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Of mice and men – from small protein to big motivation

09.08.2017

Can we decrease craving in alcohol addicts? Studies conducted in the Laboratory of Neurobiology lead by professor Leszek Kaczmarek are aiming at better understanding of molecular and neurobiological events behind addiction. It was shown that motivation to alcohol is connected with the level of one particular enzyme – matrix metalloproteinase nine (MMP-9). Observations were extrapolated to human subjects where similar observation was made. Research results were published in a scientific ...

Jerzy Konorski Award for the article in cooperation with Laboratory of Brain Imaging

02.08.2017

The article Massive cortical reorganization in sighted Braille readers by Katarzyna Siuda-Krzywicka, Łukasz Bola, Małgorzata Paplińska, Ewa Sumera, Katarzyna Jednoróg, Artur Marchewka, Magdalena ...

Summer Holiday Brain Days at the Nencki Institute’s Hydrobiological Station in Mikołajki

01.08.2017

Summer Holiday Brain Days, entitled BRAIN ON VACATIONS (third edition), organized by the PhD students and staff of the Nencki Institute, took place at the Institute's Hydrobiological Station in ...

Admission to PhD program is open. We invite candidates for PhD studies at the Institute of Experimental Biology PAS for application

01.08.2017

You will be part of international team of scientists and will get to know prestigious research projects. PhD program at the Nencki Institute opens the doors to your scientific career. See ...

A visit of school children organized by the Nencki Foundation within the ADAMED StartUP program

26.07.2017

On July 20th, 2017, 25 participants of the innovative science camp for talented school children, organized by the Adamed Group Foundation under the Adamed SmartUP program visited the Nencki ...