Atomic and Molecular Biospectroscopy Group

The scientific activity of the Atomic and Molecular Biospectroscopy Group is focused on the applications of the advanced spectroscopic methods in investigation of elemental (XRF microscopy, TXRF spectroscopy) and biochemical changes (FTIR, Raman microspectroscopy, SERS, TERS) occurring in cells, tissues and organs, as a result of physiological and pathological processes of different ethology. The conducted research concerns, among others, identification of: (1) neuroprotective mechanisms and potential side effects of ketogenic diet, (2) biomolecular markers of glioblastoma multiforme development in brain, (3) potential toxicities of the iron oxide magnetic nanoparticles (commercially available and dedicated) under in vivo and in vitro conditions and (4) methodological development of spectroscopic and microscopic studies of intact red blood cells (RBCs) and vascular endothelial cells (ECs) enabling the analysis of single cells and interactions between RBCs and ECs in in vitro and ex vivo conditions. Moreover, the investigation of the Group is focused on the evaluation of the usefulness and implementation of instrumental methods based on atomic and molecular spectroscopy for the analysis of microplastics and nanoparticles in the environmental and biomedical samples. Mossbauer studies enable tracking the fate of iron in biological samples, determining its concentrations and chemical forms in various detected phases. In synthetic samples, high entropy systems (alloys, oxides, sulphides), intermetallic phases and others are studied. The determined magnetic properties and hyperfine parameters are additionally analyzed based on the results of calculations of the electronic structure of these materials.

Konfokalny mikroskop Ramana

Laboratory of Atomic and Molecular Biospectroscopy

Mossbauer Spectroscopy Laboratory

Spectroscopic and microscopic techniques in nano-probing, modeling and recognition of interactions between erythrocytes and vascular endothelial cells at the molecular level (UMO-2020/38/E/ST4/00197)

Designing the functional properties of high-entropy spinels by analyzing their structure at the atomic level (UMO-2022/45/B/ST8/00617)

Łukasiewicz Research Network - PORT, Polish Center for Technology Development

National Synchrotron Radiation Center SOLARIS, Jagiellonian University

Laboratory for Applications of Synchrotron Radiation, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

Department of Chemistry, University of Girona

Interdepartmental Research Service (SIdI), Autonomous University of Madrid

Center for Experimental and Innovative Medicine, University of Agriculture in Krakow

Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University

Institute of Physics, Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce

Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University

Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University

Małopolska Center of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University

Institut für Festköperphysik, Technische Universität Wien

Groupe de Physique des Materiaux, Université Rouen Normandie