{"id":21215,"date":"2026-02-09T07:45:02","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T07:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/pracoviska\/tip\/?p=21215"},"modified":"2026-02-09T07:48:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T07:48:33","slug":"project-apbc-and-antarctic-lichen-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/pracoviska\/tip\/en\/project-apbc-and-antarctic-lichen-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Project APBC and Antarctic lichen research: new paths to resilient biomolecules"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The Antarctic research stay of Assoc. Prof. Michal Goga<\/strong>,PhD., an expert in lichen biology, significantly contributes to the fulfillment of the goals of the Advanced Protein Biotechnology Consortium (APBC)<\/strong> project. Research in one of the most extreme environments on Earth provides a unique approach to organisms that have developed extremely effective molecular survival strategies during evolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Antarctic lichens can tolerate extremely low temperatures, long-term drought, intense ultraviolet radiation, oxidative stress, and minimal nutrient availability. Thanks to these properties, they represent ideal model organisms for studying biological resilience at the molecular level and the mechanisms by which living systems maintain functionality in conditions that would be lethal for most organisms.<\/p>\n\n\n