Women in Research #LINO24: Aneta Karpińska

Lindau Alumna Aneta Karpińska from Poland is a PhD student at the Institute of Physical Chemistry at the Polish Academy of Sciences and Chief Operating Officer at Cell-IN. She uses the Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy technique to study anticancer drugs’ internalization directly inside living cancer cells at the single-molecule level. This method allows for determining whether and to what concentration the desired drug is uptaken by cells as well as the tested drug’s intracellular interactions. Such data are essential in selecting the molecule with the most significant therapeutic potential even before clinical trials, which last about ten years and cost about $1 billion. In parallel to her PhD project, she leads Cell-IN commercialization – she works on a quick and easy method dedicated to delivering a desired molecule into particular cells.

Find out more about her in her Women in Research interview on our blog.