Jerzy Konorski Award 2024: call for nominations now open

22-03-2024

We are pleased to announce that we are beginning to accept proposals for the Konorski Award 2024.

The Prize is awarded for a single original publication in the field of neurobiology, made in a decisive part in Poland, published in one of the leading journals.

Only members of PTBUN and the Neurobiology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences have the right to submit proposal  for the Konorski Award. When submitting a publication, it is required to enclose the publication in pdf format and a justification of no more than 350 words, in which the distinguishing features of the paper should be emphasized.

 

Nomination deadline: 30th of April 2024.

Nominations must be submitted by e-mail to the address – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Neurobiology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences


Neuronus 2024 IBRO Neuroscience Forum 

4-01-2024

We are pleased to inform you that the Neuronus 2024 IBRO Neuroscience Forum will take place at the Auditorium Maximum of Jagiellonian University from April 25th to 27th, 2024.

The conference is organized by students of Jagiellonian University and attracts participants from around the world. It has solidified its position as one of the leading events dedicated to neuroscience in Europe, where we can observe the collision of two worlds - the enthusiasm of science developed by the younger generation and the space of experienced professors who are experts in their fields.

For more information, please visit our website http://www.neuronusforum.pl/. We also encourage you to follow the event on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/NeuronusForum, Instagram https://www.instagram.com/neuronus.neuroscience.forum/, and Twitter https://twitter.com/neuronusforum.

The Committee on Neurobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences is one of the patrons of Neuronus 2024 IBRO Neuroscience Forum


Jerzy Konorski Award 2023

12-07-2023

We want to inform you that the the Committee on Neurobiology did not award the Jerzy Konorski Award 2023. The Committee on Neurobiology honourable mentioned three articles:

Activation-induced chromatin reorganization in neurons depends on HDAC1 activity, authors: Agnieszka Grabowska, Hanna Sas-Nowosielska, Bartosz Wojtas, Dagmara Holm-Kaczmarek, Elzbieta Januszewicz, Yana Yushkevich, Iwona Czaban, Pawel Trzaskoma, Katarzyna Krawczyk, Bartłomiej Gielniewski, Ana Martin-Gonzalez, Robert Kuba Filipkowski, Krzysztof Hubert Olszynski, Tytus Bernaś, Andrzej Antoni Szczepankiewicz, Malgorzata Alicja Sliwinska, Tambudzai Kanhema, Clive R Bramham, Grzegorz Bokota, Dariusz Plewczyński, Grzegorz Marek Wilczynski, Adriana Magalska

SRF depletion in early life contributes to social interaction deficits in the adulthood, authors: Matylda Roszkowska, Anna Krysiak, Lena Majchrowicz, Karolina Nader, Anna Beroun, Piotr Michaluk, Martyna Pekala, Jacek Jaworski, Ludwika Kondrakiewicz, Alicja Puścian, Ewelina Knapska, Leszek Kaczmarek, Katarzyna Kalita

The Role of Glia Clocks in the Regulation of Sleep in Drosophila melanogasterauthors: Milena Damulewicz, Bartosz Doktór, Zbigniew Baster, Elżbieta Pyza.


 

Elections to the Scientific Committees of PAS

08-07-2023

We would like to inform you that the Polish Academy of Sciences starts the elections to scientific committees (term 2024 - 2028). 35 thousand independent scientific workers are eligible to vote. Elections to the 78 scientific committees of the Polish Academy of Sciences will be conducted using the Electronic System of Elections of the Polish Academy of Sciences (ESWPAN). The regulations and election schedule can be found on the PAN homepage https://pan.pl/.

Registration of participants in the ESWPAN system begins on 5-07-2023 and will end on 6-10-2023.

Neurobiology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences


 

5th Congress of Polish Biosciences BIO2023, Szczecin, 13-16 September 2023

11-06-2023

On behalf of the Polish Biochemical Society, the Polish Society for Cell Biology, the Polish Biophysical Society, the Polish Society for Laboratory Diagnostics, the Polish Cytometric Society and the Polish Mycological Society we invite you to participate in the upcoming 5th Congress of Polish Biosciences BIO2023 that will be held in Szczecin, 13-16 September 2023.

Link to the official website

Neurobiology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences


 

16th International Congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society

1-06-2023

 

We kindly remind you, that the 16th International Congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society will be held at Institute of Psychology, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, from 15th to 17th October 2022. 

The list of symposia that will be presented during the Congress is available under the link. The Congress will host also 6 Keynote Speakers from well-established research centres from around the world:

Christian Keysers, Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience, The Netherlands

Carl Petersen, EPFL Brain Mind Institute, Switzerland

Maria Grazia Spillantini, Cambridge University, United Kingdom

Bożena Kamińska, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Poland

Zoltan Molnar, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

Inbal Goshen, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

Link to the official website

 

Neurobiology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences

 


 

Jerzy Konorski Award 2023: call for nominations now open

22-03-2023

We are pleased to announce that we are beginning to accept proposals for the Konorski Award 2023.

