Weronika Świtlik PhD

A graduate of the Faculty of Agriculture and Biology at the Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW), she obtained her master's degree in Biology in 2012. In 2019, she received her PhD in medical sciences, specializing in biochemistry, from the Medical University of Łódź. Her dissertation focused on changes in the expression of selected microRNA genes in patients with non-small cell lung cancer. In 2019, she became the principal investigator of a research project funded by the National Science Centre - the Preludium 15 grant titled "Function of miR-30a-5p in lung cancer pathogenesis." Since 2018, she has been employed as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology at SGGW. From 2022 to 2024, she was a researcher in the Sonata Bis 9 NCN scientific project. She completed an internship at the Molecular Cytogenetics Laboratory of the Institute of Mother and Child in Warsaw, as well as international internships at the University of Lisbon (Erasmus student exchange program) and Karunya University in India (IAESTE). She has supervised three theses in the Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology at SGGW. Currently, she is conducting research as a post-doc at CEZAMAT PW.

• MicroRNA biomarkers in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases
• Gene expression analysis at the mRNA and protein levels
• 2D and 3D cell cultures and in vitro cell studies
• Vascularized in vitro experimental models
• Biosensors in neurodegenerative diseases

• Świtlik W, Wyżewski Z, Gregorczyk-Zboroch K, Gietler M, Pudlarz A, Szewińska J, Orzechowski S, Jakieła S, Szemraj J. Deciphering the Role of miR-30a-5p and DLGAP1 Gene in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer. Anticancer research 44(6), 2445–2451, 2024.
• Kalwarczyk E, Lukasiak A, Woznica D, Switlik W, Anchimowicz J, Zielonka P, Jakiela S. Proliferation of SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells on confined spaces. Journal of neuroscience methods 409, 110204, 2024.
• Gregorczyk-Zboroch K, Szulc-Dąbrowska L, Pruchniak P, Gieryńska M, Mielcarska MB, Biernacka Z, Wyżewski Z, Lasocka I, Świtlik W, Szepietowska A, et al. Modifications of Mitochondrial Network Morphology Affect the MAVS-Dependent Immune Response in L929 Murine Fibroblasts during Ectromelia Virus Infection. Pathogens 13(9):717, 2024.
• Grel H, Woznica D, Ratajczak K, Kalwarczyk E, Anchimowicz J, Switlik W, Olejnik P, Zielonka P, Stobiecka M, Jakiela S. Mitochondrial Dynamics in Neurodegenerative Diseases: Unraveling the Role of Fusion and Fission Processes. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 24, 2023.
• Anchimowicz J, Wyżewski Z, Świtlik W. Role of the glucosinolates in cancer epigenetics. Postepy Biochemii 26;69(2):96-103, 2023.
• Wyżewski Z, Świtlik W, Mielcarska MB, Gregorczyk-Zboroch KP. The Role of Bcl-xL Protein in Viral Infections. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22(4): 1956, 2021.
• Świtlik W, Bielecka-Kowalska A, Karbownik MS, Kordek R, Jabłkowski M, Szemraj J. Forms of Diagnostic Material as sources of miRNA biomarkers in hepatocellular carcinoma: a preliminary study. Biomarkers in Medicine 13(7): 523-534, 2019.
• Świtlik W, Karbownik MS, Suwalski M, Kozak J, Szemraj J. Serum miR-210-3p as a potential non-invasive biomarker of lung adenocarcinoma: A preliminary study. Genetic Testing and Molecular Biomarkers 23(5): 353-358, 2019.
• Świtlik W, Karbownik MS, Suwalski M, Kozak J, Szemraj J. MiR-30a-5p together with miR-210-3p as a promising biomarker for non-small cell lung cancer: A preliminary study. Cancer Biomarkers 21: 479-488, 2018.
• Świtlik W, Szemraj J. Circulating miRNAs as non-invasive biomarkers for non-small cell lung cancer diagnosis, prognosis and prediction of treatment response. Postępy Higieny i Medycyny Doświadczalnej 71: 649-662, 2017.
• Jasinska-Stroschein M, Oszajca K, Świtlik W, Ruchwa J, Orszulak-Michalak D. Treatment with platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) and rock inhibitors is related to declined nerve growth factor (NGF) signaling in an experimental model of rat pulmonary hypertension. Pharmacological Reports 69: 532–535, 2017