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Current projects LPR


  1. The level of inducible subunit – HIF-1α of the Hipoxia Inducible Factor-1 in nuclear fraction of the porcine endometrium in the estrous cycle (Statutory Found 2013; principal investigator: S. Stefańczyk-Krzymowska);
  2. Transport of dopamine along  the cranial nerves (III-VI) from the midbrain into venous blood of the cavernous sinus and its countercurrent transfer from the venous blood to the arterial blood supplying the brain in the rabbit (Statutory Found 2013; principal investigator: J. Muszak);
  3. The energy status of the pig uterus in conditions of its variable blood supply (Project of National Science Centre 2011-2014; principal investigator: B. Wąsowska);
  4. Effect of melatonin on choroid plexus response to immune stress in ewes (Project of National Science Centre OPUS 2012-2015; principal investigator: J. Skipor);
  5. Effect of photoperiod and melatonin on aquaporines expression in the choroid plexus of brain ventricles in ewes (Project of National Science Centre PRELUDIUM 2013-2015; principal investigator: A. Szczepkowska);
  6. Hypothalamic control of reproduction in sheep: seasonal modulation of proteins in CSF and choroid plexus (Polish –French project in the frame of POLONIUM 2013-2014, project coordinator  J. Skipor);
  7. Localization and correlation of apoptotic, anti-apoptotic factors and antioxidative enzymes in the porcine uterus under normoxia and hypoxia condition in vivo (Bilateral Scientist Exchange Program between Polish Academy of Sciences and Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences 2013;  project coordinator: B. Wąsowska);
  8. Evaluation of safety and pro-health activity of home and commercial probiotic preparations: model research on animals with induced colitis” (Project of National Science Centre 2011-2014; principal investigator: E. Wasilewska; co-investigator: B. Wąsowska);
  9. The effect of immune stress and interleukin-1b on melatonin secretion in ewes during short and long days – in vitro and in vivo studies (Project of National Science Centre SONATA BIS 2012-2015: principal investigator: A. P. Herman, The Kielanowski Institute of Animal Physiology and Nutrition of Polish Academy of Sciences, co-investigator: A. Szczepkowska, P. Gilun).

Projects completed

  1. The contribution of the photoperiod and xenoestrogens in the modulation of the access of substances to the brain. (Polish-French Project, MSHE – INRA, head – Dr. Janina Skipor);
  2. Whether the information on the changes in natural illumination may be transferred by humoral pathway (humoral phototransduction) from the retina to the central nervous system? (project Ministry of Science and Higher Education, head – Prof. Marek Koziorowski).