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Professorial nomination to Jakub Wlodarczyk

09.04.2020

On March 10th, 2020, The President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda has given the title of professor of natural sciences to dr hab. Jakub Wlodarczyk from the Nencki Institute. The Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, led by Prof. Wlodarczyk, studies structural and functional synaptic plasticity. They focus on aberrant synaptic plasticity associated with neuropsychiatric diseases such as depression. In particular, they work on the role of serotonin signalling and S-palmitoylation of ...

In memory of Professor Wioletta Waleszczyk

17.03.2020

It is with deep sorrow that we inform you of the passing away of Professor Wioletta Waleszczyk on March 15th, 2020, after several months of struggling with illness. Wioletta was our colleague, ...

Professor Maciej Nałęcz is now the Chairman of the Nencki Foundation Council

06.03.2020

On 28th February 2020, Professor Maciej Nałęcz was elected Chairman of the Nencki Foundation Council. Professor Maciej Nałęcz was one of the initiators of establishing the Marceli Nencki ...

Brain Awareness Week Cancelled

04.03.2020

In relation to the decision of the Director of the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS prof. Agnieszka Dobrzyń to suspend the organization of events gathering large numbers of people, ...

Researchers from the Nencki Institute in the Scientific Committees of PAN

03.03.2020

The Polish Academy of Sciences presented results of the elections for the Scientific Committees for the 2020-2023 term. 9 scientists from the Nencki Institute were among the newly elected ...