Ewa Stepien

I am a leading scientist in fields of laboratory medicine and nanomedicine. I am a head of Department of Medical Physics in the Institute of Physics at Jagiellonian University. Joining my experience as a clinical scientist (specialty in laboratory medical genetics) with molecular biology background, I conduct my activity in the Extracellular Vesicle (EV) field for diagnostics and treatment. In basic research, my group aims to reveal mechanisms of EV internalization to endothelial cells. We are working on the development of new tools for EV detection and characterization in vascular medicine. In collaboration with nuclear physicists, I am working on the application of molecular imaging (PALS) methods for cancer research. We are successfully using miRNomic, metabolomic and glycomic methods.