Ewa Maria Przedpelska-Wasowicz

Education

Ph.D. in plant physiology and toxicology, University of Warsaw, 2009 (The role of aquaporins in the reaction of plant cells to heavy metals). 

M.Sc. in environmental studies and protection, University of Warsaw, 2004.

Work experience

2018– Biologist at the Icelandic Institute of Natural History.

2009–2014 Lecturer at the University of Warsaw.

Peer-reviewed articles

Przedpelska-Wasowicz, E.M., P. Wasowicz, A.Ó. Áskelsdóttir, E.R. Guðjohnsen og M. Hallsdóttir 2021. Characterization of pollen seasons in Iceland based on long-term observations: 1988-2018. Aerobiologia 2021. DOI: 10.1007/s10453-021-09701-y

Wasowicz, P., S. Pálsson, A. Pasierbinski, M. Wierzgon, E. Ólafsson, S. Heiðmarsson og E.M. Przedpelska-Wasowicz 2018. Alien or native? Examinig a case of Melampyrum pratense in Iceland. Polar Biology 41: 1725-1735. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-018-2312-7

Wasowicz, P., M. Pauwels, A. Pasierbinski, E.M. Przedpelska-Wasowicz, A.A. Babst-Kostecka, P. Saumitou-Laprade og A. Rostanski 2016. Phylogeography of Arabidopsis halleri (Brassicaceae) in mountain regions of Central Europe inferred from cpDNA variation and ecological niche modelling. PeerJ 4:e164.5  https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1645 
Zienkiewicz, M., A,  Drozak, W. Wasilewska, I. Baclawska, E. Przedpelska-Wasowicz og E. Romanowska. 2015. The short-term response of Arabidopsis thaliana (C3) and Zea mays (C4) chloroplasts to red and far red light. Planta 242: 1479-1493 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00425-015-2392-3

Wasowicz, P., E.M. Przedpelska-Wasowicz, L. Guðmundsdóttir og M. Tamayo 2014. Vallisneria spiralis and Egeria densa (Hydrocharitaceae) in arctic and subarctic Iceland. New Journal of Botany 4: 85–89. https://doi.org/10.1179/2042349714Y.0000000043.

Wasowicz, P., A. Pasierbinski, E.M. Przedpelska-Wasowicz og H. Kristinsson 2014. Distribution patterns in the native vascular flora of Iceland. PLoS ONE 9(7): e102916. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0102916.

Wasowicz, P., M. Pielichowska, E.M. Przedpelska-Wasowicz, P. Bednarek, G. Szarek-Lukaszewska, A. Abratowska og M. Wierzbicka 2014. Physiological and genetic differentiation between metallicolous and non-metallicolous diploid populations of alpine Biscutella laevigata (Brassicacae) in the Tatra Mountains and the northern Carpathian foreland. Annales Botanici Fennici 51: 227–239. http://www.sekj.org/PDF/anbf51/anbf51-227.pdf

Przedpelska-Wasowicz, E.M. og P. Wąsowicz 2014. Zinc content in the substrate and flowering time in Arabidopsis arenosa (Brassicaceae). Acta Biologica Cracoviensia Series Botanica 56 (suppl. 2): 37.

Przedpelska-Wasowicz, E. og P. Wąsowicz 2013. Out of the ice. Arctic survivors at the borders of the known world. Wilder Quarterly 5: 64-69.

Wąsowicz, P., E. Przedpelska-Wasowicz og H. Kristinsson 2013. Alien vascular plants in Iceland: diversity, spatial patterns, temporal trends, and the impact of climate change. Flora 208: 648-673. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2013.09.009

Przedpelska-Wasowicz, E. og P. Wasowicz 2013. Does zinc concentration in the substrate influence the onset of flowering in Arabidopsis arenosa (Brassicaceae)? Plant Growth Regulation 69: 87-97. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10725-012-9750-y

Przedpelska-Wasowicz, E.M., A. Polatajko og M. Wierzbicka. 2012.The influence of cadmium stress on the content of mineral nutrients and metal-binding proteins in Arabidopsis halleri. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 223: 5445-5458 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-012-1292-4

Przedpelska-Wasowicz, E.M. og M. Wierzbicka. Gating of aquaporins by heavy metals in Allium cepa L. epidermal cells. Protoplasma 248: 663-671. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-010-0222-9

Przedpelska, E., A. Muszynska, A. Polatajko og M. Wierzbicka 2008. Influence of cadmium stress on aquaporins activity in Arabidopsis halleri (L.) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz spp halleri cells. Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine 10: 804-810

Przedpelska, E. og M. Wierzbicka 2007. Arabidopsis arenosa (Brassicaceae) from a lead–zinc waste heap in southern Poland–a plant with high tolerance to heavy metals. Plant and Soil 299: 43-53 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-007-9359-5

Wierzbicka, M.H., E. Przedpelska, R. Ruzik, L. Ouerdane, K. Polec-Pawlak, M. Jarosz, J. Szpunar og A. Szakiel 2007. Comparison of the toxicity and distribution of cadmium and lead in plant cells. Protoplasma 231: 99-111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00709-006-0227-6

Bataille, X., E. Przedpelska og M. Ziminska 2005. Synthèses multi-étapes sous micro-ondes en solvant ou sur support solide en «milieu sec» (Solvent and solvent-free multistep synthesis under microwave activation). L‘Acutualité chmique 292: 40-47

Books and book chapters

Przedpelska-Wasowicz, E.M. og Wierzbicka M. 2015. Wprowadzenie do ekotoksykologii (Introduction to ecotoxicology). Í Wierzbicka M., ritstj. Ekotoksykologia: rosliny, gleby, metale. (Ecotoxicology: plants, soils and metals), bls. 17–22. Warszawa: Wydawnictwa UW. (Á pólsku)

Przedpelska-Wasowicz, E.M. og Wierzbicka M. 2015. Mechanizm toksycznego dzialania metali ciezkich (The mechanism of the toxicity of heavy metals). Í Wierzbicka M., ritstj. Ekotoksykologia: rosliny, gleby, metale. (Ecotoxicology: plants, soils and metals), bls. 52–60. Warszawa: Wydawnictwa UW. (Á pólsku)

Przedpelska-Wasowicz, E.M. 2015. Rzodkiewnik piaskowy – Arabidopsis arenosa ( Sand rock-cress – Arabidopsis arenosa) Í Wierzbicka M., ritstj. Ekotoksykologia: rosliny, gleby, metale. (Ecotoxicology: plants, soils and metals), bls. 355–364. Warszawa: Wydawnictwa UW. (Á pólsku)

Przedpelska-Wasowicz, E.M. 2015. Rosliny hiperakumulujace metale ciezkie. (Plants hyperaccumulating heavy metals). Wierzbicka M., ritstj. Ekotoksykologia: rosliny, gleby, metale. (Ecotoxicology: plants, soils and metals), bls. 428–438. Warszawa: Wydawnictwa UW. (Á pólsku)

Lectures

Ewa Maria Przedpelska-Wasowicz 2022. The challenging art of pollen forecating in Iceland. Erindi flutt á 59th Congress on the Centenary of the Polish Botanical Society, 1. júlí 2022, Warsaw, Póllandi.

Wasowicz, P., S. Pálsson, A. Pasierbinski, E. Ólafsson, M. Wierzgon, S. Heiðmarsson og E.M. Przedpelska-Wasowicz  2017. Status and residence time of Melampyrum pratense (Orobanchaceae) a new species in the flora of Iceland. Erindi flutt ráðstefnu Líffræðifélags Íslands, 26.–28. október 2017, Öskju, Reykjavík.

Przedpelska-Wasowicz, E.M. og P. Wasowicz 2014. Zinc content in the substrate and flowering time in Arabidopsis arenosa (Brassicaceae). Erindi flutt á The International Conference: Plants, heavy metals, environment, 26.–28. júní 2014, Katowice, Póllandi.

Wasowicz P., E.M. Przedpelska-Wasowicz og H. Kristinsson 2013. Alien vascular plants in Icelandic flora: diversity, spatial patterns, trends and possible impact of climate change. Erindi flutt á Líffræðiráðstefnunni, 8.–10. nóvember 2013, Ösku, Háskóla Íslands, Reykjavík.

Wasowicz P., A. Kostecka, E. Przedpełska, P. Saumitou – Laprade, K. Grodzinska, M. Wierzbicka og A. Rostanski 2008. Genetic and phenotypic variation in populations of Arabidopsis halleri in southern Poland. Erindi flutt á VIIIth International Conference on Anthropization and Environment of Rural Settlements: Flora and vegetation in changing landscape, júní 2008, University of Silesia, Katowice, Póllandi.

Przedpełska-Wąsowicz E. og Wierzbicka M. 2010. The role of aquaporins in plant cells reaction to heavy metals. Erindi flutt á LV  PTB Botanical Congress „Planta in vivo, in vitro et in silico“, 6.-12. september 2012, Varsjá, Póllandi.

Wasowicz P., A. Kostecka, E. Przedpełska, P. Saumitou – Laprade, K. Grodzinska, M. Wierzbicka og A. Rostanski 2008. Genetic and phenotypic variation in populations of Arabidopsis halleri in southern Poland. Erindi flutt á VIII International Conference on Anthropization and Environment of Rural Settlements: Flora and vegetation in changing landscape, júní 2008, University of Silesia, Katowice, Póllandi.

Przedpelska E. 2007. Arabopsis arenosa versus Arabidopsis halleri. Erindi flutt á Scientific Workshop: vegetation and its significance in zinc-lead polluted areas, febrúar 2007, Institute of Botany Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraká, Póllandi. 

Przedpelska E., M. Wierzbicka, R. Ruzik, L. Querdane,  K. Polec-Pawlak, M. Jarosz, J. Szpunar og A. Szkiel 2006. Comparison of the toxicity and distribution of lead and cadmium in plant cells. Erindi flutt 4th International Franco-Spanish Workshop on Bio-inorganic Analytical Chemistry, Octóber 2006, Pau, Frakklandi.

Posters

Przedpełska-Wasowicz E.,  W. Wasilewska W., E. Parys, B. Wróblewska, M. Zienkiewicz, M. Wierzbicka og E. Romanowska 2010. Physiological adaptations of plant species from calamine communities to heavy metal stress. Veggspjald kynnt á XVII Congress of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Biology (FESPB 2010), júli 2010,  Valencia, Spáni. 

Przedpełska E., A. Muszyńska, A. Polatajko, E. Kurczyńska og M. Wierzbicka 2008. Influence of cadmium stress on aquaporins activity in Arabidopsis halleri (L.) O’Kane & Al-Shehbaz ssp. halleri. Veggspjald kynnt á 10th International Symposium on Metal Ions in Biology and Medicine, maí 2010, Bastia, Frakklandi. 

Polatajko A., I. Feldmann, E. Przedpelska, M. Wierzbicka og N. Jakubowski 2007. Study of Cadmium Incorporation in Plant Proteins. Veggspjald kynnt á Colloquium Spectroscopicum Internationale XXXV, September 2007, Xiamen, Kína. 

Przedpełska E., M. Wierzbicka og  E. Steudle 2006. Influence of the heavy metals stress on aquaporins activity in the epidermis onion cells. Veggspjald kynnt á ráðstefnu Society for Experimental Biology, apríl 2006, The University of Kent at Canterbury, Bretlandi

Wierzbicka M., E. Przedpełska, R. Ruzik, L. Querdane, K. Polec-Pawlak og J. Szpunar 2005. Cadmium and lead in plant cells. Veggspjald kynnt á XIX Conference on Cell Biology, september 2005, Lodz, Póllandi

Przedpełska E. og M. Wierzbicka2005. Allium epidermis test as a new biotest to compare heavy metal toxicity. Veggspjald kynnt á International Scientific and Technical Conference, September 2005, Varsjá, Póllandi. 

Wierzbicka M. og E. Przedpelska 2005. Subcellular comparison of the toxic effects and distribution of Cadmium and lead in plants. Veggspjald kynnt á XVII International Botanical Congress, Júli 2005, Vienna, Austurríki.

Demczyk J., E. Przedpełska og. M. Wierzbicka 2005. Phytoremediation in macro and micro scale – plants hyperaccumulating heavy metals. Veggspjald kynnt á XII Student Seminar on Biology, December 2005, Wisla, Póllandi.

Przedpelska E. og M. Wierzbicka 2003. The influence of lead on the shape and oragnization of endoplasmic reticulum in Allium cepa L. epidermal cells. Veggspjald kynnt á Conference of the Society of Experimental Biology, Septemeber 2003, Olsztyn, Póllandi.

Przedpelska E., M. Wierzbicka, A. Szakiel, R. Ruzik, L. Ouerdane, K. Polec-Pawlak og M. Jarosz 2003. Heavy metals in Allium cepa L. epidermal cells-localization and spetiation. Veggspjald kynnt á International Conference: Biodiversity and ecotoxicology of the industrial areas in reference to their bio-reclamation. júni 2003, Katowice, Póllandi.