DEPARTMENT NAME
Department of Structural Biology

CONTACT DETAILS FOR HEAD OF DEPARTMENT
Professor Lucyna A. Wozniak, PhD., D.Sc.
lucyna.wozniak@umed.lodz.pl
+48 42 639 32 21

Department of Structural Biology
ul. Zeligowskiego 7/9
90-752 Lodz, Poland

TEAM MEMBERS
Professor Lucyna A. WOZNIAK, PhD., D.Sc.
Marzena Wójcik, PhD., D.Sc.
Małgorzata Bukowiecka-Matusiak, PhD.
Izabela Burzyńska-Pędziwiatr, PhD.
Sylwia Otocka, PhD.
Dorota Szczęsna, PhD.
Andrzej Zieleniak, PhD.
Małgorzata Chmielewska-Kassassir, M.Sc.

SHORT DESCRIPTION OF RESEARCH ACTIVITY
Research interests focus on the investigation of molecular mechanisms of metabolic diseases (Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, GDM), antioxidant properties of plant extracts, especially evening primrose extract. Another area of ​interest is the use of metabolomics to evaluate the lipid profile of erythrocyte cell membranes of women diagnosed with GDM. The research is conducted in cooperation with Carl Ferris from ISOF CNR in Bologna.

DEPARTMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS: PROJECTS AND PAPERS

1. Wojcik M, Krawczyk M, Wojcik P, Cypryk K, Wozniak LA. Curr Med Chem. 2017 Jul 18. doi: 10.2174/0929867324666170718110606

2. Mac-Marcjanek K, Zieleniak A, Woźniak L, Źurawska-Kliś M, Cypryk K, Okła P, Wójcik M. Endokrynol Pol.2017;68(3):317-325
3. Wojcik M, Zieleniak A, Zurawska-Klis M, Cypryk K, Wozniak LA. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2016 Mar;241(5):457-65

4. Bukowiecka-Matusiak M, Chmielewska-Kassassir M, Szczesna D, Wozniak LA. Mini Rev Med Chem. 2016;16(14):1167-74

5. Burzynska-Pedziwiatr I, Bukowiecka-Matusiak M, Wojcik M, Machala W, Bienkiewicz M, Spolnik G, Danikiewicz W,Wozniak LA. Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2014;2014:764367. doi: 10.1155/2014/764367