Team Leader

Education:
2004 – Master degree in biology in the field of biophysics, University of Lodz
2009 – PhD in biological sciences in the field of biophysics, University of Lodz
2019 – habilitation in medical sciences, specialization in molecular genetics, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Lodz

Employment:
2019 – present, head of Laboratory of Epigenetics
2019 – present, associate professor at IMB PAN
2004-2018 – assistant and then assistant professor at the Laboratory of Transcription Regulation, Institute of Medical Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Awards:
Scholarship of the Minister of National Education and Sport, 2002-2004
VERITAS ET LIBERTAS Medal, Lodz, 2004
“START” Fellowship of the Foundation for Polish Science, Warsaw, 2010
Scholarship for young outstanding scientists for 2015-2018. Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Warsaw, 2015

Research projects:

1. Grant of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education on “Searching for ligands for the RORgamma nuclear receptor as potential therapeutic agents in autoimmune diseases” (no. N N301 507638); years 2010-2013; grant holder
2. Grant of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education Iuventus Plus on “Searching for new determinants of the expression of the human ABCB8 gene, associated with multidrug resistance of melanomas” (grant no. IP2011 045171); years 2012-2014; grant holder
3. Grant of the National Science Centre OPUS on “A/B domain phosphorylation as a mechanism determining the substrate specificity of two isoforms (RORgamma and RORgammaT) of the RORC nuclear receptor.” (No. 2015/19/B/NZ7/03778); years 2016-2019; grant holder
4. Grant of the National Science Centre OPUS on “The role of sirtuin two (SIRT2) in drug resistance of melanomas.” (No. 2015/17/B/NZ5/00142); years 2016-2019; grant holder
5. Grant of the National Science Centre SONATA BIS on “Identification of genes and epigenetic processes involved in the differentiation of human Th17 cells.” (No. 2015/18/E/NZ5/00733); years 2016-2020; grant holder
6. Grant of the National Science Centre OPUS on “Application of artificial intelligence based on machine learning to search for new substances that modulate the activity of RORgamma/RORgammaT receptors.” (No. 2019/33/B/NZ7/00795); years 2020-2024; grant holder
7. Grant of the National Science Centre OPUS entitled “Epigenetic immunomodulation depending on the elements of the microbiome. A model of direct and indirect interactions of Th17 and Treg cells with Staphylococcus aureus in the course of psoriasis.” (No. 2020/37/B/NZ5/01029); years 2020-2024; grant holder