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Molecular Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics

Contact: Prof. Dr. Habil. Horia Banciu, horia.banciu@ubbcluj.ro

In-charge of Laboratory: Prof. Dr. Habil. Horia L. Banciu

Articles published by the members of Nanomedicine group

2016-2020

Licarete E, Rauca VF, Luput L, Drotar D, Stejerean I, Patras L, Dume B, Toma VA, Porfire A, Gherman C, Sesarman A, Banciu M (2020). Overcoming Intrinsic Doxorubicin Resistance in Melanoma by Anti-Angiogenic and Anti-Metastatic Effects of Liposomal Prednisolone Phosphate on Tumor Microenvironment. Int J Mol Sci, 21(8):E2968. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21082968

Luput L, Sesarman A, Porfire A, Achim M, Muntean D, Casian T, Patras L, Rauca VF, Drotar DM, Stejerean I, Tomuta I, Vlase L, Dragos N, Toma VA, Licarete E, Banciu M. (2020) Liposomal simvastatin sensitizes C26 murine colon carcinoma to the antitumor effects of liposomal 5-fluorouracil in vivo. Cancer Sci, 111(4): 1344-1356. https://doi.org/10.1111/cas.14312

Licarete E, Rauca VF, Luput L, Patras L, Sesarman A, Banciu M (2019) The prednisolone phosphate-induced suppression of the angiogenic function of tumor-associated macrophages enhances the antitumor effects of doxorubicin on B16.F10 murine melanoma cells in vitro. Oncol Rep, 42(6): 2694-2705. https://doi.org/10.1111/cas.14312

Patras L, Banciu M (2019) Intercellular Crosstalk Via Extracellular Vesicles in Tumor Milieu as Emerging Therapies for Cancer Progression. Curr Pharm Des, 25(17): 1980-2006. https://10.2174/1381612825666190701143845

Sesarman A, Tefas L, Sylvester B, Licarete E, Rauca V, Luput L, Patras L, Porav S, Banciu M, Porfire A (2019) Co-delivery of curcumin and doxorubicin in PEGylated liposomes favored the antineoplastic C26 murine colon carcinoma microenvironment. Drug Deliv Transl Res, 9 (1): 260-272. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13346-018-00598-8

Rauca VF, Licarete E, Luput L, Sesarman A, Patras L, Bulzu P, Rakosy-Tican E, Banciu M (2018) Combination therapy of simvastatin and 5, 6-dimethylxanthenone-4-acetic acid synergistically suppresses the aggressiveness of B16.F10 melanoma cells. PLoS ONE, 13(8): e0202827. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202827

Luput L, Licarete E, Drotar DM, Nagy AL, Sesarman A, Patras L, Rauca VF, Porfire A, Muntean D, Achim M, Tomuta I, Vlase L, Catoi C, Dragos N, Banciu M (2018) In Vivo Double Targeting of C26 Colon Carcinoma Cells and Microenvironmental Protumor Processes Using Liposomal Simvastatin. J Cancer, 9(2): 440-449. https://doi:10.7150/jca.21560

Patras L, Sylvester B, Luput L, Sesarman A, Licarete E, Porfire A, Muntean D, Drotar DM, Rusu AD, Nagy AL, Catoi C, Tomuta I, Vlase L, Banciu M, Achim M (2017) Liposomal prednisolone phosphate potentiates the antitumor activity of liposomal 5-fluorouracil in C26 murine colon carcinoma in vivo. Cancer Biol Ther, 18(8): 616-626. https://doi.org/10.1080/15384047.2017.1345392


2021-2024

Barbălată, C. I., Porfire, A. S., Sesarman, A., Rauca, V. F., Banciu, M., Muntean, D., Știufiuc, R., Moldovan, A., Moldovan, C., & Tomuță, I. (2021). A Screening Study for the Development of Simvastatin-Doxorubicin Liposomes, a Co-Formulation with Future Perspectives in Colon Cancer Therapy. Pharmaceutics, 13(10), 1526. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics13101526

Rauca, V. F., Patras, L., Luput, L., Licarete, E., Toma, V. A., Porfire, A., Mot, A. C., Rakosy-Tican, E., Sesarman, A., & Banciu, M. (2021). Remodeling tumor microenvironment by liposomal codelivery of DMXAA and simvastatin inhibits malignant melanoma progression. Scientific reports, 11(1), 22102. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01284-5

Patras, L., Ionescu, A. E., Munteanu, C., Hajdu, R., Kosa, A., Porfire, A., Licarete, E., Rauca, V. F., Sesarman, A., Luput, L., Bulzu, P., Chiroi, P., Tranca, R. A., Meszaros, M. S., Negrea, G., Barbu-Tudoran, L., Potara, M., Szedlacsek, S., & Banciu, M. (2022). Trojan horse treatment based on PEG-coated extracellular vesicles to deliver doxorubicin to melanoma in vitro and in vivo. Cancer biology & therapy, 23(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1080/15384047.2021.2003656

Tóth Z.-R., Kiss J., Todea M., Kovács G., Gyulavári T., Sesarman, A., Negrea, G., Vodnar, D.C., Szabó A., Baia L., Magyari K. (2022) Bioactive Properties of Composites Based on Silicate Glasses and Different Silver and Gold Structures. Materials, 15, 1655. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15051655

Tóth Z.-R., Feraru A., Debreczeni D., Todea M., Popescu R., Gyulavári T., Sesarman A., Negrea G., Vodnar D.C., Hernadi K., Pap Z., Baia L., Magyari K. (2022) Influence of different silver species on the structure of bioactive silicate glasses. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 583. 121498. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2022.121498

Patras L., Ionescu A.E., Munteanu C., Hajdu R., Kosa A., Porfire A., Licarete E., Rauca V.F., Sesarman A., Luput L., Bulzu P., Chiroi P., Tranca R.A., Meszaros M.S., Negrea G., Barbu-Tudoran L., Potara M., Szedlacsek S., Banciu M. (2022) Trojan horse treatment based on PEG-coated extracellular vesicles to deliver doxorubicin to melanoma in vitro and in vivo. Cancer Biol Ther., 23(1):1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/15384047.2021.2003656.

Hales D., Muntean D.M., Neag M.A., Kiss B., Ștefan M.G., Tefas L.R., Tomuță I., Sesărman A., Rațiu I.A., Porfire A. (2022) Curcumin-Loaded Microspheres Are Effective in Preventing Oxidative Stress and Intestinal Inflammatory Abnormalities in Experimental Ulcerative Colitis in Rats. Molecules, 27(17):5680. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27175680

Tóth Z.R., Kiss J., Todea M., Kovács G., Gyulavári T., Sesarman A., Negrea G., Vodnar D.C., Szabó A., Baia L., Magyari K. (2022) Bioactive Properties of Composites Based on Silicate Glasses and Different Silver and Gold Structures. Materials (Basel), 15(5):1655. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15051655.

Negrea G., Rauca V.F., Meszaros M.S., Patras L., Luput L., Licarete E., Toma V.A., Porfire A., Muntean D., Sesarman A., Banciu M. (2022). Active Tumor-Targeting Nano-formulations Containing Simvastatin and Doxorubicin Inhibit Melanoma Growth and Angiogenesis. Front Pharmacol., 13:870347. https://doi.org/10.3389/fphar.2022.870347

Ranamalla S.R., Porfire A.S., Tomuță I., Banciu M. (2022) An Overview of the Supramolecular Systems for Gene and Drug Delivery in Tissue Regeneration. Pharmaceutics, 4(8):1733. https://doi.org/10.3390/pharmaceutics14081733

Suarasan S., Campu A., Vulpoi A., Banciu M., Astilean S. (2022) Assessing the Efficiency of Triangular Gold Nanoparticles as NIR Photothermal Agents In Vitro and Melanoma Tumor Model. Int J Mol Sci. 23(22):13724. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232213724

Tefas L.R., Toma I., Sesarman A., Banciu M., Jurj A., Berindan-Neagoe I., Rus L., Stiufiuc R., Tomuta I. (2023) Co-delivery of gemcitabine and salinomycin in PEGylated liposomes for enhanced anticancer efficacy against colorectal cancer. J Liposome Res., 33(3):234-250. https://doi.org/10.1080/08982104.2022.2153139

Patras L., Shaashua L., Matei I., Lyden D. (2023) Immune determinants of the pre-metastatic niche. Cancer Cell, 41(3):546-572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccell.2023.02.018

Patras L., Paul D., Matei I.R. (2023) Weaving the nest: extracellular matrix roles in pre-metastatic niche formation. Front Oncol., 13:1163786. https://doi.org/10.3389/fonc.2023.1163786

Vágási C.I., Vincze O., Adámková M., Kauzálová T., Lendvai Á.Z., Pătraș L., Pénzes J., Pap P.L., Albrecht T., Tomášek O. (2023) Songbirds avoid the oxidative stress costs of high blood glucose levels: a comparative study. J Exp Biol: jeb.246848. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.246848


Articles published by members of Environmental Molecular Microbiology Group

2016-2020

Baricz A, Chiriac CM, Andrei A-Ș, Bulzu P-A, Levei EA, Cadar O, Battes KP, Cîmpean M, Șenilă M, Cristea A, Muntean V, Alexe M, Coman C, Szekeres EK, Sicora CI, Ionescu A, Blain D, O’Neill WK, Edwards J, Hallsworth JE, Banciu HL (2020) Spatio‐temporal insights into microbiology of the freshwater‐to‐hypersaline, oxic‐hypoxic‐euxinic waters of Ursu Lake’. Environ Microbiol, https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.14909.

Bulzu P-A, Andrei A-Ş, Salcher MM, Mehrshad M, Inoue K, Kandori H, Béjà O, Ghai R, Banciu HL (2019) Casting light on Asgardarchaeota metabolism in a sunlit microoxic niche. Nat Microbiol, 4: 1129–1137. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-019-0404-y.

Buda DM, Bulzu P-A, Barbu-Tudoran L, Porfire A, Pătraș L, Sesărman A, Tripon S, Șenilă M, Ionescu MI. Banciu HL (2019) Physiological response to silver toxicity in the extremely halophilic archaeon Halomicrobium mukohataei. FEMS Microbiol Lett, 366(18): fnz231. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnz231

Alexe M, Șerban G, Baricz A, Andrei A-Ș, Cristea A, Battes K, Cîmpean M, Momeu L, Muntean V, Porav SA, Banciu HL (2018). Limnology and plankton diversity of salt lakes from Transylvanian Basin (Romania): A review. J Limnol, 77(1): 17-34. https://doi.org/10.4081/jlimnol.2017.1657

Lee CJ, McMullan PE, O’Kane CJ, Stevenson A, Santos IC, Roy C, Ghosh W, Mancinelli RL, Mormile MR, McMullan G, Banciu HL, Fares MA, Benison KC, Oren A, Dyall-Smith ML, Hallsworth JE (2018). NaCl-saturated brines are thermodynamically moderate, rather than extreme, microbial habitats. FEMS Microbiol. Rev, 42(5): 672–693. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsre/fuy026

Andrei A-Ş, Păuşan MR, Tămaş T, Har N, Barbu-Tudoran L, Leopold N, Banciu HL (2017). Diversity and biomineralization potential of the epilithic bacterial communities inhabiting the oldest public stone monument of Cluj-Napoca (Transylvania, Romania). Front Microbiol, 8: 372. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.00372

Andrei A-Ş, Baricz A, Robeson MS, Păuşan,MR, Tămaş T, Chiriac C, Szekeres E, Barbu-Tudoran L, Levei EA, Coman C, Podar M, Banciu HL (2017) Hypersaline sapropels act as hotspots for microbial dark matter. Sci Rep, 7(1): 6150. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-06232-w.


2021-2024

Șuteu, A.M., Momeu, L., Battes, K.P., Baricz, A., Cristea, A., Bulzu, P.-A., Buda, D.M., Banciu, H.L., Cîmpean, M. (2021) Diversity and distribution of phototrophic primary producers in saline lakes from Transylvania, Romania. Plant Syst Evol 307 (12). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00606-020-01733-0

Baricz, A., Levei, E.A., Șenilă M., Pînzaru S.C., Aluaş M., Vulpoi A., Filip C., Tripon C., Dădârlat D., Buda D.M., Dulf F.V., Pintea A., Cristea A., Muntean V., Keresztes Z.G., Alexe M., Banciu H.L. (2021) Comprehensive mineralogical and physicochemical characterization of recent sapropels from Romanian saline lakes for potential use in pelotherapy. Sci Rep 11, 18633. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97904-1

Cristea A., Pustan M., Bîrleanu C., Dudescu C., Floare C.G., Tripon A.M., Banciu H.L. (2022) Mechanical evaluation of solvent casted poly (3-hydroxybutyrate) films derived from the storage polyesters produced by Halomonas elongata DSM 2581T. J Polym Environ, 30 (1), 424-430. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-021-02204-4

Bogdan, D.F., Baricz, A., Chiciudean, I., Bulzu, P.-A., Cristea, A., Năstase-Bucur, R., Levei, E.A., Cadar, O., Sitar, C., Banciu, H.L., Moldovan, O.T. (2023) Diversity, distribution and organic substrates preferences of microbial communities of a low anthropic activity cave in North-Western Romania. Front Microbiol, 14: 962452. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2023.962452 

Szekeres, E., Baricz, A., Cristea, A., Levei, E.A., Stupar, Z., Brad, T., Kenesz, M., Moldovan, O.T., Banciu, H.L. (2023) Karst spring microbiome: Diversity, core taxa, and community response to pathogens and antibiotic resistance gene contamination, Sci Total Environ, 895: 165133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165133

Banciu, H.L., Gridan, I.M., Zety, A.V., Baricz, A. (2022) Asgard archaea in saline enviornments. Extremophiles, 26: 21. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00792-022-01266-z .

Chiciudean, I., Russo, G., Bogdan, D.F., Levei, E.A., Faur, L., Hillebrand-Voiculescu, A., Moldovan, O.T., Banciu, H.L. (2022) Competition-cooperation in the chemoautotrophic ecosystem of Movile Cave-first metagenomic approach on sediments. Environ Microbiome, 17 (1): 44. https://environmentalmicrobiome.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40793-022-00438-w

Bartha, L., Mandáková, T., Kovařík, A., Bulzu, P.-A., Rodde, N., Mahelka, V., Lysak, M.A., Fustier, M.-A., Šafář, J., Cápal, P., Keresztes, L., Banciu, H.L. (2022) Intact rDNA arrays of Potentilla-origin detected in Erythronium nucleus suggest recent eudicot-to-monocot horizontal transfer. New Phytol, 235 (3): 1246-12591, https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18171


Plant and Microbe  Biotechnologies and Environmental Interactions

Contact: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Habil. Anca-Livia Butiuc, anca.butiuc@ubbcluj.ro

Laboratory responsible: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Habil. Anca-Livia Butiuc

2016-2020

Chapter published in books of renowned publishers:

Carpa R (2020) Biotehnologii în industria cosmetică – Lucrări practice, Ed. Presa Univ. Clujeană, Cluj-Napoca, 182p.

Dobrota CT, Butiuc-Keul A, Carpa R (2020) Adaptive Strategies of Betula Species to Environmental Stress, In: Bertelsen CT, Ed, Betula Ecology and Uses, Nove Science Publishers, New York, pp. 37-64.

Coste A, Pop C, Halmagyi A, Butiuc-Keul A (2019) Secondary Metabolites in Shoot Cultures of Hypericum, In: Ramawat KG, Ekiert H, Goyal S, Eds, “Plant Cell and Tissue Differentiation and Secondary Metabolites”, Reference Series in Phytochemistry, Springer Cham, Switzerland, pp. 1-27. ISBN 978-3-030-11253-0, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11253-0_9-1.

Roman A, Gafta D, Ursu TM, Cristea V (2018) Plant Assemblages of Abandoned Ore Mining Heaps: a case study from Rosia Montana mining area, Romania. In: Greller AM, Fujiwara K, Pedrotti F, Eds, Geographical Changes in Vegetation and Plant Functional Types, pp. 303-332. Geobotany Studies, Springer, Berlin – Heidelberg.

Thieme R, Rakosy-Tican E (2017) Somatic Cell Genetics and Its Application in Potato Breeding. In: Chakrabarti SK, Xie C, Tiwari JK (Eds) The Potato Genome. Springer International Publishing AG Cham, Switzerland pp. 217-269.

Fodorpataki L, Plugaru SRC, Molnar K, Marossy P, Tompa B, Barna S (2017) Use of green microalgal cultures for bioremediation of freshwater environments polluted with chromium, nickel and cadmium. In: Kuddus M, Ed, Bioremediation: Advances in Research and Applications, Nova Science Publ., New York, pp. 71-112, ISBN 978-1-53613-554-1.

Aleffi M, Pedrotti F, Gafta D (2016) Microtopography-induced differentiation of moss synusiae in wet grasslands covering a karst plain in Central Italy (Pian Grande, Central Apennines). In: Box EO, Ed, Vegetation Structure and Function at Multiple Spatial, Temporal and Conceptual Scales, pp. 375-388. Geobotany Studies. Springer, Berlin – Heidelberg.

Coman C, Soran ML, Farkas A (2016) Environmental sampling for investigation of antibiotic residues, microbial diversity and antibiotic resistance. In: Coman C, Ed, Methodological guide for monitoring antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in the environment. Accent Publisher, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, pp. 201-214.

Farkas A (2016) Testarea susceptibilităţii la antibiotice prin metoda antibiogramei. În: Coman C Ed, Ghid metodologic de monitorizare a antibioticelor şi a rezistenţei la antibiotice în mediul înconjurător. Editura Accent, Cluj-Napoca, România, pp. 79-104

Farkas A (2016) Antibiotic susceptibility testing by disc diffusion method. In: Coman C, Ed, Methodological guide for monitoring antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in the environment. Accent Publisher, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, pp. 253-276.

Fodorpataki L, Holinka B, György É (2016) Priming with S-methylmethionine increases non-enzymatic antioxidant content of lettuce leaves exposed to salt stress. In: Asaduzzaman M, Ed, Controlled Environment Agriculture – Production of Specialty Crops Providing Human Health Benefits through Hydroponics, Nova Science Publ., New York, pp. 133-164, ISBN 978-1-63484-489-5.

Gafta D, Muncaciu S (2016) Large habitat range but low floristic variation: the case of Festuco rubrae – Agrostietum capillaris grasslands. In: Box EO, Ed, Vegetation Structure and Function at Multiple Spatial, Temporal and Conceptual Scales, pp. 331-355. Geobotany Studies. Springer, Berlin – Heidelberg.

Hegedus A, Nagy-Szoke T, Butiuc-Keul A (2016) Identification of microorganisms resistant to antibiotics and antibiotic resistance genes, In: Coman C, Ed, Methodological guide for monitoring antibiotics and antibiotic resistance in the environment, Accent Publisher, Cluj-Napoca, pp. 277-306.

ISI Papers

Rakosy-Tican E, Thieme R, König J, Nachtigall N, Hammann Th, Denes T-E, Kruppa K, Molnár-Láng M (2020) Introgression of Two Broad-Spectrum Late Blight Resistance Genes, Rpi-Blb1 and Rpi-Blb3, from Solanum bulbocastanum Dun plus Race-Specific R Genes into Potato Pre-Breeding Lines. Frontiers in Plant Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls. 2020.00699

Turtureanu PD, Barros C, Bec S, Hurdu BI, Saillard A, Šibík J, Balázs ZB, Novikov A, Renaud J, Podar D, Thuiller W, Pușcaș M, Choler C (2020) Biogeography of intraspecific trait variability in matgrass (Nardus stricta): high phenotypic variation at the local scale exceeds large scale variability patterns. Perspect Plant Ecol Evol Syst.46:125555. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ppees.2020.125555

Fodor A, Abate BA, Deák P, Fodor L, Gyenge E, Klein MG, Koncz Z, Muvevi J, Ötvös L, Székely G, Vozik D and Makrai L (2020) Multidrug Resistance (MDR) and Collateral Sensitivity in Bacteria, with Special Attention to Genetic and Evolutionary Aspects and to the Perspectives of Antimicrobial Peptides—A Review. Pathogens, 9(7), 522. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9070522.

Gafta D, Peet RK (2020) Interaction of herbs and tree saplings is mediated by soil fertility and stand evergreenness in southern Appalachian forests. J Vegetation Sci, 31: 95-106. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12834

Balázs HE, Schmid CAO, Podar D, Hufnagel G, Radl V, Schroeder P (2020) Development of microbial communities in organochlorine pesticide contaminated soil: a post-reclamation perspective. Appl Soil Ecol, 150:103467. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsoil.2019.103467

Moldovan M, Carpa R, Fizeșan I, Vlase L, Bogdan C, Iurian S, Benedec D, Pop A, (2020) Phytochemical profile and biological activities of tendrils and leaves extracts from a variety of Vitis vinifera L. Antioxidants, 9(5): 373. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox9050373

Russo G, Pedrotti F, Gafta D (2020) Typology and synecology of aspen woodlands in the central-southern Apennines (Italy): new findings and synthesis. iForest, 13: 202-208. https://doi.org/10.3832/ifor3315-013

Tardella FM, Bricca A, Goia IG, Catorci A (2020). How mowing restores montane Mediterranean grasslands following cessation of traditional livestock grazing. Agric Ecosyst Environ 295: 106880. https://doi.org/10.3390/agleiomy10070926

Toth P, Fiț D, Culda CA, Carpa R, Butiuc-Keul A, Roba CA, Roșu C (2020) Quality assessment of drinking water from Several private wells from Lazuri village (Satu-Mare county, Romania). J Environ Protect Ecol, 21(1): 106–115.

Rakosy-Tican E, Besenyei E., Molnár I, Thieme R, Hartung F, Sprink T, Antonova O, Famelaer I, Angenon G, Aurori A. (2019) New Phenotypes of Potato Co-induced by Mismatch Repair Deficiency and SomaticHybridization. Frontiers in Plant Sciences 10. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00003

Remizovschi A, Carpa R, Forray FL, Chiriac C, Roba CA, Beldean-Galea S, Andrei AS, Szekeres E, Baricz A, Lupan I, Knut R, Coman C (2020) Mud volcano and the presence of PAHs, Sci Rep, 10: 1253. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-58282-2

Ardelean IV, Crișan F, Gafta D, Roman A (2019) High lichen species richness but low taxonomic diversity built up on abandoned tailings heaps in a cultural landscape. Flora, 251: 68-76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.flora.2018.12.005

Gargiulo R, Pileion S, Zheleznaya E. Sanchez MD, Balázs ZR, Podar D, Wilkinson T, Jäkäläniemi A, Kull T, Väre H, Fay MF (2019) Phylogeography and post-glacial dynamics in the clonal-sexual orchid Cypripedium calceolus. J Biogeography, 46(3): 526-538. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13528

Bacali C, Olteanu D, Carpa R, Moldovan M, Filip A, Baldea I (2019) Flexural strength, biocompatibility and antimicrobial activity of a polymethyl methacrylate denture resin enhanced with graphene and silver nanoparticles, Clin Oral Investigations, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00784-019-03133-2

Butiuc-Keul A, Coste A, Farkas A, Cristea V, Isac V, Halmagyi A (2019) Molecular characterization of apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) genotypes originating from three complementary conservation strategies. Turk J Agric Forestry, 43: 464-477. https://doi.org/10.3906/tar-1803-3

Cristea V, Besenyei E, Jarda L, Farkas A, Marcu D, Clapa D, Halmagyi A, Butiuc-Keul A (2019) in situ genetic variability and micropropagation of Cerastium banaticum (rochel) heuff. (Caryophyllaceae) – a rare and endemic species from Romania, Acta Biol Cracov, Ser Botanica, 6(1): 53-62. https://doi.org/10.24425/abcsb.2019.127737 .

Podar D, Macalik K, Réti KO, Martonos I, Török E, Carpa R, Weindorf DC, Csiszár J, Székely G (2019) Morphological, physiological and biochemical aspects of salt tolerance of halophyte Petrosimonia triandra grown in natural habitat. Physiol Mol Biol Plants, 25(6):1335-1347. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12298-019-00697-x

Fodorpataki L, Molnar K, Tompa B, Plugaru SRC (2019) Priming with vitamin U enhances cold tolerance of lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), Not Bot Horti Agrobot, 47(3): 592-598. https://doi.org/10.15835/nbha47311433

Goia I, Gafta D (2019) Beech versus spruce deadwood as forest microhabitat: does it make any difference to bryophytes? Plant Biosystems, 153: 187-194. https://doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2018.1448011

Singer D, Mitchell EAD, Payne RJ, Blandenier Q, Duckert C, Fernández LD, Fournier B, Hernández CE, Granath G, Rydin H, Bragazza L, Koleiatova NG, Goia I, Harris LI, Kajukało K, Kosakyan A, Lamentowicz M, Kosykh NP, Vellak K, Lara E (2019) Dispersal limitations and historical factors determine the biogeography of specialized terrestrial protists. Mol Ecol, 28(12): 3089-3100. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15117

Vlad IE, Martin C, Toth AR Papp J, Anghel SD (2019) Bacterial inhibition effect of plasma activated water. Rom Rep Phys, 71(602): 1-12.

Menguer P, Vincent T, Miller AJ, Brown JKM, Vincze E, Borg S, Preben BH, Sanders D, Podar D (2018) Improving zinc accumulation in barley endosperm using HvMTP1 transition metal transporter. Plant Biotechnol J, 16(1): 63-71. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.12749.

McGladdery C, Weindorf DC, Chakraborty S, Li B, Paulette L, Podar D, Pearson D, Kusi NYO, Duda B (2018) Elemental assessment of vegetation via portable X-ray fluorescence (PXRF) spectrometry, J Environ. Manage, 210: 210-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.01.003.

Balázs EH, Schmid CAO, Feher I, Podar D, Szatmari P-M, Marincaş O, Balázs ZR, Schröder P (2018) HCH phytoremediation potential of native plant species from a contaminated urban site in Turda, Romania, J Environ Manage, 223: 286-296. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.06.018.

Mot AC, Puscas C, Miclea C, Naumova-Letia G, Dorneanu S, Podar D, Dissmeyer N, Silaghi-Dumitrescu R. 2018. Redox control and autooxidation of class 1, 2 and 3 phytoglobins from Arabidopsis thaliana. Sci Rep, 13714. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31922-4

Baricz A, Teban A, Chiriac CM, Szekeres E, Farkas A, Nica M, Dascălu A, Oprişan C, Coman C (2018) Investigating the potential use of an Antarctic variant of Janthinobacterium lividum for tackling antimicrobial resistance in a One Health approach. Sci Rep, 8(1): 15272. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-33691-6

Butiuc-Keul A, Crăciunaș C, Goia I, Farkas A, Cristea V (2018) Genetic structure of populations of several endangered and endemic Dianthus species revealed by microsatellite markers. Acta Bot Croatica, 77 (2): 181-188. https://doi.org/10.2478/botcro-2018-0022

Gafta D, Roman A, Ursu TM (2018) Trends in single trait dispersion between early-mid successional stages: the importance of species pool extension and habitat scale. J Plant Ecol, 11: 103-113. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpe/rtw127

Granath G, Rydin H, Baltzer JL, Bengtsson F, Boncek N, Bragazza L, Bu Z-H, Caporn SJM, Dorrepaal E, Galanina O, Galka M, Ganeva A, Gillikin DP, Goia I, Goncharova N, Hájek M, Haraguchi A, Harris LI, Humphreys E, Jiroušek M, Kajukalo K, Karofeld E, Koleiatova NG, Kosykh NP, Lamentowicz M, Lapshina E, Limpens J, Linkosalmi M, Ma J-Z, Mauritz M,

Munir TM, Natali SM, Natcheva R, Noskova M, Payne RJ, Pilkington K, Robinson S, Robroek BJM, Rochefort L, Singer D, Stenøien HK, Tuittila E-S, Vellak K, Verheyden A, Waddington JM, Rice SK (2018) Environmental and taxonomic controls of carbon and oxygen stable isotope composition in Sphagnum across broad climatic and geographic ranges. Biogeosciences, 15(16): 5189-5202. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-15-5189-2018

Holobiuc I, Catană R, Cogălniceanu G, Cristea V (2018) Biotechnological approach for ex situ conservation of the vulnerable species Moehringia jankae, Rom Biotechnol Lett, 23, 5: 13954-13963. https://doi.org/10.26327/RBL2017.40

Holobiuc I, Catană R, Maximilian C, Cristea V, Mitoi M (2018) Ex situ conservation using medium-term cultures in Moehringia jankae Griseb. ex Janka (Caryophyllales: Caryophyllaceae) and genetic stability assessment using ISSR, Acta Zool, Supplementum 11: 125-132, ISSN 1224-5984.

Moldovan M, Prodan D, Sarosi C, Carpa R, Socaci C, Rosu MC, Pruneanu S (2018) Synthesis, morpho-structural properties and antibacterial effect of silicate based composites containing graphene oxide/hydroxyapatite, Mat Chem Phys, 217: 48–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2018.06.055

Peterka T, Hájek M, Dítě D, Hájková P, Palpurina S, Goia I, Grulich V, Kalníková V, Plesková Z, Šímová A, Štechová T (2018) Relict occurrences of boreal brown-moss quaking rich fens in the Carpathians and adjacent territories, Folia Geobot, 53(3): 265-276. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12224-018-9318-3

Tardella FM, Malatesta L, Goia I, Catorci A (2018) Effects of long-term mowing on coenological composition and recovery routes of a Brachypodium rupestre-invaded community: insight into the restoration of sub-Mediterranean productive grasslands. Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali, 29 (2): 329-341. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12210-018-0711-x

Vassilev K, Ruprecht E, Alexiu V, Becker T, Beldean M, Biță-Nicolae C, Csergő AM, Dzhovanova I, Filipova E, Frink JP, Gafta D, Georgieva M, Germany MS, Goia I (2018) The Romanian Grassland Database (RGD): historical background, current status and future perspectives. Phytocoenologia, 48: 91-100. https://doi.org/10.1127/phyto/2017/0229

Ganea IV, Roba C, Gligor D, Farkas A, Bălc R, Moldovan M (2017) Assessment of environmental quality in Lacu Sarat area (Braila County, Romania). Carpat J Earth Environ Sci, 12(2): 377-387.

Lupan I, Carpa R, Oltean A, Kelemen BS, Popescu O (2017) Release of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria by a Waste Treatment Plant from Romania, Microbes Environ, 32(3): 219-225. https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME17016

Naydenov Krassimir D, Naydenov Michel K, Alexandrov A, Vasilevski K, Hinkov G, MatevskiV, Nikolic B, Goudiaby V, Riegert D, Paitaridou D, Christou A, Goia I, Carcaillet C, Alcantara AE, Ture C, Gulcu S, Gyuleva V, Bojovic S, Peruzzi L, Kamary S, Tsarev A, Bogunic F (2017) Ancient genetic bottleneck and Plio-Pleistocene climatic changes imprinted the phylobiogeography of European Black Pine populations, Eur J Forest Res 136: 767-786. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10342-017-1069-9

Plugaru SRC, Rusu T, Molnar K, Fodorpataki L (2017) Chromium removal from polluted water and its influence on biochemical and physiological parameters in algal cells used for phytoremediation, Studia UBB Chemia, 62(3): 225-238. https://doi.org/ 0.24193/subbchem.2017.3.19

Plugaru SRC, Fodorpataki L, Orban M, Sarb A, Tompa B, Kovacs B (2017) Comparative study on growth and photosynthetic pigment dynamics of two microalgae under the influence of water pollution with the herbicide glufosinate. Studia UBB Chemia, 62(3): 239-250. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2017.3.20

Pedrotti F, Gafta D (2017) Floristic differentiation between mid-seral communities of abandoned charcoal kilns in the forests of the Gargano Promontory (south Italy). Turk J Bot, 41: 265-272. https://doi.org/10.3906/bot-1609-5

Szekeres E, Baricz A, Chiriac CM, Farkas A, Opriş O, Soran ML, Andrei AS, Rudi K, Balcazar JL, Dragoş N, Coman C (2017) Abundance of antibiotics, antibiotic resistance genes and bacterial community composition in wastewater effluents from different Romanian hospitals. Environ Pollut, 225, 304-315. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2017.01.054

Várhelyi C, Lengyel A, Hommonay Z, Szalay R, Pokol G, Szilágyi I-M, Huszthy P, Papp J, Goga F, Golban L-M, Várhelyi M, Tomoaia-Cotisel M, Szőke Á, Kuzmann E (2017

Mössbauer study of novel iron(II) complexes synthesized with Schiff bases. Hyperfine Interact, 238(87): 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-017-1463-1

Molnár I, Besenyei E, Thieme R, Thieme T, Aurori A, Baricz A, Banciu HL, Rakosy-Tican E (2016) Mismatch repair deficiency increases the transfer of antibiosis and antixenosis properties against Colorado potato beetle in somatic hybrids of Solanum tuberosum + S. chacoense. Pest. Manag. Sci. 73 (7): 1428-1437. https://doi.org/10.1002/ps.4473

Barta Holló B, Szilágyi IM,Várhelyi C, Hunyadi D, Nagy RI, Tihi NG, Goga F, Papp J, Szalay R, Pokol G (2016) Synthesis, physico-chemical characterization and bacteriostatic study of Pt complexes with substituted amine ligands. J Therm Analysis Calorym, 127(2): 1733-1741. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-016-5591-7

Farkas A, Crăciunaş C, Chiriac C, Szekeres E, Coman C, Butiuc-Keul A (2016) Exploring the role of coliform bacteria in class 1 integlei carriage and biofilm formation during drinking water treatment. Microb Ecol, 72(4): 773-782. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-016-0758-0

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Chapter published in books of renowned publishers:

2021-2024

Rakosy-Tican E., Molnar I. (2021) Biotechnological Strategies for a Resilient Potato Crop. In: Yildiz M and Ozgen Y (eds) Solanum tuberosum – A Promising Crop for Starvation Problem. ISBN 978-1-83969-167-6, InTech Open DOI:10.5772/intechopen.98717

ISI Papers

Brezeștean I., Bocăneală M., Gherman A.M.R., Porav S.A., Kacsó I., Rakosy-Tican E, Dina N.E. (2021) Spectroscopic investigation of exopolysaccharides purified from Arthrospira platensis cultures as potential bioresources. Journal of Molecular Structure 1246: 131228, 10.1016/j.molstruc.2021.131228

Molnar I., Cozma L.D., Denes T.- E., Vass I., Vass I-Z, Rakosy-Tican E (2021) Drought and Saline Stress Tolerance Induced in Somatic Hybrids of Solanum chacoense and Potato Cultivars by Using Mismatch Repair Deficiency. Agriculture 11 (8), 696

Molnar I., Rakosy-Tican E. (2021) Difficulties in potato pest control: The case of pyrethroids on Colorado potato beetle. Agronomy 11 (10), 1920. 10.3390/agronomy11101920

Cruceriu D., Diaconeasa Z., Socaci S., Socaciu C., Bălăcescu O., Rakosy-Tican E. (2021) Extracts of the Wild Potato Species Solanum chacoense on Breast Cancer Cells: Biochemical Characterization, In Vitro Selective Cytotoxicity and Molecular Effects. Nutrition and Cancer, 73(4): 630-641, 10.1080/01635581.2020.1761407

Rauca V.-F., Pătraş L.-I., Luput L., Licărete E, Toma V.A., Porfire A., Mot A.- C., Rakosy-Tican E, Sesărman V.A., Banciu M. (2021) Remodeling tumor microenvironment by liposomal co-delivery of DMXAA and simvastatin inhibits malignant melanoma progression. Scientific Reports 11:22102, 10.1038/s41598-021-01284-5

Podar D., Maathuis F.J.M. (2021) The role of roots and rhizosphere in providing tolerance to toxic metals and metalloids. Plant, Cell & Environment, 45: 719-736. 10.1111/pce.14188

Văcar C.L., Covaci E., Chakraborty S., Li B., Weindorf D.C., Frențiu T, Pârvu M., Podar D. (2021) Heavy Metal-Resistant Filamentous Fungi as Potential Mercury Bioremediators. J. Fungi, 7(5), 386. 10.3390/jof7050386

Balázs H.E., Schmid C.A.O., Cruzeiro C., Podar D., Szatmari P-M, Buegger F., Hufnagel G., Radl V., Schröder P. (2021) Post-reclamation microbial diversity and functions in hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) contaminated soil in relation to spontaneous HCH tolerant vegetation, Science of the Total Environment, 767: 144653. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144653

Tiodar E.D., Văcar C.L., Podar D. (2021) Phytoremediation and Microorganisms-Assisted Phytoremediation of Mercury-Contaminated Soils: Challenges and Perspectives. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 18: 2435. 10.3390/ijerph18052435

Butiuc-Keul, A., Carpa, R., Podar, D., Szekeres E., Muntean V., Iordache D., Farkas A. (2021) Antibiotic Resistance in Pseudomonas spp. Through the Urban Water Cycle. Current Microbiology, 78(4): 1227–1237. 10.1007/s00284-021-02389-w

Butiuc-Keul A, Farkas A, Carpa R, Iordache D. (2021) CRISPR-Cas System: The Powerful Modulator of Accessory Genomes in Prokaryotes. Microbial Physiology, 10.1159/000516643

Dobrota C.T., Carpa R., Butiuc-Keul A.L. (2021) Analysis of designs used in monitoring crop growth based on remote sensing methods. Turkish Journal of Agriculture And Forestry, 45(6): 730-742.

Carpa R., Paskucza S., Culda C.A., Butiuc-Keul A.L., Dobrota C.T., Berchez O., Rusu T., (2021) Agrolife Scientific Journal, 10(1): 179-185.

Bengtsson F., Rydin H., Baltzer J., Bragazza L., Bu Z.J., Caporn S.J.M, Dorrepaal E., Flatberg K.I., Galanina O., Gałka M., Ganeva A., Goia I., Goncharova N., Hájek M., Haraguchi A., Harris L.I., Humphreys E., Jiroušek M., Kajukało K., Karofeld E., Koronatova N.G., Kosykh N.P., Laine A.M., Lamentowicz M., Lapshina E., Limpens J., Linkosalmi M., Ma J.-Z., Mauritz M., Mitchell E.A.D., Munir T.M., Natali S.M., Natcheva R., Payne R.J., Philippov D.A., Rice S.K., Robinson S., Robroek B.J.M., Rochefort L., Singer D., Stenøien H.K., Tuittila E.-S., Vellak K., Waddington J.M., Granath G., 2021. Environmental drivers of Sphagnum growth in peatlands across the Holarctic region. Journal of Ecology, 109(1): 417-431.

Hájek M., Hájková P., Goia I., Dítě D., Plášek V., (2021) Variability and classification of Carpathian calcium-rich fens: breaking the state borders. Preslia, 93(3): 203-235.

Hájek M., Hájková P., Apostolova I., Sopotlieva D., Goia I., Dítě D, (2021) The vegetation of rich fens (Sphagno warnstorfii-Tomentypnion nitentis) at the southeastern margins of their European range. Vegetation Classification and Survey, 2: 177–190. 10.3897/VCS/2021/69118

Tardella F.M., Bricca A., Chelli S., Campetella G., Canullo R., Cutini M., Goia I., Postiglione N., Catorci A, (2021) Species trait syndrome drives the leaves’ functional variations of dominant grasses to modifications in summer water supply, Plant Ecology, 222(10): 1113-1128.

Văcar, C.L., Ciorîță, A., Tudoran, C., Podar, D., Carpa, R., Leoștean, C., Kacso, I., Mircea, C. (2023) Compact cold atmospheric pressure plasma cleaner suited for inhibiting bacterial biodeteriogens from paper archives. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 62: 198-205. https://doi.org/ https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2023.05.027

Văcar, C.L., Mircea, C., Pârvu, M., Podar, D. (2022) Diversity and Metabolic Activity of Fungi Causing Biodeterioration of Canvas Paintings. J. Fungi, 8(6): 589. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8060589

Podar, D., Maathuis, F.J.M. (2022) Primary nutrient sensors in plants. iScience, 25(4): 104029. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104029

Stanton, C., Sanders, D., Kramer, U., Podar, D. (2022) Zinc in plants: integrating homeostasis and biofortification. Molecular Plant, 15(1): 65-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2021.12.008

Văcar, C.L., Ciorîță, A., Tudoran, C., Podar, D., Carpa, R., Leoștean, C., Kacso, I., Mircea, C. (2023) Compact cold atmospheric pressure plasma cleaner suited for inhibiting bacterial biodeteriogens from paper archives. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 62: 198-205 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2023.05.027

Butiuc-Keul A., Coste A. (2023) Biotechnologies and Strategies for Grapevine Improvement. Horticulturae, 9(1): 62. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9010062.

Carpa R., Farkas A., Dobrota C., Butiuc-Keul A. (2023) Double-network chitosan-based hydrogels with improved mechanical, conductive, antimicrobial, and antibiofouling properties. Gels, 9(4): p.278. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels9040278.

Halmagyi A., Butiuc-Keul, A., Keul M., Dobrotă C., Fodorpataki L., Pintea A., Mocan A., Pop V., Coste A. (2023). Impact of Arieş River Contaminants on Algae and Plants. Toxics, 11: 817. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics11100817.

Várhelyi Cs., Szőke A., Sziráki L., Tomoaia-Cotişel M., Hommonay Z., Szalay R., Simon-Várhelyi M., Mereu R.-A., Pokol Gy., Szilágyi I.-M., Papp J., Mihály J., Kuzmann, E. (2023) Fe spin states and redox processes in Schiff base type complexes, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 332: 4125-4139. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-023-09095-w.

Barbu I. A., Ciorîță A., Carpa R., Moț A. C., Butiuc-Keul A., Pârvu M. (2023) Phytochemical Characterization and Antimicrobial Activity of Several Allium Extracts. Molecules, 28(10): 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28103980.

Barbu I.A., Ciorîță A., Carpa R., Moț A.C., Butiuc-Keul A., Pârvu M. (2023) Phytochemical Characterization and Antimicrobial Activity of Several Allium Extracts. Molecules, 28(10): 3980. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules28103980.

Cianfaglione K., Crișan F., Gafta D. (2023) Soil quality enhances seed germination success in Ephedra major – a pilot experiment. Plants, 12: 438. 10.3390/plants12030438.

Coldea G., Gafta D., Negrean G. (2023) Eco-coenotic and diversity patterns in Artemisia alba open scrubs from Romania within the context of similar communities from neighbouring regions. Diversity, 15: 475. 10.3390/d15040475.

Barta C.É., Jenkins B.C., Lindstrom D.S., Zahnd A.K., Székely G. (2023) The first evidence of gibberellic acid’s ability to modulate target species’ sensitivity to honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) allelochemicals. Plants, 12(5): 1014. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12051014.

Stanton, C., Sanders, D., Kramer, U., Podar, D. (2022) Zinc in plants: integrating homeostasis and biofortification. Molecular Plant, 15(1): 65-85. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2021.12.008

Văcar, C.L., Mircea, C., Pârvu, M., Podar, D. (2022) Diversity and Metabolic Activity of Fungi Causing Biodeterioration of Canvas Paintings. J. Fungi, 8(6): 589. https://doi.org/10.3390/jof8060589

Podar, D., Maathuis, F.J.M. (2022) Primary nutrient sensors in plants. iScience, 25(4): 104029. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2022.104029

Butiuc-Keul A., Coste A., Budahn H., Dunemann F., Farkas A., Postolache D., Klocke K. (2022) Analysis of Hypericum accessions by DNA fingerprinting and flow cytometry. Acta Botanica Croatica, 1(1): 1-11. https://doi.org/10.37427/botcro-2021-026  

Butiuc-Keul A., Coste A., Postolache D., Laslo V., Halmagyi A., Cristea V., Farkas A. (2022) Molecular characterization of Prunus cultivars from Romania by microsatellite markers. Horticulturae, 8(291). https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8040291

Butiuc-Keul A, Farkas A., Carpa R., Dobrota C.T., Iordache D. (2022) Development of smart fruit crops by genome editing. Turkish Jornal of Agriculture and Forestry, 46: 129-140. https://doi.org/10.55730/1300-011X.2965

Toc D.A., Butiuc-Keul A.L., Iordache D., Botan A., Mihaila R.M., Costache C.A., Colosi I.A., Chiorean C., Neagoe D.S., Gheorghiu L., Junie L.M. (2022) Descriptive analysis of circulating antimicrobial resistance genes in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Biomedicines, 10(5): 1122. https://doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10051122

Hurdu B.I., Coste A., Halmagyi A., Szatmari P.M., Farkas A., Puscas M., Turtureanu P.D., Rosca-Casian O., Tănase C., Oprea A., Mardari C., Rădutoiu D., Comănescu P.C., Sîrbu I.M., Stoie A., Lupoae P., Cristea V., Jarda L., Holobiuc I., Goia I., Cătană C., Butiuc-Keul A. (2022) Ex situ conservation of plant diversity in Romania: a synthesis of threatened and endemic taxa. Journal for Nature Conservation, 68: 126211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126211

Carpa R., Remizovschi A., Culda C.A., Butiuc-Keul A.L. (2022) Inherent and composite hydrogels as promising materials to limit antimicrobial resistance. Gels, 8(2): 70. https://doi.org/10.3390/gels8020070

Farkas A., Coman C., Szekeres E., Teban-Man A., Carpa R., Butiuc-Keul A. (2022) Molecular typing reveals environmental dispersion of antibiotic-resistant Enterococci under anthropogenic pressure. Antibiotics, 11(9):1213. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11091213

Iordache D., Baci G.M., Caprita O., Farkas A., Lup A.,Butiuc-Keul A. (2022) Correlation between CRISPR loci diversity in three Enterobacterial taxa. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(21): 12766. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms232112766

Várhelyi C., Szalay R., Pokol G.,  Madarász J.,  Marincas L., Mereu R.-A., Mihály J., Papp J., Simon-Várhelyi M., Tötös R., Tomoaia-Cotişel M. (2022) Synthesis of Pt(II)-complexes with symmetrical and unsymmetrical glyoximes, their physical-chemical and biological study. Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai Chemia, 67(4): 315-335. https://doi.org/10.24193/subbchem.2022.4.21

Racz L.Z., Racz C.P., Pop L.-C., Tomoaia G., Mocanu A., Barbu I., Sárközi M., Roman I., Avram A., Tomoaia-Cotisel M.; et al. (2022) Strategies for Improving Bioavailability, Bioactivity, and Physical-Chemical Behavior of Curcumin. Molecules, 27(20):6854. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27206854

Székely G., Barta C. (2022) Plant growth promoting rhizobacteria – biotechnological tools to improve cereal yield, Hungarian Journal of Industry and Chemistry, 50(1): 11-14. https://doi.org/10.33927/hjic-2022-03

Székely G., Szígyártó N.Z., Tóth A., Barta C. (2022) The rhizosphere of Petrosimonia triandra may posess growth inducing and salinity tolerance potential, Hungarian Journal of Industry and Chemistry, 50(2): 11-15. https://doi.org/10.33927/hjic-2022-12

