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Prof. Leszek Kaczmarek elected President of EMBC

01.12.2023

Professor Leszek Kaczmarek has been elected for a further term as President of the EMBC (European Molecular Biology Conference). EMBC is an inter-governmental organization comprising 30 Member States including most of the European Union, and some of the neighbouring countries. It provides a framework for European co-operation in the field of molecular biology financially supporting the training and career development of scientists in this field. EMBC programme, which is implemented ...

A distinction of Division II PAS for the team of Prof. Ewelina Knapska

21.11.2023

The team under the direction of Prof. Ewelina Knapska consisting of: Dr. Alicja Puścian, Dr. Karolina Andraka, Dr. Kacper Kondrakiewicz, Dr. Ksenia Meyza, Prof. Ewelina ...

NCN OPUS 24+LAP grant for Nencki Institute

17.11.2023

Professor Katarzyna Radwańska from the Nencki Institute, received OPUS 24+LAP NCN grant for the project: "CA1 spatial coding as a predictor for vulnerability to compulsive alcohol seeking".

Human fear is contagious; rats can also catch it, which is observable at the neuronal level

08.11.2023

Polish scientists have discovered that information about danger can be transmitted across species, possibly through scent. This was demonstrated by the following experiment: even if a human was ...

The 7th PhD Student Conference at the Nencki Institute

03.11.2023

On October 19 and 20, 2023, the 7th International Doctoral Student Conference was held at the Nencki Institute. The organizers of this year's event were Dominika Malińska, Beata Siemiątkowska, ...