What's new at Łukasiewicz – PORT?
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Project selection procedures, Poland’s innovation convergence with the EU, and plans for a Shared Services Center were the key topics discussed at the March 20 meeting of the Łukasiewicz Research Network Directors in Wrocław.
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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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The WABIO Project has secured over PLN 7 million under the TEAM NET program to develop and validate an integrated biorefinery prototype within the consortium. The work at Łukasiewicz will be led by Prof. Andrzej Białowiec.
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We invite you to join a free webinar titled “European Innovation Pathways in Health: Opportunities for MedTech and Biotech Companies,” dedicated to growth and funding opportunities for companies operating in the medical technology and biotechnology sectors.
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On February 24, at the headquarters of the Foundation for Polish Science, we officially launched the implementation of the International Research Agendas (MAB) project within the P4Health Center of Excellence.
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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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Thanks to this funding, Dr. Rohit Shrivastava will carry out the AstroExo-HD project, whose aim is to develop new methods for early diagnosis and to identify potential therapeutic targets in Huntington’s disease.
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Impairment of blood–brain barrier (BBB) function is among the earliest indicators of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, and vascular dementia. During the seminar, Dr. Mootaz Salman will discuss how inflammation-mediated BBB dysfunction disrupts cerebrovascular integrity and how research aims to prevent irreversible neurodegenerative changes.
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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.
