OncoVet - Veterinary Oncology

Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
ul. Norwida 31, 50-375 Wrocław

Aleksandra Pawlak Associate Professor

tel. +48 71 320 54 03
e-mail: aleksandra.pawlak@upwr.edu.pl

UPWr Base of Knowledge

Areas of interest

1. DNA damage and repair pathways as potential targets for new therapies for cancer in animals;
2. Application of molecular biology in the development of novel diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in companion animal cancers;
3. Development and application of 3D cultures and canine organoids in veterinary oncology;
4. The role of P-glycoprotein (Pgp) in resistance to chemotherapy and cytostatic toxicity – a population-based study of the gene polymorphism for Pgp in dogs;
5. Development of new, local treatments for treating cancers in horses;
6. Flow cytometry in diagnosing and treating cancer;
7. Histiocytic cancers;
8. The role of oestrogen receptors in canine tumours;

Key words: veterinary oncology, canine cancers, targeted molecular therapies, experimental oncology, genetic instability in tumours, replication stress, DNA damage, 3D cultures, organoids, flow cytometry, molecular diagnosis of cancer