MSc Julia Lipowicz

Medical Biotechnology MSc · PhD candidate · NCN Preludium grant manager

My experience spans years of work in the scientific, medical and academic communities, with a particular emphasis on laboratory work in molecular biology, microbiology and genetic engineering. I possess numerous competencies in biotechnology, bioinformatics, scientific publishing, academic pedagogy and research grant management.

Active grant

NCN Preludium 23 — Principal Investigator

“ERβ-dependent autophagy in colorectal cancer and its impact on tumorigenesis”. Project value: PLN 209,860. Planning and conducting experiments, managing budget and team, writing outcome reports and publishing manuscripts in English.

Work experience

10/2022 — present

PhD Candidate, Doctoral School

Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland

Research and teaching in the medical environment, with emphasis on developing laboratory skills and working with students. Laboratory work covers the molecular biology of cancer, cell and microbiological culture, and all analyses related to genetic engineering.

02/2025 — present

NCN Preludium 23 Grant Manager

National Science Centre · Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Leading the research project “ERβ-dependent autophagy in colorectal cancer and its impact on tumorigenesis” (value: PLN 209,860). Planning and conducting experiments, managing budget and team, writing outcome reports and publishing manuscripts in English.

03/2023 — 05/2025

Manager of the Large Research Grant of the Doctoral School

Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Responsible for planning and conducting analyses, as well as publishing the obtained results through conference presentations and scientific publications.

04/2023 — 05/2023

STER-NAWA Research Internship

University of Stuttgart, Germany · Department of Molecular Biochemistry

Worked with electron microscopy, flow cytometry and the CRISPR/Cas9 system.

Education

11/2022 — present

Doctoral School

Poznan University of Medical Sciences
10/2017 — 06/2022

Master of Science in Medical Biotechnology

Poznan University of Medical Sciences

Scientific publications

  1. Genes co-expressed with ESR2 influence clinical outcomes in cancer patients: TCGA data analysis International Journal of Molecular Sciences · 2024 First author
  2. Estrogen receptor β affects hypoxia response in colorectal cancer cells BBA – Molecular Basis of Disease · 2023
  3. It runs in the bromodomain family: speckled proteins (SP) play a role in the antitumor immune response in solid tumors International Journal of Molecular Sciences · 2023
  4. The association between bromodomain proteins and cancer stemness in different solid tumor types International Journal of Cancer · 2022
  5. Elacridar inhibits BCRP protein activity in 2D and 3D cell culture models of ovarian cancer and re-sensitizes cells to cytotoxic drugs International Journal of Molecular Sciences · 2025
  6. Elacridar reverses P-gp-mediated drug resistance in ovarian cancer cells in 2D and 3D culture models International Journal of Molecular Sciences · 2025
  7. The RNA world: from experimental laboratory to “in silico” approach. Part 1: user friendly RNA expression databases portals Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy · 2024

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