Skip to main content

CURRICULUM VITAE – Anna Korzekwa

Instytut Rozrodu Zwierząt i Badań Żywności Polskiej Akademii Nauk w Olsztynie > Działalność naukowa > Zespoły > Zespół Ochrony Bioróżnorodności > CURRICULUM VITAE – Anna Korzekwa

Name: Anna Justyna Korzekwa Ph.D., Dr. Sci.
Nationality: Polish
Date and place of birth: 31 July 1976; Działdowo, Poland
Place of Employment: Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences,
Tuwima-St 10, 10-748 Olsztyn 5, P.O.Box 55, Poland
e-mail: a.korzekwa@pan.olsztyn.pl
Tel: +48 89 539 31 38
Position: Associate Professor in Department of Biodiversity Protection

Professional preparation:

  1. 1995-2000: M.Sc., Faculty of Biology, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland.
  2. 2001-2005: Ph.D., Faculty of Animal Bioengineering, University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, Poland; (Reproductive Biology).
  3. 2002, 2005: each three month Scientific Fellow, Laboratory of Reproductive Endocrinology, Faculty of Agriculture, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan (Reproductive Endocrinology).
  4. 2008: two week Scientific Fellow, CIISA, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária, R. Prof. Cid dos Santos, Lisboa, Portugal.
  5. 2010, 2011: each one month Scientific Fellow, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine and Department of Animal Sciences, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel.
  6. 2011 – Dr. Sci., Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of Polish Academy of Sciences in Olsztyn (IARFS PAS), Olsztyn, Poland (Habilitation; Agriculture Sciences).

Scientific Speciality:

Biology and Pathology of Reproduction:

  • Immuno-endocrine, cellular and molecular regulations of the release and action of cytokines and arachidonic acid metabolites in the female reproductive tract;
  • Immno-endocrine mechanisms controlling embryo-maternal interactions;
  • Regulation of angiogenesis and apoptosis in the female reproductive tract;
  • Study of factors – potential indicators of reproductive functions and dysfunctions.

Key words: corpus luteum, uterus, adenomyosis, cytokines, arachidonic acid metabolites, pregnancy, bovine, cervidae

Publications: 43, more than 50 abstracts, lectures and oral presentations

Index H = 14 citations (Web of Sciences, 26. August 2016)  

Synergic activites

Membership of Scientific Societies:

  1. Society of Biology of Reproduction (TBR, Poland) – The member of the main board (2013-2017)

Research Grants

  1. Investigator of project KBN 5 PO6K 003 21, 2001-2004, Role of phytoestrogens, tumor necrosis factor-alpha and nitric oxide in pathogenesis of the early embryo mortality in cattle; PBZ-KBN-084/P06/2002/5-2, 2003-2005, Mechanisms of phytoestrogens action  in immunological regulations of the bovine corpus luteum function;
  2. Investigator of project under the Agreement on Scientific Cooperation between Polish Academy of Sciences and the Japanese Society for Promotion of Sciences:  2002-2004, Multi-dimensional analyses of the regulatory mechanisms in the apoptosis of bovine corpus luteum;
  3. Investigator of project PBZ-KBN-084/P06/2002/5-2, 2003-2005, Mechanisms of phytoestrogens action  in immunological regulations of the bovine corpus luteum function;
  4. Investigator of project 2P06K 025 29; 2005-2008, Do application of cytokines may become one of method of regulation of the estrous cycle and therapy of inflammations of uterus in periparturition period?
  5. Recipient (Principal Investigator) of project 2P06D 004 30); 2006-2008, Leukotrienes in bovine corpus luteum: molecular mechanisms of synthesis and action and role in the estrous cycle and early pregnancy” 
  6. Investigator of project 2P06K 003 30, 2006-2008, Are lizophosphatic acid (LPA) and its receptor (LPA3) involved in the regulation of the estrous cycle and early preganacy in cattle?;
  7. Investigator of international Joint Polish-Portugal Project MNiSW PORTUGALIA 78/2007: Apoptosis and angiogenesis in the reproductive tract of mare during the estrous cycle.
  8. Recipient (Principal Investigator) of project MS&HE NN 311 0138 37; 2009-2011, Are leukotrienes participate in the regulation of follicular phase of the estrous cycle in cattle?
  9. Investigator of project N N308 128 339, 2010-2013, Secretion and role of leukotrienes in experimentally induced inflammations in uterus of pig: studies in vitro and in vivo.
  10. Recipient (Principal Investigator) of project IP 2010 019370; IUVENTUS PLUS 2010-2011, Role of leukotrienes in morphological and functional disturbances of bovine endometrium.
  11. Recipient (Principal Investigator) of project 2011/01/B/NZ5/00939, 2011-14, Causes of generation, molecular mechanism and factors influencing on development of adenomyosis in cattle.
  12. Recipient (Principal Investigator) of project  2013/11/B/NZ4/04516, 2014-17, Peroxisome proliferator activated receptors (PPAR) – expression, level and factors modifying intensity of signal transmission during uterine inflammatory processes in peripregnancy period in cows.
  13. Investigator of project 2014/15/N/NZ9/02414, 2015-17, The role of vascular endothelial growth factor in bovine uterus during adenomyosis.
  14. Investigator of project 2014/15/N/NZ9/02428, 2015-17, PPAR: PPARalpha, PPARbeta/delta, PPARgamma expression profile in the bovine corpus luteum during the estrous cycle and under the influence of PGF2alpha.

Awards Received:

Scientific Awards: two Scientific Awards of the Director of Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Olsztyn, Poland (2004, 2009); The Annual Stipend for Young Scientists, the Foundation for Polish Sciences, Warsaw, Poland (2007/2008); The 1o Scientific Award in Agriculture, Veterinary and Forestry Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland (2008); Distinction of Bioengineering Faculty Council (UWM Olsztyn) for doctoral thesis (2004), Scientific Individual award 3rd degree value of Director of Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research of Polish Academy of Sciences in Olsztyn, for doctoral thesis (2005), for popularization of science (2014).

Supervisor/Mentor of Research Projects for Student Graduation:

  1. M.Sc. Thesis – 7 students (Graduate School of Natural Sciences & Technology of Okayama University, Japan; Faculty of Biology of the Warmia and Mazuria University in Olsztyn, Poland);
  2. Ph.D. Thesis – 3 students (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Faculty, Biology and Biotechnology Faculty of the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, Poland, IARFS PAS).
  3. Reviewer of Ph.D. Thesis – 1 Ph.D. student (Faculty of Animal Bioengineering of the Warmia and Mazuria University in Olsztyn, Poland).

Collaborators & Other Affiliations

Present Collaborators:

  • Prof. G. Fereirra-Dias – Faculdada de Medicina Veterinaria, Univerisdade de Lisboa, Portugal;
  • Prof. Rina Meidan – Department of Animal Sciences, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel;
  • Profesor Nahum Shpiel – Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel;
  • Marek Bogdaszewski – Research Station, Institute of Parasitology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Kosewo Górne, Poland.