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Kacper Maciszewski is a researcher at the Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, specializing in the evolution of eukaryotic microorganisms, particularly focusing on plastid and mitochondrial genomes. His work emphasizes endosymbiosis, horizontal gene transfer, and genome structure dynamics in algae and protists. He leads projects funded by the National Science Centre (NCN), including a PLN 210,000 grant on inverted repeats in Euglenophyta plastid genomes (2019–2022), and has conducted research at the University of Alberta through the Iwanowska Programme.
Key research interests include the evolutionary mechanisms behind plastid genome conservation/variability, the role of inverted repeats in mutation repair, and the genomic adaptations of non-photosynthetic lineages. He has published on topics such as reduced plastid genomes in Prototheca, maturase gene complexity in euglenophytes, and spatio-temporal microbial community dynamics in lakes.
- Grants: NCN Preludium 16 (2019–2022), Faculty of Biology UW grants (2018–2020), NAWA internship (2021–2022)
- Awards: Holz-Conner Travel Grant (2019)
- Publications: Over 15 peer-reviewed articles in journals like Molecular Biology and Evolution, BMC Biology, and Frontiers in Plant Science
Maciszewski is an active member of the International Society of Protistologists (ISOP) and has presented at conferences such as the European Congress of Protistology and the Jirovec’s Protozoological Days. His work bridges genomics, evolutionary biology, and microbial ecology, contributing to understanding plastid genome evolution across diverse eukaryotic lineages.
