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Voltage across a hydrogel: A new perspective on cell's membrane potential and its implications for early embryogenesis.

2020/38/E/NZ3/00039

Keywords:

resting membrane potential bio-electricity electrical signals cytoskeleton extracellular matrix gels interfacial water layer proliferability early embryogenesis algal cells

Descriptors:

  • NZ1_3: Biophysics
  • NZ3_7: Signal transduction
  • NZ3_2: Cell physiology

Panel:

NZ3 - Cellular and developmental biology: cell biology, developmental biology, ageing biology, neurobiology

Host institution :

Instytut Rozrodu Zwierząt i Badań Żywności Polskiej Akademii Nauk

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr Magdalena Kowacz 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call: SONATA BIS 10 - announced on 2020-07-29

Amount awarded: 3 368 700 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2021-07-01

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2026-06-30

Project duration:: 60 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Pending project

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (2)
  1. Voltage and concentration gradients across membraneless interface generated next to hydrogels: relation to glycocalyx.
    Authors:
    Kowacz, M., Withanage, S., Niestępski, S.
    Academic press:
    Soft Matter (rok: 2023, tom: 19, strony: 7528–7540), Wydawca: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1039/D3SM00889D - link to the publication
  2. The emerging concept of glycocalyx damage as the trigger of heart failure onset and progression
    Authors:
    Targoński, R., Kowacz, M., Oraczewski, R., Thoene, M., Targoński, R.
    Academic press:
    Medical Hypotheses (rok: 2023, tom: 182, strony: 111234), Wydawca: Elsevier
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1016/j.mehy.2023.111234 - link to the publication