TOPF Lab

Our goal is to identify cellular mechanisms and 
pharmacological interventions that contribute to
the 
maintenance of protein homeostasis during
human diseases.
 

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Ulrike Topf         
Group Leader
utopf@ibb.waw.pl
2007 - 2011 PhD in the lab of Ruth Chiquet-Ehrismann (Friedrich Miescher Institute, Switzerland)

2012 - 2018 Postdoc with Agnieszka Chacińska (CeNT/ UW)
Monika Stasiak
Specialist/ Lab Manager
monika.stasiak@ibb.waw.p
2015 Master`s degree: Warsaw University
Somayeh Shahmoradi Ghahe  
Postdoc since 2020
s.shahmoradi@ibb.waw.pl

2019 PhD in the lab of Barbara Tudek
(University of Warsaw, Poland)

> Prefoldin substrate landscape upon proteotoxic stress

Kamila Liput
Postdoc since 2021
kliput@ibb.waw.pl
2020 PhD in the lab of Mariusz Pierzchała
(Institute of Genetics and Animal Biotechnology PAS)

> Proteomics approaches to ribosome heterogeneity 
Katarzyna Jonak
Postdoc since 2022
k.jonak@ibb.waw.pl 
2020 PhD in the lab of Dr. Wolfgang Zachariae
(Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Germany)

> Ribosome heterogeneity during aging                                                     
Ramin Zadali
PhD student since 2021 
rzadalimomen@ibb.waw.pl 
2019 Master`s degree
(Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Iran)


> Translational output upon cellular stress
Spoorthy Gowda
PhD student since 2023 
sgowda@ibb.waw.pl 
2022 Master`s degree
(Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER Tirupati), India)


> Modulation of health span in C. elegans
Hrudya Mohan
PhD student since 2023 
hmohan@ibb.waw.pl   
2023 Master`s degree
(Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISERB), India)

>  Protein oxidation landscape in C. elegans  
Arun Kumar
PostDoc since 2024 
akumar@ibb.waw.pl  

2023 PhD in the lab of Dr. Mojibur Khan
(Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology (IASST), India)

> Cellular responses upon ribosome heterogeneity 



Alumni

PhD students

  • Ismail Tahmaz, PhD (2019-2023) - Now Postdoctoral researcher at IS2M, Mulhouse Materials Science Institute (FR)
  • Karolina Goscińska, PhD (2017-2022)
Students 
  • Agnieszka Grabiec (Internship) - 2023 (Warsaw University of Technology)
  • Mateusz Waluś (Internship) - 2023 (Warsaw University)
  • Iryna Levkovych (Internship) - 2023 (Warsaw University of Technology)
  • Ayomid Samson (Master`s student) - 2021/22 
  • Hanna Chmielewska (Internship) - 2022 (Master`s student at Warsaw University of Technology)
  • Julia Jerzykiewicz (Internship) - 2021 (Master`s student at University of Wrocław)
  • Sidra Kashif (Internship) - 2020
Laboratory support

  • Marta Płonka (Specialist) - 2020/2021
  • Agata Bieńkowska (Student assistant) - 2019 (PhD student at Beiersdorf AG, Germany)
  • Sara Domagała (Student assistant) - 2019/2020 (Research Technician in Dziembowski lab, IIMCB)