Professional preparation:

• 1996 Professor title in biological sciences, University of Lodz
• 1990 Habilitation in biophysics (D.Sc.), University of Lodz, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection
• 1987/1988 Postdoctoral position at the Department of Biochemistry, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, (15 months)
• 1982 Ph.D. in biophysics, University of Lodz, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences
• 1973 M.Sc. in physics University of Lodz, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

Positions:

• 1998 – till present Full Professor, University of Lodz, Department of General Biophysics, Head of the Department
• 1990 – 1998 Associate Professor, University of Lodz, Department of Thermobiology
• 1982 - 1990 Adjunct at the Department of Biophysics, University of Lodz
• 1980 – 1982 Assistant, University of Lodz, Department of Biophysics
• 1973 – 1980 Assistant, Medical Academy of Lodz, Department of Biophysics

International collaboration

• Dr. Dietmar APPELHANS Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e.V. (DE)
• Dr. Josep CLADERA Biophysics Unit, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ES)
• Dr. Javier DE LA MATA, Dr. Rafael GOMEZ-RAMIREZ, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Universidad de Alcalá, Edificio de Farmacia (ES), Alcala (ES)
• Prof. Costas DEMETZOS School of Pharmacy, Dept. of Pharmaceutical Technology, University of Athens (GR)
• Dr. Amir FAHMI Faculty of Technology and Bionics, Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Kleve (DE)
• Prof. Jean-Pierre MAJORAL Laboratoire de Chimie de Coordination,CNRS (FR)
• Dr. Jan Maly University of J.E. Purkynje , Faculty of Science, Department of Physics (CZ)
• Dr. Marek MALY J. E. Purkinje University, Faculty of Science, Department of Physics Usti nad Labem (CZ)
• Prof. Maria Angeles MUÑOZ-FERNÁNDEZ Laboratorio de Inmunobiologia Molecular Hospital General Universitario "Gregorio Marañón" , Madrid (ES)
• Prof. Bo NYSTRÖM, University of Oslo, Department of Chemistry, Oslo, (N)
• Dr. Dzmitry SHCHARBIN Institute of Cell Biophysics and Bioengineering Belarussian Academy of Sciences, Minsk (BY)
• Dr. Iveta WACZULIKOVA Department of Nuclear Physics and Biophysics, Comenius University, Bratislava (SK)
• Prof. Ilya B. ZAVODNIK Department of Biochemistry Belarussian Academy of Sciences, Grodno (BY)
• Dr. Evgeny APARTSIN Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk (RU)

Research interests

• Dendrimers interactions with biological systems (proteins, lipids, cells, membranes)
• Dendrimers as carrier molecules for drugs in HIV infection, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases (Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s)
• Biological properties of functionalized mesoporous silica nanoparticles
• Biomembranes

Publications

1. M. Ionov, J. Lazniewska, V. Dzmitruk, I. Halets, S. Loznikova, D. Novopashina, E. Apartsin, O. Ktasheninina, A. Venyaminova, K. Milowska, O. Nowacka, R. Gomez-Ramirez, F.J. de la Mata, J-P. Majoral, D. Shcharbin, M. Bryszewska: Anticancer siRNA cocktails as a novel tool to treat cancer cells. Part (A). Mechanisms of interaction. Int. J. Pharm. 485, 261-269, 2015
2. V. Dzmitruk, A. Szulc, D. Shcharbin, A. Janaszewska, N. Shcharbina, J. Lazniewska, D. Novopashina, M. Buyanova, M. Ionov, B. Klajnert-Maculewicz, R. Gomez-Ramirez, S. Mignani, J-P. Majoral, M.A. Munoz-Fernandez, M. Bryszewska: Anticancer siRNA cocktails as a novel tool to treat cancer cells. Part (B). Efficiency of pharmacological action. Int. J. Pharm. 485, 288-294, 2015
3. D. Shcharbin, A. Janaszewska, B. Klajnert-Maculewicz, B. Ziemba, V. Dzmitruk, I. Halets, S. Loznikova, N. Shcharbina, K. Milowska, M. Ionov, A. Shakhbazau, M. Bryszewska: How to study dendrimers and dendriplexes III. Biodistribution, pharmacokinetics and toxicity in vivo. J. Control. Rel. 181, 40-52, 2014
4. M. Ionov, K. Ciepluch, B.R. Moreno, D. Appelhans, J. Sanchez-Nieves, R. Gomez, F.J. de la Mata, M.A. Munoz-Fernandez, M. Bryszewska. Biophysical characterization of glycodendrimers as nano-carriers for HIV peptides. Curr. Med. Chem. 20, 3935-3943, 2013
5. K. Ciepluch, N. Katir, A. El Kadib, A. Felczak, K. Zawadzka, M. Weber, B. Klajnert, K. Lisowska, A-M. Caminade, M. Bousmina, M. Bryszewska, J-P. Majoral: Biological properties of new viologen-phosphorus dendrimers. Mol. Pharmaceutics 9, 448-457, 2012