Anwesha Sarkar
Ph.D. student
Anwesha had a highly successful PhD in our lab, contributing to publications in Communications Biology, Nature Communications and PLOS Genetics. Her research and scientific communication were repeatedly recognized at IIMCB, where she received multiple awards for Best Presentation at the PhD Student Report Sessions as well as Best Poster Presentation at the IIMCB Annual Retreat. During her PhD, she also actively participated in several international conferences and workshops, including events organized by EMBO. Following her PhD, Anwesha continues at the IIMCB as a Core Facility Scientist, applying her scientific and technical expertise to support research across the institute.
Gabriela Piórkowska
Master’s student; defended Master's thesis in 2025
Gabriela investigated the regulation of the non-lysine-mediated degradation of cullin-RING ligase receptors. Her dedication led to co-authorship of a an article on DEGRONOPEDIA and graduation with a distinction in biotechnology from the University of Warsaw. Gabriela continues her scientific journey at IIMCB as a PhD student in a group led by Dr. Lidia Wróbel.
Abhishek Dubey
Postdoc; 2021-2023
Abhishek’s research concentrated on unraveling the impact of floxouridine, an anticancer agent, on modulating proteostasis and its role in enhancing survival under low-temperature conditions in C. elegans nematodes. Additionally, he explored the mechanisms of rare diseases linked to the FEM1C and MAPK1 genes. The outcome of his research materialized in the publication of four articles in peer-reviewed journals, including Nature Communications and Human Molecular Genetics. Abhishek secured an academic position at the Leibniz Institute on Aging - Fritz Lipmann Institute in Prof. Maria Ermolaeva's group.
Katarzyna Olek (Banasiak)
Ph.D. student; graduated in 2023
Katarzyna pushed the boundaries of our knowledge of muscular exophergenesis in C. elegans, and her efforts resulted in three articles in this field, one of which made it to the cover of EMBO Reports. Moreover, she co-authored two other articles on the ubiquitin-proteasome system. But it wasn't just her scientific achievements that set her apart - Katarzyna was also a dedicated and committed member of the Ph.D. students’ community, always organizing events that brought us all together.
Aniruddha Das
Ph.D. student; graduated in 2023
Aniruddha's work in our lab was remarkable - his research on the synergic cooperation between the CHN-1 and UFD-2 ubiquitin ligases resulted in a first author article that graced the cover of the EMBO Journal. Aniruddha's successes earned him a post-doc position at the University of Texas at Austin in Prof. Andreas Matouschek's group.
Konrad Kowalski
Master’s student and Research Assistant; defended Master's thesis in 2022
Konrad has co-authored two articles - Turek et al., 2021 and Piechota et al., 2022, and successfully defended his master's thesis at the University of Warsaw. If that wasn't enough, Konrad has now set his sights even higher - he has begun his doctoral studies at the renowned Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, where he will work under the supervision of Dr. Adam Kłosin.
Address
Laboratory of Protein Metabolism
International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw
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02-109 Warsaw, Poland
