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Honorary Medal of Jan Evangelista Purkyne for Prof. Jerzy Duszynski

Prof. dr hab. Jerzy Duszynski, a head of the Laboratory of Bioenergetics and Biomembrane of the Nencki Institute, received Honorary Medal of Jan Evangelista Purkyne awarded by Czech Academy of Sciences for outstanding contribution to Biomedical Sciences.

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The Jan Evangelista Purkyne Medal ceremony took place in Prague on January 25th 2017. Laudation for prof. Jerzy Duszynski was given by prof. Jan Kopecky, a director of the Institute of Physiology, CAS and by prof. Jiri Drahos, a President of Czech Academy of Sciences. Prof. Duszynski’s research is focused on metabolism, function, structure and dynamics of mitochondria in various experimental models. In particular his group is interested in a cross-talk between mitochondria and nucleus under physiological and pathological conditions such as oxidative stress, mitochondrial and neurodegenerative diseases, or tumors.