Jerzy Konorski Award 2023

No laurate awarded. 

Three articles honourable mentioned. 

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.


 

Jerzy Konorski Award 2022

Article Title: Single-cell RNA sequencing reveals functional heterogeneity of glioma-associated brain macrophages. 

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

Article was published in Nature Communications, 2021 Feb 19;12(1):1151

 

Three articles honourable mentioned. 

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

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;

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


 

Jerzy Konorski Award 2021

Article Title: Mitochondrial protein biogenesis in the synapse is supported by local translation.

Authors: Bozena Kuzniewska, Dominik Cysewski, Michal Wasilewski, Paulina Sakowska, Jacek Milek, Tomasz M Kulinski, Maciej Winiarski, Pawel Kozielewicz, Ewelina Knapska, Michal Dadlez, Agnieszka Chacinska, Andrzej Dziembowski, Magdalena Dziembowska

Article published in EMBO Reports Volume 21, Issue 8, 5 August 2020:e48882

 

Two articles honourable mentioned. 

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

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. 


 

Jerzy Konorski Award 2020

Article Title: Amot and Yap1 regulate neuronal dendritic tree complexity and locomotor coordination in mice

Authors: Katarzyna Rojek, Joanna Krzemień, Hubert Doleżyczka, Paweł Boguszewski, Leszek Kaczmarek, Witold Konopka, Marcin Rylski, Jacek Jaworski, Lars Holmgren, Tomasz J. Prószyński.

Article published in Plos Biology 2019 May 1;17(5):e3000253

 

One article honourable mentioned. 

Synaptic Potentiation at Basal and Apical Dendrites of Hippocampal Pyramidal Neurons Involves Activation of a Distinct Set of Extracellular and Intracellular Molecular Cues authors: Patrycja Brzdąk, Olga Wójcicka, Monika Zaręby-Kozioł, Daniela Minge, Christian Henneberger, Jakub Włodarczyk, Jerzy W Mozrzymas,  Tomasz Wójtowicz.


 

Jerzy Konorski Award 2019

Article Title: Generation of silent synapses in dentate gyrus correlates with development of alcohol addiction

Authors:  Anna Beroun, Maria Nalberczak-Skóra, Zofia Hardej, Małgorzata Piechota, Magdalena Ziółkowska, Anny Cały, Roberto Pagano, Katarzyna Radwańska

Article published in Neuropsychopharmacology 2018 Sep;43(10):1989-1999


 

Jerzy Konorski Award 2018

Article Title: Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 and Synaptic Plasticity in the Central Amygdala in Control of Alcohol-Seeking Behavior

Authors:  Marzena Stefaniuk, Anna Beroun, Tomasz Lebitko, Olga Markiny, Szymon Łęski, Ksenia Meyza, Anna Grzywacz, Jerzy Samochowiec, Agnieszka Samochowiec, Katarzyna Radwańska, Leszek Kaczmarek

Article published in Biological Psychiatry 2017 Jun 1;81(11):907-917


 

Jerzy Konorski Award 2017

Article Title: Massive cortical reorganization in sighted Braille readers

Authors:  Katarzyna Siuda-Krzywicka, Łukasz Bola, Małgorzata Paplinska, Ewa Sumera, Katarzyna Jednorog, Artur Marchewka, Magdalena W Sliwinska, Amir Amedi, Marcin Szwed

Article published in eLife 2016 Mar 15;5:e10762


 

Jerzy Konorski Award  2016

No laurate awarded. 

One article honourable mentioned. 

Inhibition of Tnf-a R1 signaling can rescue functional cortical plasticity impaired in early post-stroke period authors Monika Liguz-Lecznar, Renata Zakrzewska Malgorzata Kossut.


