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Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics

DEPARTMENT HEAD

prof. dr hab. Paweł Mackiewicz

Member of the Polish Genetic Society (since 2001)
Member of the Polish Bioinformatics Society (since 2007)
Member of the Consortium Research Center Fauna of the Pleistocene Europe (since 2012)
Member of the Nematology Diagnostic and Training Centre, Laboratory of Molecular Techniques (since 2010)

STAFF MEMBERS

dr hab. Dorota Mackiewicz – Member of the Polish Genetic Society
dr Paweł Błażej
dr Przemysław Gagat
mgr inż. Sebastian Nowaliński

PhD Students

(phone +48 71375 7063, room 1.18)

RESEARCH TOPICS

Recognition of protein coding sequences
Overlapping genes and generation of new coding sequences
Analysis of prokaryotic and eukaryotic genome structure
Computer simulation and modeling of genes, chromosomes, genomes and populations evolution
Role of intragenomic recombination frequency and inbreeding in sympatric speciation
Analyses of reasons of higher genetic defect frequency after in vitro fertilization
Molecular phylogeny and evolution of various genes and proteins, including ancient DNA
Endosymbiosis and evolution of primary and complex plastids

PUBLICATIONS

Wybrane prace (10 prac po 2005 r.)

Paweł Mackiewicz, Andrzej Bodył, Przemysław Gagat (2012) Possible import routes of proteins into the cyanobacterial endosymbionts/plastids of Paulinella chromatophora. Theory in Biosciences 131 (1) , pp. 1-18
Krzysztof Moszczyński, Paweł Mackiewicz, Andrzej Bodył (2012) Evidence for horizontal gene transfer from bacteroidetes bacteria to dinoflagellate minicircles. Molecular Biology and Evolution 29 (3) , pp. 887-892
Dorota Mackiewicz, Marta Zawierta, Wojciech Waga, Stanisław Cebrat (2010) Genome analyses and modelling the relationships between coding density,recombination rate and chromosome length. Journal of Theoretical Biology 267 (2) , pp. 186-192
Przemysław Biecek, Stanisław Cebrat (2008) Why Y chromosome is shorter and women live longer? European Phys. J. B. (65). 149-153
Paweł Mackiewicz, Przemysław Biecek, Dorota Mackiewicz, Joanna Kiraga, Krystian Bączkowski, Maciej Sobczyński, Stanisław Cebrat (2008) Optimisation of asymmetric mutational pressure and selection pressure around the universal genetic code. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (5103). 100 -109
Marta Zawierta, Wojciech Waga, Dorota Mackiewicz, Przemysław Biecek, Stanisław Cebrat (2008) Phase Transition in Sexual Reproduction and Biological Evolution. Int. J. Mod. Phys. C 6 (19). 917-936
Joanna Kriaga, Paweł Mackiewicz, Dorota Mackiewicz, Maria Kowalczuk, Przemysław Biecek, Natalia Polak, Kamila Smolarczyk, Mirosław Roman Dudek, Stanisław Cebrat (2007) The relationships between the isoelectric point and: length of proteins, taxonomy and ecology of organisms. BMC Genomics 8. 163
Wojciech Waga, Dorota Mackiewicz, Marta Zawierta, Stanisław Cebrat (2007) Sympatric speciation as intrinsic property of expanding populations. Theory in Biosciences 126 . 53-59
Michael Masa, Stanisław Cebrat, Dietrich Stauffer (2006) Does telomere elongation lead to a longer lifespan if cancer is considered? Physica A 364. 324-330
Małgorzata Dudkiewicz, Paweł Mackiewicz, Dorota Mackiewicz, Maria Kowalczuk, Aleksandra Nowicka, Natalia Polak, Kamila Smolarczyk, Joanna Kiraga, Mirosław Roman Dudek, Stanisław Cebrat (2005) Higher mutation rate helps to rescue genes from the elimination by selection. Biosystems 80 . 192-199

List of all publications

PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROGRAMS

European Science Foundation – COST Action P10 – Physics of Risk – Participant and Management Committee Member
European Science Foundation – COST Action MP0801 – Physics of Competition and Conflicts – Participant and Management Committee Member
FP6 Program: NEST – General Integration of the Applications of Complexity in Science (GIACS) – Participant