, polycrystalline rubrene for spintronic applications represents a difficult task. We report preparation and properties of rubrene thin films deposited by pulsed laser evaporation of solidified solutions. Samples of rubrene dissolved in aromatic...
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Katarzyna Kubiszewska dr
OsobyKatarzyna Kubiszewska pracuje w Katedrze Finansów o 2008 r. i prowadzi zajęcia z finansów i bankowości. W pracy naukowej interesuje się transformacją systemów bankowych w regionie Europy Centralno - Wschodniej, ale także finansowaniem sektora kultury. Publikacje dotyczą dziedziny nauk społecznych w zakresie dyscypliny ekonomia i finanse. Od 2019 r. współpracuje z czasopismami takimi jak Economic Research-Ekonomska Istrazivanja,...
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Composition and antimicrobial activity of fatty acids detected in the hygroscopic secretion collected from the secretory setae of larvae of the biting midge Forcipomyia nigra (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae)
PublikacjaThe hygroscopic secretion produced by the secretory setae of terrestrial larvae of the biting midge Forcipomyia nigra (Winnertz) was analysed using gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry (GC-MS). The viscous secretion is stored at the top of each seta and absorbs water from moist air. GC-MS analyses (four independent tests) showed that the secretion contained 12 free fatty acids, the most abundant of which were oleic...
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Krystian Zawadzki dr hab. inż.
OsobyKrystian Zawadzki jest pracownikiem Katedry Finansów na Wydziale Zarządzania i Ekonomii Politechniki Gdańskiej; członkiem Polskiej Akademii Olimpijskiej przy PKOl; koordynatorem Szkoły Giełdowej (GPW) w Gdańsku; kierownikiem studiów podyplomowych "Inwestycje kapitałowe i zarządzanie finansami osobistymi"; członkiem komisji rewizyjnej klubu sportowego "Sportowa Politechnika". Założyciel kanału o tematyce naukowo-finansowo-sportowej...
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UUV and AUV Vehicles as the autonomous systems for naval applications
PublikacjaThere is a growing pressure to investigate how to design and build the unmanned underwater vehicles of different types which are devoted towards performing many tasks under the water surface according to the data missions. During the recent years the Department of Ship Design and Subsea Robotics, Faculty of Ocean Engineering and Ship Technology, Gdansk University of Technology designed and built a few types of unmanned underwater...
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Bogdan Pankiewicz dr hab. inż.
OsobyBogdan Pankiewicz ukończył w 1993 r. Wydział Elektroniki Politechniki Gdańskiej, specjalność układy elektroniczne a w 2002 r. uzyskał stopień doktora w dziedzinie elektroniki na Wydziale ETI, PG. Od początku kariery jest związany z Politechniką Gdańską: najpierw jako asystent (lata 1994–2002), a następnie jako adiunkt (od 2002 r.) na Wydziale Elektroniki, Telekomunikacji i Informatyki. Zajmuje się projektowaniem analogowych i cyfrowych...
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Heptaene macrolides biosynthesis by Streptomyces species
PublikacjaPolyene macrolides are one of the groups of secondary metabolites, generated by microorganisms belonging to the Streptomyces genus. These compounds, containing 3 - 7 conjugated double bonds systems in their molecules exhibit high antifungal activity against a broad spectrum of fungal pathogens with heptaenes demonstrating the highest antifungal potential. At the large extent, efficiency of biosynthesis of these natural products...
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Antibacterial polyurethanes, modifed with cinnamaldehyde, as potential materials for fabrication of wound dressings
PublikacjaThe epidermis is a skin layer, which protects an organism from the different factors of external environment. Therefore, the fast and effective regeneration of epidermis is important. Potential materials used for epidermis regeneration may be polyurethane scaffolds in form of the thin permeable layers. One and main disadvantage of such polyurethane scaffolds are their lack of antibacterial and antifungal properties. The great proposition...
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HDAC Inhibitors: Innovative Strategies for Their Design and Applications
PublikacjaHistone deacetylases (HDACs) are a large family of epigenetic metalloenzymes that are involved in gene transcription and regulation, cell proliferation, differentiation, migration, and death, as well as angiogenesis. Particularly, disorders of the HDACs expression are linked to the development of many types of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, making them interesting molecular targets for the design of new efficient drugs...
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- Telomeres as targets for anticancer drug development - a computational approach
ProjektyProjekt realizowany w Wydział Chemiczny zgodnie z porozumieniem Homing Plus/2011-4/3 z dnia 2012-03-29
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Adaptation of radar software to work with ambiguous distance measurement
PublikacjaA software extension for radar stations designed to work in the low-PRF mode that allows them to correctly measure range to targets outside of their instrumented range, is proposed. The solution does not require substantial modifications of the radar software. Additionally, we describe tools that allow one to simulate the output of a low-PRF radar observing targets that are outside its instrumented range. The proposed approach...