Dr. Karolina Pierzynowska
has graduated from
University of Gdansk, Poland. In 2013 he
obtained BSc degree in biology, and in 2015
MSc degree in the same field. She defended
her PhD thesis (entitled “Induction of
autophagy as mechanism for genistein action
in experimental therapy of neurodegenerative
diseases”) in 2020 at the Faculty of Biology of
the University of Gdansk. She continued her
research during internships in the Institute of
Cell Biology, Ukrainian Academy of Science,
Lviv, Ukraine, and Laboratory of Molecular
Neuropathology, Department of Biochemistry,
Blanchette Rockefeller Institute for
Neurosciences, West Virginia University,
Morgantown, WV, USA. Currently, Dr Karolina
Pierzynowska is Assistant Professor at the
Department of Molecular Biology, University
of Gdansk, Poland. She published over 60
articles in highly recognized, international
research journals. She was awarded several
prizes for her research, including Prof.
Szybalski's Prize, Scholarship of the Minister of
Science and Higher Education, Scholarship of
the L’Oreal-UNESCO in the program 'For
Women in Science', START scholarship of the
Foundation for Polish Science, and
International Future Science Future Star
Award. She is an editor is research journals:
Acta Biochimica Polonica, and BMC Research
Notes.
Scientific Focus
Her scientific interests are focused on understanding cellular processes leading to neurodegenerative
diseases, and development of novel therapies for such diseases. She investigates Alzheimer’s disease,
Huntington’s disease, lysosomal storage diseases, and neurodegeneration with brain iron
accumulation (NBIA). Autophagy and ferroptosis are processes which Dr Karolina Pierzynowska
focuses on specifically. She uses modern experimental methods, including large-scale transcriptomic
analyses. Her research include studies on both cellular and animal models of human diseases.