Paweł BĄCAL, Ph.D.

Electron Microscopy

Materials Science

ORCID ID: 0000-0001-7935-639X

 

Contact

Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sciences
ul. Twarda 51/55
00-818 Warsaw, POLAND
e-mail: bacal@twarda.pan.pl
phone: (+48 22) 697-88-97, room: 134

CV

Academic degrees

  • 2017 Ph.D. in Chemical Science, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Thesis: “Electrodeposited CuNiW and CuW alloys.The new examples of induced tungsten codeposition”.
  • 2011 MSc in Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Studies within The college of Inter-Faculty Individual Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences (MISMaP). Thesis “Optimalization of electrodeposition of tungsten - iron group metal - copper ternary alloys and determination of their properties”.

 

Projects

  • “Inkubator Innowacyjności 2.0” Grant Ministry of Science and Higher Education MNiSW/2019/168/DIR, - 17/UOTT/2019.
  • Grant National Science Centre, Poland UMO-2015/17/N/ST5/03352, “The pulse electrodeposition of the novel alloys by the tungsten induced codeposition with copper and characterization of obtained materials internal structure”.


Internships:

  • University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
    09-12.2012 Visiting Graduate Student,
    05-08.2013 Visiting Graduate Student.
  • University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
    07-09.2015 ERASMUS+ internship,
    11-12.2015 internship within project UDA – POKL.04.01.01-00- 100/10-00.
  • Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA
    01-07.2020 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, internship co-financed by the Kosciusko Foundation.
  • Universidad de Granada, Spain
    10-11.2022 EBSD and EBSD samples preparation training.

 

Awards and scholarships

  • The Kosciuszko Foundation Fellowship for the academic year 2019/2020 (4-month).
  • Prof. Tadeusz Żak Award of Polish Electroplating Society for PhD Thesis finished in 2017.
  • Scholarship for the best PhD students of University of Warsaw2015/16.
  • Award of Polish Society of Genetics (Polskie Towarzystwo Genetyczne) for works published in 2014 year in category of genetics of microorganisms.



Patents:

  • Polish patent: P.421812, 2017 - coauthor.
  • European Patent: WO2018224987A1 - coauthor.

 

Research interests

  • Light Microscopy, Electron Microscopy: theory and applications, samples preparation, correlative techniques.
  • Material engineering: metal surface engineering, chemistry and structure of materials – composites and alloys, structure of biometerials and biominerals.
  • Microbiology and Virology: bacterial biofilms.

 

Publications

Scientific papers

1. ‘The dam replacing gene product enhances Neisseria gonorrhoeae FA1090 viability and biofilm formation’, Kwiatek A., Bącal P., Wasiluk A., Trybunko A., Adamczyk-Popławska M., Frontiers Microbiol.5: 712 (2014).

2. ‘Type III Methyltransferase M.NgoAX from Neisseria gonorrhoeae FA1090 Regulates Biofilm Formation and Interactions with Human Cells’, Kwiatek A., Mrozek A., Bącal P., Piekarowicz A., Adamczyk-Popławska M., Frontiers Microbiol., 6: 1426. (2015).

3. ‘Unusual example of induced codeposition of tungsten. Galvanic formation of Cu-W alloy’, Bącal P., Indyka P., Stojek Z., Donten M.; Electrochem. Commun. 54 (2015) 28-31.

4. Charge storage and capacitance-type properties of multi-walled carbon nanotubes modified with ruthenium analogue of Prussian Blue’, Skunik-Nuckowska M., Bacal P, Kulesza P. J., J. Solid-State Electrochem. 19 (2015) 2753–2762.

5. ‘Optimization of CuW alloy electrodeposition towards high-tungsten content’, Bącal P., Stojek Z., Donten M., J. Solid State Electrochem. 20 (2016) 3143–3150.

6. ‘Electrodeposition of high-tungsten W-Ni-Cu alloys. Impact of copper on deposition process and coating structure’, Bacal P., Donten M., Stojek Z., Electrochim. Acta 241 (2017) 449–458.

7. ‘Reticulated vitreous carbon as a scaffold for enzymatic fuel cell designing’, Kizling M., Dzwonek M., Olszewski B., Bącal P., Tymecki Ł., Więckowska A., Stolarczyk K., Bilewicz R., Biosensors Bioelectronics 95 (2017) 1–7.

8. Biofilm formation and motility are promoted by Cj0588-directed methylation of rRNA in Campylobacter jejuni’, Sałamaszyńska-Guz A., Rose S., Lykkebo C. A., Taciak B., Bącal P., Uśpieński T., Douthwaite S., Frontiers Cellular Infect. Microbiol., (2018).

