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Neuroscience

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82
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Poland Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Neuroscience in Poland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Poland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Neuroscience in Poland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Poland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Poland Leader Award
  • 2013 - Polish Academy of Science
  • 2001 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2000 - Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science - Nagroda Fundacji na rzecz Nauki Polskiej for his work on the impact of stimuli on gene expression in selected brain structures of mammals
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Leszek Kaczmarek is affiliated with the Instytut Biologii Doświadczalnej im. Marcelego Nenckiego in Poland. Their research spans multiple areas within neuroscience and molecular biology, with a particular focus on cellular and molecular neuroscience as well as cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist has contributed to various fields of study, including:

  • Neuroscience
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Kaczmarek's subfields of study highlight specific interests in:

  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology
  • Cancer Research

The main topics of their work cover a wide range of neuroscience and pharmacology, including:

  • Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Hearing Impairment and Communication
  • Memory and Neural Mechanisms
  • Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
  • Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling
  • Protease and Inhibitor Mechanisms

Recent publication venues where Kaczmarek's work appears with notable frequency include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Behavioural Brain Research
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Scientific Reports
  • Small Science

Selected papers illustrate a focus on behavioral neuroscience, neuropharmacology, and applied materials for neurobiological research:

  • IntelliCage as a tool for measuring mouse behavior - 20 years perspective (2020), Behavioural Brain Research
  • In Vivo Chronic Brain Cortex Signal Recording Based on a Soft Conductive Hydrogel Biointerface (2022), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • The matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor marimastat inhibits seizures in a model of kainic acid-induced status epilepticus (2020), Scientific Reports
  • The IntelliCage System: A Review of Its Utility as a Novel Behavioral Platform for a Rodent Model of Substance Use Disorder (2021), Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Celloscope: a probabilistic model for marker-gene-driven cell type deconvolution in spatial transcriptomics data (2023), Genome Biology

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Ewelina Knapska
  • Marzena Stefaniuk
  • Klaudia Nowicka
  • Katarzyna Kalita
  • Emilia Rejmak

Among the honors received, Kaczmarek is recognized as a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) and Academia Europaea. They have also been awarded by the Polish Academy of Science in 2013 and received the Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science in 2000 for work on the impact of stimuli on gene expression in selected brain structures of mammals.

Best Publications

  • The involvement of the anterior cingulate cortex in remote contextual fear memory

    Paul W. Frankland;Bruno Bontempi;Lynn E. Talton;Leszek Kaczmarek

  • Estrogen receptor β: Potential functional significance of a variety of mRNA isoforms

    Sebastian Lewandowski;Katarzyna Kalita;Leszek Kaczmarek

  • Matrix metalloproteinase-9 is required for hippocampal late-phase long-term potentiation and memory.

    Vanja Nagy;Ozlem Bozdagi;Anna Matynia;Marcin Balcerzyk

  • A gene for neuronal plasticity in the mammalian brain: Zif268/Egr-1/NGFI-A/Krox-24/TIS8/ZENK?

    Ewelina Knapska;Leszek Kaczmarek

  • Post-stroke depression: mechanisms, translation and therapy.

    Isabelle Loubinoux;Golo Kronenberg;Matthias Endres;Pascale Schumann-Bard

  • Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Undergoes Expression and Activation during Dendritic Remodeling in Adult Hippocampus

    Arek Szklarczyk;Joanna Lapinska;Marcin Rylski;Ronald D. G. McKay

  • Microinjected c-myc as a competence factor.

    Leszek Kaczmarek;Julia K. Hyland;Rosemary Watt;Martin Rosenberg

  • MMP-9 in translation: from molecule to brain physiology, pathology, and therapy

    Behnam Vafadari;Ahmad Salamian;Leszek Kaczmarek

  • MicroRNA Loss Enhances Learning and Memory in Mice

    Witold Konopka;Anna Kiryk;Martin Novak;Marina Herwerth

  • Matrix metalloproteinases and their endogenous inhibitors in neuronal physiology of the adult brain.

    Joanna Dzwonek;Marcin Rylski;Leszek Kaczmarek

  • MMP-9 Inhibition: a Therapeutic Strategy in Ischemic Stroke

    Mayank Chaturvedi;Leszek Kaczmarek

  • Molecular cloning of the cDNA for a growth factor-inducible gene with strong homology to S-100, a calcium-binding protein.

    B Calabretta;R Battini;L Kaczmarek;J K de Riel

  • Important role of matrix metalloproteinase 9 in epileptogenesis

    Grzegorz M. Wilczynski;Filip A. Konopacki;Ewa Wilczek;Zofia Lasiecka

  • Sensory regulation of immediate–early gene expression in mammalian visual cortex: implications for functional mapping and neural plasticity

    Leszek Kaczmarek;Avi Chaudhuri

  • Metzincin Proteases and their Inhibitors, Foes or Friends in Nervous System Physiology?

    Santiago Rivera;Michel Khrestchatisky;Leszek Kaczmarek;Gary A. Rosenberg

  • Coding sequence and growth regulation of the human vimentin gene.

    S Ferrari;R Battini;L Kaczmarek;S Rittling

  • Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Controls NMDA Receptor Surface Diffusion through Integrin β1 Signaling

    Piotr Michaluk;Lenka Mikasova;Laurent Groc;Renato Frischknecht

  • Influence of matrix metalloproteinase MMP-9 on dendritic spine morphology

    Piotr Michaluk;Marcin Wawrzyniak;Przemyslaw Alot;Marcin Szczot

  • Molecular cloning of a cDNA for a human ADP/ATP carrier which is growth-regulated.

    Renata Battini;Sergio Ferrari;L Kaczmarek;Bruno Calabretta

  • The critical role of cyclin D2 in adult neurogenesis.

    Anna Kowalczyk;Robert K. Filipkowski;Marcin Rylski;Grzegorz M. Wilczynski

Frequent Co-Authors

Bozena Kaminska
Bozena Kaminska Polish Academy of Sciences
Bruno Calabretta
Bruno Calabretta Thomas Jefferson University
renato baserga
renato baserga Temple University
Hans-Peter Lipp
Hans-Peter Lipp University of Zurich
Michal Hetman
Michal Hetman University of Louisville
Daniele F. Condorelli
Daniele F. Condorelli University of Catania
Sergio Ferrari
Sergio Ferrari University of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Janusz K. Rybakowski
Janusz K. Rybakowski Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Malgorzata Kossut
Malgorzata Kossut Polish Academy of Sciences

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