Maja Zaczek-Moczydłowska
Queens University, UK
Title: Title: Characterisation of bacteriophages infecting Pectobacterium spp. for phage-based biocontrol formulation against soft rot in field conditions
Biography
Biography: Maja Zaczek-Moczydłowska
Abstract
Maja Zaczek-Moczydlowska is a 3rd year PhD research student at Queens University, Belfast and the Agri-Food and Bioscience Institute, Belfast. Her PhD research project, funded by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, focuses on the ‘Development and assessment of potential diagnostic and biocontrol measures against soft rot in vegetables’. Before undertaking doctoral studies in 2015, Maja worked in the pharmaceutical and food industry after graduating from MSc Eng in Bioorganic Chemistry & Biotechnology from the Silesian University of Science & Technology in Gliwice, Poland.