Marcin Lipiec, MSC

10.2015 - Present

PhD student in the Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw

MSc in Molecular Biotechnology Summa cum laude, 10.2013 - 09.2015

Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Project title: Analysis of an alternative termination and release mechanism of intron-encoded small nucleolar RNAs snR39 and snR59 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

BSc in Biotechnology, 10.2010 - 09.2013

Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Project title: Analysis of a new release and processing mechanism of intron-encoded small nucleolar RNAs in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

• 23.02 - 03.03.2021

Participant in the OIST Developing Neural Circuits Course (DNC 2020)

Online format; Organised by the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology

• 01.06 - 21.06.2019

Participant in the Transylvanian Experimental Neuroscience Summer School 2019 (TENSS 2019)

Transylvanian Institute of Neuroscience, Pike Lake, Transylvania, Romania

• 03.04 - 21.04.2018

Participant in the CAJAL Developmental Neurobiology and Pathologies course 2018

Bordeaux Neurocampus, University of Bordeaux, France

• 24.06 - 07.07.2017

Scientific visit in the Laboratory of Dr. Jose Luis Ferran

Department of Human Anatomy and Psychobiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain

• 23.07 - 08.08.2016

Participant in the OIST Developmental Neurobiology Course 2016 (DNC 2016)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Okinawa, Japan

• 07.2014 - 09.2014

Internship in the RNA Biogenesis group led by Dr. Edouard Bertrand (Erasmus programme)

Institute of Molecular Genetics of Montpellier, Montpellier, France

• 07.2012

Internship in the Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology, Warsaw, Poland

2021- ETIUDA grant awarded by the Polish National Science Centre for the funding of a postdoctoral fellowship in the Laboratory of prof. Michael Crair at the Yale School of Medicine.

2019 - The Polish Neuroscience Society Young Investigator Award

2018 - Grant for scientific research for young scientists (DSM) awarded by the Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw

2018 - The CAJAL Advanced Neuroscience Training Programme stipend for the participation in CAJAL Developmental Neurobiology and Pathologies course 2018, Bordeaux, France

2017 - Grant for scientific research for young scientists (DSM) awarded by the Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw

2016 – Travel Grant for Developmental Neurobiology Course at OIST Institute, Okinawa, Japan

2016 - Grant for scientific research for young scientists (DSM) awarded by the Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw

• 11.07 - 15.07.2020: Lipiec MA., Koziński K., Chakraborty C., Urban-Ciećko J., Zajkowski T., Dąbrowski M., Szewczyk ŁM., Toval A., Ferran JL., Nagalski A., Wiśniewska MB. Poster: TCF7L2 regulates postmitotic differentiation programs and excitability patterns in the thalamus. 2020 FENS Virtual Forum.

Presenting author: Lipiec M.

• 17.05 – 19.05.2019: Lipiec MA., Wiśniewska MB. Oral presentation: The transcription factor TCF7L2 confers and maintains postmitotic neuronal identities in vertebrate thalamus and habenula. Intercollegiate Biotechnology Symposium „Symbioza”. Warszawa, Polska.

Presenting author: Lipiec M.

• 03.03 - 08.03.2019: Szewczyk ŁM., Lipiec MA., Liszewska E., Inoue H., Nowakowski T.J., Molofsky A.V., Wisniewska M.B. Poster: The Wnt/ß-catenin effector TCF7L2 is a negative regulator of astrogenesis. Glial Biology: Functional Interactions Among Glia and Neurons, Gordon Research Conference. Ventura, CA, USA.

Presenting author: Szewczyk ŁM.

• 23.11 - 25.11.2018: Lipiec M., Wiśniewska MB. Oral presentation: The key role of TCF7L2 in the development of the thalamus. 8th International Conference "Aspects of Neuroscience". Warszawa, Polska.

Presenting author: Lipiec M.

• 28.08 – 30.08.2019: Lipiec MA., Koziński K., Zajkowski T., Dąbrowski M., Chakraborty C., Toval A., Ferran JL., Nagalski A., Wiśniewska MB. Oral presentation in PNS Young Investigator Award winner’s panel: The transcription factor TCF7L2 governs postmitotic embryonic development of the thalamus and adult intrinsic excitability of the thalamic neurons. 14th International Congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society. Katowice, Poland.