Stoica A.I., Gafta D., Coldea G. (2022) Scots pine bog woodlands in the Eastern Carpathians versus their northern, lowland counterparts: floristic dissimilarities and underlying ecological gradients. Mires and Peat, 28: article 09, 15 pp. https://doi.org/10.19189/MaP.2021.APG.StA.2337

Gafta D., Horj P. (2022) Contrasting interactions of remnant spruce trees with indigenous broadleaves in a partially converted stand from a former plantation. Forest Ecology and Management, 508: 120052, 9 pp. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2022.120052  

Coldea G., Gafta D., Negrean G., Stoica A.I., Hurdu B.I. (2022) Southern Carpathian ultramafic grasslands within the central-southeast European context: syntaxonomic classification and overall eco-coenotic patterns. Botanical Studies, 63: 29, 21 pp. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40529-022-00355-8


Ecology, Conservation and Monitoring of Plant Diversity

Contact: Dr. Oana Gavrilaș, oana.rosca@ubbcluj.ro

Laboratory responsible: Dr. Oana Gavrilaș

2016-2020

Chapter published in books of renowned publishers:

Lansdown RV, Anastasiu P, Barina Z, Bazos I, Cakan H, Caković D, Delipetrou P, Matevski V, Mitić B, Ruprecht E, Tomović G, Tosheva A, Kiraly G (2016) Review of alien freshwater vascular plants in south-east Europe, In: M. Rat, T. Trichkova, R. Scalera, R. Tomov and A. Uludag, Eds, ”ESENIAS Scientific Reports 1”, State of the Art of Invasive Alien Species in South-Eastern Europe, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia, pp. 137-154.

ISI Papers

Turtureanu PD, Barros C, Bec S, Hurdu BI, Saillard A, Šibík J, Balázs ZB, Novikov A, Renaud J, Podar D, Thuiller W, Pușcaș M, Choler C (2020) Biogeography of intraspecific trait variability in matgrass (Nardus stricta): high phenotypic variation at the local scale exceeds large scale variability patterns. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics.

Țigu AB, Toma V-A, Moț AC, Jurj A, Moldovan CS, Fischer-Fodor E, Berindan-Neagoe I, Pârvu M (2020) The synergistic antitumor effect of 5-Fluorouracil combined with allicin against lung and colorectal carcinoma cells. Molecules, 25, 1947. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25081947

Ciorîță A, Suciu M, Macavei S, Kacso I, Lung I, Soran M-L, Pârvu M (2020) Green synthesis of Ag‐MnO2 nanoparticles using Chelidonium majus and Vinca minor extracts and their in vitro cytotoxicity. Molecules, 25, 819. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25040819 Fenesi A, Kelemen K, Sándor D, Ruprecht E (2020) Influential neighbours: Seeds of dominant species affect the germination of common grassland species. Journal of Vegetation Science. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12892

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Toma VA, Tigu AB (Co-first), Farcaș AD, Sevastre B, Taulescu M, Gherman AMR, Roman I, Fischer-Fodor E, Pârvu M (2019) New aspects towards a molecular understanding of the allicin immunostimulatory mechanism via Colec12, MARCO, and SCARB1 receptors. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 20(15): 3627. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20153627

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Ciorîță A., Tripon S.C., Mircea I.G., Podar D., Barbu-Tudoran L., Mircea C., Pârvu M. (2021) The Morphological and Anatomical Traits of the Leaf in Representative Vinca Species Observed on Indoor- and Outdoor-Grown Plants. Plants, 10(4):622. 10.3390/plants10040622

Turtureanu PD, Barros C, Bec S, Hurdu BI, Saillard A, Šibík J, Balázs ZB, Novikov A, Renaud J, Podar D, Thuiller W, Pușcaș M, Choler C (2020) Biogeography of intraspecific trait variability in matgrass (Nardus stricta): high phenotypic variation at the local scale exceeds large scale variability patterns. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics.

Țigu AB, Toma V-A, Moț AC, Jurj A, Moldovan CS, Fischer-Fodor E, Berindan-Neagoe I, Pârvu M (2020) The synergistic antitumor effect of 5-Fluorouracil combined with allicin against lung and colorectal carcinoma cells. Molecules, 25, 1947. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25081947 

Ciorîță A, Suciu M, Macavei S, Kacso I, Lung I, Soran M-L, Pârvu M (2020) Green synthesis of Ag‐MnO2 nanoparticles using Chelidonium majus and Vinca minor extracts and their in vitro cytotoxicity. Molecules, 25, 819. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules25040819

Şuteu, A.M., Gafta D., Florin Crisan, (2021) Constraints to shoot growth and biomass allocation in Astragalus peterfii growing in two different stressful habitats, Phyton 61 (2021): S. 25-30. 10.12905/0380.phyton60-2021-0025.

Lung, I., Opris, O., Soran, M.-L.; Culicov, O.; Ciorîță, A., Stegarescu, A., Zinicovscaia, I.,Yushin, N., Vergel, K., Kacso, I., Borodi, G., Pârvu M., 2021, The Impact Assessment of CuO Nanoparticles on the Composition and Ultrastructure of Triticum aestivum L. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health, 18, 6739. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18136739

Ciorîță, A., Zăgrean-Tuza C., Moț AC, Carpa C., Pârvu M., 2021, The Phytochemical Analysis of Vinca L. Species Leaf Extracts Is Correlated with the Antioxidant, Antibacterial, and Antitumor Effects, Molecules, 26 (10), 263040. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26103040

Țigu A.B., Moldovan C.S., Toma V-A., Farcaș A.D., Moț A.C., Jurj A., Fischer-Fodor E., Mircea C., Pârvu M., 2021, Phytochemical analysis and in vitro effects of Allium fistulosum L. and Allium sativum L. extracts on human normal and tumor cell lines: a comparative study, Molecules, 26(3), 574. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26030574

Teban-Man A., Farkas A., Baricz A., Hegeduș A., Szekers E., Pârvu M., Coman C. (2021) Wastewaters, with or without Hospital Contribution, Harbour MDR, Carbapenemase-Producing, but Not Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumonia. Antibiotics 10(4), 361. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10040361

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Ciorîță A., Tripon S.C., Mircea I.G., Podar D., Barbu-Tudoran L., Mircea C., Pârvu M. (2021) The Morphological and Anatomical Traits of the Leaf in Representative Vinca Species Observed on Indoor- and Outdoor-Grown Plants. Plants, 10(4):622. 10.3390/plants10040622

Ruprecht E., Essl F., Moț C.A., Balaji B., Kuhn T., Fenesi A., Mardari C., Miholcsa Z. (2023) Ecological attributes promoting intra-continental range-expansion of a native annual forb triggered by intensified land-use. Flora 310:152416. DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2023.152416

Kuhn, T., Ruprecht, E. (2023) Niche breadth and overlap of pseudogamous apomictic Crataegus hybrids and their progenitors in north-western Romania. Preslia, 95: 447-474. https://doi.org/10.23855/preslia.2023.447.                       

Fenesi, A. Botta-Dukát, Z., Miholcsa, Zs., Szigeti, V., Molnár, Cs., Sándor, D., Szabó, A., Kuhn, T., Kovács-Hostyánszki, A. (2023). No consistencies in abundance-impact relationships across herbaceous invasive species and ecological impact metrics. Journal of Ecology, 111 (5): 1120-1138. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.14085

Turtureanu, P. D., Pușcaș, M., Podar, D., Balazs, Z.R., Hurdu, B.I., Novikov, A., Renaud, J., Saillard, A., Bec, S., Șuteu, D., Băcilă, I., Choler, P. (2023) Extent of intraspecific trait variability in ecologically central and marginal populations of a dominant alpine plant across European mountains. Annals of Botany, 132, 335–347. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcad105.

Hurdu B.I., Coste A., Halmagyi A., Szatmari P.M., Farkas A., Puscas M., Turtureanu P.D., Rosca-Casian O., Tănase C., Oprea A., Mardari C., Rădutoiu D., Comănescu P.C., Sîrbu I.M., Stoie A., Lupoae P., Cristea V., Jarda L., Holobiuc I., Goia I., Cătană C., Butiuc-Keul A. (2022) Ex situ conservation of plant diversity in Romania: a synthesis of threatened and endemic taxa. Journal for Nature Conservation, 68: 126211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2022.126211

Lembrechts, J.J., van den Hoogen, J., Aalto, J., Ashcroft, M.B., De Frenne, P., Kemppinen, J., Kopecký, M., Luoto, M., Maclean, I. M. 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F., Veenendaal, E., Venn, S.E., Verbeeck, H., Verbrugggen, E., Verheijen, F.G.A., Villar, L., Vitale, L., Vittoz, P., Vives-Ingla, M., von Oppen, J., Walz, J., Wang, R., Wang, Y., Way, R.G., Wedegärtner, R.E.M., Weigel, R., Wild, J., Wilkinson, M., Wilmking, M., Wingate, L., Winkler, M., Wipf, S., Wohlfahrt, G., Xenakis, G., Yang, Y., Yu, Z., Yu, K., Zellweger, F., Zhang, J., Zhang, Z., Zhao, P., Ziemblińska, K., Zimmermann, R., Zong, S., Zyryanov, V.I., Nijs, I., Lenoir, J. (2022). Global maps of soil temperature. Global Change Biology, 31(10), [Missing page numbers]. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.16060.

