Interview with Dr. Kucewicz about the Fahrenheit scholarship and his neuroscience career

Dr Michał Kucewicz 12 lat temu wyjechał z Gdańska, by studiować neurobiologię na Uniwersytecie Cambridge. Jak podkreśla, bez gdańskiego stypendium im. G. Fahrenheita nie byłoby to możliwe. Po latach pracy na świecie, wraca do nas. Założył zespół badawczy na Politechnice Gdańskiej i we współpracy z m.in gdańskimi naukowcami, opracowuje technologię służącą polepszeniu pamięci pacjentów z epilepsją, chorobami Alzheimera, Parkinsona czy Huntingtona.

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We received the First Team grant to start our laboratory

The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) has selected the winners of the fourth FIRST TEAM competition aimed at supporting young PhD holders in setting up their first research teams. Eleven young scientists have been awarded grants totalling PLN 21,6 million.

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Popular science article about the past, present and future of our field ‘Can electrical stimulation of the brain enhance mind?’ by Michal Kucewicz Oxford University Press blog

It is almost philosophical to think that our mental representations, imagery, reasoning, and reflections are generated by electrical activity of interconnected brain cells. And even more so is to think that these abstract phenomena of the mind could be enhanced by passing electricity through specific cellular networks in the brain. Yet, it turns out these tenets can be subjected to empirical experimentation. Groundbreaking discoveries made by Dr. Wilder Penfield with his patients undergoing open-brain surgeries…