The success of our PhD Students
We are happy to announce the success of our PhD Students!
Klaudia Radoszkiewicz from the Translational Platform for Regenerative Medicine
and Martyna Podgajna from the Laboratory of Molecular Basis of Neurodegeneration
won the second and third place (respectively) in this year's edition of the competition
of the Polish Neuroscience Society "Young Investigator Award 2023".
Both ladies will present their scientific achievements on September 22
during the 16th Polish Neuroscience Society Congress in Toruń,
in the "Young Investigator Award" session.
Please accept our heartfelt congratulations and best wishes for future success!
Congratulations - Paulina Rybkowska
Congratulations to our PhD student from the Translational Platform for Regenerative Medicine
Ms Paulina Rybkowska
a laureate of the BioLAB Program for the academic year 2023-24 who will complete a scientific internship at the University of Virginia.
The Program's partner is the Polish-US Fulbright Commission.
The BioLAB program is a one-year internship for students of biological and chemical, biophysical and medical sciences (biology, biochemistry, biophysics, bioinformatics, biotechnology, chemistry, physics, pharmacy, medicine, etc.) at four American scientific institutions: University of Virginia, University of Chicago, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, and UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Congratulations - Klaudia Kiel
Congratulations to Mrs. Klaudia Kiel - PhD student from the Cancer Microenvironment Laboratory.
Ms. Klaudia was awarded for the best presentation of the results at the doctoral seminar of the Joint Doctoral School of Translational Medicine of the Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, which was held as part of the Collegium Iuvenum Young Scientists Forum.
Poster title: "Extracellular vesicles modified ex vivo as an anti-cancer vaccine to stimulate immune cell activation"Seminar - prof. Dariusz C. Gorecki
Prof. Dariusz C. Gorecki MD, PhD
Professor of Molecular Medicine Fulbright Alumnus School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences University of Portsmouth, UK
"DMD gene - not just a muscle problem"
DMD, the largest human gene known, encodes dystrophins. Its mutations cause Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a debilitating and incurable neuromuscular disorder. Oddly, although dystrophin mRNA has been found outside muscles and brain, it was disregarded as “illegitimate transcription”. Contrary to this, we have recently demonstrated that DMD is a housekeeping gene expressed across all human tissues. Moreover, we uncovered a novel link between this gene and malignancy: DMD is downregulated across a spectrum of common cancers of various histological origins and the low dystrophin expression correlates with reduced patients’ survival. We currently investigate the mechanism of this increased tumour aggressiveness using gene editing, and our novel data will be presented. Studies into the role of DMD in malignancies may lead to its exploitation in monitoring progression and treatment. Furthermore, loss of DMD gene expression affects early embryogenesis, and the dystrophic pathway alterations shared between development and tumorigenesis will be discussed. Findings that the DMD gene has a role in processes as vital as development and malignancy expand the growing evidence of its significance beyond dystrophic muscles. This role must be understood if we want to find effective therapies for pathologies caused by DMD mutations. Currently pursued treatments for Duchenne MD focussed on dystrophin re-expression are fraught with problems.
Adrian Szczepaniak - congratulations
Congratulations to our PhD student! Mr. Adrian Szczepaniak - PhD student from the Laboratory of Neurooncology - became a scholarship holder of the "Exchange to the US" program of The Kosciuszko Foundation. The scholarship will enable Adrian to carry out a research project at Brown University.
The congratulatory letters were handed over during a ceremony at the residence of the United States Ambassador to Poland, J.E. Mark Brzezinski.
We wish you success, gaining valuable experience, making inspiring acquaintances and a lot of joy and beautiful experiences!