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Sylwia obtained her BSc and MSc in biotechnology from Warsaw University. During her PhD, she developed a gene expression based assay for radiation biodosimetry purpose which is currently used in the department. Sylwia joined the Cellular Biology group 6 years ago to investigate the mechanism by which ionising radiation can cause cardiovascular disease.

Sylwia is interested in mechanistic aspects of radiation biology, particularly in non-mutation routes by which radiation can instigate pathology. At the moment she is studying radiation-induced post-mitotic cell fusions which give rise to dangerous polyploid cells. Additionally, she is involved in investigating the mechanisms of epigenetic ageing.

Sylwia has over 10 years’ experience in molecular biology and co-authored a number of papers in the radiobiology field.