Dr n. farm. Magdalena Kusaczuk received a scholarship awarded by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange as part of the Mieczysław Bekker Programme. In the third edition of this prestigious programme, 135 scholarships were awarded to researchers working at Polish universities and other Polish research institutions. It provides funding for a scholarship covering the cost of living associated with a stay in a foreign host centre and a mobility allowance. Participation in this scholarship programme is a big step in the scientific development of each scholarship holder, an opportunity to gain valuable international contacts and publications in prestigious journals. In addition, it is worth highlighting its impact on the growth of internationalisation of the university.
Dr Kusaczuk is an assistant at the Department of Pharmaceutical Biochemistry at MUB, and her scientific activity is mainly concerned with the study of substances of natural and synthetic origin as potential pharmacotherapeutics in the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme of the brain.
The Bekker programme scholarship holder will conduct research at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) for a period of 4 months, i.e. from 1 March to 1 July 2021. This one of the leading Spanish universities was ranked in the third hundred best universities in the world according to the latest edition of the Shanghai Ranking (places 201-300).
The Doctor will join research team of Professor Guillermo Velasco, a world-renowned expert in the treatment of glioblastoma multiforme. The Professor is the author or co-author of several international patents and the head of numerous scientific grants. In turn, the number of citations of his works is 13,327, and the Hirsch index is 40.
Within the framework of the scholarship, the Doctor will be implementing the project "Effect of cannabinoids on glioblastoma epigenetic modifications", whose main goal is to study the effect of cannabinoids and selected epigenetic modulators on inhibiting the proliferation of glioblastoma cells in vitro, as well as to determine the interaction between therapeutics, which is a key aspect in determining possible combination therapies.
So far, dr Kusaczuk already had the opportunity to develop her skills during trainings and internships at foreign research centres, such as the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid in Spain and Imperial College London in the United Kingdom.
Link to the recruitment results can be found HERE.
We cordially congratulate and at the same time encourage everyone to apply in the next competitions organised by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange.
International Cooperation Department may assist in the preparation of applications, as well as in obtaining the necessary information from NAWA.
International Cooperation Department
The project is financed by the National Agency for Academic Exchange under the Mieczysław Bekker Programme.