Microbiota Lab

The good news just keeps coming!
Our team member, Dr Weronika Skowrońska, will take on the role of primary research contributor in a project entitled "Biotechnological method for production of 8-prenylnaringenin for application in the treatment of inflammatory skin diseases", led by Dr Jan Krzysztoforski (Faculty of Chemical and Process Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology). The project is funded under the National Science Centre (NCN) SONATA scheme.
The starting plant material will be hops (Lupuli flos), and the first step will be to optimize supercritical fluid extraction. Subsequent chemical and biotechnological processing will yield an extract with a high content of 8-prenylnaringenin—a potent phytoestrogen and a promising anti-inflammatory agent.
The enriched extracts are expected to demonstrate enhanced activity against skin inflammation. To verify this, various in vitro and in vivo models will be used, including a rat model of atopic dermatitis. The interaction between the preparations and human skin microbiota ex vivo will also be studied.
This marks yet another collaboration between Weronika and Jan.
We're curious to follow the progress—interdisciplinary projects like this often open new directions in applied science!

Szukamy osób na stanowisko Post-Doc / We are looking for candidates for a Post-Doc position
English below

PL
Miejsce realizacji projektu: Microbiota Lab, Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny
Rodzaj zatrudnienia: Projekt SONATA BIS finansowany przez Narodowe Centrum Nauki
Tytuł Projektu: „Kwiat lawendy jako źródło postbiotycznych metabolitów regulujących funkcje bariery jelitowej oraz bariery krew-mózg”

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Place of work: Microbiota Lab, Medical University of Warsaw
Type of recruitment: National Science Center SONATA BIS project
Project Title: “Lavender flower as a source of postbiotic metabolites modulating functions of intestinal and blood-brain barrier”

Szczegóły / Details:
https://bip.wum.edu.pl/artykul/151/1448/post-doc-projekt-ncn98%5C

🌿 Exciting News from MicrobiotaLab! 🌿

The end of September was an incredibly active period for the MicrobiotaLab team. First, almost the entire team participated in the Probiotics, Prebiotics & New Foods conference held in Rome. Following this, Professor Sebastian Granica and Weronika Skowrońska presented the results of their research at the 2nd Natural Cosmetics International Meeting, which took place this year in Kielarowa, near Rzeszow, from September 20th to 22nd.

We are incredibly proud to announce that Weronika Skowrońska received the Phytochemical Society of Europe award for the best oral presentation during the conference. Weronika showed the progress made so far in project "Supporting Therapy of Non-Healing Wounds with Witch Hazel Bark" (PI: Karolina Pawłowska, projected financially supported by NCN's Preludium funding scheme).

Congratulations, Weronika! 🎉 We're keeping our fingers crossed for the further implementation of the project and the highly significant research on the role of skin microbiota in wound healing, as well as the potential use of natural products to support their treatment

More information can be found on the link below"

Naukowczyni z Katedry i Zakładu Biologii Farmaceutycznej z nagrodą Phytochemical Society of Europe | Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny W dniach 20-22 września 2023 roku w miejscowości Kielnarowa niedaleko Rzeszowa odbyła się międzynarodowa konferencja 2nd Natural Cosmetics International Meeting, podczas której prezentowano najnowsze doniesienia dotyczące zastosowania produktów naturalnych jako substancji aktywnych kosmetyk....