Laboratory of Human Biological Development and Disease

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Team

Research area

We conduct research in the field of broadly understood human development, both in health and disease. The main research areas focus on:

• gut microbiota and its impact on human growth and development in the first three years of life;
• the relationship between the composition of the gut microbiota and the physical development of healthy children and those born as small for gestational age (SGA);
• the relationship of selected polymorphisms of the GH and IGF-1 receptor genes with the development of SGA children;
• factors affecting the life expectancy of adults with cystic fibrosis;
• relationship between body composition and physical development of children and adolescents.

Research topics

• composition of the gut microbiota in children born small for gestational age (SGA);
• association of selected polymorphisms of the GH and IGF-1 receptor genes with the lack of catch-up growth in children born small for gestational age (SGA);
• nutritional status and its relationship to life expectancy in adults with cystic fibrosis;
• impact of gut microbiota on human physical development in the first years of life;
• factors shaping the development of the human intestinal microbiota;
• physical development of girls and boys with excessive body weight.

Grants

• Title: Condition-dependent mechanisms of gamete-level mate choice (postmating sexual selection) in humans
  • Principal investigator: dr Aleksandra Łukasiewicz
  • Call: OPUS 24, National Science Centre
  • Implementation period: 2023-2026
  • Granted funds: 1 851 838 PLN

• Title: The impact of feeding type on intestinal microbiota development in children born small for gestational age (SGA)
  • Principal investigator: dr Magdalena Durda-Masny
  • Call: MINIATURA 4, National Science Centre
  • Implementation period: 2020-2021
  • Granted funds: 49 995 PLN

• Title: [Czynniki wpływające na intensywność konfliktu płciowego u roztoczy z rodziny Acaridae]
  • Principal investigator: dr Aleksandra Łukasiewicz
  • Call: ETIUDA 7, National Science Centre
  • Project: 2019/32/T/NZ8/00112
  • Implementation period: 2019-2020
  • Granted funds: 156 656 PLN
  • Project description: NCN

• Title: Environmental quality and intensity of sexual conflict
  • Principal investigator: Aleksandra Łukasiewicz
  • Call: PRELUDIUM 12, National Science Centre
  • Project: 2016/23/N/NZ8/00287
  • Implementation period: 2017-2020
  • Granted funds: 95 800 PLN
  • Project description: NCN

Publications