Medical University of Bialystok. Research & Science.

Areas of scientific research:

The role of TSI & TBI antibodies in the pathogenesis of chosen endocrinopathies
The role of chosen gene polymorphism (FoxP3 and RORγt) and B-regulatory/T-regulatory/Th17 cells in autoimmune thyroid diseases
Identification of the Zn transporter 8 (ZnT8) and receptors for ghrelin and obestatin in the thyroid tissue in patients with immune and non-immune thyroid diseases
The role of preproghrelin gene polymorphism in the pathogenesis of obesity
The role of apoptosis in chosen endocrinopathies in children
The analysis of chosen cytokines in the cells of thyroid gland in autoimmune thyroid diseases in children
The assessment of left ventricle mass and systolic-diastolic function of the heart in children with growth hormone or IGF-1 – deficiency
The role of natriuretic peptide in the diagnosis of syncopes in children and adolescents
Immunogenetics of type 1 diabetes
Genetics in obesity in children
Obesity in type 1 diabetes
Early markers of atherosclerosis in children with type 1 diabetes and obesity

Centre for Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute. London, UK (Prof. M.O Savage, Dr Helen Storr)
Department of Pediatric Endocrinology, Royal London Hospital. London , UK (Prof. Jeremy Allgrove)
Thyroid Research Laboratory,Department of Medicine I, Gutenberg University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany (Prof. G. Kahaly)
DIAGNOSTIC HYBRIDS, Inc. (DHI, Athens, Ohio, USA)(Prof. JEFFERY Houtz)
FIRS Laboratories, RSR Ltd, Cardiff, UK (Prof. Jadwiga Furmaniak, Prof. Bernard Smith)
LDGA– Molecular Genetics, Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands (Prof. Jan-Maarten Wit)
Dept of Pediatrics, Southampton University NHS Trust, Southampton, UK (Dr. J. Davies)
Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Boston Children´s Hospital and the Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, RSB, AH, JS (Prof. Rosalind S Brown MD PhD)
Department of Pediatrics, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy, MS (Prof. Maria Segni MD PhD)
University of Louisville, Stem Cell Institute, USA (prof. Mariusz Ratajczak, MD, PhD, dr h.c.)
Department of Pediatrics, Uniwersity of Messina, Messina, Italy (prof. Małgorzata Waśniewska)

Research techniques:

Ultrasound assessement of intima media thickness -IMT and endothelial disfunction in children and adolescents
Echocardiographic assessment of left vetricle of the heart
24-hours monitoring ECG, tilt test,
With the cooperation with international centers: London, Cardiff, Leyden, Meinz, Ohio and our university: flow cytometry, immunofluorescence, Western-Blot, HPLC, ELISA, real-time PCR, cell cultures
Ultrasound assessment of the thyroid gland with elastography

Coordinator from students side: Adrianna Zajkowska adrianna.zajkowska@gmail.com
Tutors: prof. dr hab. Artur Bossowski, prof. dr hab. Barbara Głowińska, prof. dr hab. Włodzimierz Łuczyński, dr n med Jerzy Wójtowicz, dr n. med. Beata Sawicka

Students:
Mariusz Lipiec, Martyna Kryza, Ewelina Świącik, Magdalena Małycha, Paulina Jewdosiuk, Martyna Kowalik, Justyna Kukawska,Karina Depczyńska, Karolina Dobrzycka, Natalia Tobiasz, Sylwia Stepnowska, Anna Kondratiuk, Agnieszka Mazur, Justyna Hapunik, Angelika Bazyluk, Urszula Niedźwiedź, Joanna Mańdziuk, Michalina Pieczulska, Anna Kamieńska, Kinga Krasuska, Ewelina Mironiuk, Katarzyna Bielska, Natalia Jurczuk, Paulina Brelska, Urszula Grochowska, Albert Roguski, Aleksandra Dzik, Karolina Szwarc, Anna Szyszkowska, Milena Agnieszka Kowalczuk, Arnika Szostek, Magdalena Rek, Marta Wozińska-Klepadło, Natalia Bombalska, Anna Romaniuk, Natalia Masalska, Jowita Myszor, Kamila Radziszewska, Joanna Tomasiuk, Magdalena Baszun, Anna Szustkiewicz, Weronika Przybyszewska, Joanna Gołębiowska, Jakub Przybysz, Agnieszka Kaczyńska, Joanna Omielan, Ewelina Roszkowska, Gabriela Żuk, Izabela Lichota, Katarzyna Polakowska, Anna Naumowicz, Monika Jastrzębska, Anita Zawadzka, Michał Połyńczuk, Marta Mitkowska, Żaneta Kiernozek, Ilona Szlachcikowska,