Aleksandra is a member of the MicroOrganChip team since October 2024, when she started her PhD research on cardiac organoids. Previously, she worked in the Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine in the Department of Experimental Hematology in a project titled “Label-free and rapid optical imaging, detection and sorting of leukemia cells” (POIR.04.04.00-00-16ED/18), where she constructed models of leukemic cells with various gene mutations. She also worked in the Medical University of Warsaw on a project titled “The role of diet in the development of autoimmune diseases – new interleukin 15 inhibitors among dietary polyphenols and their gut microbiota metabolites” (2022/47/D/NZ9/01272). Before starting her PhD programme, she completed her Engineering and Master’s degrees at Warsaw University of Technology in, respectively, 2023 and 2024. Her primary research interests include cardioids-on-chip, iPSC research and patient-derived research models. The aim of my work is to develop a reproducible microfluidic heart model based on organoids, that will be used to study cardioid formation and drug response on iPSCs from healthy and non-healthy donors.
Apart from her studies, her interests include sewing, ceramics, gardening and hiking.