Funding for research on prostate cancer

18.11.2021

Paulina Nastały, Ph.D. from the Division of Translational Oncology of the Medical University of Gdańsk has obtained funding from EMBO Scientific Exchange Grant for project The interplay between nuclear envelope architecture, glucocorticoid signaling and YAP pathway leading to prostate cancer progression. The research will be conducted in cooperation with Prof. Giannino Del Sal in the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) in Trieste, Italy.

Paulina Nastały, Ph.D., photo UG

– Financial support EMBO Scientific Exchange Grant will allow to examine interplay between localization of nuclear envelope peptides, glucocorticoid signaling and mechanobiology of prostate cancer cells, which may led to increasing its aggressiveness – explains Paulina Nastały, Ph.D., whose project will allow to better understand a biology of prostate cancer and to establish an international cooperation with the ICGEB institute.

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