Kuhn, T., Györfi, O. and Ruprecht, E. (2022) Seedling performance, allocation patterns and phenotypic plasticity of two sympatric hawthorn species and their natural hybrid. Flora, 287: 151994. DOI: 10.1016/j.flora.2021.151994 Mátis, A., Malkócs, T., Kuhn, T., Laczkó, L., Moysiyenko, I., Szabó, A., Bădărău, A., Sramkó, G. (2022) Hiding in plain sight: integrative analyses uncover a cryptic Salvia species in Europe. Taxon 72, 78-97. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12818


Structural and Functional Exploratory Research

Contact: Lecturer Camelia Lang, camelia.lang@ubbcluj.ro

Laboratory responsible: Lecturer Camelia Lang, PhD

2016-2020

Rusu I, Radu C, Țentea O, Popescu O, Kelemen B (2019) A probable case of infantile cortical hyperostosis in 2nd–4th centuries AD Romania. International journal of paleopathology, 26: 8-13, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpp.2019.05.004

Rusu I, Paica I, Vulpoi A, Radu C, Mircea C, Dobrinescu, Kelemen B (2019) Dual DNA-protein extraction from human archeological remains. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 11(7): 3299-3307. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-018-0760-1

Mircea C, Vulpoi A, Rusu I, Radu C, Pârvu M, Kelemen B (2019). Exploring post‐excavation degradation potential of fungal communities associated with archaeological human remains. Archaeometry, 61(3): 750-763. https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12438

Rusu I, Modi A, Radu C, Mircea C, Vulpoi A, Dobrinescu C, Kelemen B (2019) Mitochondrial ancestry of medieval individuals carelessly interred in a multiple burial from southeastern Romania. Scientific reports, 9(1): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-37760-8

Munteanu C, Rosioru C, Tarba C, Lang C (2018) Long-term consumption of energy drinks induces biochemical and ultrastructural alterations in the heart muscle. Anatol J Cardiol, 19: 326-333. https://doi.org/10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2018.90094

Horge M, Craciun C, Tripon S, Giulei D, Jompan A, Hermenean A, Rosioru C (2016) Moderate physical activity improves rat bone ultrastructure in experimental osteoporosis. Acta Endocrinologica (Buc), 12(4): 392-400. https://doi.org/10.4183/aeb.2016.392

Rusu I, Modi A, Vai S, Pilli E, Mircea C, Radu C, Hervella M (2018). Maternal DNA lineages at the gate of Europe in the 10th century AD. PloS one, 13(3): e0193578. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0193578


2021-2024

David A. (2023) Are Breeding Phenology and Nest Site Selection in the Little Bittern Ixobrychus minutus (Linnaeus, 1766) (Pelecaniformes: Ardeidae) Conditioned by the Habitat Structure of the Wetlands? Answers from a Diverse Wetland Complex in Transylvania, Romania. Acta zoologica Bulgarica, 75 (2): 235-242.

Stoica A.D., Sevastre B., Suciu M., Pârvu A.E., Pârvu M., Toma V.A., Roman I., Dobre C. (2023) Chemoprotective Effect of Plantago sempervirens Crantz Extract on Ovarian Structure and Folliculogenesis. Appl Sci, 13(5):3134. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13053134


Advanced Hydrobiology and Biomonitoring

Contact: Associate Professor Dr. Habil. Lujza Keresztes, lujza.keresztes@ubbcluj.ro

Laboratory responsible: Associate Professor Dr. Habil. Lujza Keresztes

2016-2020

Battes KP, Váncsa É, Barbu-Tudoran L, Cîmpean M (2020) A species on the rise in Europe: Sinodiaptomus sarsi (Rylov, 1923) (Copepoda, Calanoida), a new record for the Romanian crustacean fauna. BioInvasions Records, 9(2): 320–332. https://doi.org/10.3391/bir.2020.9.2.1

Hartel T, Scheele B, Royzlowicz L, Horcea-Milcu A, Cogalniceanu D (2020) The social context for conservation: Amphibians in human modified landscapes. Journal for Nature Conservation, 53: 125762. https://doi.org /10.7287/peerj.preprints.27918v1

Nagy HB, László Z, Szabó F, Szőcs L, Dévai G, Tóthmérész B (2019) Landscape-scale terrestrial factors are also vital in shaping Odonata assemblages of watercourses. Scientific Reports, 9: 18196. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54628-7

Fagerholm N, Torralba M, Moreno G, Girardello M, Herzog F, Aviron S, Burgess P, Crous-Duran S, Ferreiro-Domínguez R, Graves A, Hartel T, Măcicăsan V, Kay S, Pantera A, Varga A, Plieninger T (2019) Cross-site analysis of perceived ecosystem service benefits in multifunctional landscapes. Global Environmental Change, 56: 134-147. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.04.002

Plieninger T, Torralba M, Hartel T, Fagerholm N (2019) Perceived ecosystem services synergies, trade-offs, and bundles in European high nature value farming landscapes. Landscape Ecology, 34: 1565-1581. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-019-00775-1

Weigand H, Beermann AJ, Čiampor F, Costa, FO, Csabai Z, Duarte S, Geiger FM, Grabowski M, Rimet F, Rulik M, Strand M, Szucsich N, Weigand AM, Willassen M, Wyler S, Bouchez A, Borja A, Čiamporová-Zaťovičová S, Ferreira S, Dijkstra K-D, Eisendle U, Freyhof J, Gadawski P, Graf W, Haegerbaeumer P, van der Hoorn PB, Japoshvili B, Keresztes L, Keskin E, Leese F, Macher JN, Mamos T, Praz G, Pešić V, Pfannkuchen DM, Pfannkuchen MA, Price BW, Rinkevich B, Meixeira MA, Várbíró G, Ekrem T (2019) DNA barcode reference libraries for the monitoring of aquatic biota in Europe: Gap-analyses and recommendation for future work. Science of the Total Environment, 678: 499–524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.04.247

Tomazatos A, Jansen S, Pfister S, Török E, Maranda I, Horváth C, Keresztes L, Spînu M, Tannich E, Jöst H, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Cadar D, Lühken R (2019) Ecology of West Nile Virus in the Danube Delta, Romania: Phylogeography, Xenosurveillance and Mosquito Host-Feeding Patterns. Viruses, 11: 1159. https://doi.org/10.3390/v11121159

Graf N, Battes KP, Cîmpean M, Dittrich P, Entling MH, Link M, Scharmüller A, Schreiner VC, Szöcs E, Schäfer RB (2019) Do agricultural pesticides in streams influence riparian spiders?. Science of The Total Environment, 660: 126 – 135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.12.370

Şandric I, Satmari A, Zaharia C, Petrovici M, Cîmpean M, Battes KP, David D-C, Pacioglu O, Weiperth A, Gál B, Pîrvu M, Muntean H, Neagu M, Spătaru A, Toma C, Pârvulescu L (2019) Integrating catchment land cover data to remotely assess freshwater quality: a step forward in heterogeneity analysis of river networks. Aquatic Sciences, 81(2): 26. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-019-0624-5

László Z, Rákosy L, Tóthmérész B (2018) The simpler the better: when decreasing landscape complexity increases community stability. Ecological indicators, 84: 828 – 836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2017.09.054

Keresztes L, Menéndez JM, Martinez L, Török E, Kolcsár LP (2018) Description of a new species of Mediotipula from Albania, with consideration of the eastern Mediterranean as a diversity hotspot (Diptera, Tipulidae). ZooKeys, 792: 99 – 115. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.792.25683

Berchi GM, Copilaş-Ciocianu D, Kment P, Buzzetti FM, Petrusek A, Rákosy L, Cianferoni F, Damgaard J (2018) Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of the West-Palaearctic Velia (Heteroptera: Gerromorpha: Veliidae). Systematic Entomology, 43(2): 262–276. https://doi.org/10.1111/syen.12273

Vitecek S, Kučinić M, Previšić A, Živić I, Stojanović K, Keresztes L, Bálint M, Waringer J, Graf W, Pauls SU (2017) Integrative taxonomy by molecular species delimitation: multi-locus data corroborate a new species of Balkan Drusinae microendemics. BMC Evolutionary Ecology. 17: 129. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-0972-5

Dénes A-L, Kolcsár L-P, Török E, Keresztes L (2016) Phylogeoraphy of the micro-endemic Pedicia staryi group (Insecta, Diptera): evidence on relict biodiversity in the Carpathian Area. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society., 119: 719-731. https://doi.org/10.1111/bij.12667

Török E, Tomazatos A, Cadar D, Horváth C, Keresztes L, Jansen S, Becker N, Kaiser A, Popescu O, Schmidt-Chanasit J, Jöst H, Lühken R (2016) Pilot longitudinal mosquito surveillance study in the Danube Delta Biosphere Reserve and the first reports of Anopheles algeriensis Theobald, 1903 and Mihályi, 1955 for Romania. Parasites and vectors, 9: 196. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-016-1484-7


2021-2024

Taybi A.F., Mabrouki Y., Keresztes L. (2021) First record of Phyllolabis savtshenkoi (Diptera, Limoniidae) in Morocco. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa” 64(1): 115-118. 10.3897/travaux.64.e63917

Keresztes L., Dénes A.-L. (2021) Rediscovered after almost 100 years: new faunistic data of Thaumalea rumanica with additional records of Thaumaleidae from Romania. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 64(1): 119-129. 10.3897/travaux.64.e64110

Dénes A., Murányi D., Soós A., Szőcs E., Keresztes L. (2021) New faunistic data on the family Capniidae (Plecoptera) from the Carpathians (Romania and Ukraine). Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa”. 10.3897/travaux.64.e66918

