Our scientific interests concentrate on cancer genetics and the genetics of the senses. We use various techniques in our routine practice, from molecular biology and cytogenetics (microarrays, NGS, pyrosequencing, FISH and FICTION) supplemented by functional analyses. The aim of the research is the identification of genomic and epigenomic alterations that contribute to the development of neoplasms and diseases of the sensory organs. To that end, we work closely with renowned Polish and foreign scientific groups.
Department of Cancer Genetics
Featured publications
Diagnostyka różnicowa brodawkowatego guza języka u 71-letniego pacjenta ostatecznie zdiagnozowanego jako rak płaskonabłonkowy brodawkowaty języka.
Frączkowska A, Brust K., Dmowska K, Wierzbicka M
MNiSW-20
TYK2 protein expression and its potential as the tissue-based biomarker for the diagnosis of colorectal cancer.
Zadka Ł, Ustaszewski A, Glatzel-Plucińska N, Rusak A,, Łaczmańska I, Ratajczak-Wielgomas K, Kmiecik A, Piotrowska A, Haczkiewicz-Leśniak K, Gomułkiewicz A, Kostrzewska-Poczekaj M, Dzięgiel P
Cancers (MDPI) 2024 Oct 30, 16 (21(: 3665, 23 str., doi.org/10.3390/cancers16213665IF-4.5 MNiSW-140
Role of Exosomes in Salivary Gland Tumors and Technological Advances in Their Assessment.
Nieszporek A, Wierzbicka M, Labedz N, Zajac W, Cybinska J, Gazinska P
Cancers (Base, MDPI). 2024 Sep 27;16 (19): 3298, 20 str., doi: 10.3390/cancers16193298.IF-4.5 MNiSW-140
The Clinical and Surgical Characteristics of Parotid Tumors with Parapharyngeal Space Involvement-A Multicenter Experience of the Polish Salivary Network.
Stodulski D, Mikaszewski B, Witkowski P, Bartkowiak E, Pietruszewska W, Olejniczak I, Markowski J, Piernicka-Dybich A, Burduk P, Wierzchowska M, Czech J, Radomska K, Chańko A, Majszyk D, Bruzgielewicz A, Gazińska P, Wierzbicka M
IF-3.0 MNiSW-140
The usefulness of narrow-band Imaging (NBI) in nasopharyngeal lesions-Validation of the Ni NBI classification dedicated for vascular pattern in the nasopharynx.
Klimza H, Maćkowiak B, Zagaja K, Jackowska J, Banaszewski J, Wierzbicka M
PLoS One. 2024 Jun 17; 19 (6):e0302043. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302043. eCollection 2024IF-2.9 MNiSW-100
Is there any interplay between human gut microbiota and upper airway susceptibility to recurrent respiratory papillomatosis exacerbations?
Klimza H, Jackowska J, Zagozda N, Wierzbicka M
Otolaryngol Pol, 2024 Jun 30; 78 (3): 43-48, EpubIF-1.0 MNiSW-100
Gliwice Scientific Meetings as a forum for discussion of research projects. Personal impressions.
Szyfter K
Post Biochemii, 2024, 70 (1): 95-99, Epub 2024 Feb 21, doi.10.18388/pb.2021_516MNiSW-70
Odkryte tajemnice nowotworów.
Giefing M
Akademia, 2024, 77 (1): 33-35, DOI: 10.24425/academiaPAN.2024.150037MNiSW-5
Estimation of the Age of the Kashubian-Specific Pathogenic NPHS2 Variant Responsible for Hereditary Steroid-Resistant Nephrotic Syndrome Points to Its Recent Local Origin.
Jankowski M, Daca-Roszak P, Bałasz-Chmielewska J, Ustaszewski A, Żurowska A, Lipska-Ziętkiewiz BS, Ziętkiewicz E
Human Mutation, 2024, Article ID 8205102, 9 pages, https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/8205102IF-3.3 MNiSW-140
Differentially expressed microRNAs targeting genes in key pathways in keratoconus.
Nowak-Malczewska D, Świerkowska J, Gajęcka M
Front Genetics, 2024 Feb 26, 15, Manuscript ID: 1301676, doi 10.3389/fgene.2024.1301676IF-2.8 MNiSW-100
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Featured research projects
1. Project OPUS
„Genome-wide mutation screen of the regulome in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.”
Duration: 2017-2020
2. Project PRELUDIUM
„Role of miR-299-5p in pathogenesis of laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.”
