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Renata Jurkowska

Dr Renata Jurkowska

Uwch Ddarlithydd

Ysgol y Biowyddorau

Email
JurkowskaR@caerdydd.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 29208 79067
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Adeilad Syr Martin Evans, Rhodfa'r Amgueddfa, Caerdydd, CF10 3AX
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Trosolwyg

Rwyf bob amser wedi cael fy swyno gan brosesau gwahaniaethu cellog ac arbenigedd swyddogaethol, sy'n dangos sut y gellir dehongli'r wyddor genetig yn gain gan gydadwaith o brosesau epigenetig i yrru celloedd progenitor tuag at eu brasterau arbenigol. Mae'r syndod hwn wedi ysgogi datblygiad a chrisialeiddio fy niddordebau ymchwil o amgylch epigenetig a gwahaniaethu bôn-gelloedd.

Fy niddordebau ymchwil hirdymor yw deall sut mae gwahanol boblogaethau celloedd yr ysgyfaint dynol yn cydweithredu i ffurfio organ swyddogaethol, sut mae rheoleiddio epigenetig yn sbarduno hunaniaeth gellog yn yr ysgyfaint iach a sut mae dysregulation o brosesau epigenetig oherwydd sarhad amgylcheddol, fel mwg sigaréts neu lygredd aer yn cyfrannu at ddatblygu clefydau'r ysgyfaint.

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Module contributor: BI2331 Physiology

Module contributor: BI2332 Concepts of Disease

Bywgraffiad

Since September 2019 I am a Senior Lecturer in the Biomedicine Division within the School of Biosciences at Cardiff University, where I have a distinct pleasure to work in a highly collaborative and inspiring research environment.

After completing my BSc and MSc studies in Biotechnology at Warsaw University in Poland, I joined the group of Prof. Albert Jeltsch (Jacobs University Bremen, Germany) for PhD studies in Biochemistry, which I concluded with special distinction. I investigated the enzymatic properties and regulation of human DNA methyltransferases, key enzymes involved in cellular identity and function. My PhD triggered a long-life fascination with epigenetics and crystallised my research interests around stem cell differentiation and tissue regeneration. During my postdoctoral time (initially at Jacobs university Bremen, Germany and then at University of Stuttgart, Germany), I investigated the mechanisms of different classes of epigenetic enzymes to understand their function and contribution to human diseases.

I like exploring emerging fields and engaging in interdisciplinary projects. Therefore, after my postdoc, I chaned my research field from biochemistry to lung diseases and the research sector from academia to a start-up company. From the end of 2015 until July 2019 I was a project leader at the Epigenetics and COPD research team at BioMed X Innovation Center in Heidelberg (Germany), an institution promoting a novel collaboration model at the interface between academia and industry. There, I have designed and successfully delivered an innovative research project carried out in collaboration with pharma industry, which explored epigenetic regulation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to provide novel therapeutic avenues for this uncurable lung disease. The success of the project and its impact were demonstrated by the acquisition of all results by the pharma partner for internal continuation.

Anrhydeddau a dyfarniadau

  • Gwobr Cyflwyniad Llafar Gorau yng Nghynhadledd Gwyddorau'r Ysgyfaint (2020)
  • Cymrodoriaeth ôl-ddoethurol a grant ymchwil a ddyfarnwyd gan Sefydliad Carl Zeiss (2015)
  • Gwobr cymrodoriaeth tymor byr EMBO (2014)
  • Gwobr poster gorau yng nghyfarfod a gweithdy 6ed NEB ar "gyfyngu ac addasu DNA", Bremen, Yr Almaen (2010)
  • Ysgoloriaeth seiliedig ar deilyngdod ar gyfer cyflawniadau gwyddonol nodedig a roddwyd gan Weinyddiaeth Addysg Gwlad Pwyl (2004-2003 a 2003-2002)
  • Ysgoloriaeth a roddwyd ar gyfer cyflawniadau nodedig, Prifysgol Warsaw, Gwlad Pwyl (2004-2000)

Aelodaethau proffesiynol

  • Aelod o'r Gymdeithas Brydeinig ar gyfer Ymchwil yr Ysgyfaint (o 2019)
  • Aelod o'r Gymdeithas Resbiradol Ewropeaidd (o 2016)
  • Aelod o Gymdeithas Thorasig America (o 2016)
  • Aelod o'r Gymdeithas Biocemeg a Bioleg Foleciwlaidd (Almaeneg) (o 2005)

Safleoedd academaidd blaenorol

  • 2019 - present: Senior Lecturer, Cardiff University
  • 2015 - 2019: Project Leader at BioMed X Innovation Center (Heidelberg, Germany)
  • 2012 - 2019: Postdoctoral Researcher, Stuttgart University (Germany)
  • 2009 - 2011: Postdoctoral Researcher, Jakobs University Bremen (Germany)

Pwyllgorau ac adolygu

  • Aelod o Fwrdd Golygyddol Epigenomes (o 2018)
  • Adolygydd Journal o gyfnodolion amrywiol

Meysydd goruchwyliaeth

I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of:

  • lung biology
  • epigenetics
  • stem cells differentiation
  • chronic lung diseases