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Consulting

PhD

• Worked at the Roslin Institute, Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, and International Centre for Cancer Vaccine Science
• Conducted RNA sequencing analysis to profile immune checkpoints in cancers (R, HPC, Slurm, Linux, bash)
• Extracted immunoglobulin repertoires from bulk, targeted and long-read sequencing (MiXCR, IMGT High-V-Quest, Immunarch)
• Developed computational antibody engineering techniques for the canine model (PyMol, Schrödinger Bioluminate, proprietary)
• Performed wet-lab characterization of monoclonal antibodies, integrated with molecular modeling techniques

QC Specialist

• Validated analytical methods in GMP/GLP/GDP environment
• Wrote and translated technical documentation (PL/EN)
• Designed GMP laboratories for bioassays and cell culture

R&D Associate

• Took part in a successful development of a therapeutic antibody
• Developed qPCR methods and automated data analysis
• Coordinated technology trainings

Student Scientist

• Developed a commercial genetic diagnostics tool

MSc Medical Biotechnology

• Graduated with honours, Dean’s, Rector’s, and Province Marshal’s awards
• Thesis prepared during an exchange at Marche Polytechnic University, Italy
• MSc project on the endocrine disrupting properties of plastic additives

BSc Biotechnology

• Vice-president of BIO-MED students association: science outreach, research
• Internship at the Biological Threats Identification and Countermeasure Centre, Poland
• BSc project on reducing the genotoxicity of chemotherapy

Personal Grant

• Molecular modeling techniques for computational screening of canine anti-cancer antibody candidates

Group Grant

• The Role of Non-Coding RNA in Chromatine Methylation and Prostate Cancer Metastasis

• Kocikowski, M., “Of dogs and men. How canines can help cure human cancers”; Science – Polish Perspectives, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK

• Winter school in Advanced Methods for Scientific Reproducibility (UKRN, University of Bristol; Windsor, UK)

• Bioinformatics for Genomics (Edinburgh Genomics, UK)
• Mass Spectrometry School in Biotechnology and Medicine (Dubrovnik, Croatia)

• Project Management and Entrepreneurship (University of Edinburgh, UK)

• Scientific Writing (University of Stanford, Nature Masterclass)

• Serving as a Mentor in Polonium Foundation

• Co-mentored MSc, PhD students and veterinary doctors at the Roslin Institute

• Delivered lectures on cancer immunology for the inmates of a Scottish top security prison
• Taught a laboratory techniques course for International Health students at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Science