Marysia Placzek

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

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

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]

In 2023, Placzek was awarded The Waddington Medal from the British Society for Developmental Biology, awarded for major contributions to developmental biology in the United Kingdom[4].

Placzek has served as the Chair of the Wellcome Trust Expert Review Group: Cell and Developmental Biology,[5] 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.[6]

Placzek's work focuses on vertebrate hypothalamus[1][7][8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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. ↑ comms (2023-09-26). "2023 WADDINGTON MEDAL WINNER: MARYSIA PLACZEK". BSDB - British Society for Developmental Biology. Retrieved 2026-05-18.
  5. ↑ "Cell and Developmental Biology Expert Review Group - Grant Funding". Wellcome. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  6. ↑ "Wellcome Trust Annual Review 2011" (PDF).
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ ORCID. "Marysia Placzek (0000-0002-4106-9229)". orcid.org. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
  9. ↑ "Marysia A Placzek". scholar.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
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