Projects funded by the NCN

Machine Learning Platform for Personalized Intravitreal Anti-VEGF Therapy Using Drug-Loaded Polymeric Nanoparticles

Call: M-ERA.NET 3 Call 2025 , Panel: ST11

Principal investigator: dr Marcin Krzysztof Heljak

Politechnika Warszawska

Targeting MMP-9 in Cancer Treatment: Computational Design and Experimental Validation of Potent, Safe Antitumor Agents

Call: SONATA BIS 15 , Panel: ST5

Principal investigator: dr Anna Żądło-Dobrowolska

Instytut Chemii Organicznej Polska Akademia Nauk

Development of Molecular and Supramolecular Tools to Exploit Human Copper(I) Homeostasis for Cancer Therapeutics

Call: SONATA BIS 15 , Panel: ST5

Principal investigator: dr JEENA Manayath Thekkeyil

Instytut Chemii Fizycznej Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Advanced and Smart Fibrous Materials: AI-Assisted Sol-Gel Functionalization of MOFs and Bio-Nanoparticles for Sustainabl...

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: ST8

Principal investigator: dr hab. Tomasz Szczepan Makowski

Centrum Badań Molekularnych i Makromolekularnych PAN

MIST: Artificial intelligence-assisted design of experiments as a tool to streamline the development of siRNA-lipid nano...

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: dr hab. Paulina Krystyna Skupin-Mrugalska

Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu

Integrative analysis of tRNA modification circuits and aminoacylation and their role in breast cancer model.

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: NZ2

Principal investigator: dr Marcin Sajek

Instytut Genetyki Człowieka PAN

ECLECTIC: Endometrial Cancer multiLayered Evaluation of Clinico-Metabo-Histo-Molecular data for Translational Integrativ...

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: Julia Zelkowska

Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku

Efficient and stable nano-heterostructured electrodes with modified morphology for solid oxide fuel cells

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: ST5

Principal investigator: Michał Bartosz Gogacz

Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica w Krakowie

PiezoMat: Bio-inspired Smart Scaffolds for Real-Time Monitoring of Biological Processes of Neural Tissue Regeneration.

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: ST11

Principal investigator: Angelika Zaszczyńska

Instytut Podstawowych Problemów Techniki Polska Akademia Nauk

Proteomic characterization, transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of drugtransporters in colorectal cancer

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: Nina Ewa Komaniecka

Pomorski Uniwersytet Medyczny w Szczecinie

Role of the BRM- ERα interaction in the conferring of resistance to paclitaxel in BRG1-deficient cancers

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: Karolina Gronkowska

Uniwersytet Łódzki

Effect of dietary modulation of RAGE/AGE axis on prostatic neuroendocrine differentiation and the efficacy of anticancer...

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: dr Wawrzyniec Dobrucki

Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny

Unraveling the Role of Silicon and Selenium Nanoparticles in Modulating Drought Stress Resilience in Buckwheat (Fagopyru...

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: NZ8

Principal investigator: Md. Rakib Hossain Raihan

Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu

Molecular pathways involved in nuclear membrane stress adaptation and its role in breast and prostate cancer

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: NZ3

Principal investigator: dr Paulina Nastały

Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny

M. bovis BCG extracellular vesicles as an alternative in bladder cancer immunotherapy

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: Jakub Smoliński

Instytut Immunologii i Terapii Doświadczalnej im. Ludwika Hirszfelda Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Functional nanomaterials based on drug–lipid–ligands as targeted delivery systems for anticancer agents in lung adenocar...

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: Piotr Paweł Szyk

Uniwersytet Medyczny im. Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu

TP53 mutations drive alternative FGFR1 splicing - the study of consequences for cancer progression and therapeutic oppor...

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: NZ4

Principal investigator: Weronika Wojtyś

Instytut Medycyny Doświadczalnej i Klinicznej im. Mirosława Mossakowskiego PAN

Development of Red-Emitting Chiral Carbon Dots for Advanced Photodynamic Therapy (PDT)

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: ST8

Principal investigator: Patryk Szymaszek

Politechnika Krakowska im. Tadeusza Kościuszki

Surface-functionalized lipid-based nonlamellar nanoparticles as carriers for peptide antibiotics.

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: ST4

Principal investigator: dr hab. Ewa Nazaruk

Uniwersytet Warszawski

Development of the fluorescence multifunctional biosensing system based on antisense oligonucleotide probes for the onco...

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: ST4

Principal investigator: Hubert Grzegorz Grel

Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie

Development of novel 1,3-selenazol-2-one derivatives incorporated into self-emulsifying drug delivery systems as a strat...

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: dr hab. Robert Czarnomysy

Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku

Metabolic biomarkers of prostate cancer

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: prof. Tomasz Łukasz Ruman

Politechnika Rzeszowska im. Ignacego Łukasiewicza

Simulation of complex biological systems assisted by artificial intelligence: language-controlled model for cancer thera...

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: ST6

Principal investigator: prof. Witold Dzwinel

Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica w Krakowie

High Internal Phase Pickering Emulsions Stabilized with Solid Particles for Encapsulation of Lipophilic Drugs and Oxygen...

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: ST8

Principal investigator: Weronika Adriana Kieres

Instytut Katalizy i Fizykochemii Powierzchni im. Jerzego Habera PAN

Nanostructured Ternary Alloys: The Role of Laser Ablation in Shaping Composition and Structure

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: ST5

Principal investigator: dr Urszula Klekotka

Uniwersytet w Białymstoku

LLT1 as a regulator of the immune response and a dual-target immunotherapy approach in colorectal cancer directed at NK ...

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: NZ6

Principal investigator: dr Marzena Dorota Lenart

Uniwersytet Jagielloński

Neurotoxicity of nanoplastics - searching for the possible link between exposure to nanoplastics and neurodegenerative d...

