Agata Kalita
Associated PhD student
- Project: Project A.07
- Research Group
- Address: IMB, Ackermannweg 4 (Room: 01.417), 55128 Mainz
- Phone: +49-6131-39-21461
Agata is awarded a Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds PhD Fellowship for her project on sexual dimorphism in the malaria mosquito Anopeheles gambiae. For details on the project see here.
"The community of GenEvo students provides support in intellectual and emotional challenges of being an international graduate student."
Education
- Since 2020: PhD studies on the evolution of dosage compensation in dipterans
- 2016-2020: MSc in Molecular Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland
Thesis: “The mechanism of action of isonicotinamide in Saccharomyces cerevisiae chronological lifespan extension” 2013-2016: BSc in Biochemistry, Jagiellonian University in Cracow, Poland
Thesis: “The influence of ectopic expression of MCPIP1 on the viability and proliferation of Caki-1 cells”
Working Experience
- 2018-2019: Student/Research Assistant, Smith Lab, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA
- 2017: Summer School Student
Project: “The role of Neil DNA glycosylases during mouse embryonic stem cell differentiation”, Niehrs Group, Institute of Molecular Biology, Mainz, Germany - 2014: Summer Research intern investigating the role of the Ten-eleven translocation methylcytosine dioxygenases in epidermal morphogenesis and regeneration, Centre for Skin Sciences, University of Bradford, United Kingdom
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Kalita AI, Keller Valsecchi CI (2024)
Dosage compensation in non-model insects – progress and perspectives Trends in Genetics, in press -
Kalita AI, Marois E, Kozielska M, Weissing FJ, Jaouen E, Möckel MM, Rühle F, Butter F, Basilicata MF, Keller Valsecchi CI (2023)
The sex-specific factor SOA controls dosage compensation in Anopheles mosquitos Nature, 623:175–182 -
Krzeptowski W, Chudy P, Sokołowski G, Żukowska M, Kusienicka A, Seretny A, Kalita A, Czmoczek A, Gubała J, Baran S, Klóska D, Jeż M, Stępniewski J, Szade K, Szade A, Grochot-Przęczek A, Józkowicz A and Nowak WN (2021)
Proximity Ligation Assay Detection of Protein–DNA Interactions—Is There a Link between Heme Oxygenase-1 and G-quadruplexes? Antioxidants, 10(1):94 -
Enriquez-Hesles E, Smith DL Jr., Maqani N, Wierman MB, Sutcliffe MD, Fine RD, Kalita A, Santos SM, Muehlbauer MJ, Bain JR, Janes KA, Hartman IV JL, Hirschey MD and Smith JS (2021)
A cell-nonautonomous mechanism of yeast chronological aging regulated by caloric restriction and one-carbon metabolism The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 296:100125 -
Pajdzik K, Wilamowski M, Żurawek D, Stopa KB, Nodzyński M, Kalita A and Jura J (2020)
Anterior gradient 2 promotes tumorigenesis through upregulation of CCAAT-enhancer binding protein beta IUBMB Life, 72(8):1807–1818 -
Lichawska-Cieslar A, Pietrzycka R, Ligeza J, Kulecka M, Paziewska A, Kalita A, Dolicka DD, Wilamowski M, Miekus K, Ostrowski J, Mikula M and Jura, J (2018)
RNA sequencing reveals widespread transcriptome changes in a renal carcinoma cell line Oncotarget, 9(9):8597–8613