Interaction of cyanobacteria or lichens in natural environment

• The effect of environmental factors (biotic and abiotic) on the production of lichen metabolites.
• Analysis of biochemical changes occurring in tree tissues as a result of their colonization by lichens.
• Molecular backgrounds of cyanophage infection – analysis of mechanisms on genetic, physiological and biochemical level.
• Response mechanisms of Raphidiopsis raciborskii to environmental stress condition (effect of H2O2 and chill/light).
• The influence of environmental factors (biotic and abiotic) on the production of cyanobacterial metabolites (Ariel Kamiński)

Secondary metabolites

• Separation, identification and acquisition of metabolites using LC-MS method (Ewa Latkowska).
• Quantitative and qualitative determination of metabolites using HPLC/MS (Ariel Kamiński)

Environmental biotechnology phytoremediation and bioremediation

• Design of production of model cyanobacterial constructs by CyanoGate technic; analysis and optimization of protein productivity (MlrA in particular).
• Construction of algae-microbial fuel cell (aMFC) that employs cyanobacteria with the overexpression of valuable protein; the analysis of aMFC functionality.