Dr. Marta Kopcewicz and Dr. Joanna Wiśniewska from the Regenerative Biology Team were awarded the Aegean Conference Trainee Travel Award at the 3rd International Conference on Tissue Repair, Regeneration, and Fibrosis, held October 10 – 15, 2022, in Greece.

The 3rd International Conference on Tissue Repair, Regeneration, and Fibrosis is one of the most important scientific events bringing together scientists interested in various aspects of repairing and regenerating damaged tissues and organs. Understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying the repair and regeneration of the liver, lungs, skin, kidneys, and bone marrow, among others, is key to the progress of modern medicine.

The winners of this year’s conference were Dr. Marta Kopcewicz and Dr. Joanna Wiśniewska from the Regenerative Biology Team led by Prof. Barbara Gawrońska-Kozak, MD. The Organizing Committee awarded the Trainee Travel Award ($1,000) to the oral presentations of our female scientists’ research results:

Sex, individual age and transcription factor Foxn1 affect the condition of healthy and post injured mice and human skin

Marta Kopcewicz, Sylwia Machcińska-Zielińska, Katarzyna Walendzik, Joanna Wiśniewska, Joanna Rutkowska, Piotr Malinowski, Tomasz Waśniewski, Justyna Drukała, and Barbara Gawrońska-Kozak

Pig adipose-derived stem cells (pASCs) pre-conditioned with hypoxia. Characterization and validation for wound healing therapy

Joanna Wiśniewska, Magda Słyszewska, Marta Kopcewicz, Katarzyna Walendzik, Sylwia Machcińska-Zielińska, Patrycja Dudek, Karolina Stałanowska, and Barbara Gawrońska-Kozak

The research presented at the conference was carried out as part of the following:

1. 1. research projects funded by the National Science Center:
      • Opus 14 no. 2017/27/b/nz5/02610,
      • Sonata 13 nr 2017/26/D/NZ5/00556;
   2. the KNOW grant of the Scientific Consortium „Healthy Animal – Safe Food,”
      Dec. No.: 05-1/KNOW2/2015;
   3. own research fund 14/FBW/22.