9. ‘Evaluation of selected phenotypic features among Campylobacter sp. strains of animal origin’, Sałamaszyńska-Guz A., Stefańska I., Bącal P., Binek M., Vet Microbiol., 216 (2018) 25–30.

10. ‘Gold Nanoparticle-Modified Poly(vinyl chloride) Surface with Improved Antimicrobial Properties for Medical Devices’, Kwiatkowska A., Granicka L. H., Grzeczkowicz A., Stachowiak R., Bącal P., Sobczak K., Darowski M., Kozarski M., Bielecki J., Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology 14 (2018) 922–932.

11. ‘Catalytic Activity of Anisotropic Gold Nanoplates towards Oxygen Reduction’, Opuchlik L.J., Kizling M., Bącal P., Bilewicz R., Electroanalysis 31 (2019) 2048-2056.

12. ‘Inactivation of Genes Encoding MutL and MutS Proteins Influences Adhesion and Biofilm Formation by Neisseria gonorrhoeae’, Płaczkiewicz J., Adamczyk-Popławska M., Lasek R., Bącal P., Kwiatek A., Microorganisms 7 (2019).

13. ‘Characterization of a Unique Bordetella bronchiseptica vB_BbrP_BB8 Bacteriophage and Its Application as an Antibacterial Agent’, Szymczak M., Grygorcewicz B., Karczewska-Golec J., Decewicz P., Pankowski J.A., Országh-Szturo H., Bącal P., Dołęgowska B., Golec P., International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21 (2020) 1403.

14. 'Polyelectrolyte Membrane with Hydroxyapatite and Silver Nanoparticles as a Material for Modern Wound Dressing’ Antosiak-Iwańska M., Bącal P., Kazimierczak B., Kwiatkowska A., Godlewska E., Grzeczkowicz A., Stachowiak R., Bielecki J., Granicka L.H., Journal of biomedical nanotechnology 16 (2020) 702-714.

15. ‘Lactobacillus crispatus and its enolase and glutamine synthetase influence interactions between Neisseria gonorrhoeae and human epithelial ‘ Płaczkiewicz, J., Chmiel, P., Malinowska, E., Bącal, P., Kwiatek, A. Journal of Microbiology (2020) 58, pp. 405-414.

16. ‘Virulence properties of Campylobacter jejuni are enhanced by displaying a mycobacterial TlyA methylation pattern in its Rrna’, Sałamaszyńska-Guz A., Serafińska I., Bącal P., Douthwaite S., Cellular Microbiology (2020).

17. ‘Nanocomposite hydrogel coatings: Formation of metal nanostructures by electrodeposition through thermoresponsive hydrogel layer’ Bącal P., Kaniewska K., Sawicka M., Stojek Z., Karbarz M., Electrochimica Acta (2020) 363, 137243.

18. ‘Nanocomposite membrane scaffolds for cell function maintaining for biomedical purposes’ Drabik M., Grzeczkowicz A., Bącal P., Kwiatkowska A., Strawski M., Antosiak-Iwańska M., Kazimierczak B., Godlewska E., Granicka L.H., Nanomaterials, 2021, 11(5), 1094.

19. ‘A composite membrane system with gold nanoparticles, hydroxyapatite, and fullerenol for dual interaction for biomedical purposes’ Grzeczkowicz A., Drabik M., Lipko A., Bącal P., Kwiatkowska A., Kazimierczak B., Granicka L.H., Membranes, 2021, 11(8), 565.

20. ‘Reversible change in volume of thin hydrogel layer deposited on electrode surface using Cu(II)↔Cu(I) process’ Kaniewska K., Nowakowski J., Bacal P., Karbarz M. Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 2021, 344, 130114.

21. ‘Phase-variable Type I methyltransferase M.NgoAV from Neisseria gonorrhoeae FA1090 regulates phasevarion expression and gonococcal phenotype’ Adamczyk-Poplawska, M., Bacal P., Mrozek A., Matczynska N., Piekarowicz A., Kwiatek A. Frontiers in Microbiology 2022 (134) 917639.

22. ‘Polyelectrolyte Membrane Nanocoatings Aimed at Personal Protective and Medical Equipment Surfaces to Reduce Coronavirus Spreading’ Grzeczkowicz A., Lipko A., Kwiatkowska A., Strawski M., Bącal P., Więckowska A., Granicka L.H. Membranes 2022, 12(10), 946.


Other

author* and coauthor of 8 deposits in RCSB Protein Data Base (PDB):
4WGH*, 4WBT, 4WED, 4U13, 4N18*, 4MDC, 4KWT, 4JHX.