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Zawilska, Jolanta B.
NENS Committee Member
Jolanta B. Zawilska, Prof.
Medical University of Lodz
Institute for Medical Biology
Polish Academy of Sciences
Lodz, Poland
Curriculum VitaeProfessional and academic career- since 01.2004
- Professor, Chief of the Chronobiology Lab. (Centre for Medical Biology, Polish,
Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland)
- since 01.1998
- Professor (Dept. Pharmacodyn., Med. Univ., Lodz, Poland)
- 04.1998-12.2003
- Professor, Chief of the Pathophysiology Group (Dept. Biogenic Amines, Polish Academy
of Sciences, Lodz, Poland)
- 10.1994-09.1999
- Assistant Professor (Dept. Pharmacodyn., Med. Univ., Lodz, Poland)
- 09.1989-09.1994
- Senior Assistant (Dept. Pharmacodyn., Med. Univ., Lodz, Poland)
- 01.1988-08.1989
- Researcher (Postdoctoral Fellow) (Dept. Pharmacol., Emory Univ. School Med., Atlanta, USA)
- 12.1982-01.1987
- Junior Assistant (Dept. Pharmacodyn., Med. Univ., Lodz, Poland)
- 10.1981-10.1982
- Junior Assistant (Dept. Biogenic Amines, Polish Academy of Sciences, Lodz, Poland)
Education/training- 1993
- Docent (dr hab.), Pharmacology & Neurochemistry, Medical University of Lodz,
Faculty of Pharmacy, Lodz, Poland
- 1985-1986
- IBRO/UNESCO International Training Course, Biological Research Center Hungarian
Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary
- 1985
- PhD (Pharmacology), Medical University of Lodz, Faculty of Pharmacy, Lodz, Poland
- 1979
- MSc (with distinction), Medical University of Lodz, Faculty of Pharmacy, Lodz, Poland
Research interests- Chronobiology:
Melatonin in the vertebrate pineal gland and retina. Dopamine-melatonin interplay
in the retina. Dysfunction of retinal dopaminergic system - an impact on circadian rhythmicity. - Neuropharmacology, biochemical pharmacology:
Receptors (for histamine, noradrenaline, dopamine, melatonin, PACAP/VIP, glutamate)
and their signal transduction pathways. Honors and awards- 2007-2010
- Vice Chair of the Committee of Neurobiology, Polish Academy of
Sciences; Member of the Committee of Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences
- 2006
- Lecturer of the Gordon Research Conference on Pineal Cell Biology, Buellton, USA
- 2004-2006
- Member of the Medical University of Lodz Senate
- 1997-1999
- Secretary of the Polish Neuroscience Society
- 1995, 1998
- Awards from the Rector of Medical University of Lodz
- 1990, 1994
- Awards from the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
Administrative and organisational experience (e.g. organization of
national and international meetings, public awarness events, responsibilities as
officer of societies, committees etc.)- Promotor in the nomination of Professor Josephine Arendt (U.K.) for an Honorary Doctoral
Degree of the Medical University of Lodz, Poland (2007)
- International Conference "Melatonin - time in a bottle. Tribute to Professor Josephine Arendt"
(Lodz, 2007) - organizer.
- Fourth Congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society (Gdansk, 1999) - Member of the Scientific Committee
- Third International Congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society (Lodz, 1997) - co-organizer
- International Symposium on "Eye-Pineal Relationship" (Lodz, 1994) - co-organizer
- Member of the FENS Schools Committee (2002-2004).
- Chair of the Local Ethical Commission for Experimentation on Animals (governmental office; 2000-2009).
Activities related to organization of national or international
training of students (e.g. schools or other educational activities)- Chair and lecturer of the course "Pharmacology" at the Medical University of Lodz (1996-)
- Superviser of 5 full-time doctoral students and 35 graduate students at the Medical
University of Lodz (neurobiology, neuropharmacology, and chronobiology)
- International Brain Research Organization/Federation of European Neuroscience Societies Summer
School "Receptor Activation and Beyond" (Sulejow, Poland, 2001) - co-organizer
- Educational-scientific conferences of the Polish Neuroscience Society on "Receptors and receptor-triggered
intracellular signals" (Lodz 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001) - co-organizer
- Educational-scientific conferences "Chronobiology" (Lodz, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005) - co-organizer
- Lecturer at the Festival of Science in Lodz
- Lecturer of the Brain Awareness Week in Cracow
| Selected Publications- ZAWILSKA J.B., Lorenc A., Berezinska M, Vivien-Roels B., Pevet P., Skene D.J. (2007):
"Photoperiod-dependent changes in melatonin biosynthesis in the turkey pineal gland and retina."
Poultry Sci. 86: 1397-1405.
- ZAWILSKA J.B., Lorenc A., Berezinska M, Vivien-Roels B., Pevet P., Skene D.J. (2006):
"Daily oscillation in melatonin synthesis in the turkey pineal gland and retina: diurnal and
circadian rhythms." Chronobiol. Int. 23: 341-350.
