Department of Biostatistics and Translational Medicine
Author : Jędrzej Chrzanowski
We cordially invite applications from young ambitious scientists for the project “Identification of Angiogenesis and Metabolic Markers in Endometriosis and its Associated Ovarian Epithelial Cancer using Photoacoustic Imaging and Data Exploration (ENDOVO),” under the supervision of Dr. Monika Golińska, funded by the POLONEZ BIS 3 program of the National Science Centre for the years 2023-2025. […]
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women. In 2020, 2.3 million new cases were diagnosed, accounting for 11.7% of new cancer diagnoses worldwide. Approximately 5% – 10% of cases involve hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (HBOC), most commonly linked to mutations in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes. Currently, BRCA1/2 genetic tests are recommended […]
We are happy to inform about our team member, Dr. Bartłomiej Tomasik, tremendous achievement – the co-discovery of a new DNA repair mechanism. Dr. Bartłomiej Tomasik is a co-author of the article that describes the newly discovered mechanism for repairing double-strand DNA breaks. The work has been published in the prestigious journal ‘Nature Structural & […]
On August 24, 2023, Professor Anna Woźniacka, the Director of the International Doctoral School, and Professor Lucyna Woźniak, the Vice-Rector for Science and International Cooperation, presented awards to the doctoral students of the International Doctoral School who were honoured during the Public Reporting Session. Among the awarded students were members of our team: The awardees […]
We are pleased to announce an opening for three PhD student positions at our Department. If you are interested in the topics below, we encourage you to apply via the International Doctoral School of Medical University of Lodz website. 1. “A population-based cohort study assessing the risks and benefits of psychotropic drug use in type […]
We are pleased to announce that the results of our research in collaboration with Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Maria Skłodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology in Gliwice and Wrocław Medical University have been published in Radiotherapy&Oncology. Our study provides compelling evidence that specific microRNAs in serum can serve as reliable indicators of radiation exposure and […]
We are delighted to announce that our PhD students have achieved distinction during the first live Public Scientific Review Session of the International Doctoral School at the Medical University of Lodz. We would like to recognize the exceptional work of the following students: Michalak Arkadiusz – III year, presentation entitled „Clinical utility of epigenetic markers […]
We are pleased to announce that the results of our research in collaboration with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have been published in Nature Communications! In this publication, we focused on the application of microRNAs for the identification of BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations without DNA sequencing. The developed test does not rely on direct verification […]
We are pleased to announce that Zuzanna Nowicka, M.D., a doctoral student from our Department, has taken first place in the “Doctoral Category” of the 2023 Women in STEM – Poland Short Essay Contest. The contest was organized by the Polish-U.S. Fulbright Program Stipendists for the 2022-2023 cohort. The aim of the contest was to […]
We are excited to share that Dr. Monika Anna Golińska has been awarded the NCN “MSCA POLONEZ BIS 3” grant for her project titled “ENDOVO: Identifying biomarkers in endometriosis-associated ovarian cancer using photoacoustic imaging and data mining.” The project will be conducted at the Department of Biostatistics and Translational Medicine. Endometriosis is a condition where […]
