Scientific and commercial activity

• Medicolegal Investigative Systems (definition of death; delayed deaths; cause, manner and mechanism of death; sudden, unexpected natural death; the medical examiner system);
• Time of Death (livor mortis; rigor mortis; body temperature; decomposition; chemical changes in body fluids);
• Deaths Due to Natural Disease (cardiovascular system disease; respiratory system disease; nervous system disease; digestive system disease; urinary system disease; mechanism of sudden death);
• Blunt Trauma Injuries (abrasions; contusions; wounds; fractures; external and internal injuries);
• Trauma to the Skull and Brain;
• Wounds Caused by Pointed and Sharp-Edged Weapons
• Asphyxia; Suffocation; Smothering; Choking; Mechanical Asphyxia; Suffocating Gases; Strangulation; Ligature Strangulation; Manual Strangulation; Death by Drowning;
• Deaths Caused by Motor Vehicle Accidents; Causes of Motor Vehicle Accidents;
• Sudden Infant Death Syndrome;
• Neonaticide, Infanticide, and Child Homicide;
• Fire Deaths; Carbon Monoxide Poisoning;
• Electrocution;
• Hyperthermia and Hypothermia: the Effects of Heat and Cold;
• Autopsies;
• Examination of injured persons;
• Law jurisdiction in criminal, civil and insurance cases;     
• Examination of the Body; Examination of the Clothing;
• DNA Analysis; Mitochondrial DNA Analysis

The list of the most important achievements in last 5 years
 

• Analysis of suicide and homicide cases in the material of Forensic Medicine Department.
• Established causes of the medical errors due to medical specialty.        
• Established database of genetic polymorphism in a population of northeastern Poland.
• Confirmed genetic differences among ethnic subpopulations residing in northeastern Poland.
• Evaluated typeability of genetic markers in human tissues under controlled degradation.

The list of the most valuable scientific publication in last 10 years
 

• Equilibria of phosphatidylcholine - Ca²⁺ ions in monolayer at the air/water interface. A.D. Petelska, A. Niemcunowicz-Janica, M. Szeremeta, Z.A. Figaszewski. Langmuir 2010; 26, 16, s. 13359-13363. Impact Factor ISI: 4.268, Punktacja KBN: 32.000
• Polymorphism of 11 non-CODIS STRs in a population sample of religious minority of Old Believers residing in northeastern Poland. W.Pepiński, M.Skawrońska, J.Janica, A.Niemcunowicz-Janica. Advances in Medical Sciences 2010; 55, 2, s. 328-332. Impact Factor ISI: 0.798, Punktacja KBN: 13.000
• Polymorphism of 11non-CODIS STRs in a population sample of Lithuanian minority residing in northeastern Poland. W.Pepiński, A.Niemcunowicz-Janica, M.Skawrońska, J.Janica. Forensic Science International: Genetics 2011; 5, s. e37. Impact Factor ISI: 3.082, Punktacja KBN: 27.000
• Changes in surface-charge density of blood cells after sudden unexpected death. J. Kotyńska, A.D. Petelska, M. Szeremeta, A.Niemcunowicz-Janica, Z.A.Figaszewski. Journal of Membrane Biology 2012 Apr;245(4):185-90. Impact Factor ISI: 2.478 Punktacja KBN: 20.000
• The rs1801133 polymorphism of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase gene- the association with 5-year survival in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction. A.Kozieradzka, W. Pepiński, E. Waszkiewicz, M. Olszewska, D. Maciorkowska, M. Skawrońska, A. Niemcunowicz-Janica, S. Dobrzycki, W. Musiał, K.A. Kamiński. Advances in Medical Sciences 2012; 57, 1, s. 106-111. Impact Factor ISI: 0.952, Punktacja KBN: 13.000
• Fatal drowning as a result of an airplane crash-Case report. Szeremeta M, Janica JR, Niemcunowicz-Janica A, Pepinski W. Forensic Sci Int. 2013 Mar 10;226(1-3):e12-5. Impact Factor ISI: 2.301 Punktacja ministerstwa: 35.000
• Population genetics of 30 INDELs in populations of Poland and Taiwan.VW Pepiński, M. Abreu-Głowacka, M. Koralewska-Kordel, E. Michalak, K.Kordel, A. Niemcunowicz-Janica, M. Szeremeta, M. Konarzewska. Molecular Biology Reports 2013; 40, 6, s. Impact Factor ISI: 2.506 Punktacja ministerstwa: 15.000
• The effect of fatal carbon monoxide poisoning on the surface charge of blood cells. Szeremeta M, Petelska AD, Kotyńska J, Niemcunowicz-Janica A,Figaszewski ZA. J Membr Biol. 2013 Sep;246(9):717-22. Impact Factor ISI: 2.478 Punktacja KBN: 20.000 
• Analysis of the prevalence of medicines and psychoactive substances among drivers in the material of the Department of Forensic Medicine at the Medical University of Bialystok. Szeremeta M, Ptaszyńska-Sarosiek I, Wardaszka Z, Niemcunowicz-Janica A, Advances in Clinical and Experimental Medicine 2014 : 23, 2, s. 245-251, Impact Factor ISI: 0.333, MNiSW: 15.000
• Polymorphism of 9p21.3 locus is associated with 5-year survival in high-risk patients with myocardial infarction. Szpakowicz A, Pepinski W, Waszkiewicz E, Maciorkowska D, Skawronska M, Niemcunowicz-Janica A, Milewski R, Dobrzycki S, Musial WJ, Kaminski KA. PLoS One. 2013 Sep 12;8(9):e72333. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072333. eCollection 2013.  Impact Factor ISI: 3.234, MNiSW: 40.000
• Polymorphism of 9p21.3 locus is associated with 5-year survival in high-risk patients with myocardial infarction. Szpakowicz A, Kiliszek M, Pepinski W, Waszkiewicz E, Franaszczyk M, Skawronska M, Ploski R, Niemcunowicz-Janica A, Dobrzycki S, Opolski G, Musial WJ, Kaminski KA. PLoS One. 2014 Aug 8;9(8):e104635. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104635. eCollection 2014. Impact Factor ISI: 3.234, MNiSW: 40.000