Professor of Developmental Neurobiology, Marysia Placzek, has received a prestigious national award for the contribution she has made to her research field.
Prof Placzek, was awarded the British Society for Developmental Biology’s Waddington Medal, the only national award in developmental biology, which honours outstanding research performance as well as services to the subject community.
“Marysia Placzek is an outstanding and internationally leading developmental biologist who has made significant contributions to our understanding of how signalling directs patterning of the vertebrate nervous system, and to leadership and pedagogy of the field,” the BSDB said in a statement.
“Marysia uncovered how tissue interactions and combinations of signals regulate the organisation of cell fate and assembly of neural circuits in the spinal cord and hypothalamus. Her papers are masterworks in precise observation and elegant experimental design, and many have become foundational.”
Prof Placzek received her award at the European Developmental Biology Congress, hosted by the BSDB at Oxford.
She added: “This award reflects the strength of developmental biology research at the University of Sheffield, and the talented researchers who have worked with me over many years.”