Matchmaking Neuroscience meets Bioinformatics

4 Sept – 18 Oct 2023 | Wroclaw, Poland

Michał Ślęzak

Principal Investigator

Lukasiewicz Research Network - PORT Polish Center for Technology Development

Wrocław, Phone: +48 510132460, Poland

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Our team studies the role of astrocyte-specific molecular pathways to discrete psychiatric traits of through genetic, behavioral and physiological methods.

My organisation

The institute’s scientific and research endeavors are organized into three centers: ·       Life Sciences and Biotechnology (LS&BC), ·       Population Diagnostics (PDC) and ·       Material Sciences and Engineering (MS&EC). These centers house specialized Research Groups, supported by state-of-the-art measurement laboratories and core facilities. Łukasiewicz - PORT also houses a biobank, Polish National Node (PNN) of the BBMRI-ERIC network.
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About me

2020- Research group leader ‘Biology of Astrocytes’ at the Łukasiewicz – PORT, Wrocław, Poland

2016-2020 PI Team ‘Brain Microcircuits in Psychiatric Diseases’ funded by Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma, BioMed X Institute, Heidelberg, Germany

2012-2016 Marie-Curie IEF Postdoctoral Fellow, VIB, Leuven, Belgium

2007-2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Pharmacology PAS, Krakow, Poland               

2002-2007 PhD thesis, University of Louis Pasteur, Strasbourg, France

My organisation

Lukasiewicz Research Network - PORT Polish Center for Technology Development

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Skills

  • in vivo imaging
  • cell-specific genetic manipulation in the brain
  • rersearch management

Interests

  • computational psychiatry
  • neuro-glia interactions
  • brain metabolism
  • circadian medicine

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Authority/Government

Activities

BioinformaticsNeuroscience

Country

Polska

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