We are pleased to announce that in the MINIATURA 8 call for proposals by the National Science Center (Polish NCN), funding has been awarded to projects at IBCH PAS. The following researchers from our Institute will implement these projects:

• Magdalena Surdyka, PhD, Eng, “Testing a therapeutic strategy restoring SMN1 gene expression in human motor neurons”
• Jarosław Lewandowski, PhD, “Phenotypic characteristics of cardiac organoids as a model of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy obtained from patient material”
• Aleksander Strugała, PhD, Eng, “Species identification of animal bone remains from archaeological sites using mass spectrometry”
• Konrad Kuczyński, PhD, “Energy sources in glioblastoma organoids: Mapping mitochondrial localization and activity under varied oxygen conditions”

You can find the MINIATURA 8 ranking list (available in Polish) here: https://www.ncn.gov.pl/konkursy/wyniki/miniatura8

Congratulations and good luck with your projects!