We are pleased to announce that 5 projects from the IBCH PAS obtained funding in the National Science Center OPUS 19 call:

 

• prof. Anna Pasternak: “Foldback triplex-forming oligonucleotides as novel tools for G-quadruplex unfolding and selective inhibition of c-Myc oncogene transcription”
• prof. Mirosława Naskręt-Barciszewska: “Application of small compounds in the epigenetic therapy of malignant brain gliomas”
• prof. Mariusz Jaskólski: “Novel L-asparaginases as potential therapeutic agents and antimicrobial targets: structural and functional studies of enzymes with dual implications for drug design”
• dr Monika Piwecka: “Non-coding RNAs at single-cell resolution in the pituitary gland and their role in the regulation of gene expression”
• dr Witold Andrałojć: “Lanthanide binding oligonucleotides (LBOs) as paramagnetic tags for NMR spectroscopy of nucleic acids”

We wish the winners many interesting results!