Scientific degree: PhD
Scientific position: assistant professor
Department: Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology
ORCID: 0000-0003-1504-5589
Biography
Supervisor of the Molecular Biology Laboratory at the Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, The Children’s Memorial Health Institute (CMHI).
Participated in the implementation of two European projects, five national research projects funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education or the National Science Centre — including three as principal investigator or main researcher — and six internal research projects funded by CMHI, two of which she led as project manager.
The author or co-author of over 30 original papers published in peer-reviewed scientific journals (including more than 20 with an IF), two review articles, five book chapters, and over 40 conference proceedings.
Member of:
- European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID) – since 2007
- American Society for Microbiology (ASM) – since 2013
- Polish Bioinformatics Society – since 2024
- European Society for Clinical Virology (ESCV) – since 2025
- Since 2025, she has also been a member of the ESCMID Study Group for Genomic and Molecular Diagnostics (ESGMD) and the ESCMID Study Group for Artificial Intelligence and Digitalisation (ESGAI).
Scientific Achievements
- PhD in Medical Sciences with distinction (Institute of Medical Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 2014)
– Dissertation: “Molecular characterization of Epstein–Barr virus and evaluation of immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor gene rearrangements as prognostic factors in children after liver transplantation.” - Travel Grants awarded by the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID):
- 27th ECCMID, Vienna, 2017
- 23rd ECCMID, Berlin, 2013
- 22nd ECCMID, London, 2012
- 20th ECCMID, Vienna, 2010
Specializations and Training
- Specialist in microbiology
- Professional qualifications: laboratory diagnostics, molecular biology methods, bioinformatics, biostatistics, ICH GCP
Research Interests
- Congenital cytomegalovirus infections
- Viral infections in immunocompromised patients
- Application of machine learning algorithms in infection diagnostics
Contact
b.kasztelewicz@ipczd.pl