Meet the participants of the 2024-25 BioLAB Program, a one-year internship for graduate students in the biological, chemical, and medical fields. During this internship, students engage in cutting-edge research projects guided by experienced researchers at one at one of four selected American institutions: the University of Virginia, the University of Chicago, the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation.
In addition to gaining hands-on research experience in areas such as neurology, crystallography, virology, and molecular genetics, BioLAB interns actively participate in the life of their host institution in the United States. They attend seminars, guest lectures, and immerse themselves in American culture.
Anna Andrzejczak
- University of Chicago
Maria Bednarczyk
- University of Virginia
Katarzyna Bednarczyk
- University of Virginia
Artur Czajkowski
- University of Chicago
Agnieszka Domańska
- University of Virginia
Jakub Filipek
- University of Chicago
Marek Giers
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Weronika Gniadzik
- University of Virginia
Antonina Gonet
- UT Southwestern Medical Center
Natalia Guźniczak
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Martyna Iwaniec
- University of Virginia
Patrycja Jakubiec
- University of Virginia
Daniel Jankowski
- University of Chicago
Karolina Juzba
- UT Southwestern Medical Center
Julia Karasińska
- University of Virginia
Marcin Lubocki
- University of Virginia
Natalia Musiał
- University of Chicago
Wiktor Nisterenko
- University of Virginia
Michał Nizio
- University of Chicago
Katarzyna Nowak
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Mariia Oliinyk
- University of Virginia
Marcin Ostoja-Hełczyński
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Iwona Pasionek
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Zuzanna Posłuszny
- University of Virginia
Filip Pośnik
- University of Chicago
Yelyzaveta Rudenko
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Dominika Rudzka
- University of Chicago
Anna Sawik
- University of Virginia
Dominika Siodłak
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Michał Sobstel
- University of Virginia
Magdalena Socha
- UT Southwestern Medical Center
Iga Sudoł
- UT Southwestern Medical Center
Mateusz Szczepaniak
- Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
Wiktoria Szwalec
- University of Virginia
Anna Tabor
- University of Chicago
Nataliia Voloshchuk
- University of Chicago
Victoria Wiernikouskaja
- UT Southwestern Medical Center
Maja Wierzbińska
- University of Virginia
Katarzyna Wróbel
- University of Chicago
Ewa Kreft
- University of Virginia
For this year’s competition we received 130 applications. Recruitment consisted of two stages: formal and substantive evaluation of the electronic application form, and interviews with the selection committee. This year’s interviews were conducted in-person in Kraków, Warsaw and Gdańsk.