The Prize is awarded for a single original publication in the field of neurobiology, made in a decisive part in Poland, published in one of the leading journals.

Only members of PTBUN and the Neurobiology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences have the right to submit proposal  for the Konorski Award. When submitting a publication, it is required to enclose the publication in pdf format and a justification of no more than 350 words, in which the distinguishing features of the paper should be emphasized.

 

Nomination deadline: 31st of March 2023.

Nominations must be submitted by e-mail to the address – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Neurobiology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences

 


16th International Congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society, Torun 20-23.09.2023

07-02-2023

The next congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society will be held on 20-23.09.2023 in Toruń.

Call for abstracts is open till 31st of May, 2023. 

Link to the official website

Neurobiology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences


 

Jerzy Konorski Award 2022

07-10-2022

 

We have the honor to inform you that the The Committee on Neurobiology awarded the prestigious Jerzy Konorski Award 2022 to the article entitled Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals functional heterogeneity of glioma-associated brain macrophages.  An article was published in Nature Communications, 2021 Feb 19;12(1):1151

Authors: Natalia Ochocka, Pawel Segit, Kacper Adam Walentynowicz, Kamil Wojnicki, Salwador Cyranowski, Julian Swatler, Jakub Mieczkowski and Bozena Kaminska

Link to the awarded article 

 

Additionally, The Committee on Neurobiology honourable mentioned three articles 

Distinct circuits in rat central amygdala for defensive behaviors evoked by socially signalled imminent versus remote danger.

Karolina Andraka, Kacper Kondrakiewicz, Karolina Rojek-Sito, Karolina Ziegart-Sadowska, Ksenia Meyza, Tomasz Nikolaev, Adam Hamed, Miron Kursa, MajaW ójcik, Konrad Danielewski, Marta Wiatrowska, Ewa Kublik, Marek Bekisz, Tomasz Lebitko, Daniel Duque, Tomasz Jaworski, Hubert Madej, Witold Konopka, Paweł Boguszewski, Ewelina Knapska. 

Current Biology 2021, 31, 2347–2358.

 

Prevention of Epilepsy in Infants with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex in the EPISTOP Trial 

Authors: Katarzyna Kotulska, David J. Kwiatkowski, Paolo Curatolo, Bernhard Weschke, Kate Riney, Floor Jansen, Martha Feucht, Pavel Krsek, Rima Nabbout, Anna C. Jansen, Konrad Wojdan, Kamil Sijko, Jagoda Głowacka-Walas, Julita Borkowska, Krzysztof Sadowski, Dorota Domańska-Pakieła, Romina Moavero, Christoph Hertzberg, Hanna Hulshof, Theresa Scholl, Barbora Benova, Eleonora Aronica, Jessie de Ridder, Lieven Lagae, Sergiusz Jóźwiak & EPISTOP Investigators.

Annals of Neurology 2021;89:304–314.

 

Long-term plasticity of inhibitory synapses in the hippocampus and spatial learning depends on matrix metalloproteinase 3

Authors: Grzegorz Wiera, Katarzyna Lebida, Anna Maria Lech, Patrycja Brzdąk, Inge Van Hove, Lies De Groef, Lieve Moons, Enrica Maria Petrini, Andrea Barberis, Jerzy W. Mozrzymas. 

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 2021, 78: 2279–2298.

 

Congratulations

Neurobiology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences

 


 

Neuronus 2022 IBRO Neuroscience Forum 

08-07-2022 

We kindly remind you, that the next Neuronus 2022 IBRO Neuroscience Forumwill be held at Auditorium Maximum of Jagiellonian University from 15th to 17th October 2022. 

Neuronus IBRO Neuroscience Forum 2022 will host 6 Keynote Speakers from well-established research centres from around the world. There is a special session on astrocytes planned with specialists from the field. Multiple symposia sessions will be conducted by leading scientists. 

 

Keynote speakers:

Lauri Nummenmaa (Turku PET Centre, Finland)

Florian Engert (Harvard University, USA),

Marina Bedny (Johns Hopkins University, USA)

Suzana Herculano-Houzel (Vanderbilt University, USA),

Mathias V. Schmidt (Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry, Germany)

Charles Hillman (Northeastern University, USA).

 

The Committee on Neurobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences is one of the patrons of Neuronus 2022 IBRO Neuroscience Forum

Details you can find on - https://neuronusforum.pl/

Neurobiology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences

 


 

Scholars in search of a better world: 20 Tales from Poland
27-06-2022 

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Academy published a book "Scholars in search of a better world: 20 Tales from Poland". It is a story about people of science, about the passion with which they got to know the world and about the difficulties they faced.

