CURE

Full name:

Cutting-edge Unified Research in Experimental Medicine

Appointment of the team:

2025

The CURE research team focuses on advancing personalised medicine by integrating regenerative medicine with precise, non-invasive diagnostics.

The goal is to develop therapeutic and diagnostic solutions tailored to each patient’s individual characteristics, based on reliable biological data and real clinical needs.

The project’s main focus is the development of regenerative therapies, which use cells and extracellular vesicles. At the same time, the group is conducting research into modern diagnostics for urological cancers, such as identification of biomarkers or metabolomic and volatomic analyses of urine. By focusing on development and research, the team’s methods are a single, cohesive process aimed at achieving set outcomes: therapeutic products, treatment protocols, diagnostic tools, technologies ready for implementation.

Team Leader

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Marta Pokrywczyńska

Bio:

Marta Pokrywczyńska is a Full Professor and the Head of the Department of Regenerative Medicine (Faculty of Medicine), Collegium Medicum, NCU. She has coordinated and participated in numerous national and international research projects funded by the Polish National Science Centre (NCN), the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR), and the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Professor Pokrywczyńska is the president of the ‘Axolotl’ Association for the Development of Regenerative Medicine, as well as the president of the NCU spin-off company Stem Cell Therapies. Her research focuses on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine in urology, in particular the identification of optimal biomaterials and cell sources for the regeneration of a reconstructed bladder, and the investigation of the molecular and cellular basis of the regeneration mechanism.
In June 2026 Professor Pokrywczyńska received the Socius Honoris Causa title awarded by the Polish Urological Association, bestowed upon scientists of most merit in the field of urology.

Meet the research team

Portrait of Tomasz Drewa

Tomasz Drewa

Portrait of Jan Adamowicz

Jan Adamowicz

Portrait of Monika Buhl

Monika Buhl

Portrait of Zuzanna Fekner

Zuzanna Fekner

Portrait of Damian Kasiński

Damian Kasiński

Portrait of Tomasz Ligor

Tomasz Ligor

Portrait of Tomasz Kloskowski

Tomasz Kloskowski

Portrait of Kaja Męcińska-Jundziłł

Kaja Męcińska-Jundziłł

Portrait of Paweł Dąbrowski

Paweł Dąbrowski

Portrait of Marta Rasmus

Marta Rasmus

Portrait of Arkadiusz Jundziłł

Arkadiusz Jundziłł

Portrait of Magdalena Ligor

Magdalena Ligor

Portrait of Daria Balcerczyk

Daria Balcerczyk

Portrait of Natalia Siedlecka

Natalia Siedlecka