Research Team
K Jędrzejowska

Katarzyna Stojek

Job position :
Doctoral student
Email:
km.stojek@uw.edu.pl
Academic degrees

Master’s degree: 2020,  College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw

Bachelor’s degree: 2018, “Taxonomic verification of a group of species of the genus Lepocinclis based on morphological and molecular analyzes”, College of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Warsaw

Scientific interests
  • Ecosystem services:
  1. impact of the natural environment on human health
  2. impact of the forest stands on the occurrence of medicinal plants and fungi used by man
  • Plant physiology:
  1. impact of drought on plant metabolism
Projects
  • 2020-2023, “Dr. FOREST – Diversity of FORESTs affecting human health”, NCN, project executor
  • 2018-2020, POIR.04.04.00-00-3F86/17-00, Gene-loops and antisense transcription as mediators of stress memory in plants, NCN, project executor
Publications
  • Jaroszewicz B., Stojek K., Bruelheide H., Ponette Q., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Verheyen K., Kiss A.K. 2024. Canopy openness, proportion of deciduous trees and topsoil C/N ratio drive the yield of forest medicinal plants, but their polyphenol content is species-specific. European Journal of Forest Research 143: 1759-1771. DOI : 10.1007/s10342-024-01724-7
  • Stojek K., Czortek P., Bobrowska-Korczak B., Krośniak M., Jaroszewicz B. 2024. Fungal species and element type modulate the effects of environmental factors on the concentration of potentially toxic elements in mushrooms. Environmental Pollution 353: 124-152. DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.124152
  • Stojek K., Bobrowska-Korczak B., Kusińska B., Czerwonak M., Decruyenaere J., Dedock L., Klama J., Mueller S., Ponette Q., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Verheyen K., Jaroszewicz B. 2024. Factors affecting composition of fatty acids in wild-growing forest mushrooms. Mycologia 116(3): 381–391. DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2024.2325045
  • Stojek K., Krośniak M., Bobrowska-Korczak B., Czortek P., Decock L., Scherer-Lorenzen M., Verbeken A., Verheyen K., Jaroszewicz B. 2024. The concentrations of microelements in forest mushrooms are mainly influenced by soil properties and less by stand characteristics. Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology 86(2):127534. DOI:10.1016/j.jtemb.2024.127534
  • Stojek K., Gillerot L., Jaroszewicz B. 2022. Predictors of mushroom production in the temperate European mixed deciduous forest. Forest Ecology and Management 522: 120451. DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120451
Participation in conferences, symposia and scientific seminars
  • Jędrzejowska K., Cepowska E., Palusińska M., Brzeźniak L., Świeżewski S. “Searching for the bad guy  – Connections between antisense/sense transcripts and gene-loops” Międzynarodowa konferencja naukowa: „6th Workshop on Molecular Aspects of Seed Dormancy and Germination”, Volendam, Holandia 22-25.09.2019. Poster
Membership, awards, distinctions

Awards:

  • 09.2019 – Syngenta Award of best poster by a young scientist at 6th Workshop on Molecular Aspects of Seed Dormancy and Germination”, Volendam, Holandia

 

Outreach activities
  • 2017-2020 Prowadzenie warsztatów biologicznych i biotechnologicznych w ramach Fundacji BioCentrum Edukacji
  • 2017, 2018 Współprowadzenie stoiska Koła Botaniki w ramach Nocy Biologów
  • 2019 Współprowadzenie warsztatów „Banana Science Club” w ramach Nocy Biologów

 

Additional information

2017-2018 – wiceprezes Koła Naukowego Botaniki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego