Head: Magdalena Wasiak, PhD
email: magdalena.wasiak@piwet.pulawy.pl
tel: 81 889 3128

Deputy Head: Małgorzata Olejnik, PhD, ScD
email: malgorzata.olejnik@piwet.pulawy.pl
tel: 692 996 254

Secretariat
email: monika.karwatowicz@piwet.pulawy.pl
tel: 81 889 3238

Research Teams

Pathology
Leader: Anna Kycko, DVM, PhD
email: anna.kycko@piwet.pulawy.pl
tel: 81 889 3083
Research profile of the team:
– The Pathology Team, as part of the National Reference Laboratories, is responsible for conducting research on 3 disease units: bovine spongiform encephalopathy, scrapie in sheep and goats, ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma
– research on the characteristics of histopathological and immunohistochemical changes in viral and bacterial diseases. Research on the diagnosis and pathogenesis of neoplastic diseases of viral etiology
– investigation of the immunogenic properties of selected peptides of viral origin
– imaging of the morphology of tissues of animal origin and changes caused by bacteria and fungi using scanning electron microscopy

Omics Analyses
Leader: Aleksandra Giza, MSc
email: aleksandra.giza@piwet.pulawy.pl
tel: 81 889 3427
Research profile of the team:
– Whole Genome Sequencing (WGS)
– direct and targeted metagenomics, including metataxonomics; bioinformatic analysis of high-throughput sequencing results for epidemiological and scientific purposes
– gene expression analysis using microarray technology
– identification of microorganisms using mass spectrometry
– proteomics
– tissue imaging using mass spectrometry.

Epidemiology and Risk Assessment
Leader: Magdalena Wasiak, PhD
email: magdalena.wasiak@piwet.pulawy.pl
tel: 81 889 3128
Research profile of the team:
– analysis of research results (including those collected in the Central Database CELAB-CBD) regarding the occurrence of infectious animal diseases in Poland and contamination of food of animal origin and feed,
– risk assessment of selected infectious animal diseases using statistical methods, geographic information systems, and mathematical modeling
– cooperation with other units of PIWet-PIB in preparing risk assessment reports, opinions, and expert evaluations for public administration authorities
– cooperation with the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in developing, submitting, and validating data on African swine fever testing in Poland
– reference activities in the field of collecting and processing data on laboratory test results

Calibration Laboratory
Leader: Beata Szaniawska, MEng
email: beata.prochniak@piwet.pulawy.pl
tel: 81 889 3227
Activity profile of the team:
– internal calibration of single-channel and multi-channel piston pipettes in the range from 1 μl to 10,000 μl
– internal calibration of dispensers in the range from 5 μl to 100,000 μl
– temperature distribution testing and CO2 concentration measurements in laboratory thermostatic equipment.

Media Laboratory
Leader: Katarzyna Pilaszek
email: katarzyna.pilaszek@piwet.pulawy.pl
tel: 81 889 3009
Activity profile of the team:
– production and quality control of media, fluids, and reagents for the Institute’s scientific departments. Media and fluids are prepared in accordance with the PN-EN ISO 11133:2014-07+A2:2020-10 standard “Microbiology of food, animal feed and water – preparation, production, storage and performance testing of culture media.”
– production of media for Veterinary Hygiene Stations and other external laboratories (media for isolation of Brucella bacteria, media for serological identification of Salmonella strains, and for testing Paenibacillus spp.).
– production and control of laboratory water of purity grade II (resistivity 10 – 15 MΩcm) and purity grade I (resistivity 18.2 MΩcm).
– preparation of laboratory glassware for PCL2 laboratories
– substantive support for diagnostic laboratories in the production and quality control of microbiological media