Jan Albrecht#
| Membership Number: | 3497 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | POLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.imdik.pan.pl/en/research-groups/departments/115-department-of-neurotoxicology |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1996 - present Head, Department of Neurotoxicology.
- 2002, 01-06 Director
- 1995 - 2001 Scientific Director
- 1992 - present Full Professor
- 1984 - 1992 Associate Professor
- 1970 - 1984- Assistant,; Senior Assistant; Research Associate
- 1970 - present; Medical Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland:
- 1966 - 1970 State University of Leiden:, Assistant (Voluntary), Biochemistry Laboratory
- 1983 - 1984, Research Manager, Unilever Research Laboratory
- 1976 - 1978; Post-doc, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Department of Neurology
Fields of Scholarship
- Blood-brain barrier damage in HE and ammonia neurotoxicity
- Glutamine transport, function and dysfunction in the central nervous system
- Oxidative and nitrosative stress in ammonia neurotoxicity
- Amino acid neurotransmitter transporters and receptors in the mechanisms of hepatic encephalopathy (HE)
- Neuroscience
- Experimental neurology
- Heavy metal neurotoxicity
- Roles of glutamine metabolism in the biology of brain tumors
- Pathophysiology
Honours and Awards
- 2012 - Hans Prydz Honorary lecture, University of Oslo
- 2009 - Polish Academy of Sciences and Arts, active member
- 2007- Polish Academy of Sciences, corresponding member
- 2006 – Award of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland for outstanding achievements in science
- 2004 –A three-year Professorship Award (“Master”) of the Foundation of Polish Science.
- 2000 - Polish Academy of Science and Arts, corresponding member
