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Plant science and climate change specialist with 15+ post PhD international experience

Profile Summary

Effect of environmental factors on Plants using Chlorophyll Fluorescence and thermoluminescence. Gene expression quantification using Real time PCR. Teaching and mentoring of students, honor, master and PhD students.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Plant Physiology
• ★ PCR
• ★ Environmental Science
• ☆ Botany
• ☆ Medicinal Plants
• ☆ Molecular Biology
• ☆ Gene Expression Analysis
• ☆ Biophysics
• ☆ Farm Management
• ☆ Horticulture
• ☆ Earth & Atmospheric Science
• ☆ Environmental Management & Protection
• ☆ Forensic Botany

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Product Development

Writing Creative Writing, General Proofreading & Editing, Translation

Research Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Product Development Product Validation

Work Experience

Senior Researcher

Biological Research Center Jibou Romania

- Present

Senior research fellow/senior lecturer

Biological Research Center Jibou

January 2019 - Present

PostdoctoralResearcher

Arizona State University (Tempe, Arizona)

May 2008 - June 2009

Post-doctoral researcher

Arizona State University

May 2008 - May 2009

Post-doctoral researcher

University of Turku

April 2006 - April 2008

PostdoctoralResearcher

University of Turku

August 2005 - April 2007

Post-doctoral researcher

Mount Allison University

November 2003 - April 2006

Nato Science Postdoctoral research fellowship

Mount Allison University Canada

January 2003 - July 2005

PhD candidate

MTA Biological Research Centre

October 1998 - January 2003

Education

Bachelor’s in Biological sciences

Babes-Bolyai University of Cluj-Napoca - Romania

October 1992 - June 1997

Certifications

• PhD in Environmental Sciences

  Szeged University

  January 2004 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Marcu, F., Hodor, N., Indrie, L., Dejeu, P., Ilieș, M., Albu, A., Sandor, M., Sicora, C., Costea, M., Ilieș, D.C., et al.(2021). Microbiological, health and comfort aspects of indoor air quality in a romanian historical wooden church . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18. (18).

Baricz, A., Chiriac, C.M., Andrei, A.-Ș., Bulzu, P.-A., Levei, E.A., Cadar, O., Battes, K.P., Cîmpean, M., Șenilă, M., Cristea, A., et al.(2021). Spatio-temporal insights into microbiology of the freshwater-to-hypersaline, oxic-hypoxic-euxinic waters of Ursu Lake . Environmental Microbiology. 23. (7). p. 3523-3540.

Sicora, C.I., Chiș, I., Chiș, C., Sicora, O.(2019). Regulation of PSII function in Cyanothece sp. ATCC 51142 during a light–dark cycle . Photosynthesis Research. 139. (1-3). p. 461-473.

Sicora, O., Naghi, M.A., Soos, I., Sicora, C.(2019). The ethanolic stem extract of Caryopteris x Clandonensis posseses antiproliferative potential by blocking breast cancer cells in mitosis . Farmacia. 67. (6). p. 1077-1082.

Drugă, B., Buda, D.-M., Szekeres, E., Chiş, C., Chiş, I., Sicora, C.(2019). The impact of cation concentration on Microcystis (cyanobacteria) scum formation . Scientific Reports. 9. (1).

Căprar, M., Copaci, C.M., Chende, D.M., Sicora, O., Şumălan, R., Sicora, C.(2017). Evaluation of genetic diversity by DNA barcoding of local tomato populations from North-Western Romania . Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca. 45. (1). p. 276-279.

Chiş, C., Carmel, D., Chiş, L., Ardelean, A., Dragos, N., Sicora, C.(2017). Expression of psbA1 gene in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 is influenced by CO₂ . Open Life Sciences. 12. (1). p. 156-161.

Andrei, A.-Ş., Baricz, A., Păuşan, M., Muntean, V., Sicora, C.I., Alexe, M., Rakosy-Tican, E., Banciu, H.L.(2017). Spatial Distribution and Molecular Diversity of Archaeal Communities in the Extreme Hypersaline Meromictic Brâncoveanu Lake (Transylvanian Basin, Romania) . Geomicrobiology Journal. 34. (2). p. 130-138.

