Cezary Marcinkiewicz, obtained his PhD degree 1992 in biochemistry from the Medical University of Bialystok, Poland. He completed postdoctoral training at Temple University, Philadelphia, where he was promoted during 2008 to Associate Professor of Biology. Main research fields : integrins, disintegrins, angiogenesis, signal transduction, apoptosis, endothelial cells, experimental models of cancer and angiogenesis, extracellular matrix proteins, integrin drug discovery and development.