Dr. Aldona Miodek

        

e-mail: aldona.miodek@ob.pan.pl

Research interests
- Structure and function of the vascular cambium, including the mechanism of formation of the stacked structure of the cambium, the effect of intrusive growth on the growth of the perimeter of the cambium cylinder, the localization of intrusive growth within the cambium initials and their derivatives taking into account the type of mechanical stresses occurring within the cambium, xylem and phloem.
- Effects of environmental factors on wood anatomy.
- The influence of environmental factors on the geographic distribution of trees with different types of wood vascularity.
- Adaptation strategies used by deciduous trees.

Education
2010 - Bachelor's degree (biotechnology), Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, University of Opole.
2012 - Bachelor's degree (biology spec. bioinformatics), Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, University of Opole.
2012 - MSc (biotechnology spec. biotechnology of cosmetics and selected pharmaceuticals), Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, University of Opole.
2018 - D. (area of natural sciences, field of biological sciences, discipline of biology), Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, University of Opole.

Selected publications

  1. Adam Miodek, Aldona Paulina Miodek, Pawel Kojs. 2025. does axial growth of wood fibers disturb the circular trunk symmetry in Robinia pseudoacacia? The Botanical Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12229-024-09312-5 (IF=2,800; MNiSW=100).
    2 - Adam Miodek, Aldona Paulina Miodek, Pawel Kojs. 2025. Interplay between vessel element development and frequency of cambial cell divisions in broadleaved trees. Trees - Structure and Function, 39: 13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-024-02590-x (IF=2,100; MNiSW=100).
    3 - Paweł Kojs, Adam Miodek, Aldona Paulina Miodek, Wieslaw Italian. 2023. Vascular cambium - between the hammer and the anvil: a tensile stress hypothesis on the mechanism of radial growth of broadleaved trees. Forests, 14(4): 823. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14040823 (IF=2,400; MNiSW=100).
    4 Adam Miodek, Aldona Gizinska, Pawel Kojs. 2023. Contribution of intrusive and symplastic growths in wood fiber tip development. Trees - Structure and Function, 37: 497-509. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-022-02370-5 (IF=2,300; MNiSW=100).
    5 Adam Miodek , Aldona Gizinska, Wieslaw Italian, Pawel Kojs. 2022. intrusive growth of initials does not affect cambial circumference in Robinia pseudoacacia. Scientific Reports, 12: 7428. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11272-y (IF=4,600; MNiSW=140).
    6 Adam Miodek, Aldona Gizinska, Wiesław Włoch, Paweł Kojs. 2021. what do we know about growth of vessel elements of secondary xylem in woody plants? Biological Reviews, 96: 2911-2924. https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12785 (IF=14,350; MNiSW=200).
    7. Aldona Gizinska, Adam Miodek, Pawel Kojs. 2021. Rays hamper intrusive growth of vessel elements. Trees - Structure and Function, 35: 749-760. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-020-02071-x (IF=2,529; MNiSW=100).
    8 Adam Miodek, Wieslaw Włoch, Muhammad Iqbal, Aldona Gizinska, Pawel Kojs. 2021. Controversy over the mode of growth of cambial cylinder. The Botanical Review, 87: 243-257. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12229-020-09237-9 (IF= 4.581; MNiSW=100).
    9 - Adam Miodek, Aldona Gizinska, Marcin Klisz, Tomasz Wojda, Krzysztof Ukalski, Pawel Kojs. 2020. direct exposure to solar radiation causes radial growth eccentricity at the beginning of the growing season in Robinia pseudoacacia. IAWA Journal, 41(1): 61-84. https://doi.org/10.1163/22941932-00002106 (IF=2,308; MNiSW=70).

Scientific projects
1.05.2015 - 30.09.2015 - co-principal investigator in a scientific project conducted by the Polish Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden - CZRB in Powsin and the Forest Research Institute.
4.08.2016 - 30.11.2016 - A co-principal investigator in a scientific project led by the Forest Research Institute and the Silesian Botanical Garden.

Scientific internships
27.08.2013 - 10.09.2013 - Internship at the Independent Plant Structure Laboratory of the Polish Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden - CZRB in Powsin.
16.07.2015 - 5.08.2015 - An internship at the Silesian Botanical Garden.

Didactics

  • Delivering lectures on Plant Physiology for the Japanese Bonsai Gardens Company.
  • Teaching (lectures, laboratories) in the subjects Cell Biology, Cell Biology with Cytophysiology, Plant Physiology, Physiology of woody plants at the University of Opole (02.03.2020 - 30.09.2022).

Organizational activities

Member of the Organizing Committee of the 2nd scientific conference "Methods of radial growth analysis of trees in dendrochronological studies", October 15, 2013, Mikolow.

Popularization activities

  1. Presentation of a paper entitled "Common hops Humulus lupulus and fascinating drinks from it" during the Plant Day of the Opole University Science Festival (on 27.05.2013).
  2. Conducting a workshop entitled. "The fascinating life of the cell" during the Biologist's Night (on 10.01.2014).
  3. Lecture entitled "Microscopy closer to us" during the Opole Science Festival (on 30.05.2014).
  4. Conducting laboratory classes with Plant physiology For high school students (on 1.12.2014).
  5. Conduct educational workshops on the subject Cell biology For high school students (on 9.12.2014).
  6. Conducting a workshop entitled. "Secrets of the micro-world of plants" during the Biologist's Night (on 9.01.2015).
  7. Conducting laboratory classes with Plant biology For high school students (on 16.02.2015).
  8. Co-authored chapter in a monograph on pine from Sokolica: Adam Miodek, Aldona Gizinska, Pawel Kojs. 2021. anatomical analysis of the wood of the relict Scots pine from Sokolica. In: Bodziarczyk Jan (Ed.), Pieniny - Nature and Man MONOGRAPHIES XVII: 147-172. Publishing House of the Agricultural University in Cracow, Cracow (MNiSW=20).