Magdalena Morawska

EDUCATION

College / University

Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology, Gdansk University-Medical University of Gdansk, Poland / International First Level Degree: "Job Creation Oriented Biotechnology" at Universita degli Studi di Perugia, Italy

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Biotechnology

Country

Poland

Lab Experience

Various biochemical and molecular biology techniques, cell culture, nucleic acids and protein methods

Projects / Research

01/2005 – 06/2005: "Isolation of novel chimpanzee adenovirus and development of vector transfer system". IRBM Merck Research Laboratories, Roma (Italy)
06/2004 – 08/2004: "Parvoviruses: role of infection with adeno-associated virus (AAV) of human heart tissue, addressing a possible role of this virus in cardiomyopathies". Department of Applied Tumor Virology, German Cancer Research Centers (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
06/2003 – 08/2003: "The lamda pR promoter activity in Escherichia coli cgtA mutant". Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of Polish Academy of Science, Gdansk, Poland

Scholarships / Awards

2005 – 2006:	Stipend International Max Planck Research School
2003 – 2005:	Scholarship for academic excellence, Dept. of Biotechnology, Gdansk, Poland
2004:	Socrates/Erasmus Scholarship

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

I am fascinated by viruses. Through the MSc program I hope to obtain a solid theoretical background and an insight into diverse research areas.