Duration: 2017-2020
3. Project OPUS
“The expression analysis of genes and proteins potentially involved in lymph node metastasis formation in laryngeal cancer”
Duration: 2016-2019
4. Project HARMONIA
“Identification of miRNAs involved in classical Hodgkin lymphoma pathogenesis using combined expression and mutation profiling and functional analyses.”
Duration: 2015-2018
5. Project HARMONIA
“Whole exome sequencing in Polish patients with sporadic keratoconus and a pilot study of keratoconus proteomic and metabolomic profiles of tears.”
Duration: 2014-2017
6. Project PRELUDIUM
“Silencing and functional analysis of the CDK1 gene in laryngeal squamous cell carcinoma.”
Duration: 2014-2017
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Collaborations
Department of Otolaryngology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznań, Poland.
Institute of Human Genetics, Christian Albrecht University, Kiel, Germany.
Institute of Cell Biology (Tumour Research), University Duisburg-Essen, Germany.
Senckenberg Institute of Pathology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany.
Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Turku, Finland.
Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX, USA.
Awards
dr n. med. i n. o zdr. Katarzyna Jaśkiewicz-Rajewicz
prof. dr hab. n. med. Marzena Gajęcka
II nagroda w konkursie na najlepszą publikację naukową z dziedziny diabetologii i chorób metabolicznych w 2023 r. im. Kazimierza Funka,
Polskie Towarzystwo Diabetologiczne doceniło pracę współautorstwa prof. Marzeny Gajęckiej i dr Katarzyny Jaśkiewicz (Gajecka M*, Gutaj P*, Jaskiewicz K*, Rydzanicz M, Szczapa T, Kaminska D, Kosewski G, Przyslawski J, Ploski R, Wender-Ozegowska E. Effects of maternal type 1 diabetes and confounding factors on neonatal microbiomes. Diabetologia. 2024 Feb;67(2):312-326. doi: 10.1007/s00125-023-06047-7 ; *autorzy równorzędni).
Nagroda główna
na najlepszą oryginalną pracę twórczą doktoranta w 2023 r.: Jaskiewicz K, Maleszka-Kurpiel M, Kabza M, Karolak JA, Gajecka M. Sequence variants contributing to dysregulated inflammatory responses across keratoconic cone surface in adolescent patients with keratoconus. Front Immunol. 2023 Jul 6;14:1197054. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1197054.
Nagroda Polskiego Towarzystwa Genetyki Człowieka za najlepszą pracę doktorską z zakresu genetyki człowieka
Podczas XI Zjazdu Polskiego Towarzystwa Genetyki Człowieka w Bydgoszczy, dr n. med. i n. o zdr. Joanna Świerkowska otrzymała Nagrodę Polskiego Towarzystwa Genetyki Człowieka za najlepszą pracę doktorską z zakresu genetyki człowieka – stopień doktora nadany w latach 2018-2020. Tytuł nagrodzonej pracy doktorskiej: „Charakterystyka wybranych aspektów (epi)–genetycznych w wysokiej krótkowzroczności u polskich pacjentów”.
Nagroda im. prof. Aleksandra Szczygła za pracę naukowo-badawczą opublikowaną w roku 2021
za pracę naukowo-badawczą opublikowaną w roku 2021 z zakresu nauki o żywieniu człowieka: Alteration of the Early Development Environment by Maternal Diet and the Occurrence of Autistic-like Phenotypes in Rat Offspring.
IX Edition of the Competition of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poznan for the best scientific publication, which was published in 2020 and the lead author was a PhD student.
Dr Julia Paczkowska – lauerate of the IX Edition of the Competition of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poznan for the best scientific publication, which was published in 2020 and the lead author was a PhD student.
prof. dr hab. n. med. i n. o zdr. Maciej Giefing
dr hab. n. med. Małgorzata Jarmuż-Szymczak
dr hab. n. med. i n. o zdr. Katarzyna Kiwerska
dr n. med. Magdalena Kostrzewska-Poczekaj
Award of the Division of Medical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences
for 5 publications concerning loss of tumor suppressor genes in squamous cell carcinoma
EMBO Short-term fellowship
Joanna Świerkowska from the Department of Cancer Genetics received an EMBO short-term fellowship for the implementation of the project “The role of the noncoding miRNA and enhancers in high myopia” at Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
EMBO short-term fellowship
Magdalena Kostrzewska-Poczekaj from the Department of Cancer Genetics received an EMBO short-term fellowship for the implementation of the project "Platelets and platelet microparticles (PMP) as omnipresent RNA messengers in inflammatory diseases" at University Hospital Schleswig Holstein, Clinic for Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Luebeck in Germany.