Doctoral students at the FORUM conference

The FORUM Conference, organized by the Doctoral School of Natural Sciences at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, took place on September 19-21 at the Faculty of Biology of UAM. The meeting dedicated to doctoral students provides an excellent opportunity to discuss research results, exchange opinions and experiences in the field with other scientists. This year, among the numerous guests delivering lectures were Prof. Marcello Coradini, Prof. Kelly Cistina Tonello, Prof. Karen S. McBride, Prof. Łukasz Kaczmarek, Dr. Evelien Adriaenssens, Prof. Paul Babitzke and Dr. Charles Underwood. More than 100 Doctoral School participants gave oral and poster presentations. PhD candidates from our Institute also participated in the Conference – the presenters are listed below, along with the titles of their speeches and scientific posters.

Talks

• Joanna Kozłowska-Masłoń, MSc – “miR-27b-5p: a short non-coding RNA with diagnostic potential in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma” (supervisor prof. dr hab. Izabela Makałowska)
• Klaudia Samorowska, MSc – “Long noncoding RNAs in the process of RNA editing (A-to-I) in breast cancer cells” (supervisor dr hab. Michał Szcześniak)
• Aneta Łyś, MSc – “Identification and analysis of 5’-end-extended transcripts of protein-coding genes in human” (supervisor prof. dr hab. Izabela Makałowska)

Posters

• Helena Repczyńska, MSc – “The impact of late parenthood on the biological status of offspring in industrial Poland” (supervisor dr hab. Grażyna Liczbińska)
• Klaudia Staszak, MSc – “Old and species-specific retrogenes in warm-blooded vertebrates’ cancers” (supervisor prof. dr hab. Izabela Makałowska)
• Weronika Stróżewska, MSc – “Association of selected mutations of the GH receptor and IGF-1 receptor genes with the lack of catch-up growth in children born small for gestational age.” (supervisor dr hab. Anita Szwed)
• Sylwia Szwec, MSc – “Dystrophin/utrophin hybrid proteins in therapy of Duchenne muscular dystrophy – comparison of sequential, structural, and functional properties of dystrophin and utrophin” (supervisor dr hab. Patryk Konieczny)
• Wenesa Woźniak, MSc – “Morphological and histological analysis of bone tissue response to muscle activity in the model population of Scythian archers (5th – 2nd century BC)” (supervisor dr hab. Marta Krenz-Niedbała)