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Astrocytes help understand human brain evolution

05.02.2025

Astrocytes, the guardians of neuronal functions, appear to have a more significant role in brain evolution than previously thought. The team led by Professor Aleksandra Pękowska, head of the Dioscuri Centre for Chromatin Biology and Epigenomics at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology in Warsaw, reveals new genes and mechanisms contributing to this process. The group's work has just been published in Cell Stem Cell. Astrocytes, in contrast to neurons, do not conduct ...

New Group Leaders at the Nencki Institute

28.01.2025

We are happy to announce that two new excellent Group Leaders have been selected to create own laboratories at the Nencki Institute in 2025. The Laureates are Katarzyna Leszczyńska and Paweł ...

NAWA Canaletto grant for Katarzyna Piwocka

09.01.2025

Katarzyna Piwocka's Team received funding from the National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) for joint projects between the Republic of Poland and the Italian Republic. The research partner ...

Séminaire D’Honneur of Prof. Małgorzata Skup and Prof. Sławomir Pikuła

03.01.2025

On 19.12.2024r. Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences became the venue for an exceptional event - an honourary seminar devoted to Professor Małgorzata Skup ...

Christmas Meeting at the Nencki Institute

19.12.2024

On December 13, 2024, the Nencki Institute hosted its annual Christmas Gathering. The event brought together employees, PhD students, guests from partner institutes, and retired employees, ...