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Dr. Jacqueline Nowak is a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Biochemistry & Biology at the University of Potsdam, working within Prof. Dr. Zoran Nikoloski's Bioinformatics group at the Institute of Biology and Biochemistry. She contributes to Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1644 projects A10 and B1 investigating plant cell plasticity in Arabidopsis thaliana under environmental stressors.
Her academic credentials include:
- Joint PhD from University of Melbourne and University of Potsdam (2021)
- MSc in Bioinformatics from University of Potsdam (2015)
- BSc in Biosciences from University of Potsdam (2012)
Nowak specializes in computational frameworks combining graph theory and statistics for plant microscopy analysis. Her work quantifies cytoskeletal networks and pavement cell morphology through innovative network representations, enabling precise comparisons across experimental conditions and temporal dynamics. This approach reveals how cellular structures respond to environmental variables like temperature and resource availability.
Her publication record demonstrates consistent advancement in network-based image analysis, with key contributions including CytoSeg 2.0 for actin segmentation and frameworks for epidermal cell shape characterization. These tools published in Nature Communications, PNAS, and Plant Physiology establish robust methodologies for quantifying plant cellular complexity.
Current research focuses on CRC 1644 projects examining temperature-induced epidermal cell shape changes (A10) and resource-dependent root-hair patterning (B1) in Arabidopsis, leveraging her computational expertise to decode plant adaptation mechanisms.
