PUBLICATIONS
Articles submitted for publication:
- Tiodar ED, Văcar CL, Grimm MC, Ganea IV, Balázs ZR, Abrudan AM, Timar Cs, Tanțău I, Banciu M, Angel R, Podar D. 2025 Impact of Long-Term Mercury Contamination on the Rhizosphere Microbiota of Lotus tenuis: A Pathway to Resilience via Interkingdom Facilitation. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.07.647525. Submitted to Journal of Hazardous Materials, Ref. No.: HAZMAT-D-25-21988
Participation in international conferences:
- Podar D, Integrative analysis of plant and microbial adaptation to mercury contamination: From native colonizers to rhizosphere functional resilience, International Conference: Molecular Biology – Current Aspects and Prospects, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 4-7 November, 2025 (oral presentation). https://icmb2025.stiinta-cercetare.ro/
- Podar D, From Heavy Metal Contamination to Phytoremediation: The Resilience of Plant–Microorganism Systems, Smart Diaspora (Romanian Scientific Diaspora Conference) One health: An integrated vision for global health, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 4-7 November, 2025 (oral presentation). https://diaspora-stiintifica.ro/workshopuri/workshopuri-2025/one-health-o-viziune-integrata-pentru-sanatatea-globala.html
- Văcar CL, Tiodar DE, Podar D, From pollution to solution: the study of heavy metal-resistant fungi for bioremediation, Smart Diaspora (Romanian Scientific Diaspora Conference), Interdisciplinary frontiers of knowledge: extreme environments from past to future, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 4-7 November 2025 (oral presentation). https://institutulracovita.ro/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Book_of_abstracts_SMART_Diaspora2025_IEGR_Extreme_environments-1.pdf
- Gălean M, Timár C, Văcar CL, Cumpăta IV, Tiodar ED, Tocariu VDE, Abrudan AM, Balázs ZR, Tanțău I, Hașu IM, Florio A, Richaume-Jolion A, Banciu HL, Podar D, Insights from polluted landscapes: assessing a legume plant for sustainable soil restoration, International Conference: Molecular Biology – Current Aspects and Prospects, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 4-7 November, 2025 (poster). https://icmb2025.stiinta-cercetare.ro/
- Tiodar ED, Văcar CL, Grimm MC, Ganea IV, Balázs ZR, Abrudan AM, Timár C, Tanțău I, Banciu M, Angel R, Podar D, Functional Resilience of Rhizosphere Microbiota in a Legume Species Under Long-Term Mercury Exposure, PLANTMETALS Conference 2025, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, 9-12 September 2025 (poster). https://plantmetals.net/plantmetals-conference2025-home.html
- Gălean M, Timár C, Văcar CL, Cumpăta IV, Tiodar ED, Tocariu VDE, Abrudan AM, Balázs ZR, Tanțău I, Hașu IM, Florio A, Richaume-Jolion A, Banciu HL, Podar D, Field-based insights from degraded sites: exploring a legume candidate species for soil remediation, PLANTMETALS Conference 2025, České Budějovice, Czech Republic, 9-12 September 2025 (poster). https://plantmetals.net/plantmetals-conference2025-home.html