 

 Jerzy Konorski Award 2015

Article Title: α1F64 Residue at GABAA Receptor Binding Site Is Involved in Gating by Influencing the Receptor Flipping Transitions

Authors:  Marcin Szczot, Magdalena Kisiel, Marta M. Czyzewska, Jerzy W. Mozrzymas

Article published in the Journal of Neuroscience, 2014 Feb 26;34(9):3193-209

 

One article honourable mentioned. 

Genetically encoded FRET-based biosensor for imaging MMP-9 activity. Authors: Michał Stawarski, Izabela Rutkowska-Wlodarczyk, André Zeug, Monika Bijata, Hubert Madej, Leszek Kaczmarek, Jakub Wlodarczyk.


Jerzy Konorski Award 2014

Article Title: Calcyclin binding protein and Siah-1 interacting protein in Alzheimer’s disease pathology: neuronal localization and possible function

Authors: Urszula Wasik, Gabriela Schneider, Anna Mietelska-Porowska, Marcin Mazurkiewicza, Hanna Fabczak, Serge Weis, Claudia Zabke, Charles R. Harrington, Anna Filipek, Grazyna Niewiadomska

Article published in Neurobiology of Aging 34 (2013) 1380-1388


 

Jerzy Konorski Award 2013

Article Title: MicroRNA-301a regulation of a T-helper 17 immune response controls autoimmune demyelination

Authors: Marcin P Mycko, Maria Cichalewska, Agnieszka Machlanska, Hanna Cwiklinska, Magdalena Mariasiewicz, Krzysztof W Selmaj

Article published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2012 May 15;109(20):E1248-57. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1114325109. Epub 2012 Apr 18.


 

Jerzy Konorski Award  2012

Article Title: Forgetting of emotional information is hard: an fMRI study of directed forgetting

Authors: Anna Nowicka, Artur Marchewka, Katarzyna Jednoróg, Pawel Tacikowski, André Brechmann

Article published in Cerebral Cortex 2011 Mar;21(3):539-49. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhq117. Epub 2010 Jun 27.


 

Jerzy Konorski Award  2011

Article Title: LEF1/beta-catenin complex regulates transcription of the Cav3.1 calcium channel gene (Cacna1g) in thalamic neurons of the adult brain

Authors: Marta Barbara Wisniewska, Katarzyna Misztal, Wojciech Michowski, Marcin Szczot, Elzbieta Purta, Wieslawa Lesniak, Monika E Klejman, Michal Dabrowski, Robert K Filipkowski, Andrzej Nagalski, Jerzy W Mozrzymas, Jacek Kuznicki

Article published in Journal of Neuroscience. 2010 Apr 7;30(14):4957-69. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1425-09.2010.


 

Jerzy Konorski Award   2010

Article Title: Local peripheral opioid effects and expression of opioid genes in the spinal cord and dorsal root ganglia in neuropathic and inflammatory pain

Authors: Ilona Obara, Jan Rodriguez Parkitna, Michal Korostynski, Wioletta Makuch, Dorota Kaminska, Barbara Przewlocka, Ryszard Przewlocki

Article published in Pain 2009 Feb;141(3):283-291. doi: 10.1016/j.pain.2008.12.006. Epub 2009 Jan 14.


 

Jerzy Konorski Award   2009

Article Title: Important role of matrix metalloproteinase 9 in epileptogenesis

Authors: Grzegorz M Wilczynski, Filip A Konopacki, Ewa Wilczek, Zofia Lasiecka, Adam Gorlewicz, Piotr Michaluk, Marcin Wawrzyniak, Monika Malinowska, Pawel Okulski, Lukasz R Kolodziej, Witold Konopka, Kamila Duniec, Barbara Mioduszewska, Evgeni Nikolaev, Agnieszka Walczak, Dorota Owczarek, Dariusz C Gorecki, Werner Zuschratter, Ole Petter Ottersen, Leszek Kaczmarek

Article published in Journal of Cell Biology. 2008 Mar 10;180(5):1021-35. doi: 10.1083/jcb.200708213.