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Implementation of the SONAR-AntiCoronavirus pooled testing strategy

23.09.2020

The Nencki Institute developed and implemented SONAR technology - a strategy for screening asymptomatic individuals for SARS-CoV-2 virus. The Institute was also the main initiator of the legislative process aimed at allowing group testing for COVID-19 diagnosis in Poland. This process culminated in an amendment to the Ordinance of the Minister of Health of April 22, 2021, which added a provision specifying the possibility of performing tests using the method of combining material collected ...

Laboratory of Electrophysiology at Nencki Institute

22.09.2020

Dr. Joanna Urban-Ciećko became a head of a new core-facility lab of Electrophysiology at Nencki Institute. Dr. Joanna Urban-Ciećko is a graduate of Biology Department at Jagiellonian ...

New Group Leader in Nencki Institute

15.09.2020

Dr. Anna Beroun is a new Group Leader at the Center of Neural Plasticity and Brain Disorders (BRAINCITY) of the Nencki Institute. She will be heading the research group “Laboratory of Neuronal ...

COVID-19 mass testing possible thanks to scientists from The Nencki Institute

11.08.2020

One test, and we test a dozen people. Pooled tests save time and money. Researchers from the Nencki Institute, in cooperation with the University of Warsaw, and COVID-19 diagnostic laboratories ...

New Group Leader at the Nencki Institute

05.08.2020

Dr. Ali Jawaid has recently joined as a senior group leader at the Center of Excellence for Neural Plasticity and Brain Disorders (BRAINCITY). He will be heading the research group ...