Students awarded in the BioLAB programme
We are always extremely pleased to announce that two students from the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Wrocław, Paulina Macierzyńska and Aleksandra Sokołowska, have been awarded a Fulbright Foundation scholarship in this year’s competition. As part of the BioLAB programme, they will complete a one-year research internship at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas (Texas, USA).
About the winners
Ms Aleksandra Sokołowska is interested in biochemistry and crystallography. She is interested in structural studies, especially those using X-ray diffraction, of biologically important molecules – both macromolecules and smaller, ‘organic’ ones. Being on the specialisation “Organic Chemistry”, she also has a special affection for this branch of chemistry and organic synthesis. As part of her internship, Ms Aleksandra will be studying the biochemical and structural mechanisms of gene regulation involving RNA.
In turn, Ms Paulina Macierzyńska‘s main interests are modern methods of examining biological samples for forensic purposes, including mass spectrometry, chromatographic techniques and coupled methods (LC-MS, GC-MS). In her master’s thesis, she is working on the development of methods for the determination of selected pesticides in biological samples using the MALDI-MS technique. Additionally, she is interested in topics related to biochemistry, pharmacokinetics and drug substance design. Ms Paulina’s project will focus on the study of misfolded amyloid-forming proteins, which are associated with neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease.
Our sincere congratulations and our fingers are firmly crossed!
About the programme
The BioLAB programme is a one-year internship for students in the biological, chemical, biophysical and medical sciences (biology, biochemistry, biophysics, bioinformatics, biotechnology, chemistry, physics, pharmacy, medicine, etc.) at four US research institutions: University of Virginia, University of Chicago, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation and UT Southwestern Medical Center.
