Joanna Kasprzak started her scientific career in 2006. She obtained Master degree in bioinformatics analysis of enzymes responsible for RNA modifications. She specialised in protein structure prediction and phylogenetic analysis. In 2013 she got her PhD at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland under a supervision of Prof. Janusz M. Bujnicki. Her thesis focused mainly on development of a software tool for modelling of large macromolecular complexes, PyRy3D, and applying it to prediction of structure for a complex involved in DNA rapair pathways. The program has been rewarded by Killer Application Award Committee during ISMB/ECCB conference in Vienna in 2011 and has already gained the trust of the first group of users. In 2013 she has been hired in International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw as a Postdoc. Presently, her research focuses mainly on the modelling of large macromolecular complexes, in particular those involved in DNA repair but also RNA polymerases.
In her work, apart from using common modelling tools and pipelines, she continues with the development of PyRy3D program. To understand and predict function and mechanism of action of the complexes of interest, Joanna collaborates a lot with experimental biologists who deliver her data from cryo-EM, SAXS, chemical cross-linking and FRET experiments.

Mateusz Dobrychłop is a PhD student in Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. In 2010, he started developing PyRy3D Chimera Extension - a plugin that integrates PyRy3D with a popular molecular viewer UCSF Chimera. His MSc thesis, defended in 2014, focused on the modelling of highly disordered SF3b complex engaged in splicing, using the PyRy3D suite.
In 2014, Mateusz started PhD studies under Prof. Janusz Bujnicki's supervision. He is developing a new method for comparative modelling of protein structures, including post translational modifications and ligands.