Dr Magdalena Grela

Education and Academic Degrees

PhD in Biological Sciences
Jagiellonian University Medical College, Department of Microbiology, Division of Bacteriology
PhD thesis title: "Research of the possiblity of the bacterial translocation of Staphylococcus aureus in burnt injury patients"

MSc in Biology
Jagiellonian University, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences
Specialization: Molecular Biology
Master’s thesis title:  "The insertion of different of type gene gfp to the cells Nicotiana tabaccum cv. Xantii using binary system of Agrobacterium tumefaciens"

Postgraduate Studies:

Jagiellonian University Medical College
Clinical Research – Organization, Methodology, and Management

Professional Experience

2005–2006
Postdoctoral Researcher
Lancaster University / Keele University, United Kingdom
Field: Microbiology, Bacterial Transformation

2007–2009
Senior Assistant
Voivodeship Pharmaceutical Inspectorate – Drug Quality Control Laboratory, Kraków
Microbiological Laboratory

2010–2012
Head of the Microbiological Laboratory
Imka / Dr. Schumacher Sp. z o.o., Lubań Śląski

2013–2015
Assistant
Jagiellonian University Medical College, Department of Pathomorphology, Kraków

2015–2018
Junior Assistant
University Hospital in Kraków, Department of Diagnostic Pathomorphology

2018–2023
Administrative Work:
Customer Service and Administration Specialist;
Individual and Group Reservations Specialist

Oct. 2023 – Dec. 2023
Project Officer
Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences (IPP PAS)

From Dec. 2023 – present
The Senior Researcher
Department of Biotechnology, Institute of Plant Physiology, Polish Academy of Sciences

Fellowships

2003–2004
Marie Curie Research and Training Fellowship
Organizer: The Rowett Research Institute, Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom

Methods and Techniques

• PFGE – Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis

• RNA and DNA isolation, electrophoresis

• RT-PCR – Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction

• Caco-2 cell line culture

• Plant transformation

• In vitro plant culture

• Fluorescence microscopy

• Immunohistochemistry

• FISH – Fluorescence in situ Hybridization

• CISH – Chromogenic in situ Hybridization