Molecular Biophysics and Bioenergetics Group

The team's research concerns: • electron and energy transport within type II photosystems; their potential application to bioenergetics; • the mechanism of oxygen release in photosynthesis; • molecular mechanisms of bacterial anaerobic photosynthesis; • bioremediation, phototrophic bacteria in environmental and application studies; • the effects of heavy metals, selected nanoparticles and anti-fouling coatings on the photosynthetic activity of bacteria, algae and higher plants, in vitro and in vivo studies; • structural and functional analysis of novel prenyllipids; • antioxidant and non-antioxidant properties of carotenoids and vitamin E; • effects of abiotic stress on plants; • structure, organisation and physico-chemical properties of native and model pigment-protein-lipid systems; • effects of selected agents (ionising radiation, metal ions, metallic and organic nanoparticles) on the physico-chemical properties and function of normal and pathological cells; • the influence of metallic and organic nanoparticles on the development of civilisation diseases; • the functionalisation of carbon nanotubes and the study of their physico-chemical properties and effects on selected biological systems.

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Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics and Bioenergetics

Risk assessment of erythrocytes' fine alterations induced by titanium oxide, silver and gold nanoparticles on development of hypertension. (UMO-2019/33/B/NZ7/02724)

Development of nanocarriers for new antioxidants obtained from natural sources (TANGO-IV-A/0017/2019)

The role of silica nanoparticles in grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) growth and development (UMO-2022/47/B/NZ9/00225)

Analysis of the carotenoid skeleton structure on the physicochemical properties of hemoglobin (2019/03/X/NZ7/01265)