Agnieszka Chacińska#
| Membership Number: | 4818 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2018 |
| Main Country of Residence: | POLAND |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.imol.institute/agnieszka-chacinska |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since December 2020 Director of IMol, The International Institute of Molecular Mechanisms and Machines Polish Academy of Science
- Since 10.2017 Director of “Regenerative Mechanisms for Health” International Research Agenda Unit (ReMedy) funded by the Foundation for the Polish Science
- Since 03.2017 Director of the Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw
- Since 10.2016 Visiting Professor at the University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany
- 2009 - 2017 Professor and Leader of the Laboratory of Mitochondrial Biogenesis at the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, Poland
- 2015 - 2016 Deputy Director of Development at the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, Poland
- 2008 - 2009 Associate Member of Excellence Cluster BIOSS–Centre for Biological Signalling Studies, University of Freiburg, Germany
- 2007 - 2010 Member of the Board, Collaborative Research Centre 746 (SFB 746), Germany
- 2007 - 2010 Project Leader in the Collaborative Research Centre 746 (SFB 746), Germany
- 2004 - 2009 Group Leader, Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Freiburg, Germany
- 2001 - 2004 Postdoctoral Fellow in the laboratory of Prof. Nikolaus Pfanner, University of Freiburg, Germany
- 1999 Visiting scientist in the laboratory of Dr. Sabine Rospert, Max Planck Research Unit, Halle, Germany
- 1996 - 1998 Visiting scientist in the laboratory of Prof. Gottfried Schatz, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland
- 1994 - 2000 Doctoral research with Prof. Magdalena Boguta, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Warsaw, Poland
Fields of Scholarship
- Protein transport
- Quality control
- Protein homeostasis
- Mitochondria/organelles/protein biogenesis/
- Stress response
- Protein degradation
Honours and Awards
- 2023 Member, German National Academy of Sciences (Leopoldina)
- 2018 Individual Award from the Rector of University of Warsaw
- 2018 Award of the FEBS Theodor Bücher medal „for outstanding achievements in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology or related sciences”
- 2017 Leon Marchlewski Medal of The Committee on Molecular Biology of the Cell Polish Academy of Science for outstanding contribution to the development of molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry and biophysics (2016)
- 2017 Individual Award from the Rector of University of Warsaw
- 2016 Corresponding Member of the Polish Academy of Science
- 2016 Award from the Prime Minister of Poland for scientific achievements
- 2016 Elected EMBO member (Long-Term Fellowship Committee)
- 2016 Laureate together with Peter Rehling of Nicolaus Copernicus Polish-German Research Award given jointly by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) and the German Research Foundation (DFG)
- 2015 Award from the Minister of Science and Higher Education for scientific achievements that led to the title of Professor
- 2015 Award from the President of Polish Academy of Science for scientific achievement
- 2009 Laureate of the Welcome Programme from the Foundation for Polish Science
- 2009 EMBO Installation Grantee
- 2008 Eugen-Graetz Prize for research, University of Freiburg
- 2001 - 2003 Long-term FEBS fellowship
- 2001 Award for the Ph. D. thesis, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics
