MCB Deputy Director for General Affairs

2012 to present | Head of the Protein Crystallography Research Group (Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology)

Grzegorz Dubin did his PhD at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland (prof. J. Potempa) and Max-Planck Institute for Biochemistry in Martinsried, Germany (prof. T. Holak) where he began his adventure with protein crystallography. Back in Poland he participated in establishing the Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology JU where he created an independent crystallography research group which he leads since 2012, currently as a Full Professor. Early works included characterization of virulence factors of a dangerous human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus. Currently his laboratory is involved in structural and functional characterization of promising therapeutic targets in cancer and neglected tropical diseases. He has co-authored ~120 scientific articles, promarily in biochemistry and structural biology.
Along basic research, he was involved in R&D and translational activities co-funding and supporting the expansion of a biotechnology company BioCentrum Ltd. Later he organized Preparatis Ltd. where he held the CEO position of between 2014-2018.