Dr. Ioan Băcilă
Dr. Ioan Băcilă
Scientific Researcher IIResearcher in molecular biology, mainly studying Romanian corn germplasm with the aim of obtaining new hybrids with improved nutritional qualities. Also interested in plant molecular taxonomy, molecular phylogeny, population genetics, biotechnology, genetic stability monitoring in ex-situ preserved germplasm; assessment of plant genetic diversity.
Email:
ioan.bacila@icbcluj.ro
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I am a molecular biologist with expertise in the field of plant molecular biology. Using different model organism, I have become an expert in a wide range of molecular techniques that are not restricted to plants but are suitable for studying any living organism, from bacteria and plants, to animals and humans (sequencing, fragment analysis: AFLP, SSR). My research involves:
- Using DNA-based markers as important tool for accelerated breeding programmes. In maize biofortification programme, the quantification of specific components in the grain by HPLC is expensive as well as time-consuming. Therefore, marker-assisted selection (MAS) reduces the biochemical assay of large progenies by using gene-based markers.
- Involvement in molecular taxonomic studies concerning endemic plant species using molecular techniques as AFLP, SSR, SNP’s.
- Evaluation of in situ and ex situ genetic variability of some species of community interest, endemic or critically endangered.
- ProVA-ZEA (2020-2022) - screening of the Romanian maize (Zea mays) germplasm for CrtRB1 and lcyE allele enhancing provitamin A concentration in endosperm, identification of maize lines with favorable alleles and their use as donors to obtain new hybrids with high concentrations of ProVA.
- ONOBRY (2013-2016) - establishing the taxonomic rank of the endemic Romanian species Onobrychis transsilvanica through molecular methods.
- Șuteu, D.; Pușcaș, M.; Băcilă, I.; Balázs, Z.R.; Choler, P. (2024) Cross-Species Transferability of Specific SSR Markers from Carex curvula (Cyperaceae) to Other Carex Species. Diversity, 16, 73. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16020073
- Șuteu D., Pușcaș M., Băcilă I., · Miclăuș M., Balázs Z. R., Choler P. (2023). Development of SSR markers for Carex curvula (Cyperaceae) and their importance in investigating the species genetic structure. Molecular Biology Reports. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-023-08362-z
- Ioan Băcilă, Voichița Haș, Dana Șuteu, Mihai Miclăuș, Ana Coste, Edward Muntean, Carmen D. Vana, Andrei Varga, Roxana Călugăr, Ana Copândean, (2022), Screening of the Romanian maize (Zea mays) germplasm for crtRB1 and lcyE alleles enhancing the provitamin A concentration in endosperm. Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca Volume 50, Issue 3, Article number 12621 DOI:10.15835/nbha50312621
- Băcilă I., Şuteu D. and Coldea G., 2015, Genetic divergence and phylogeography of the alpine plant taxon Onobrychis transsilvanica (Fabaceae). Botany, 93: 257–266 dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjb-2014-0175
- Șuteu, D*., Băcilă, I*., Haș, V., Haș, I., Miclăuș, M., 2013. Romanian Maize (Zea mays) Inbred Lines as a Source of Genetic Diversity in SE Europe, and Their Potential in Future Breeding Efforts. PLoS ONE 8(12): e85501. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0085501 (*-autori cu drepturi egale).
- Băcilă, I., Jakab, E., Șuteu, D., & Popescu, O. (2023). Epidemiology of Enterococcus faecium isolates sampled from different sources in Romania using MLST technique and eBURST algorithm. Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 15(2), 11546. https://doi.org/10.55779/nsb15211546/
- Băcilă, I., Șuteu, D, Coste A., Balazs Z. R., Coldea G. (2023). Evaluation of cross-genus transferability of SSR markers from other legumes to two closely related Onobrychis (Fabaceae) taxa. Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 15(2), 11549 https://doi.org/10.55779/nsb15211549
- Băcilă, I., Șuteu, D, Coste A., Balazs Z. R., Coldea G. (2023). New insights regarding the taxonomy and phylogeography of Onobrychis montana subsp. transsilvanica (Fabaceae). Notulae Scientia Biologicae, 15(4), 11730 DOI:10.15835/nsb15411730