Dr. Irene Agyepong
Health, Public Health
Health
Neurobiology
Neurobiology of emotions
Socially transferred emotions
Emotional contagion
Fear
Amygdala
Polish Prime Minister Award for Habilitation, 2014
Burgen Scholarship (for outstanding scientific achievements), Academia Europaea, 2013
Fellowship for Outstanding Young Researchers awarded by Ministry of Science and Higher Education, 2010/2012
Polish Prime Minister Award for the PhD thesis, 2007
Foundation for Polish Science fellowship (KOLUMB), for postdoctoral research training in Prof. Stephen Maren’s Laboratory, University of Michigan, USA, 2006/2007
Young investigator award of Polish Neuroscience Society, 2005
English, Polish
Knapska E, Nikolaev E, Boguszewski P, Walasek G, Blaszczyk J, Kaczmarek L, Werka T. Between-subject transfer of emotional information evokes specific pattern of amygdala activation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006; 103(10):3858-62
Development of an experimental model of socially transmitted fear.
Knapska E, Macias M, Mikosz M, Nowak A, Owczarek D, Wawrzyniak M, Pieprzyk M, Cymerman IA, Werka T, Sheng M, Maren S, Jaworski J, Kaczmarek L. Functional anatomy of neural circuits regulating fear and extinction. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2012; 109(42):17093-8 Development of a method of functional anatomy tracing and identifying different populations of neurons activated by high and low levels of fear.
Knapska E, Lioudyno V, Kiryk A, Mikosz M, Górkiewicz T, Michaluk P, Gawlak M, Chaturvedi M, Mochol G, Balcerzyk M, Wojcik DK, Wilczynski GM, Kaczmarek L. Reward learning requires activity of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in the central amygdala. J Neurosci. 2013; 33(36):14591-600. Showing involvement of matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9) in the central amygdala in appetitively but not aversively motivated learning (molecular differentiation of mechanisms underlying motivation of different valence).
Puscian A, Leski S, Gorkiewicz T, Meyza K, Lipp HP, Knapska E. A novel automated behavioral test battery assessing cognitive rigidity in two genetic mouse models of autism. Front Behav Neurosci. 2014; 8:140. Development of new tests to study behavior of mice in an automated IntelliCage system.
"Neuronal circuits in central amygdala underlying socially transferred fear " National Science Centre, Poland, 2014-2017
“Validation of tissue- and age-specific therapeutic intervention on synaptopathies relevant to autism spectrum disorders” Polish-Swiss Research Programme, 2011-2016
"Neuronal circuits underlying retrieval of fear memory after extinction", National Science Centre, Poland, 2011-2016
ENINET member, 2014
Member of European Brain and Bahaviour Society committee, 2014
since 1996 organization of workshops and scientific trainings for highly talented pupils – the participants of the programme of National Children’s Fund
Organization of Brain Awarness Week in Warsaw, Poland in 2013
popular lectures – Warsaw Science Festival (2013, 2014)
Brain Awarness Week in Krakow (2014)
Brain Awarness Day in Warsaw (2014)
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With this grant, Dr. Ewelina Knapska will study how the amygdala controls socially transmitted emotions like joy and fear. She works at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology in Warsaw.