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: prof. Lidia Marta Strużyńska

Instytut Medycyny Doświadczalnej i Klinicznej im. Mirosława Mossakowskiego PAN

Multifunctional polymer-based scaffold incorporating green synthesized nanocomposite and silibinin for liver regeneratio...

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: dr Barbara Agnieszka Strojny-Cieślak

Szkoła Główna Gospodarstwa Wiejskiego w Warszawie

Targeting endothelial cell senescence in diabetic retinopathy with rapamycin-loaded nanoparticles

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: Gabriela Burda

Uniwersytet Jagielloński

Advanced structural control and long-range organization of magnetic and magnetically doped nanoparticles in liquid cryst...

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: ST5

Principal investigator: dr hab. Michał Wójcik

Uniwersytet Warszawski

"The Role of Adipose Tissue and microRNA in the Progression of Clear Cell RenalCell Carcinoma".

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: NZ4

Principal investigator: Dorota Małgorzata Kwapisz

CENTRUM MEDYCZNE KSZTAŁCENIA PODYPLOMOWEGO

UVC Persistent Phosphors for Next-Generation Photodynamic Cancer Therapy

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: ST4

Principal investigator: dr Nadiia Rebrova

Instytut Niskich Temperatur i Badań Strukturalnych im. Włodzimierza Trzebiatowskiego PAN

Optimization of Lipid Nanoparticles Embedding Gd(III)-Chelating Lipids via DoE approach for Enhanced MRI Contrast and Sa...

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: ST11

Principal investigator: Karolina Dydak

Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu

Rola TRIM32 i TRIM34 w regulacji metabolizmu guza i mikrośrodowiska immunologicznego w raku jajnika

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: NZ6

Principal investigator: Alicja Katarzyna Rajtak

Uniwersytet Medyczny w Lublinie

The role of inflammation and sex-specific mechanisms in the development and progression of hepatocellular carcinoma

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: NZ4

Principal investigator: dr hab. Katarzyna Miękus

Uniwersytet Jagielloński

We are Left Without Oxygen—Now What?: Evaluation of Hypoxia-Inducible COL Family Genes in Glioblastoma Patients and Thei...

Call: OPUS 29 , Panel: NZ4

Principal investigator: prof. Ewa Izabela Balcerczak

Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi

Cold atmospheric plasma-assisted obtaining of multifunctional biodegradable scaffolds with enhanced bioactivity and 3D p...

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: ST8

Principal investigator: Angelika Justyna Banaszak

Politechnika Wrocławska

Smart Multiscale Encapsulation System: Hydrogel Macrocapsules with LbL Nanoparticles for Colorectal Cancer Treatment

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: ST11

Principal investigator: Joanna Irena Szechyńska

Instytut Katalizy i Fizykochemii Powierzchni im. Jerzego Habera PAN

Intestinal barrier dysfunction as a risk factor for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma: impact of fatty acid intake, with ...

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: NZ4

Principal investigator: Wojciech Michał Jankowski

Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi

New aryl difluoromethylenephosphonic acid and thiazole conjugates as effective PTP1B inhibitors used in the treatment of...

Call: PRELUDIUM 24 , Panel: ST5

Principal investigator: Dominika Agnieszka Kołodziej-Sobczak

Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika

Preparation of pollen-like advanced drug delivery carriers for the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Call: SHENG 4 , Panel: ST5

Principal investigator: prof. Elżbieta Pamuła

Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica w Krakowie

New violacein derivatives as candidates for sonodynamic therapy against skin cancer

Call: SONATINA 9 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: dr Daniel Ryszard Ziental

Uniwersytet Przyrodniczy w Poznaniu

Artificial intelligence in predicting treatment outcomes of abdominal cancers – implementation of machine learning and d...

Call: SONATINA 9 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: dr Krzysztof Bartnik

Politechnika Warszawska

Next-Generation Exosome Therapy: Engineering NK Cell-Derived Vesicles for Targeted Cancer Treatment

Call: SONATINA 9 , Panel: NZ6

Principal investigator: dr Daria Nawrocka

Instytut Immunologii i Terapii Doświadczalnej im. Ludwika Hirszfelda Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Alterations in host protein trafficking during Human papillomavirus infection and oncogenesis

Call: WEAVE-UNISONO , Panel: NZ6

Principal investigator: dr hab. Justyna Karolina Broniarczyk

Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu

Developing histone deacetylase-inhibiting hybrid analogs of pleurocidin and their potential in the treatment of HPV-indu...

Call: SONATA 20 , Panel: NZ7

Principal investigator: dr hab. Ewelina Piktel

Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku

Turning the red mist of carbon dots into red-carpet for photocatalysis

Call: SONATA 20 , Panel: ST5

Principal investigator: dr Wiktor Piotr Kasprzyk

Politechnika Krakowska im. Tadeusza Kościuszki

Reciprocal relationships in metastatic colorectal cancer and its niche – from adaptation to host organs to induced paren...

Call: OPUS 28 (LAP) , Panel: NZ2

Principal investigator: dr Michał Artur Bieńkowski

Gdański Uniwersytet Medyczny

Mind the gap! Plasmonic nanocavity for spectroscopic trapping of local molecularrearrangements in DNA upon epigenetic mo...

Call: OPUS 28 , Panel: ST4

Principal investigator: prof. Ewelina Wioletta Lipiec

Uniwersytet Jagielloński

Janus nanoparticles - research on the effect of the duality of carriers of the activesubstance in targeted therapy of sk...

Call: OPUS 28 , Panel: ST8

Principal investigator: dr hab. Bożena Anna Tyliszczak

Politechnika Krakowska im. Tadeusza Kościuszki