Ptasinska Lab

03/19/2026

Cecilia G. Villavicencio, our physics graduate student, presenting a poster “Quantification of different types of DNA damage induced by low-temperature plasma in plasmid DNA” at the Notre Dame Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Symposium.

03/09/2026

Our collaborative paper from 2017 is still receiving enough citations to rank in the top 1% of publications in the academic field of Chemistry based on essential science indicators threshold for its field and publication year based on Web of Science Data Base.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0926337316308268

02/27/2026

Our manuscript "Energy-Dependent Selective Bond Cleavage Induced by Low-Energy Electrons in DNA Films Deposited from Buffered Solutions: Insights from XPS" is now published in The Journal of Chemical Physics.
https://pubs.aip.org/aip/jcp/article-abstract/164/8/085104/3381408/Energy-dependent-selective-bond-cleavage-induced?redirectedFrom=fulltext

02/25/2026

Witnessing the intersection of thermodynamics and biology, where the subtle yet powerful forces of physics trigger the awakening of life and signal that spring is coming...

02/14/2026

Sylwia Ptasinska features among other new ushers in DeBartolo Performing Arts Center News: Weekly Bulletin. (Hometown: Lublin, Poland)

02/12/2026

02/07/2026

Our manuscript "Energy-Dependent Selective Bond Cleavage Induced by Low-Energy Electrons in DNA Films Deposited from Buffered Solutions: Insights from XPS" led by Hao Yu, with contribution from Jackson King and Thejaswini Basappa, has been just accepted for publication in The Journal of Chemical Physics.
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02/07/2026

The University of Notre Dame is making headlines on Polish national television news!

02/06/2026

https://www.facebook.com/stories/101611471775511/UzpfSVNDOjEyMjUxMzQ1MjIzOTM5NDI=/?view_single=1

02/05/2026

02/04/2026

Notre Dame Winter Wonders.

01/31/2026

With ND Research and Notre Dame Science at Food Bank of Northern Indiana https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1G5mrQxJAq/