Jerzy Duszynski#
| Membership Number: | 3248 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | POLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://duszynskilab.nencki.gov.pl |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2010-2014 Dean of Biological and Agricultural Section of Polish Academy of Sciences
- Positions at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
- since 1997 Head of the Laboratory of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes
- 1998-2002 Head of Department of Cellular Biochemistry
- 2003-2008 Director of the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology
- 1992-1993 Visiting professor, PennState Univ., Hershey, USA
- 1985-1986 Postdoc, France (1 year in the laboratory of P.V. Vignais, Nucleaire Centre, Grenoble)
- 1976-1978 Postdoc, USA, (2 years in the laboratories of J.R. Williamson, Pennsylvania University, Philadelphia, and K.F. LaNoue, PennState Univ., Hershey)
- 1971 Researcher at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences
Fields of Scholarship
- Mitochondria
- Bioenergetics
- Role of mitochondria in cell functioning
- Mitochondrial and neuro-degenerative diseases
- Cellular signal transduction
- Calcium signalling
- Regulation of cellular functions
- Ageing
Honours and Awards
- 1996 Parnas Prize, Polish Biochemical Society Prize for best paper
- 2007 Membership of Polish Academy of Sciences
- 2011 Human Frontier Science Program grant (with Joan J. Guinovart and Adam Godzik)
- 2012 Member of the Academia Europaea
