The National Science Centre has announced the ranking lists of projects approved for funding in the OPUS 23 c and PRELUDIUM 21 calls. Scientists from the Nencki Institute received financial support for 6 research projects:

OPUS

dr hab. Anna Bielak-Żmijewska - Investigation of senescence-associated alterations in the nuclear protein complex (NPC) composition and nuclear transport of vascular smooth muscle cells; the role of Nup88 in senescence progression

dr hab. Katarzyna Kalita-Bykowska - The influence of mothers' obesity on the brain function in offspring and the role of obesity-associated hormone Lcn2

prof. dr hab. Anna Nowicka - The impact of age on self-representation: behavioral and neural correlates of self-related information processing in elderly population

dr hab. Grzegorz Sumara - Unraveling mechanisms and physiological outcome of lipid-evoked regulation of proteostasis in the intestine.

PRELUDIUM

mgr Weronika Tomaszewska - The role of lipoproteins and lipoprotein receptors in mediating the effects of childhood trauma on the brain and the germline

lek. wet. Magdalena Wit - Determination of molecular mechanisms in chylomicron-mediated intestinal fat absorption