- Rosiak J., Iuvone P.M., ZAWILSKA J.B. (2005): "UV-A light regulation of arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase
activity in the chick pineal gland: role of cAMP and proteasome proteolysis." J. Pineal Res. 39: 419-424.
- ZAWILSKA J.B., Berezinska M., Stasikowska O., Lorenc A., Skene D.J., Nowak J.Z. (2005):
"Posthatching developmental changes in noradrenaline content in the chicken pineal gland."
J. Pineal Res. 38: 123-129.
- ZAWILSKA J.B., Dejda A., Niewiadomski P., Gozes I., Nowak J.Z. (2005): "Receptors for VIP and PACAP
in guinea pig cerebral cortex." J. Mol. Neurosci. 25: 215-224.
- Rosiak J., ZAWILSKA J.B. (2005): "Near-ultraviolet light perceived by the retina generates the
signal suppressing melatonin synthesis in the chick pineal gland - an involvement of NMDA
glutamate receptors." Neurosci. Lett. 379:214-217.
- ZAWILSKA J.B., Berezinska M., Lorenc A., Skene D.J., Nowak J.Z. (2004): "Retinal illumination
phase shift the circadian rhythm of serotonin N-acetyltransferase activity in the chicken pineal gland."
Neurosci. Lett. 360: 153-156.
- ZAWILSKA J.B., Berezinska J., Rosiak J., Skene D.J., Vivien-Roels B., Nowak J.Z. (2004): "Suppression of
melatonin biosynthesis in the chicken pineal gland by retinally perceived light - involvement
of D1-dopamine receptors." J. Pineal Res. 36: 80-86.
- ZAWILSKA J.B.: "Melatonin receptors. In. Receptors and signal transduction mechanisms."
(Nowak J.Z., Zawilska J.B., Eds.). PZWL, Warsaw, 2004, pp. 414-437.
- ZAWILSKA J.B., Berezinska J., Rosiak J., Vivien-Roels B., Skene D.J., Pévet P., Nowak J.Z. (2003):
"Daily variation in the concentration of melatonin and 5-methoxytryptophol in the goose pineal gland,
retina and plasma. Gen. Comp." Endorinol. 134: 296-302.
- ZAWILSKA J.B., Niewiadomski P., Nowak J.Z. (2003): "Characterization of vasoactive intestinal peptide/pituitary
adenylate cyclase activating receptors in chick cerebral cortex." J. Mol. Neurosci. 20: 77-85.
- Nowak J.Z., ZAWILSKA J.B. (2003): "PACAP in avians: origin, occurrence, and receptors -pharmacological and
functional considerations." Curr. Pharm. Des. 9: 467-81.
- ZAWILSKA J.B., Bednarek A., Berezinska M., Nowak J.Z. (2003): "Rhythmic changes in metabolism of dopamine in
the chick retina: the importance of light versus biological clock." J. Neurochem. 84: 717-724.
- ZAWILSKA J.B., Woldan-Tambor A., Nowak J.Z. (2002): "Histamine H2-like receptors in chick cerebral cortex:
effects on cyclic AMP synthesis and characterization by [3H]tiotidine binding." J. Neurochem. 81: 935-946.
- Nowak J.Z., Pigulowska A., Kuba K., ZAWILSKA J.B. (2002): "Stimulatory effects of pituitary adenylate
cyclase-activating polypeptide on inositol phosphates accumulation in avian cerebral cortex and
hypothalamus." Neurosci. Lett. 323: 179-182.
- Iuvone P.M., Brown A.D., Haque R., Weller J., ZAWILSKA J.B., Chaurasia S.S., Ma M., Klein D.C. (2002):
"Retinal melatonin production: role of proteosomal proteolysis in circadian and photic control of arylalkylamine
N-acetyltransferase." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 43: 564-572.
- Iuvone P.M., Brown A.D., Haque R., Weller J., ZAWILSKA J.B., Chaurasia S.S., Ma M., Klein D.C. (2002):
"Retinal melatonin production: role of proteosomal proteolysis in circadian and photic control of
arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase." Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 43: 564-572.
- ZAWILSKA J.B., Vivien-Roels B., Skene D.J., Pevet P., Nowak J.Z. (2000): "Phase-shifting effects of light
on the circadian rhythms of 5-methoxytryptophol and melatonin in the chick pineal gland."
J. Pineal Res. 29:1-7.
- Nowak J.Z., Kuba K., ZAWILSKA J.B. (1999): "PACAP-induced formation of cyclic AMP in the chicken brain:
regional variations and effect of melatonin." Brain Res. 830: 64-69.
- ZAWILSKA J.B., Derbiszewska T., Nowak J.Z. (1997): "Prolonged exposure of chicks to light or darkness
differentially affects the quinpirole-evoked suppression of serotonin N-acetyltransferase
activity in chick retina. An impact on dopamine D4-like receptor." J. Pineal Res. 22: 59-64.
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