On behalf of the Scientific Council of the Nencki Institute, we would like to kindly invite you for a public PhD defence of Mateusz Kostecki, M.Sc. entitled “Social transmission of information about the localization of food in rodents and its influence on the hippocampal representation of space”, (Supervisor – Prof. Ewelina Knapska, Ph.D., D.Sc.)

The thesis has been reviewed by Dr. Inbal Ben-Ami Bartal, Ph.D. from the Tel Aviv University (Israel), Dr. Dina Dechmann, Ph.D., D.Sc. from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior in Radolfzell (Germany), Prof. Rafał Ryguła, Ph.D., D.Sc. from the Maj Institute of Pharmacology Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow.

The defense will take place at the Nencki Institute on December 2, 2024 at 12:00 pm at Jerzy Konorski conference hall on the 2nd floor in the main building.

Enclosed, please find the link to the thesis abstract, reviews and PhD thesis: https://cloud.nencki.edu.pl/index.php/s/C9NmbpfXj9f3CSX