Keresztes L., Kappert J., Henning M., Török E. (2021) Helen’s twins in the Balkans: discovery of two new Paraptychoptera Tonnoir, 1919 species closely related to P. helena Peus, 1958, with systematic revision of the “lacustris” group (Diptera, Ptychopteridae). ZooKeys 1071: 63-81. https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/58598 /

Bilalli, A., Ibrahimi, H., Musliu, M., Kotori, L. G., Geci, D., Stamenkovic, V. S., Hinik, J., Kopanja, D. M., Keresztes, L. (2021) New Records of the Craneflies (Diptera: Limoniidae, Tipulidae) from the Western Balkans. Journal of the Entomological Research Society, 23(2), 141–152. 10.51963/jers.v23i2.1929

Dénes A.L., Vaida R., Szabó E., Martynov A.V., Váncsa É., Ujvárosi B., Keresztes L. (2021) Cryptic survival and an unexpected recovery of the long-tailed mayfly Palingenia longicauda (Olivier, 1791) (Ephemeroptera: Palingeniidae) in Southeastern Europe. Journal of Insect Conservation, 10.1101/2021.04.13.439678v1

Taybi A.F., Mabrouki Y., Keresztes L. (2021) First record of Phyllolabis savtshenkoi (Diptera, Limoniidae) in Morocco. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa” 64(1): 115-118. 10.3897/travaux.64.e63917

Mabrouki Y., Terec A.B., Taybi F.A., Dénes A., Keresztes L. (2023) Taxonomic notes and key to the West Palearctic Antocha (Antocha) Osten Sacken, 1860 (Diptera, Limoniidae) with description of a new species from Morocco. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e103849. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.11.e103849

Kurina K., Kjærandsen J., Kirik H., Hadbavná D., Dénes A., Oboňa J., Manko P. (2023) On the identity anddistribution of the rare Rymosia tolleti Burghele-Balacesco, 1965 (Diptera, Mycetophilidae) encountered in European caves. Check List 19 (3): 1–9. https://doi.org/10.15560/19.3.381

Szabó E., Dima B., Dénes A.L., Papp V., Keresztes L. (2023) DNA Barcoding Data Reveal Important Overlooked Diversity of Cortinarius sensu lato (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) in the Romanian Carpathians. Diversity, 15(4): 553. https://doi.org/10.3390/d15040553

Manko P., Vaida R.M., Keresztes. L., Martynov A., Szabó E., Baranová B., Kis B., Váncsa E., Dénes A.L. (2023) Integrative taxonomy supports one rather than several species of Palingenia in South-Eastern Europe (Insecta, Ephemeroptera, Palingeniida). European Zoological Journal, 90(1): 296-306. https://doi.org/10.1080/24750263.2023.2191622

Cîmpean M., Șuteu A.M., Berindean A., Battes K.P. (2022) Diversity of Spring Invertebrates and Their Habitats: A Story of Preferences. Diversity, 14(5): 367. https://doi.org/10.3390/d14050367 Dénes A.L., Vaida R.M., Szabó E., Martynov A., Váncsa É., Ujvárosi B., Keresztes L. (2022) Cryptic survival and an unexpected recovery of the long-tailed mayfly Palingenia longicauda (Olivier, 1791) (Ephemeroptera: Palingeniidae) in Southeastern Europe. Journal of Insect Conservation, 26(5): 823-838, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10841-022-00425-z


Sociobiology and Insects Ecology

Contact: Prof. Dr. I Markó Bálint, balint.marko@ubbcluj.ro

Laboratory responsible: Prof. Dr. Habil. Markó Bálint

2016-2020

Keresztes KK, Csata E, Lunka TA, Markó B (2020) Friend or foe? Differential aggression towards neighbors and strangers in the ant Liometopum microcephalum (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological Science (accepted).


2021-2024

ISI Papers

László Z., Kelemen T.-I., Japoshvili G. (2022) Pteromalidae of Lagodekhi Protected Areas with the description of a new Psilocera species from Sakartvelo (Georgia). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 68(1): 53-72. https://doi.org/10.17109/AZH.68.1.53.2022

Orbán-Bakk K., Witek M., Dubiec A., Heinze J., Markó B., Csata E. (2024) Infection with a non-lethal fungal parasite is associated with increased immune investment in the ant Myrmica scabrinodis, Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 202: 108027. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2023.108027

Csata E., Casacci L.P., Ruther J., Bernadou A., Heinze J., Markó B. (2023) Non-lethal fungal infection could reduce aggression towards strangers in ants. Commun Biol., 6: 183. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04541-7  

Orbán-Bakk K., Marczin M.J., Gál L. Heinze J., Csata E., Markó B. (2022) Under pressure: the effect of long-term fungal infection on the encapsulation response in ants. Insect. Soc., 69: 361–367. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00040-022-00879-z

László Z., Kelemen T.-I., Japoshvili G. (2022) Pteromalidae of Lagodekhi Protected Areas with the description of a new Psilocera species from Sakartvelo (Georgia). Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, 68(1): 53-72. https://doi.org/10.17109/AZH.68.1.53.2022

Timuș N., Markó B. (2022) Larval polymorphism of two syntopic Maculinea alcon (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) ecotypes. Journal of Experimental & Molecular Biology, 23(2): 34. https://doi.org/10.47743/jemb-2022-23-2


Evolutionary Ecology

Contact: Prof. Dr. Péter László Pap, peterlpap@gmail.com

Laboratory responsible: Prof. Dr. Habil. Pap Péter László

2016-2020

Osváth G, Vincze O, David DC, Nagy LJ, Lendvai ZÁ, Nudds RL, Pap PL (2020) Morphological characterization of flight feather shafts in four bird species with different flight styles. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

Vágási CI, Fülöp A, Osváth G, Pap PL, Pénzes J, Benkő Z, Lendvai ÁZ, Barta Z (2020) Social groups with diverse personalities mitigate physiological stress in a songbird. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.15.043471

Pap P, Fülöp A, Adamkova M, Cepak J, Michalkova R, Saffran RJ, Stermin AN, Tomasek O, Vágási CI, Vincze O, Wilins MR, Albtrecht T (2019) Selection on multiple sexual signals in two Central- and Eastern-European populations of the barn swallow. Ecology and Evolution 9: 11277-11287. Ecology and Evolution, 9: 11277-11287. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5629

Vincze O, Vágási CI, Pap PL, Palmer C, Møller AP (2019) Wing morphology, flight type and migration distance predict accumulated fuel load in birds. Journal of Experimental Biology, 222: jeb183517. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.183517

Pap PL, Vincze O, Vágási CI, Salamon Z, Pándi A, Bálint B, Nord A, Nudds R., Osváth G (2019). Vane macrostructure of primary feathers and its adaptations to flight in birds. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 126: 256–267. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/bly189

Vágási CI, Vincze O, Pătraș L, Osváth G, Pénzes J, Haussmann M, Barta Z, Pap PL (2019). Longevity and life history coevolve with oxidative stress in birds. Functional Ecology, 33: 152-161. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13228

Stermin AN, David A, Holte D, Schmitz Ornés A (2019) Nesting habitat and nest features of Water Rails Rallus aquaticus and Little Crakes Zapornia parva on large wetlands. Bird Study, 66: 398-406. https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2019.1693962

Stermin AN, David A, Eilers A, Haase M, Schmitz Ornés A (2018) A better sex discriminator? Validity of sex discriminating formulas in water rails Rallus aquaticus L., 1758 (Rallidae). North-Western Journal of Zoology, 14 (2): 208-212 e171606.

Wilkins MR, Scordato ESC, Semenov GA, Karaardıç H, Shizuka D, Rubtsov A, Pap PL, Shen S-F, Safran RJ (2018). Global song divergence in barn swallows (Hirundo rustica): exploring the roles of genetic, geographic, and climatic distance in sympatry and allopatry. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 123: 825-849. https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/bly012

Vágási CI, Pătraș L, Pap PL, Vincze O, Mureșan C, Németh J, Lendvai ÁZ (2018) Experimental increase in baseline corticosterone level reduces oxidative damage and enhances innate immune response. PLoS One, 13: e0192701. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192701

Pap PL, Vincze O, Fülöp A, Székely-Béres O, Pătraș L, Pénzes J, Vágási CI (2018) Oxidative physiology of reproduction in a passerine bird: a field experiment. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 72: 18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-017-2434-x

Osváth G, Daubner T, Dyke GJ, Fuisz TI, Nord A, Pénzes J, Vargancsik D, Vágási CI, Vincze O, Pap PL (2018) How feathered are birds? Environment predicts both the mass and density of body feathers. Functional Ecolog,y 32: 701–712. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13019

Fülöp A, Vágási CI, Pap PL (2017) Cohabitation with farm animals rather than breeding effort increases the infection with feather-associated bacteria in the barn swallow Hirundo rustica. Journal of Avian Biology, 48: 1005–1014. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.01262

Pap PL, Vincze O, Wekerle B, Daubner T, Vágási CI, Nudds RL, Dyke GJ, Osváth G (2017) A phylogenetic comparative analysis reveals correlations between body feather structure and habitat. Functional Ecology, 31: 1241–1251. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.1282


2021-2024

Becker D.J., Merrifield J.M., Vágási C.I., Czirják, G.Á., Pap, P.L. (2023) Spatial Variation in the Inflammatory Response of House Sparrows in their Native Range. EcoHealth, 1-5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10393-023-01652-9 Nagy A.A., Erős N., Imecs I., Bóné G., Fülöp A., Pap P.L. (2023) Distribution and diversity of fishes and lampreys in Transylvania (Romania): a complete survey and suggestions for new protected areas. ZooKeys, 1166, 351. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1166.102854