Paulson Laboratory

Katarzyna (Kasia) Brzezicka, Ph.D.   The Scripps Research Institute 10550 North Torrey Pines Road, MB-212 La Jolla, CA 92037 858-784-9692(phone) kbrzez@scripps.edu

EDUCATION: January 2012 to June 2016 - Ph.D. Chemistry, CIC biomaGUNE, University of Basque UPV/EHU (Spain) September 2008 to June 2010 - Double M.S. Chemistry, University of Orleans (France) & Jagiellonia University of Cracow (Poland) October 2005 to June 2008 - B.S. Chemistry, Jagiellonian University of Cracow (Poland) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES: June 2018 to Present: Postdoctoral Fellow @ The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA (Advisor: Prof. James C. Paulson) February 2017 to February 2018: Postdoctoral Researcher - The Open University, UK (Advisor: Dr. Sarah Allman). January 2012 to January 2016: Doctoral Candidate - CIC biomaGUNE, University of Basque UPV/EHU, Spain (Advisors: Prof. Manuel M. Lomas and Dr. Niels C. Reichardt) February 2015 to April 2015: Visiting Student - Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany (Supervisor: Prof. Bernd Lepenies) November 2013 to December 2013: Visiting Student - Leiden University Medical Centre, The Netherlands (Supervisors: Dr. Comelius H. Hokke and Dr. Angela van Diepen) July 2007 to August 2007: Undergraduate Internship - Jagiellonia University, Poland (Supervisors: Prof. Barbara Sieklucka and Prof. Dante Gatteschi) AWARDS: 2017-2018: EPSRC - Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (Fellowship) 2012-2016: MINECO - Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Fellowship) 2015: MINECO - Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (National Sub-Programme for Mobility, Promotion of Talent and Its Employability) 2013: MINECO - Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Travel/Short Research Grant) 2009-2010: French Government and the Erasmus Mundus Programme (Scholarship) 2007: Sixth Framework Programme UE, Priority 3 (Inthership) MEMBERSHIPS: The Royal Society of Chemistry Real Sociedad Espanola de Quimica (RSEQ) The Biochemical Society IBCarb - Glycoscience Tools for Biotechnology and Bioenergy PUBLICATIONS: Brzezicka KA, & Paulson JC. Impact of Siglecs on autoimmune diseases. Mol Aspects Med. 2023;9:101140. Brzezicka KA, Arlian BM, Wang S, Olmer M, Lotz M, Paulson JC. Suppression of Autoimmune Rheumatoid Arthritis with Hybrid Nanoparticles That Induce B and T Cell Tolerance to Self-Antigen. ACS Nano. 2022;16(12):20206-20221. Huettner I, Krumm SA, Serna S, Brzezicka K, Doores KJ, et al. Cross-reactivity of glycan-reactive HIV-1 broadly neutralizing antibodies with parasite glycans. Cell Rep. 2022; 38(13):110611 Brzezicka K, Serna S, Reichardt N-C. Fluorescent Neoglycoprotein Gold Nanoclusters: Synthesis and Applications in Plant Lectin Sensing and Cell Imaging. Nanoscale Research Letters. 2018; 13:360. Yang MYY, van Diepen A, Brzezicka K, Reichardt NC, Hokke CH. Glycan Microarray-Assisted Identification of IgG Subclass Targets in Schistosomiasis. Front. Immunol. 2018; 9:2331. Yang YY, Li XH, Brzezicka K, Reichardt NC, Wilson RA, van Diepen A, et al. Specific anti-glycan antibodies are sustained during and after parasite clearance in Schistosoma japonicum-infected rhesus macaques. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2017; 11(2):e0005339. Amoah AS, Asuming-Brempong EK, Obeng BB, Versteeg SA, Larbi IA, Aryeetey Y, et al. Identification of dominant anti-glycan IgE responses in school-children by glycan microarray. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2017; S0091-6749(17)31734-7. Brzezicka K, Vogel U, Serna S, Johannssen T, Lepenies B, Reichardt NC. Influence of Core beta-1,2-Xylosylation on Glycoprotein Recognition by Murine C-type Lectin Receptors and Its Impact on Dendritic Cell Targeting. ACS Chem Biol. 2016; 11(8):2347-56. Brzezicka K, Echeverria B, Serna S, van Diepen A, Hokke CH, Reichardt NC. Synthesis and microarray-assisted binding studies of core xylose and fucose containing N-glycans. ACS Chem Biol. 2015; 10(5):1290-302.

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