What's new at Łukasiewicz – PORT?
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Can cancer cells exploit strategies known from parasite biology? Dr. Marek Wagner explores melanoma from an evolutionary perspective, highlighting how tumors may manipulate the immune system in ways reminiscent of parasites.
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For more than a century, science believed that neurons were responsible for our thoughts, emotions, and memory. During Brain Awareness Week, we tell the story of astrocytes.
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February 19 marks Polish Science Day –established on the anniversary of Nicolaus Copernicus’s birth and honoring the achievements of successive generations of researchers. At Łukasiewicz – PORT, we view Polish science within a broad international context.
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“I follow wherever the data lead me,” says Dr. Vitor Cabral, who has spent years building his scientific expertise across disciplines and continents – from classical microbiology and genetics, through infection biology, to synthetic biology and translational research. Today, at Łukasiewicz – PORT, he draws on this interdisciplinary background to design microbiome-based therapeutic strategies.
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The fourth call of the Virtual Research Institute (WIB) has been resolved. An international panel of experts awarded the highest score to the project “Personalized antibody-drug conjugates activated by matrix metalloproteinases for solid tumors (PACMAN)”, submitted by a consortium of scientific institutions from Wrocław and Warsaw. An amount of PLN 72,854,995 from the Polish Science Fund has been allocated for its implementation.
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Dr. Heng-Chang Chen, leader of the Quantitative Virology Research Group at Łukasiewicz – PORT, has been selected for the prestigious New Voices in Virology program by the Journal of Virology. The initiative showcases researchers who bring fresh perspectives and innovative methods to modern virology.
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Stress triggers a cascade of complex biochemical reactions in the body. One of its consequences may be the disruption of autophagy, the cellular “self-cleaning” process. Dr. Viorica Raluca Contu, leader of the AutoHealth project, investigates how stress influences this mechanism and how the interplay between the body’s metabolism and the brain shapes our mental health.
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Kacper Prokop has been awarded the Max Born Scholarship in the field of physical and chemical sciences. Weronika Zając received a distinction in the same category. Both work in the Advanced Materials Synthesis Research Group and are pursuing industrial doctorates.
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A full-color, high-resolution X-ray image of the human body, combined with precise information about its chemical composition; imaging with unprecedented spatial resolution, faster, more accurate, and safer than ever before—scientists at Łukasiewicz – PORT are working on a technology that could make this possible.
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Breast cancer remains the most frequently diagnosed malignant tumor among women worldwide and in Poland. According to estimates from the World Health Organization and the National Cancer Registry, more than 25,000 new cases are diagnosed annually in Poland, and the lifetime risk of developing the disease is approximately 12.5%.
