Experimental and Translational Immunology Group (DGOLab)

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Faculty/school/department
Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG and MUG
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number of researchers number of supporting staff number of PhD students
4
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3
PI
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Danuta Gutowska-Owsiak
PI bio

Danuta is an immunologist with a strong interest in allergy and inflammation. After she graduated from the Medical University in Gdańsk, Poland, she moved to the UK, where she undertook research training at the University of Liverpool, investigating Natural killer T cells in rheumatoid arthritis (PhD in 2010).

In 2009 she joined the MRC Human Immunology Unit and the group of Prof. Graham Ogg at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford. There, she developed interest in the role of the epidermal barrier and immunity of the skin, and specifically investigating allergic inflammation in atopic dermatitis as well as basic mechanisms of skin barrier formation.

With the help of the prestigious startup and homing grants from the Foundation for Polish Science and National Science Centre, respectively, she moved back to Gdańsk in September 2017 to initiate a programme of immunological research at the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology UG-MUG (University of Gdańsk-Medical University of Gdańsk). Collectively, she was awarded research funding in excess of €2 mln.

Danuta presented her research at multiple international congresses and published in numerous immunology, dermatology and allergy journals. She was also distinguished with the “Young Investigator Award” by the British Society for Investigative Dermatology for her substantial contribution to dermatology research.

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Danuta Gutowska-Owsiak
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Short description of research profile

We aim to understand mechanisms of cell communication in the skin and other body barriers. We focus our attention on exosomes, a nanoscale vesicles secreted by epithelial cells and are interested in the message which these convey to the immune system. We hope that our research will lead to better therapeutic approaches for patients.

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Scientific interests:

  •   communication between cells during immune responses

  •  role of epidermal barrier in health and disease

  •  mechanisms of allergic inflammation

  •  pathways of antigen presentation

  • novel approaches to immunotherapy

 

 

We are based at the UG Biotechnology Institute of the Intercollegiate Faculty of Biotechnology,

University of Gdańsk & Medical University of Gdańsk, Poland

Publications

Representative publications

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29545605/; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27670592/; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26865566/; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24958284/; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24786917/; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22229441/  

Link to extended list of publication