Research focus
My research interests have consistently centered on the influence of environmental and genetic factors on the developmental potential of both plants and animals, which I examine in relation to the reproductive potential
of individuals and the quality of their offspring.
Recently, I focused on the impact of varying nutrient availability—particularly long-term nitrogen deposition—on the reproductive potential of selected species of forest trees and shrubs, as well as the diversity of forest soil biota. I conduct research characterizing the response of plants to observed environmental changes, including limited water availability, by transcriptomic and metabolomic analysis.
Additionally, I investigate the causes and consequences of sexual dimorphism in woody plants (including Taxus baccata, Juniperus communis, Populus nigra) and search for molecular markers associated with dioecy.
My research integrates the results of genetic studies with ecological issues.
Keywords
gene expression analysis, molecular ecology, dioecy, molecular markers, nitrogen deposition
Publications
- Kamieniarz R., Szymański M., Woźna-Wysocka M., Jaśkowski B.M., Dyderski M.K., Pers-Kamczyc E., Skorupski M. 2024. Roe deer reproduction in Western Poland: The late autumn rut phenomenon. Animals 14(21): 3078. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14213078
- Kamczyc J., Pers-Kamczyc E., Skorupski M., Urbanowski C.K., Malica J., Jagodziński A.M. 2023. Climate and topography rather than tree species affect mite communities (Mesostigmata) in severe conditions – Studies from sandstone rocky islands of the Szczeliniec Wielki Plateau (Poland). Land Degradation and Development 34(10): 3049-3063. https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.4667
- Malica J., Urbanowski C.K., Rączka G., Skorupski M., Pers-Kamczyc E., Kamczyc J. 2022. Soil environment and fauna communities in Europe after afforestation of post-agricultural lands—a review. Forests 13(10): 1713. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13101713
- Pers-Kamczyc E., Mąderek E., Kamczyc J. 2022. Seed Quantity or Quality?—Reproductive responses of females of two dioecious woody species to long-term fertilisation. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23(6): 3187. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23063187
- Pers-Kamczyc E., Kamczyc J. 2022. Study of the Pollen Grain Metabolome under Deposition of Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Taxus baccata L. and Juniperus communis L. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23(22): 14105. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232214105
- Pers-Kamczyc E., Suszka J. 2022. Long-term maternal fertilizer addition increased seed size but decreased germination capacity and offspring performance in Taxus baccata L. Forests 13(5): 670. https://doi.org/10.3390/f13050670
- Rabska M., Giertych M.J., Nowak K., Pers-Kamczyc E., Iszkuło G. 2022. Consequences of the reproductive effort of dioecious Taxus baccata L. Females in a generative bud removal experiment—important role of nitrogen in female reproduction. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23(22): 14225. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232214225
- Nowak K., Giertych M.J., Pers-Kamczyc E., Thomas P.A., Iszkuło G. 2021. Defence is a priority in female juveniles and adults of Taxus baccata L. Forests, 12(7): #844.
- Rabska M., Robakowski P., Ratajczak E., Żytkowiak R., Iszkuło G., Pers-Kamczyc E. 2021. Photochemistry differs between male and female Juniperus communis L. independently of nutritional availability. Trees 35: 24-42.https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-020-02004-8
- Hazubska-Przybył T., Ratajczak E., Obarska A., Pers-Kamczyc E. 2020. Different roles of auxins in somatic embryogenesis efficiency in two Picea species. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21(9): #3394. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21093394
- Kamczyc J., Malica J., Urbanowski C.K., Kobusiewicz A., Pers-Kamczyc E. 2020. Soil near mature oaks is refugium for soil mites (Acari, Mesostigmata) in managed forests. International Journal of Acarology 46(5): 327-334. https://doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2020.1804997
- Kamczyc J., Pers-Kamczyc E., Urbanowski C.K., Malica J., Reich P.B. Oleksyn J. 2020. An alternative, portable method for extracting microarthropods from forest soil. Acta Oecologica – International Journal of Ecology 109: #103655. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2020.103655
- Kamczyc J., Szemis D., Urbanowski C.K., Malica J., Pers-Kamczyc E. 2020. Soil mite (Acari; Mesostigmata) biomass, species richness and diversity in soil and decayed logs of European Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) forests. Systematic and Applied Acarology, 25(9): 1576-1588. https://doi.org/10.11158/saa.25.9.5
- Pers-Kamczyc E., Tyrała-Wierucka Ż., Rabska M., Wrońska-Pilarek D., Kamczyc J. 2020. The higher availability of nutrients increases the production but decreases the quality of pollen grains in Juniperus communis L. Journal of Plant Physiology 248: #153156. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2020.153156
- Rabska M., Pers-Kamczyc E., Żytkowiak R., Adamczyk D., Iszkuło G. 2020. Sexual dimorphism in the chemical composition of male and female in the dioecious tree, Juniperus communis L., growing under different nutritional conditions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21: #8094. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21218094
- Robakowski P., Wyka T., Kowalkowski W., Barzdajn W., Pers-Kamczyc E., Jankowski A., Politycka B. 2020. Practical implications of different phenotypic and molecular responses of evergreen conifer and broadleaf deciduous forest tree species to regulated water deficit in a container nursery. Forests 11(9): #1011. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11091011
- Pers-Kamczyc E., Iszkuło G., Rabska M., Wrońska-Pilarek D., Kamczyc J. 2019. More isn’t always better – The effect of environmental nutritional richness on male reproduction of Taxus baccata L. Environmental and Experimental Botany 162: 468-478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2019.01.015
- Staszak A.M., Pers-Kamczyc E., Klupczyńska E.A., Pawłowski T.A. 2019. Expression of abscisic and gibberellic acid signalling factors in Fagus sylvatica L. seeds during dormancy breaking and germination. Dendrobiology 81: 22-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.12657/denbio.081.003
- Dering M., Sękiewicz K., Iszkuło G., Chojnacka A., Tomaszewski D., Pers-Kamczyc E., Karolewski P. 2018. Spatial genetic structure and clonality of Prunus serotina Ehrh. during invasive spread into Scots pine forests. Silva Fennica 52: #9987. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.9987
- Robakowski P., Pers-Kamczyc E., Ratajczak E., Thomas P.A., Ye Z.-P., Rabska M., Iszkuło G., 2018. Photochemistry and antioxidative capacity of female and male Taxus baccata L. acclimated to different nutritional environments. Frontiers in Plant Science 9: #742. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.00742
- Walas Ł., Dering M., Ganatsas P., Pietras M., Pers-Kamczyc E., Iszkuło G. 2018. The present status and potential distribution of relict populations of Aesculus hippocastanum L. in Greece and the diverse infestation by Cameraria ohridella Deschka & Dimić. Plant Biosystems 152: 1048-1058. https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2017.1415991
- Kamczyc J., Pers-Kamczyc E., Watral P., Sokołowski J., Bułaj B. 2017. To what extent do pine and oak clear-cut stumps support mite (Acari: Mesostigmata) communities in temperate forests? Turkish Journal of Zoology 41: 860-875. https://doi.org/10.3906/zoo-1606-35
- Kamczyc J., Urbanowski C., Pers-Kamczyc E. 2017. Mite communities (Acari: Mesostigmata) in young and mature coniferous forests after surface wildfire. Experimental and Applied Acarology 72: 145-160. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10493-017-0148-4
- Cieslak A., Zmora P., Matkowski A., Nawrot-Hadzik I., Pers-Kamczyc E., El-Sherbiny M., Bryszak M., Szumacher-Strabel M. 2016. Tannins from Sanguisorba officinalis affect in vitro rumen methane production and fermentation. The Journal of Animal & Plant Sciences 26: 54-62.
- El-Sherbiny M., Cieslak A., Pers-Kamczyc E., Szczechowiak J., Kowalczyk D., Szumacher-Strabel M. 2016. Short communication: A nanoemulsified form of oil blends positively affects the fatty acid proportion in ruminal batch cultures. Journal of Dairy Science 99(1): 399-407. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2015-9328
- Iszkuło G., Pers-Kamczyc E., Nalepka D., Rabska M., Walas Ł., Dering M. 2016. Postglacial migration dynamics helps to explain current scattered distribution of Taxus baccata. Dendrobiology 76: 81-89. http://dx.doi.org/10.12657/denbio.076.008
- Szczechowiak J., Szumacher-Strabel M., El-Sherbiny M., Pers-Kamczyc E., Pawlak P., Cieslak A. 2016. Rumen fermentation, methane concentration and fatty acid proportion in the rumen and milk of dairy cows fed condensed tannin and/or fish-soybean oils blend. Animal Feed Science and Technology 216: 93-107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2016.03.014
- Szkudelska K., Szumacher-Strabel M., Szczechowiak J., Bryszak M., Pers-Kamczyc E., Stochmal A., Cieslak A. 2016. The effect of triterpenoid saponins from Saponaria officinalis on some blood hormones, metabolic parameters and fatty acid composition in dairy cows. The Journal of Agricultural Science 154: 532-541. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859615001070
- Cieślak A., El-Sherbiny M., Szczechowiak J., Kowalczyk D., Pers-Kamczyc E., Szulc P., Jóźwik A., Szumacher-Strabel M. 2015. Rapeseed and fish oil mixtures supplied at low dose can modulate milk fatty acid composition without affecting rumen fermentation and productive parameters in dairy cows. Animal Science Papers and Reports 33: 357-372.
- Tan K., Iszkuło G., Dering M., Pers-Kamczyc E. 2015. Laburnum alpinum (Mill.) Bercht. & J. Presl. Phytologia Balcanica 21: 382-383.
- Cieslak A., Zmora P., Pers-Kamczyc E., Stochmal A., Sadowinska A., Salem A.Z.M., Kowalczyk D., Zbonik P., Szumacher-Strabel M. 2014. Effects of two sources of tannins (Quercus L. and Vaccinium vitis idaea L.) on rumen microbial fermentation: an in vitro study. Italian Journal of Animal Science 13: 290-294. https://doi.org/10.4081/ijas.2014.3133
- Cieslak A., Zmora P., Stochmal A., Pecio L., Oleszek W., Pers-Kamczyc E., Szczechowiak J., Nowak A., Szumacher-Strabel M. 2014. Rumen antimethanogenic effect of Saponaria officinalis L. phytochemicals in vitro. Journal of Agricultural Science 152: 981-993. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021859614000239
Projects
- The impact of mineral resource availability on the growth of common yew (Taxus baccata) seedlings and the transcriptional activity of selected genes. (Original title: Wpływ dostępności zasobów mineralnych na wzrost siewek cisa pospolitego oraz aktywność transkrypcyjną wybranych genów). Project funded by the Internal Research Fund of the Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences (FBW_4, DEC-2024/04/ZB/FBW/09). Project duration: 2024–2025. Principal Investigator: Pers-Kamczyc E.
- Reproductive potential of the common yew (Taxus baccata).(Original title: Potencjał reprodukcyjny cisa pospolitego). Project funded by the Internal Research Fund of the Institute of Dendrology, Polish Academy of Sciences (FBW_3, DEC-2022/03/ZB/FBW/00008). Project duration: 2022–2023. Principal Investigator: Pers-Kamczyc E.
- Global changes in the environment and the reproductive potential of woody dioecious plants on the example of the common yew (Taxus baccata). (Original title: Globalne zmiany środowiska a potencjał reprodukcyjny drzewiastych roślin dwupiennych na przykładzie cisa pospolitego (Taxus baccata L.)). Project funded by the National Science Centre (Miniatura, 2019/03/X/NZ8/01887). Project duration: 2019–2020. Person carrying out research activity: Pers-Kamczyc E.
Public Science Articles
[Articles in Polish]
- Pers-Kamczyc E. 2022. Chłopiec czy dziewczynka? Kórniczanin 14: 10.
- Pers-Kamczyc E. 2020. Ślimak, ślimak, pokaż rogi… Kórniczanin 16: #13.
- Pers-Kamczyc E., Jaskulska M., Horodecki P., Suszka J., Kamczyc J. 2020. Ślimak, ślimak, zabierz rogi… Głos Lasu 9: 19-21.
- Pers-Kamczyc E. 2019. Globalne zmiany: azot - las - alergia? Academia 59-60: 86-89.
- Jagodziński A.M., Ratajczak E., Pers-Kamczyc E. 2019. Prof. dr Stefan Białobok – wybitny dendrolog i zasłużony kórniczanin. Kórniczanin 540: 12-13.
Books and Book Chapters