Natalia Ochocka-Lewicka, PhD

University Degree:

Dr. Natalia Ochocka-Lewicka obtained her Master’s degree in Neurosciences in 2016 from Charité Universitätsmedizin in Berlin and Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam. In 2022, she earned her PhD in Biological Sciences.

Research Areas:

cellular heterogeneity of the tumor microenvironment and sex differences in immune activation in response to tumors

Researcher's ORCID Id: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1464-6382

Description

During her doctoral studies Dr. Ochocka-Lewicka studied the role of immune cells in glioma progression at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology in Warsaw. She was also engaged in commercial projects on TCR immunotherapies.

Dr. Ochocka-Lewicka was a leader of an NCN Preludium grant. She is also a laureate of the FNP START award and a co-author of 8 publications, including papers in Nature Communications and Cell Reports.

At ICTER, she currently works in the Computational Genomics group as a Postdoctoral Fellow; her position is linked to the OPUS 21 grant.