Marysia Placzek Explained

Fields:	Neurobiology
Workplaces:	The University of Sheffield
Alma Mater:	Imperial College London (Doctor of Philosophy)
Awards:	Suffrage Science Award
Website:	https://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]

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. She has also served on the Molecules, Genes and Cells Funding Committee for the Wellcome Trust.^[5]

Placzek's work focuses on vertebrate hypothalamus^{[6] [7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2020-11-27. Professor Marysia Placzek Biosciences at Sheffield The University of Sheffield. 2021-03-05. www.sheffield.ac.uk. en.
2. Web site: Marysia A Placzek. 2021-03-05. scholar.google.co.uk.
3. Web site: Life Sciences Awardees. 2021-03-05. LMS London Institute of Medical Sciences. en.
4. Web site: Cell and Developmental Biology Expert Review Group - Grant Funding. 2021-03-05. Wellcome. en.
5. Web site: Wellcome Trust Annual Review 2011.
6. Web site: 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. 2021-03-05. www.sheffield.ac.uk. en-GB.
7. Web site: ORCID. Marysia Placzek (0000-0002-4106-9229). 2021-03-05. orcid.org. en.
8. Web site: Marysia A Placzek. 2021-03-05. scholar.google.co.uk.