Marysia Placzek is a Wellcome Trust Investigator and Professor of Developmental Neurobiology in the Department of Biomedical Science, The University of Sheffield.[1][2]

Marysia Placzek
Alma materImperial College London (Doctor of Philosophy)
AwardsSuffrage Science Award
Scientific career
FieldsNeurobiology
InstitutionsThe University of Sheffield
Websitehttps://www.sheffield.ac.uk/biosciences/people/bms-staff/academic/marysia-placzek

In 2012, Placzek was one of ten women to receive a Suffrage Science award (Life Sciences category) from the Medical Research Council (MRC) London Institute of Medical Sciences.[3]

Placzek has served as the Chair of the Wellcome Trust Expert Review Group: Cell and Developmental Biology,[4] and as a Scientific Advisory Board member for GW4 Biomed MRC Doctoral Training Partnership.[1] She has also served on the Molecules, Genes and Cells Funding Committee for the Wellcome Trust.[5]

Placzek's work focuses on vertebrate hypothalamus[1][6][7][8]

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  1. ^ a b c "Professor Marysia Placzek | Biosciences at Sheffield | The University of Sheffield". www.sheffield.ac.uk. 2020-11-27. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  2. ^ "Marysia A Placzek". scholar.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  3. ^ "Life Sciences Awardees". LMS London Institute of Medical Sciences. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  4. ^ "Cell and Developmental Biology Expert Review Group - Grant Funding". Wellcome. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  5. ^ "Wellcome Trust Annual Review 2011" (PDF).
  6. ^ Sheffield, University of (2013-06-26). "Pioneering mouse research provides breakthrough in the search for adult brain stem cells - Archive - News archive - The University of Sheffield". www.sheffield.ac.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  7. ^ ORCID. "Marysia Placzek (0000-0002-4106-9229)". orcid.org. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  8. ^ "Marysia A Placzek". scholar.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-05.

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