Dr. Magdalena Kowalewska is a biologist, graduate of the Faculty of Biology, Biotechnology Specialty at University of Warsaw (October 2001). Dr. Kowalewska’s scientific career started in January 2002 when she joined the research team at the Maria Sklodowska-Curie National Research Institute of Oncology (MSCNRI) in Warsaw, Poland. In July 2007 she successfully defended a dissertation on Detection of Vulvar Squamous Carcinoma Cells in the Lymph Nodes by Reverse Transcriptase - Polymerase Chain Reaction gaining the PhD degree in medical biology at the Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology. At the same year she completed the Postgraduate School of Molecular Medicine PhD programme. In September 2013 she received habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) at MSCNRI with a thesis entitled Molecular markers in vulvar squamous cell carcinoma; inflammation and identification of new tumour markers. Currently she holds the position of assistant professor at the Department of Molecular and Translational Oncology, MSCNRI, in Warsaw.