Chis, C., Druga, B., Carmel, D., Chis, I., Ardelean, A., Sicora, C.I.(2016). UV-B stress changes the electron flow on photosystem II complex inSynechococcus sp. PCC 7002 . Romanian Biotechnological Letters. 22. (6). p. 12142-12146.

Andrei, A.-S., Robeson, M.S., Baricz, A., Coman, C., Muntean, V., Ionescu, A., Etiope, G., Alexe, M., Sicora, C.I., Podar, M., et al.(2015). Contrasting taxonomic stratification of microbial communities in two hypersaline meromictic lakes . ISME Journal. 9. (12). p. 2642-2656.

Hegedűs, A., Mocan, A., Barbu-Tudoran, L., Coman, C., Drugă, B., Sicora, C., Dragoş, N.(2015). Erratum: Morphological, biochemical, and phylogenetic assessments of eight Botryococcus terribilis strains collected from freshwaters of Transylvania [J Appl Phycol, (2015), 27:865-878, DOI 10.1007/s10811-014-0387-2] . Journal of Applied Phycology. 27. (4). p. 1737.

Hegedűs, A., Mocan, A., Barbu-Tudoran, L., Coman, C., Drugă, B., Sicora, C., Dragoș, N.(2015). Morphological, biochemical, and phylogenetic assessments of eight Botryococcus terribilis strains collected from freshwaters of Transylvania . Journal of Applied Phycology. 27. (2). p. 865-878.

Coman, C., Chiriac, C.M., Robeson, M.S., Ionescu, C., Dragos, N., Barbu-Tudoran, L., Andrei, A.-S., Banciu, H.L., Sicora, C., Podar, M.(2015). Structure, mineralogy, and microbial diversity of geothermal spring microbialites associated with a deep oil drilling in Romania . Frontiers in Microbiology. 6. (MAR).

Szatmari, P.-M., Mladin, L., Grec, A., Sicora, O., Sicora, C.I.(2014). Preliminary data on the distribution and floristic composition of wetland habitats in sĂlajcounty . Studia Universitatis Vasile Goldis Arad, Seria Stiintele Vietii. 24. (3). p. 311-315.

Szekeres, E., Sicora, C., Dragoş, N., Drugă, B.(2014). Selection of proper reference genes for the cyanobacterium Synechococcus PCC 7002 using real-time quantitative PCR . FEMS Microbiology Letters. 359. (1). p. 102-109.

Coman, C., Drugă, B., Hegedus, A., Sicora, C., Dragoş, N.(2013). Archaeal and bacterial diversity in two hot spring microbial mats from a geothermal region in Romania . Extremophiles. 17. (3). p. 523-534.

Mituleţu, M., Bercea, V., Coman, C., Drugǎ, B., Sicora, C.(2013). Induction of photosynthetical state transitions in the cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa AICB702 . Annals of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology. 18. (1). p. 56-66.

Mituleţu, M., Bercea, V., Drugǎ, B., Coman, C., Sicora, C.(2013). Influence of different light intensities on the photochemistry of PS II in the cyanobacterium Gloeocapsa sp. AICB 1013 . Annals of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology. 18. (1). p. 67-74.

Drugǎ, B., Welker, M., Sesǎrman, A., Hegedus, A., Coman, C., Sicora, C., Dragoş, N.(2013). Molecular characterization of microcystin-producing cyanobacteria from Romanian fresh waters . European Journal of Phycology. 48. (3). p. 287-294.

Bercea, V., Hegedus, A., Sicora, C.(2012). Study on the effect of different light intensities on the structure and function of PS II in Cyanothece sp. ATCC 51142 . Annals of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology. 17. (1). p. 373-378.

Coman, C., Bercea, V., Sicora, C.(2012). The study of PS II photochemical activity in Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002 under different light intensities . Annals of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology. 17. (2). p. 53-60.

Hegedus, A., Bercea, V., Sicora, C.(2012). The study of the photochemical activity of PSII photosystem based on the chlorophyll fluorescence in Cylindrospermum alatosporum AICB 39 (nostocales) . Annals of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology. 17. (2). p. 26-36.

