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Maja Kosecka-Strojek

Maja Kosecka-Strojek

Jagiellonian University, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology

Dr. Maja Kosecka-Strojek works in the field of molecular bacteriology and is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University in Krakow. Dr. Kosecka-Strojek obtained her PhD in Biology from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow in 2017. Her doctoral dissertation focused on the construction of a database of reference sequences for all Staphylococcus species. She introduced a new next generation sequencing-based tool for species identification. During her PhD study and after receiving a degree, she continued her project at the Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center of Groningen, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Currently, her work focuses on genetic characterization of Gram-positive bacteria, novel diagnostics approaches, and application of next-generation sequencing in microbial species identification. Dr. Kosecka-Strojek’s laboratory group currently works on characterization of Staphylococcus strains from invasive infections in pediatric patients, development of genetic markers which can be used for targeted diagnostics, and improvement of patient therapy processes, as well as implementation of a new culture-free diagnostic approach in fast bacteria identification.

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The Staphylococcus bacteria are opportunistic pathogens that exist as a part of the normal microbiota of human or animal skin and mucous membranes. There is remarkable global significance of Staphylococcus aureus infections because of increasing antibiotic resistance of bacteria and additional properties as different localization, manifestation, and course of the diseases. However, changes in patient populations, such as increased number of premature neonates, elderly and immunocompromised patients, and the increasing use of implanted foreign prosthetic materials and indwelling catheters have led to a rise in documented infections caused by coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) and coagulase-positive staphylococci  (CoPS) other than S. aureus. The most emerging questions related to staphylococcal diseases are connected to transfer of mobile genetic elements leading to increased virulence and/or antibiotic resistance, the proper identification at the species level, and host-pathogen interactions often modulated with diverse regulatory systems. The proposed collection will bring together visualized experiments that demonstrate highly innovative and currently used approaches for the challenges of infections caused by Staphylococcus species. The presented methods will focus on: (i) proper microbiological material collection from various isolation sites, (ii) detection of antibiotic resistance, (iii) genetic methods used for species fast identification and characterization including those based on next-generation sequencing, (iv) targeted diagnostics, (v) broad aspects of cell genetic regulation in staphylococci, and (vi) bioinformatic tools used for data analysis.

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Improved Enzyme Protection Assay to Study <em>Staphylococcus aureus</em> Internalization and Intracellular Efficacy of Antimicrobial Compounds
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Improved Enzyme Protection Assay to Study Staphylococcus aureus Internalization and Intracellular Efficacy of Antimicrobial Compounds

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