Magdalena Mikołajczyk-Chmiela (University of Łódź, Poland)
Speaker: Prof. Magdalena Mikołajczyk-Chmiela (University of Łódź, Poland)
Talk: Guinea pig model of Helicobacter pylori infection, inflammation and immune response
Time: Wednesday, 3rd of September 2014, 12:30
Venue: Biotechnology Summer School 2014, OW Syrenka, Stegna
Category: Invited lecture during Biotechnology Summer School
Magdalena Mikołajczyk-Chmiela, biographical note
With a master degree on biology, microbiology as speciality, upon her PhD on Immunology in 1991 and habilitation in 1999, Magdalena Mikołajczyk-Chmiela was nominated in 2005 on the position of permanent Professor (medical microbiology, immunology) at the Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Lodz. She is currently head of the Department of Immunology and Infectious Biology at the Institute of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Immunology. Her research concerns the immunology of infectious diseases including: immune processes regulating host-pathogen interactions, bacterial virulence factors that determine the course of infections, the use of microorganisms in the design and manufacture of biological components for potential therapeutic use, prevention and diagnostic. With particular attention she leads research on Helicobacter pylori infections, which are responsible for gastric and duodenal ulcers and even stomach cancers. Work on this subject she began in 1992, being a member of the research team at the Department of Medical Microbiology, Lund University in Sweden. With her experience she published numerous papers, review articles, coordinated and participated in a number of research projects supported by the Polish Research Committee, the Polish Ministry of Science and Education as well as the National Center of Science, and evaluated them as an expert. She is a member of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences and the editorial board of the World Journal of Gastroenterology. She shares her professional activity between research work and academic professor activity.