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Professor Halina Krzanowska. (1926-2004).
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Styrna, Józefa |
| Copyright Year | 2004 |
| Abstract | Krzanowska died in Kraków on August 2, 2004. She was an outstanding Polish geneticist. Her work on the genetics of mouse reproduction is internationally acknowledged and widely respected. She was born in ̄abie, but spent her childhood in Vilnius, and in 1936 she moved to Kraków. She graduated from biology at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the Jagiellonian University, later earning a PhD (1949). Her professional career started in 1948, in the Department of Comparative Anatomy led by Professor Zygmunt Grodziñski. In 1952 she moved to the Department of Experimental Biology of the Institute of Animal Reproduction in Pu3awy, working as research associate under the supervision of Professor Laura Kaufman, and later as head of this department. In 1957 she visited the well-known Poultry Research Centre in Edinburgh, Scotland, as a fellow of the Rockefeller Foundation. Between 1960 and 1962 she performed her habilitation studies at the Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences, Jagiellonian University, in the field of animal genetics. In 1964 she returned from Pu3awy to Kraków, to become the head of the Department of Genetics and Evolution. Professor Krzanowska held this post for the next 32 years. In 1971 she became an associate professor, in 1978 a full professor. She served as dean in the Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences of the Jagiellonian University for two terms (1981–1987). After retirement in 1996 she continued her professional activities and maintained close contact with the Department and the scientific community. Several honors testify to Professor Krzanowska’s acknowledged scientific career. She was a full member of the Polish Academy of Sciences and full member of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences and also a member of national and international scientific societies, e.g. Academia Europaea, Society for the Study of Fertility, Polish Genetic Society, and Society for Reproductive Biology. Professor Krzanowska received several prestigious awards. Because of her wide knowledge, respectable scientific achievements and great authority she was entrusted with many important positions. She was a member of numerous committees and scientific councils, such as the Committee for Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences (since 1984), Committee for Evolutionary and Theoretical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences (1974-1998), National Committee for Collaboration with the International Council for Laboratory Animal Science (ICLAS; since 1997), Scientific Council of the Institute (formerly Department) of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences (from 1969, chairman in 1987–1998, vice-chairman in 1985–1987), Scientific Council of the Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding, Polish Academy of Sciences (1972-1992). Professor Krzanowska was the editor of the periodical Zwierzêta Laboratoryjne (1972–1987), a member of the editorial board of Folia Biologica, Kraków, Journal of Applied Genetics (formerly Genetica Polonica) and Wszechœwiat, in which she served for many years as deputy editor. Beside earlier work concerned with poultry, mainly in Pu3awy, Professor Krzanowska’s scientific career involved laboratory mice. It focused mainly on the analysis of genetic factors affecting fertility. These analyses were performed in inbred lines and in hybrids and revealed that the percentage of morphologically abnormal sperm is determined by more than one gene, i.e. polygenically, with an important role played by genes on the Y chromosome. This was the first published account of the role of the Y chromosome in controlling the quality of sperm in mammals, and hence the quality of spermatogenesis. In further work, Krzanowska discovered that only the propensity for faulty spermatogenesis is heritable, while morphologically abnormal sperm are impeded by the uterotubal junction in the female and do not participate in fertilization of the egg. J Appl. Genet 46(1), 2005, pp. 1-2 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| PubMed reference number | 15810160 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 4 |
| Issue Number | 3 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://jag.igr.poznan.pl/2005-Volume-46/1/pdf/2005_Volume_46_1--.pdf |
| Journal | Reproductive biology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Biography |
