Main research interests
Systematics, phylogenesis, phylogeography, molecular ecology, population genetics of invertebrates.
Evolution of physiological adaptations.
Effects of kinship on altruistic behaviour in the population.
Effects of microbiote on individual adjustment.
Current research tasks
- evolutionary and ecological interaction between endosymbiotic bacteria and beetles from various trophic groups.
Publication list
Kolasa M. , Krovi R.S. , Plewa R., Jaworski T., Kadej M., Smolis A., Gutowski J.M., Sućko K., Ruta R., Olbrycht T., Saluk S., Oczkowicz M., Kajtoch Ł.
Host trees partially explain the complex bacterial communities of two threatened saproxylic beetles.
Insect Molecular Biology, 34 (2): 311-321.
Kajtoch Ł. , Kolasa M. , Mazur M.A., Ścibior R., Zając K.,Kubisz D.
Limited congruence in phylogeographic patterns observed for riverinepredacious beetles sharing distribution along the mountain rivers.
Scientific Reports, 13: 17883.
Kolasa M. , Kajtoch Ł. , Michalik A., Maryańska-Nadachowska A., Łukasik P.
Till evolution do us part: The diversity of symbiotic associations across populations of Philaenus spittlebugs.
Environmental Microbiology, 25(11): 2431-2446.
Kajtoch Ł. , Kolasa M. , Kubisz D., Gutowski J. M., Ścibior R., Mazur M. M., Holecová M.
Using host species traits to understand the Wolbachia infection distribution across terrestrial beetles.
Scientific Reports, 9: 847.
Kolasa M. , Ścibior R., Mazur M.A., Kubisz D., Dudek K., Kajtoch Ł.
How hosts taxonomy, trophy and endosymbionts shape microbiome diversity in beetles.
Microbial Ecology, 78: 995-1013.
Piprek R. P., Kolasa M. , Podkowa D., Kloc M., Kubiak J. Z.
Tissue-specific knockout of E-cadherin (Cdh1) in developing mouse gonads causes germ cells loss.
Reproduction, 158: 147-157.
Stewart K. A., Draaijer R., Kolasa M. , Smallegange, I. M.
The role of genetic diversity in the evolution and maintenance of environmentally-cued, male alternative reproductive tactics.
BMC evolutionary biologists, 19: 1-10.
Kolasa M. , Kubisz D., Gutowski J. M., Ścibior R., Mazur M. M., Holecová M., Kajtoch Ł.
Infection by endosymbiotic “male-killing” bacteria in Coleoptera.
Biologic Film (Krakow), 66: 165-178.
Kolasa M. , Kubisz D., Mazur M.A., Ścibior R., Kajtoch Ł.
Wolbachia prevalence and diversity in selected riverine predatory beetles (Bembidiini and Paederini).
Bulletin of Insectology, 71: 193-200.
Kotásková N., Kolasa M. , Kajtoch Ł.
Contrasting patterns of molecular diversity and Wolbachia infection in bisexual and parthenogenetic Strophosoma weevils (Coleoptera: Curculionidae).
Entomological Science, 21: 385–395.
Piprek R. P., Kolasa M. , Podkowa D., Kloc M., Kubiak J. Z.
Transcriptional profiling validates involvement of extracellular matrix and proteinases genes in mouse gonad development.
Mechanisms of development, 149: 9-19.
Skwierzyńska A. M., Plesnar-Bielak A., Kolasa M. , Radwan, J.
Evolution of mate guarding under the risk of intrasexual aggression in a mite with alternative mating tactics.
Animal Behaviour, 137: 75-82.
Kajtoch Ł. , Davison A., Grindon A., Deli T., Sramkó G., Gwardjan M., Kramarenko S., Mierzwa-Szymkowiak D., Ruta R., Ścibior R., Tóth J.P.., Wade C., Kolasa M. , Egorov R.V., Fehér Z.
Reconstructed historical distribution and phylogeography unravels non-steppic origin of Caucasotachea vindobonensis (Gastropoda: Helicidae).
Organism Diversity & Evolution, 17: 679-692.
Kolasa M. , Montagna M., Mereghetti V., Kubisz D., Mazur M.A., Kajtoch Ł.
Preliminary evidence of Wolbachia horizontal transmission between Crioceris leaf beetles and Asparagus host plants.
European Journal of Entomology, 114: 446–454.
Piprek R. P., Kolasa M. , Podkowa D., Kloc M., Kubiak J. Z.
Cell adhesion molecules expression pattern indicates that somatic cells arbitrate gonadal sex of differentiating bipotential fetal mouse gonad.
Mechanisms of development, 147: 17-27.
Plesnar-Bielak A., Skrzynecka A. M., Prokop Z. M., Kolasa M. , Działo M., Radwan, J.
No evidence for reproductive isolation through sexual conflict in the bulb mite Rhizoglyphus robini.
PloS one 8: e74971.