Mulo, P., Sicora, C., Aro, E.-M.(2009). Cyanobacterial psbA gene family: Optimization of oxygenic photosynthesis . Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences. 66. (23). p. 3697-3710.

Mladin, L., Sicora, O., Chis, C., Caprar, M., Hranean, G., Sicora, C.(2009). IN vitro multiplication and acclimatization at sinningia hybrida . Annals of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology. 14. (2). p. 289-291.

Sicora, C.I., Ho, F.M., Salminen, T., Styring, S., Aro, E.-M.(2009). Transcription of a "silent" cyanobacterial psbA gene is induced by microaerobic conditions . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics. 1787. (2). p. 105-112.

Sicora, C.I., Brown, C.M., Cheregi, O., Vass, I., Campbell, D.A.(2008). The psbA gene family responds differentially to light and UVB stress in Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421, a deeply divergent cyanobacterium . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics. 1777. (2). p. 130-139.

Zhang, P., Sicora, C.I., Vorontsova, N., Allahverdiyeva, Y., Battchikova, N., Nixon, P.J., Aro, E.-M.(2007). FtsH protease is required for induction of inorganic carbon acquisition complexes in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 . Molecular Microbiology. 65. (3). p. 728-740.

Cheregi, O., Sicora, C., Kós, P.B., Barker, M., Nixon, P.J., Vass, I.(2007). The role of the FtsH and Deg proteases in the repair of UV-B radiation-damaged Photosystem II in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803 . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics. 1767. (6). p. 820-828.

Sicora, C.I., Appleton, S.E., Brown, C.M., Chung, J., Chandler, J., Cockshutt, A.M., Vass, I., Campbell, D.A.(2006). Cyanobacterial psbA families in Anabaena and Synechocystis encode trace, constitutive and UVB-induced D1 isoforms . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics. 1757. (1). p. 47-56.

Cadoret, J.-C., Rousseau, B., Perewoska, I., Sicora, C., Cheregi, O., Vass, I., Houmard, J.(2005). Cyclic nucleotides, the photosynthetic apparatus and response to a UV-B stress in the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 . Journal of Biological Chemistry. 280. (40). p. 33935-33944.

Rajagopal, S., Sicora, C., Várkonyi, Z., Mustárdy, L., Mohanty, P.(2005). Protective effect of supplemental low intensity white light on ultraviolet-B exposure-induced impairment in cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis: Formation of air vacuoles as a possible protective measure . Photosynthesis Research. 85. (2). p. 181-189.

Sicora, C., Wiklund, R., Jansson, C., Vass, I.(2004). Charge stabilization and recombination in Photosystem II containing the D1′ protein product of the psbA1 gene in Synechocystis 6803 . Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 6. (20). p. 4832-4837.

Tichý, M., Lupínková, L., Sicora, C., Vass, I., Kuviková, S., Prášil, O., Komenda, J.(2003). Synechocystis 6803 mutants expressing distinct forms of the Photosystem II D1 protein from Synechococcus 7942: Relationship between the psbA coding region and sensitivity to visible and UV-B radiation . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Bioenergetics. 1605. (1-3). p. 55-66.

Sicora, C., Máté, Z., Vass, I.(2003). The interaction of visible and UV-B light during photodamage and repair of Photosystem II . Photosynthesis Research. 75. (2). p. 127-137.

BOOK CHAPTER

Chis, C., Mahboob, A., Vassilieev, S., Bica, A., Peca, L., Brouce, D., Aro, E.-M., Sicora, C.I.(2013). D1′—A new member of d1 protein family in cyanobacteria . Advanced Topics in Science and Technology in China. p. 358-360.

Vass, I., Szilárd, A., Sicora, C.(2005). Adverse effects of UV-B light on the structure and function of the photosynthetic apparatus . Handbook of Photosynthesis, Second Edition. p. 827-843.

CONFERENCE PAPER

Cheregi, O., Sicora, C., Kos, P.B., Nixon, P.J., Vass, I.(2005). The role of the FtsH protease in the repair of photosystem II after damage by UV-B radiation in Synechocytis 6803 . Acta Biologica Szegediensis. 49. (1-2). p. 199-201.