Joanna Zawacka
About me
Joanna Zawacka is an Associate Professor in Medical Biotechnology at
the Department of Oncology-Pathology and a group leader at the Medical
University of Warsaw.
She graduated from the University of Gdansk with MSc in biotechnology and
obtained a PhD in biochemistry in 2005. She completed her postdoctoral
training in p53 tumor biology and targeted therapies at the Department of
Microbiology, Tumor and Cell biology, Karolinska Institute.
In 2007, she was awarded the Assistant Professor position at the University
of Gdansk, and in 2012 she was recruited to the Department of Microbiology,
Tumor and Cell biology, Karolinska Institute as Assistant Professor and
Principal Investigator.
Cathrine Everts Forskningsstiftelse 2021
Åke Wibergs stiftelse
National Science Centre, Poland (research grant)
Research
Our goal is to identify effective, specific, and selective treatments for
solid and hematological cancers that can be rapidly translated into clinical
practice.
Towards that goal, we use repurposed drugs to reactivate p53 proteins, the
standard of care, and unique pre-clinical models, including primary human
cancer cells and humanized mouse models.
We also strive to understand how p53 affects longevity by
performing comparative proteins' sequence analysis in short-
and long-lived species to understand which critical nodes in the p53
pathway are responsible for longevity in the Animal Kingdom. We hope, in the
future, this knowledge could be translated to modulate physiological
aging in humans.
*TEAM MEMBERS*
Malihe Behzadi, Postdoc, visiting researcher
Qurat Ul Ain Fateh, Postdoc, visiting researcher
Bahareh Sadat Haeri, PhD student, visiting scholar
Matilde Fregni, Erasmus student (former)
*LAB WEBSITE*
http://joannazawackalab.com/ [1]
[1] http://joannazawackalab.com/
Teaching
Lecturer - Medical Biochemistry
Course leader - Molecular diagnostics
Selected publications
- Review: CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION. 2023;30(5):1097-1154
- Article: BLOOD. 2022;139(20):3040-3057
- Article: FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES. 2022;9:823195
- Article: CELL DEATH DISCOVERY. 2019;5:77
- Corrigendum: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2018;9:681
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2018;9(5):439
Articles
- Article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2021;22(16):8512
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2020;11(4):237
- Article: FUTURE SCIENCE OA. 2019;5(2):FSO366
- Article: FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES. 2015;2:39
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2014;5(10):e1484
- Article: CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION. 2014;21(4):612-623
- Article: JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS. 2012;75(4):747-751
- Article: JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS. 2012;75(1):9-14
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 2011;286(48):41600-41615
- Article: FEBS LETTERS. 2011;585(1):255-260
- Article: PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY. 2010;86(5):1118-1126
- Article: POSTEPY HIGIENY I MEDYCYNY DOSWIADCZALNEJ. 2010;64:396-407
- Article: POSTEPY HIGIENY I MEDYCYNY DOSWIADCZALNEJ. 2010;64:78-86
- Article: CELL CYCLE. 2010;9(4):720-728
- Article: CELL CYCLE. 2009;8(21):3584-3591
- Article: CANCER LETTERS. 2009;280(1):101-109
- Article: PHARMACOLOGICAL REPORTS. 2007;59(4):474-479
- Article: BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS. 2007;29(6):877-883
- Article: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. 2007;282(4):2466-2472
- Article: JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B: BIOLOGY. 2007;86(1):35-42
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All other publications
- Review: BIOMARKER RESEARCH. 2024;12(1):34
- Review: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES. 2022;23(13):7213
- Editorial comment: CANCERS. 2022;14(3):823
- Review: CANCERS. 2020;12(9):E2717-2717
- Corrigendum: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2019;10(10):769
- Corrigendum: CELL DIVISION. 2019;14(1):10
- Corrigendum: CELL DEATH AND DISEASE. 2018;9(6):690
- Editorial comment: TRANSLATIONAL CANCER RESEARCH. 2016;5(6):733-737
- Review: PHOTOCHEMICAL AND PHOTOBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES. 2015;14(8):1390-1396
- Review: JOURNAL OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. 2015;277(2):248-259
- Corrigendum: TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY. 2010;243(1):122
- Review: TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY. 2009;241(2):246-252
- Review: TOXICOLOGY AND APPLIED PHARMACOLOGY. 2008;232(3):487-497
Employments
- Affiliated to Research, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, 2023-2026
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2022