Education

Educational backround

Dates: 2018 - 2023

Academic degree/title: POSTDOCTORAL

Position: Postdoctoral Associate followed by Research Scientist (Medical Scientist).

Institution: Research Foundation for The State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook.

Address: 100 Nicolls Rd S5422 Melville Library, Stony Brook, 11794 NY, US.

Contact: e-mail.

Fields of research:

Cancer research, solid tumors (lung, pancreatic, colon), cancer prevention, pharmacogenomics, transcriptomics, bioinformatics, whole genome sequence (WGS) analysis, drug discovery and development, in-vitro cell cultures, cancer neurobiology, molecular neuropharmacology, cellular differentiation, in-vivo mouse and rat animal models, patient-derived xenograft models (PDXs).
Ophthalmic research, inflammation, immune response, signaling pathways, dry eye disease (DED), Sjogren's syndrome, rabbit models, ex-vivo human cornea and conjunctiva models, drug evaluation, IHC, IF, WB, fluorescence microscopy, microarrays, RTPCR, gene expression.

Selected publications: Transcriptome PIPN, Transcriptome-DED, Cell transfer method, Ex-vivo drug evaluation, Other publications.

Dates: 2005 - 2016

Academic degree/title: DOCTORAL

PhD, doctor of medical sciences (dr. med. sc.)

Position: PhD Student followed by Research Scientist.

Institution: The Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education in Warsaw (CMKP),

The work was performed in collaboration with DNAi Biotech Lab and Imperial College London.

Address: Marymoncka 99/103, 01-813 Warsaw, Poland, EU.

Contact: Doctoral Studies: email, website.

Fields of studies: Medical Biology, molecular biology and biochemistry, cancer research, renal cancer (ccRCC), transcriptomics, bioinformatics, in-vitro cell cultures, coupled transcription and translation methods, 5'UTR mRNA variants, alternative splicing, gene expression, a novel method for gene specific enhancement of protein translation of selected tumor suppressors (TRHB, CDKN2A).

2005 - 2010. 5-year full-time doctoral studies at CMKP.
2010 - 2016. Managing multiple research grants and authoring 11 scientific articles*. Defended a doctoral dissertation, awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences in Medical Biology on 30/03/2016.

Doctoral dissertation: The Role of Untranslated Regions (UTRs) in the Expression of the T3-Dependent Nuclear Thyroid Hormone Receptor β1 (TRβ1) in Human Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma (ccRCC).

Selected publications: BBA-THRB-5'UTR, Translational control-rHRE, Novel Method -Goligo, Other publications.

Dates: 2001 - 2004

Academic degree/title: Bachelor's (Eng.)

Position: Engineering Student.

Institution: Cracow University of Technology (PK), Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Institute of Organic Chemistry and Technology PK in collaboration with the Institute of Biotechnology and Antibiotics in Warsaw (now Institute of Industrial Chemistry)

Address: Warszawska 24, 31-155 Krakow, PL, EU.

Contact: email, website.

Fields of studies: light chemical synthesis, biotechnology and genetic engineering.

Engineer’s thesis: Engineering of a Plasmid-Based Genetic Construct Encoding the Fusion Protein: Ubiquitin-Ubiquitin Protease 4.

The project was part of the development of a ubiquitin-based purification method for insulin production technology at the Institute of Biotechnology and Antibiotics in Warsaw (see Patent no. PL239062B1).

Dates: 1996 - 2001

Academic degree/title: Master of Science, M.sc.

Position: Master of Science Student.

Institution: Jagiellonian University in Krakow (UJ), founded in 1364, ranked first in PL, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Biotechnology (FBBB), Department of Cell Biology (CB).

Address: Golebia 24, 31-007 Krakow, PL, EU.

Contact: email, website.

Fields of studies: Biology, molecular biology, cellular biology, cancer research, melanoma B16 metastases, ion channels, cytoskeleton, time-lapse video-microscopy and cell motility.

Master's thesis: The Influence of Extracellular Calcium Ions on Contact-Mediated Acceleration of Migration of Mouse Melanoma B16 Cells.

Selected publication: Contact mediated acceleration of migration of B16 cells.

Professional Education & Licenses

Dates: 2023 - present (2025)

Continuous postgraduate education.

Completing a specialization program in the Field of Health Care: Medical Molecular Genetics.

Institution: The Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education in Warsaw, PL, EU.

Address: Marymoncka 99/103, 01-813 Warsaw, Poland, EU.

Contact: email, website.

Date: 2008 - 2011

Profession: Sworn Judicial Expert in the field of Genetics and Biochemistry

Certifying Institution: Regional Court in Warsaw and Krakow,

Services provided for multiple institutions, including Courts, Prosecutor Offices and Border guards.

Address: Czerniakowska 100, 00-454 Warsaw, and Przy Rondzie 7, 31-547 Krakow, PL, EU.

2011– present. Holder of a certificate as a sworn judicial expert in the field of genetic and biochemical identification at the Regional Court in Warsaw, PL. Appointed pursuant to the Regulation of the Minister of Justice dated 24 January 2005 on court experts, Article 1.1 and 1.2 (Journal of Laws No. 15, item 133).
2008 – present. Holder of a certificate as a sworn judicial expert in the field of genetic and biochemical identification at the Regional Court in Krakow, PL.

Date: 2001 - 2003

Professional Practice in Laboratory Diagnostics at The Institute for DNA Research in Warsaw.

2023 - License to practice the profession of a laboratory diagnostician no. AA04465, issued by the National Chamber of Laboratory Diagnosticians. Number of entry on the list of laboratory diagnosticians: 08989.

Institution: National Chamber of Laboratory Diagnosticians

Address: ul. Konopacka 4 , 03-428 Warsaw, PL, EU.

Contact: email, website.

Profession: Laboratory Diagnostics.

Field: Medical Laboratory Diagnostics.

Info: The equivalent of the profession of a laboratory diagnostician in the USA is Medical Laboratory Scientist (MLS) or Clinical Laboratory Scientist (CLS).