Mariia PhD enroll

Author: jarochi

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+title: "Mariia starts her PhD at UMB! 🎓🦠"
+description: "🎉 Huge congratulations to Mariia, who just joined the international PhD programme at the Medical University of Białystok! 🌍 She’ll be developing cutting-edge bioinformatics tools 🖥️🔬 to fight tick-borne diseases 🕷️ and improve diagnosis, treatment, and prevention strategie"
+date: "09/17/2025"
+categories:
+  - team
+  - celebration
+#image: "../fig/posts/2025_06_23/1000051274.jpg"
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+🥳 **Fantastic news, Mariia is now officially a PhD student!** She has joined the **international doctoral programme** at the Medical University of Białystok 🌍🎓. We couldn’t be more excited to see her continue her journey with us and take on such an important project! 💚🧬
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+# 🕷️ What will Mariia work on?
+
+Her PhD project is titled:  
+**“Development of Bioinformatics Methods for the Study of Tick-Borne Diseases”**
+
+Tick-borne diseases (TBDs) like Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and tick-borne encephalitis are a growing health threat in Europe ⚠️. Climate change 🌦️, land-use patterns 🏞 and expanding tick habitats mean more people are at risk. Co-infections make diagnosis and treatment even trickier.
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+Mariia’s mission:  
+
+✨ Build **databases and interactive maps** 📊🗺️ to track ticks and pathogens.  
+✨ Develop **machine learning models** 🤖 to predict infection risk after a tick bite.  
+✨ Analyze **omics data** 🧬 to find biomarkers that improve diagnosis and guide treatments.  
+✨ Study how **co-infections** and different treatment methods impact patient outcomes.  
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+# 🔬 Collaboration & impact
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+This project will be carried out in close collaboration with the **OneTick consortium** 🤝, led by Professor Anna Moniuszko-Malinowska and our very own Michał Burdukiewicz. With access to unique clinical, epidemiological and omics datasets, Mariia’s research will:  
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+- Provide **new biomarkers** to better diagnose TBDs.  
+- Offer **predictive models** to support clinicians.  
+- Help design **evidence-based public health strategies** to monitor and manage tick-borne diseases. 🏥🌍  
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+# 🎉 Congratulations, Mariia!
+
+We’re beyond proud of Mariia’s achievement and thrilled to see her research grow in such an impactful direction 🌟. Tackling tick-borne diseases is no small feat, but with her dedication and skills, we’re sure she’ll make a big difference.  
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+![](../fig/posts/2025_09_17/IMG_3619.jpeg "Mariia celebrating her PhD acceptance with a big smile 🎉")