Prof. Marta Miączyńska, Head of the Laboratory of Cell Biology, Director of the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw (IIMCB), Dr. Vladimir Korzh, Dr. Filip Stefaniak, Dr. Tomasz Wirecki and Dr. Tales Rocha de Moura are laureates of OPUS 20 and SONATA 16 schemes financed by the National Science Centre (NCN). Received total amount of funding for their projects 6 655 042 PLN. The general success rate in this edition of the call was over 18%, and the success rate for IIMCB was 50%.

Our laureates and their projects:

Prof. Marta Miączyńska

• Project title: AXL receptor signaling in cancer cell growth and drug resistance

• Funding: 2 482 764 PLN / 48 months

• Funding scheme: OPUS

• Scientific panel: NZ3 (first on the ranking list in NZ3)

Dr. Vladimir Korzh

• Project title: Experimental analysis of molecular determinants involved in epilepsy

• Funding: 1 780 590 PLN / 48 months

• Funding scheme: OPUS

• Scientific panel: NZ3

Dr. Filip Stefaniak

• Project title: The new methodology for better understanding of ligand-RNA interactions

• Funding: 671 000 PLN / 36 months

• Funding scheme: OPUS

• Scientific panel: NZ2 (first on the ranking list in NZ2)

Dr. Tomasz Wirecki

• Project title: Discovery and characterization of RNA structure motifs conserved in positive-sense single-stranded RNA viruses and in other functional RNAs

• Funding: 825 330 PLN / 36 months

• Funding scheme: SONATA

• Scientific panel: NZ2

Dr. Tales Rocha de Moura

• Project title: 3D Structure determination of key regulatory regions at the 5' and 3' termini of pathogenic Flaviviruses RNA

• Funding: 895 358 PLN / 36 months

• Funding scheme: SONATA

• Scientific panel: NZ6

Read more: Almost PLN 668 million for researchers in OPUS 20 + LAP, SONATA 16 and PRELUDIUM BIS 2 calls.