Aleksandra Kornacka-Stackonis, PhD

Dr. Kornacka-Stackonis has worked at the Institute of Parasitology Polish Academy of Sciences for most of her career. Her doctoral research mainly focused on detecting parasites in wildlife using both immunological and molecular methods. She has held two projects for young scientists funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. She has been a member of the Polish Parasitological Association since 2013 and authored or co-authored 19 articles from the JCR list, as well as many abstracts.

Since April 2024, she is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Computational Genomics group as part of the Sonata bis 12 grant, working on next-generation sequencing (NGS) workflow for single-cell analysis. She is passionate about baking and running.

1. Engel L., Hamedy A., Kornacka-Stackonis A., Langer T., Birka S., Koethe M. 2022. Toxoplasma gondii in raccoons (Procyon lotor) in Germany: a serosurvey based on meat juice Parasitol Res. 121:3417-3425.
2. Kornacka-Stackonis A. 2022. Toxoplasma gondii infection in wild omnivorous and carnivorous animals in Central Europe – A brief overview. Veterinary Parasitology. 304,
doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2022.109701
3. Cybulska A., Kornacka A., Popiołek M., Bień-Kalinowska J., Moskwa B. 2021. Use of meat juice from racoons (Procyon lotor) collected from Central Europe for immunological detection of Trichinella spp. Vet Parasitol. DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2020.109066.
4. Kornacka A., Moskwa B., Werner A. Nowosad P., Jankowska W., Cybulska A., Majewska
A.C. 2020. The Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Wild Boars from Three Voivodeships in Poland, MAT Analyses. Acta Parasitol. 65: 490–495. DOI: 10.2478/s11686- 020-00185-3.
5. Cybulska A., Kornacka A., Skopek R., Moskwa B. 2020. Trichinella britovi infection and muscle distribution in free-living martens (Martes spp.) from the Głęboki Bród Forest
District, Poland. Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl. 12: 176–180. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2020.06.003.
6. Kornacka A., Cybulska A., Bień-Kalinowska J., Demiaszkiewicz A.W., Merta D., Kobielski J., Werszko J., Filip-Hutsch K., Moskwa B. 2020. Ashworthius sidemii in cattle and wild ruminants in Poland – the current state of play. Ann Parasitol. 66: 517–520.
7. Cybulska, A., Kornacka, A., Moskwa, B.2019.The occurrence and muscle distribution of
Trichinella britovi in raccoon dogs (Nyctereutes procyonoides) in wildlife in the Głęboki Bród Forest District, Poland. Internal Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 9, 149- 153
8. Kornacka A., Cybulska A., Popiołek M., Kumierek N. Moskwa B. 2018. Survey of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in raccoons (Procyon lotor) from the Czech Republic, Germany and Poland. Veterinary Parasitology. 262, 47-50
9. Kornacka A., Cybulska A., Moskwa B. 2018. Comparison of sensitivity of two primer sets for the detection of Toxoplasma gondii DNA in wildlife. Acta Parasitologica. 63,634-639.
10. Moskwa B., Kornacka A., Cybulska A., Cabaj w., Reiterova K., Bogdaszewski M., Steiner- Bogdaszewska, Ż., Bień J. 2018. Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora aninum infection in sheep, goats, and fallow deer farmed on the same area. Journal of Animal Science. 96, 2468-2473
11. Cybulska A., Skopek R., Kornacka A., Popiolek M., Pirog A., Laskowski Z., Moskwa
B.2018. First detection of Trichinella pseudospiralis infection in raccoon (Procyon lotor) in Central Europe. Veterinary Parasitology. 254,114-119
12. Moskwa B., Bień J., Kornacka A., Gożdzik K., Krzysiak M.K., Reiterova K., Cabaj W. 2017.First Toxoplasma gondii isolate from an aborted foetus of European bison (Bison bonasus bonasus L.) Parasitology Research. 116, 2457-2461
13. Łukasik I, Kornacka A, Goawska S, Sytykiewicz H, Sprawka I, Wókcicka A. 2017. Effects of Acyrtosiphon pisum (Harris) infestation on the hydrogen peroxide content and activity of antioxidant enzymes in Fabaceae plants. Allelopathy Journal 40:143-150.
14. Bień J., Moskwa B., Gożdzik K., Cybulska A., Kornacka A., Welc M., Popiołek M., Cabaj
The occurrence of nematodes of the genus Trichinella in wolves (Canis lupus) from the Bieszczady Mountains and Augustowska Forest in Poland. Veterinary Parasitology. 231,115-117
15. Cybulska A., Kornacka A., Bień J., Gożdzik K, Kalisińska z., Lanoch-Arendarczyk N., Budis H., Pilarczyk B., Cabaj W., Moskwa B.2016.The Occurrence of Trichinella spp. in Red
Foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in Different Regions of Poland: Current Data. Vector-Borne and zoonotic Diseases.16,717-721
16. Kornacka, A., Cybulska, A., Bień, J., Goździk, K.,Moskwa, B. 2016. The usefulness of direct
agglutination test, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Toxoplasma gondii in wild animals. Veterinary Parasitology 228, 85-89
17. Moskwa B., Cybulska A., Kornacka A., Cabaj W., Bień J. 2015.Wild boars meat as a potential source of human trichinellosis in Poland: current data. Acta Parasitologica. 60,530- 535
18. Moskwa B., Bień J., Cybulska A. Kornacka A., Krzysiak M., Cencek T., Cabaj W. 2015, The first identification of a blood-sucking abomasal nematode Ashworthius sidemi in cattle (Bos taurus) using simple polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Veterinary Parasitology.211, 106- 109
19. Moskwa B., Gożdzik K., Bień J., Kornacka A., Cybulska A., Reiterova K., Cabaj W.2014. Detection of antibodies to Neospora caninum in moose (Alces alces): the first report in Europe. Folia Parasitologica. 61, 34-36

Research groups

We are interested in creating new approaches for comprehensive inference of developmental trajectories and delineation of cell atlases from single-cell data, understanding the role of cell-to-cell signaling and biological pathways in lineage commitment and transitions between cellular states.

Aleksandra Kornacka-Stackonis, PhD

Research groups

Computational Genomics Group

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