Scientific interest and research:

• Research on protein kinase CK2 - its regulation, substrate and inhibitors
• Molecular diagnostics of microorganisms isolated from natural environments.
• Protein Elf1 as a new substrate of kinase CK2 – study of the phosphorylation sites.
• Yeast Yarrowia lipolytica as a rich source of valuable amino acids and vitamins.
• Genotyping of E.coli strains isolated from the genital tract of pregnant women

 

Skills and methods:

DNA cloning, PCR, DNA fingerprinting, DNA sequence analysis, site directed DNA mutagenesis, DNA and RNA purification, DNA and proteins sequence analysis, phylogenetic trees, recombinant protein expression and purification, immunodetection, enzymes assays with radiometric and colorimetric methods, phenotypic analysis of bacterial strains.