Presenting author: Lipiec M.

• 19.07 - 23.07.2018: Szewczyk ŁM., Liszewska E., Lipiec M., Inoue H., Domańska M., Nowakowski TJ., Molofsky AV., Wiśniewska MB. Poster: WNT/β catenin effectors TCF7L1 and TCF7L2 are expressed in radial glia cells and in mature astrocytes. Cold Spring Harbor Meeting: Glia in Health & Disease. Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA.

Presenting author: Szewczyk ŁM.

• 07.07 - 11.07.2018: Lipiec M., Koziński K., Zajkowski T., Dąbrowski M., Irimia M., Chakraborty C., Szewczyk Ł., Nagalski A., Wiśniewska MB. Poster: The role of the transcription factor TCF7L2 in the nuclear aggregation and maintenance of molecular identity in the thalamus and the establishment of thalamocortical connections. 11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience. Berlin, Niemcy.

Presenting author: Lipiec M.

• 18.02 - 23.02.2018: Lipiec M., Koziński K., Zajkowski T., Dąbrowski M., Toval A., Ferran J., Nagalski A., Wiśniewska MB. Poster: TCF7L2 is a key regulator in transcription factors’ network that governs the establishment of anatomical boundaries and regional specification of neurons in the thalamus. Thalamocortical Interactions - Development, Function and Dysfunction of Thalamocortical Networks, Gordon Research Conference. Barga, Włochy.

Presenting author: Wiśniewska MB.

• 24.11 - 26.11.2017: Lipiec M., Wiśniewska MB. Wystąpienie ustne: The role of TCF7L2 in shaping molecular identity of thalamic neurons. 7th International Conference "Aspects of Neuroscience". Warszawa, Polska.

Presenting author: Lipiec M.

• 28.08 - 31.08.2017: Lipiec M., Koziński K., Zajkowski T., Nagalski A., Wiśniewska MB. Poster: Role of the TCF7L2 transcription factor in regulating the development of thalamus and growth of thalamic axons. 13th International Congress of Polish Neuroscience Society. Warszawa, Polska.

Presenting author: Lipiec M.

• 26.05 - 28.05.2017: Lipiec M., Wiśniewska MB. Poster: CRISPR/Cas9 as a universal tool of modern molecular genetics and its usage for generation of isoform-specific mutations in primary neuronal cultures. Intercollegiate Biotechnology Symposium „Symbioza”. Warszawa, Polska.

Presenting author: Lipiec M.

• 11.05 - 12.05.2017: Lipiec M., Wiśniewska MB. Poster: Komórkowo- i izoformowo-specyficzny nokaut genu Tcf7l2 w neuronach wzgórzowych przy zastosowaniu techniki CRISPR/Cas9. III Ogólnopolska Konferencja Doktorantów Nauk o Życiu „BioOpen”. Łódź, Polska.

Presenting author: Lipiec M.

• 22.04 - 24.04.2016: Lipiec M., Wiśniewska MB. Poster: CRISPR-Cas9 mediated Tcf7l2 knock-out in primary thalamic neuron cultures. NEURONUS 2016 IBRO & IRUN Neuroscience Forum. Kraków, Polska.

Presenting author: Lipiec M.

• 23-25.05.2014: Kowalski K., Lipiec M., Kuźmicz K. Poster: Nonsense mediated mRNA decay (NMD) as an example for posttranscriptional mRNA degradation acting as a disease factor. II Student Conference of Medical Biology ‘Biofusions’. Warsaw, Poland

Presenting author: Kowalski K.

• 25-27.09.2013: Jeleń S., Lipiec M., Kufel J. Poster: An alternative mechanism for the intron-encoded snoRNA release and 3’‑end processing in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. RNA 3' ends: Mechanism and biological function in eukaryotic genomes. EMBO Conference. Oxford, United Kingdom

Presenting author: Jeleń S.