During five months, biochemistry student Nataliia Nechytailo underwent the internship at the International Institute of Molecular Mechanisms and Machines (IMoL) of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw, Poland) in the laboratory Metabolic Quality Control under Dr. Karolina Szczepanowska’s mentoring. The internship was supported by the EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organisation) Solidarity with Ukraine grant program.
The laboratory where Nataliia worked is engaged in the study of mytohondria, namely the mechanisms of control of OXPHOS, the molecular signals that provide these processes, as well as the diseases (cancer and aging), which are characterized by violation of the process of substitution. In general, mytoeproteomics is a rather interesting area of biochemical researches, which in the future can be significant for treatment not only of mytochondrial diseases, but also of many types of cancer and aging.
Research results obtained during her internship will be presented in her diploma work entitled “Complex I status in breast cancer cell lines”. Nataliia hopes that her research project will help to develop new therapies against cancer.
We are very pleased that students are looking for opportunities to gain experience abroad and we are quite sure that they will use it in Ukraine!
