Scientist / Manager Scientist

Jacek Wardzala

Personal details

Nationality: Polish

Date of birth: 23rd March 1987

Gender: Male

E-mail address: f0ju4s@r.postjobfree.com

Phone number: +1-857-***-****

Address: *** ********** **reet, Brookline, MA 02446, USA

Education

University: Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology

Current program title: Biotechnology, MSc

Current year of study: 5th (five-year programme)

Expected graduation: June 2011

Laboratory practice

18th October 2010 - present: Harvard Medical School, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Department of Medical Oncology, Dr. James DeCaprio Lab

Research project title: Detection of Merkel cell polyomavirus in Merkel cell carcinoma tumor samples by qPCR.

23rd August – 13th October 2010: University of Oxford, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, Molecular Oncology Laboratories, Dr. Anthony Kong Lab

Research project title: A combination effect of Hsp90 inhibitor 17-AAG and herceptin on breast cancer cell lines.

31st May – 20th August 2010: National University of Ireland, Galway, Centre for Chromosome Biology, Dr. Stephen Rea Lab, UREKA SURF BioNet Programme

Research project title: Cloning of mMOF and characterisation of hMOF hybridoma supernatents.

15th June – 21st August 2009: University College Cork, Ireland, School of Pharmacy, Prof Caitriona O’Driscoll Lab, UREKA UPCRO Programme

Research project title: An investigation of the ability of novel comb-shaped amphiphilic poly(allylamine) to act as non-viral vectors for siRNA delivery in cancer cells.

March 2009 – May 2010: Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Department of Medical Biotechnology

Laboratory skills

Non-viral gene transfer (polymers, oligodendrimers), cell viability (MTT), BrdU, RNA techniques, gene knockdown, heat shock, DNA digestion with restriction enzymes, mini and maxi prep, cell culture, scratch assay, gel electrophoresis, gel retardation, protein assay (BCA, Bradford), western blot, PCR, Real-Time PCR, fluorescence microscopy, particle size and zeta potential measurements (Malvern Instruments, U.K.), general laboratory techniques (centrifugation, spectrophotometry etc.), calculation of solutions’ concentrations, statistics.

Achievements

Scholarships:

2010: Scholarship from the Department of Medical Oncology, University of Oxford

2010 and 2009: Scholarship from the Science Foundation Ireland

2007: Scholarship of the President of Tarnow City, Poland

Conferences:

2010: The French-Polish School, Modern Biological Imaging Needs Biophysics, Krakow, Poland

2010: 37th Winter School of the Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology of the Jagiellonian University, Zakopane, Poland

2009: 1st International Biotechnology Students’ Conference, Poznan, Poland

2009: 11th Seminar of Biotechnology Students in Poland (XI OASSB), Poznan, Poland

2009: The French-Polish School, Chemistry and Biotechnology in Drug Design, Krakow, Poland

Memberships:

2006: Students’ Scientific Society ‘Mygen’, Faculty Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

2009: Academic Society of Biotechnology Students, Poland

2010: Harvard Polish Society, Cambridge, MA

Competitions:

2006: Finalist of the National Chemistry Olympiad for higher schools, Poland

2006: Laureate (3th prize) of the National Chemistry Contest for higher schools, Silesia Technical University, Gliwice, Poland

2006: Finalist of the regional Chemistry Contest for higher schools, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

Interests

Medical oncology, cancer biology, cancer treatment, stem cell biology, neurobiology, virology, molecular biology, gene therapy, non-viral vectors, viral vectors.

Volunteering

2008: ‘the Society of Friends to People in Diseases, St. Lazarus Hospice’, Krakow, Poland

2011: Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA

Hobbies

Painting, singing in the choir, work and collecting money for charity, volunteering, hiking.

References

Dr. James DeCaprio

Associate Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Mayer Building 440

450 Brookline Avenue

Boston, MA 02215

Tel: +1-617-***-****

E-mail: f0ju4s@r.postjobfree.com

Dr. Anthony Kong

Clinician Scientist

Honorary NHS consultant in Clinical Oncology

University of Oxford

Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine

John Radcliffe Hospital

Oxford, OX3 9DS

Tel: +44 (0-186*-******

E-mail: f0ju4s@r.postjobfree.com

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