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Molecular Mechanisms of Symbiosis Lab

PI: Ewa Chrostek · Jagiellonian University · Kraków

Projects

Active

2026 - 2027

"Effects of Wolbachia endosymbiont on Drosophila melanogaster susceptibility to a trypanosomatid parasite"

PI: Venera Tyukmaeva, Co-I: Ewa Chrostek, PhD

2026 - 2030

"Identification of nutritional and metabolic dependencies between insects, antiviral Wolbachia and virus"

PI: Ewa Chrostek, PhD

"Mechano-Wolbachia: Uncovering mechanisms of action of antiviral bacterium"

2023 - 2027

ERC Starting Grant 2021

PI: Ewa Chrostek, PhD

Completed

"Wolbachia-Fold: Looking for effectors of an antiviral bacterium"

PI: Ewa Chrostek, PhD

ISIDORe/InfraVec2

Image-Wolbachia: "Understanding Wolbachia and Wolbachia-conferred antiviral protection in dengue virus vector"

PI: Ewa Chrostek, PhD

ID.UJ Mini-Grant 2025, Faculty of Biology

"Biochemical Strategies for Uncovering Drosophila C Virus Receptors"

PI: Yuliya Chykunova, PhD

ID.UJ Research Support Module 2025, Faculty of Biology

"Investigating the Influence of Wolbachia on Host Cell Morphology"

PI: Navina Francis, PhD Student

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