Link to the book - Scholars in search of a better world: 20 Tales from Poland

 Neurobiology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences


 

Neuronus 2022 IBRO Neuroscience Forum 

14-06-2022 

We kindly remind you, that the next Neuronus 2022 IBRO Neuroscience Forum will be held at Auditorium Maximum of Jagiellonian University from 15th to 17th October 2022. Neuronus IBRO Neuroscience Forum is the biggest international neuroscience conference in Poland organized biennially by students from Jagiellonian University in Kraków. 

The main goal of the conference is to provide an opportunity for young researchers to share their latest discoveries, knowledge and experience, as well as create scientific networking with scientists representing various fields of neuroscience. During the Conference, scientists will encounter both considerations of the neurobiological basis of love, the role of the visual cortex in blind people, and the impact of a healthy lifestyle on intelligence or the aging

The Committee on Neurobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences is one of the patrons of Neuronus 2022 IBRO Neuroscience Forum

Details you can find on - https://neuronusforum.pl/

 

 Neurobiology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences


 

Jerzy Konorski Award 2022: call for nominations now open

10-05-2022

We are pleased to announce that we are beginning to accept proposals for the Konorski Award 2022.

The Prize is awarded for a single original publication in the field of neurobiology, made in a decisive part in Poland, published in one of the leading journals.

Only members of PTBUN and the Neurobiology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences have the right to submit proposal  for the Konorski Award. When submitting a publication, it is required to enclose the publication in pdf format and a justification of no more than 350 words, in which the distinguishing features of the paper should be emphasized.

 

Nomination deadline: 31st of May 2022.

Nominations must be submitted by e-mail to the address – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Neurobiology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences

 


 

15th International Congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society, Kraków, 25-27.08.2021

18-08-2021

We kindly remind you, that the next congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society is starting on 25.08.2021. The Following Congress of Polish Neuroscience Society is organized by PNS together with Lithuanian Neuroscience Association (LNA – Lietuvos Neuromokslu Asociacija) as FENS Regional Meeting

Neurobiology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences

 

 

 

Jerzy Konorski Award 2021

06-07-2021

We have the honor to inform you that the The Committee on Neurobiology awarded the prestigious Jerzy Konorski Award 2021 to the article entitled  Mitochondrial protein biogenesis in the synapse is supported by local translation.  An article was published in EMBO Reports  Volume 21, Issue 8, 5 August 2020:e48882

Authors: Kuzniewska B, Cysewski D, Wasilewski M, Sakowska P, Milek J, Kulinski TM, Winiarski M, Kozielewicz P, Knapska E, Dadlez M, Chacinska A, Dziembowski A, Dziembowska M.

Link to the awarded article 

 

Additionally, The Committee on Neurobiology honourable mentioned two articles 

TrkB hyperactivity contributes to brain dysconnectivity, epileptogenesis, and anxiety in zebrafish model of Tuberous Sclerosis Complex.

Authors: Kedra M, Banasiak K, Kisielewska K, Wolinska-Niziol L, Jaworski J, Zmorzynska J

Link

Dynamic reconfiguration of functional brain networks during working memory training

Authors: Finc K, Bonna K, He X, Lydon-Staley DM, Kühn S, Duch W, Bassett DS

Link 

Congratulations

Neurobiology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences 


 

13 IANR Conference 

19-05-2021

We encourage you to participate in 13 IANR Conference and its satelite event - International Conference "Stem cells: therapeutic outlook for nervous system disorders" that will be held on-line, 26-28.05.2021

The conference will focus on translational medicine and its exposure to clinicians and researchers from around the world, the recent advances in research on molecular mechanisms involved in central nervous system functioning in health and disease, as well as implementation of novel experimental therapies to the neurological clinic. All participants will have the opportunity to attend interesting lectures and present their latest results in poster form. 

The following Conference will be organized by Mossakowski Medical Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences.

More about the conference you can find here  

Neurobiology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences


 

Jerzy Konorski Award 2021: call for nominations now open

23-04-2021

The Committee on Neurobiology, Polish Academy of Science, in cooperation with Polish Neuroscience Society, is pleased to announce the opening of nominations for the Jerzy Konorski Award 2021.

Nomination deadline:  14 May 2021.

Nominations must be submitted by e-mail to the address – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Neurobiology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences


 

15th International Congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society, Kraków, 25-27.08.2021

21-04-2021

The next congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society will be held on-line, 25-27.08.2021.

The Following Congress of Polish Neuroscience Society will be organized by PNS together with Lithuanian Neuroscience Association (LNA – Lietuvos Neuromokslu Asociacija) as FENS Regional Meeting

Call for abstracts is open till 10th of May, 2021. 

Neurobiology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences