mgr Valentina Smacchia
Scientific interests
- Influence of eutrophication on the ecology of freshwater ecosystems
- Interspecies interactions (protista – prokaryota)
- Endosymbiosis between pathogenic prokaryotes and protista
Research projects
- NCN OPUS Grant: Freshwater microbial communities in the eutrophication gradient: diversity and interactions of protists and bacteria (MicroDivEr). Principal investigator: Prof. Anna Karnkowska
- New Ideas: Establishing the protocol for high-throughput single-cell transcriptomics of microbial eukaryotes. Principal investigator: Prof. Anna Karnkowska
Internships and workshops
- April 2023: EMBO Practical Course: “Microbial metagenomic: a 360° approach”, Heidelberg, Germany
Prizes and distinctions
- July 2022: IDUB microgrant for International EMBO Practical Course: “Microbial metagenomic: a 360° approach”, Heidelberg
- May 2023: Holz-Conner Travel Grant (conference attendance; International Society of Protistologists, ISOP)
Conferences
Oral presentations
- Smacchia V., Chwalińska M., Karnkowska A.; Use of metabarcoding for the identification of freshwater microbial communities along an eutrophication gradient; Meeting of the EMBO Young Investigator Network on computational methods in ecology and evolutionary biology of microbes, Chęciny, Poland; 7-9.07.2022
Memberships
- International Society of Protistologists (ISOP)