The National Science Centre has announced the ranking lists of projects qualified for funding in the  OPUS 30 and SONATA 21 calls. Scientists from the Nencki Institute received financial support for 5 research projects:

OPUS 30

Maciej Juryńczyk, PhD, DSc, Mapping disability in myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein-antibody disease using advanced neuroimaging
Piotr Michaluk, PhD, Unlocking Synapses: Role of Astrocytic IGFBP2 in Synaptic Plasticity
Marta Gawor, PhD, Myosin VI as a new regulator of nuclear biomechanics and chromatin organization in skeletal muscle
Aleksandra Ellert-Miklaszewska, PhD Molecular mechanisms of sensitization to immunotherapy through blocking integrin receptors in the heterogeneous and dynamic microenvironment of malignant glioma

SONATA 21

Olena Karatsai-Miąskowska, PhD (Principal investigator: dr. Natalia Żurek, Leader: University of Rzeszów), Multifunctional microcapsules loaded with polyphenolic compounds from berry seeds targeting colon cancer cells – in vitro studies