On December 14, 2016 Prof. Marta Miączyńska, Head of the Laboratory of Cell Biology was appointed one of the members of the Council of the National Science Centre (NCN) for the 2016-2020 term.

The Council of the NCN is a policy body consisting of 24 distinguished researchers selected from[nbsp] candidates nominated by Polish scientific institutions. The Council sets priority areas in basic research, decides on the type of programmes and specifies call regulations. Its range of competencies[nbsp] also include electing members of the expert teams responsible for proposal evaluations as well as appointing the Director and Discipline Coordinators.

The full list of the council members 2016-2018 is available on NCN web page.