Team Leader

I began my scientific journey in Prof. Zofia Szweykowska-Kulinska's laboratory at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland, where I explored miRNA biogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana for my BSc and MSc theses. I earned the degree in Biotechnology in 2012. I then pursued a PhD in Biochemistry at the same university under the mentorship of Prof. Mikołaj Olejniczak, investigating the interactions between bacterial small RNAs and the chaperone protein Hfq. I completed my PhD in 2017.

After completing my PhD, I joined Prof. Sarah Woodson's lab at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, USA, to further investigate Hfq–RNA interactions using single-molecule techniques. In September 2022, I launched my lab, where we study RNA–protein interactions in bacterial RNA targeting, degradation, and translation. We employ various techniques, including in vivo fluorescence assays, biochemical assays, and single-molecule TIRF microscopy. Our lab is also passionate about understanding phages and their relationships with bacterial hosts through transcriptomic and mass spectrometry studies.