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Andrzej Foik, PhD

University Degree:

Habilitation degree in biological sciences, the Nencki Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.

Position at ICTER:

Group Leader

Research Areas:

Molecular and Cell Biology, Genetics, In Vivo and In Vitro Electrophysiology (single-unit and field potential recordings), Biotechnology (Protein Purification, Protein Design, and Expression, Microbiology, Vector Design), Data Analysis

Description

Andrzej Foik, PhD hab., is experienced in molecular and cell biology, genetics, in vivo and in vitro electrophysiology at the network and single-cell levels, data analysis, and computer programming. His scientific pathway began at the Department of Protein Biosynthesis of the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw, where he defended his master thesis. He received further scientific training at the Department of Molecular Biology in the Centre of Oncology – Maria Sklodowska-Curie Institute.

He attained a PhD degree in neurophysiology at the Laboratory of Neurobiology of Vision at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Science in Warsaw. Prior to taking the lead of the Ophthalmic Biology Group, he pursued scientific studies as a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology of the University of California, Irvine, USA (2015 – 2020). In June 2024 Dr. Foik has been awarded his habilitation degree in biological sciences, by the Nencki Institute’s Scientific Council.

Granted projects

OPUS 24 / NCN

Project title: A new approach for gene delivery into retinal bipolar cells. This project aims to develop a novel proof-of-concept approach to therapeutic gene delivery using a modified Rabies virus as a vector specific to bipolar cells. We propose that specific targeting of the surviving cell population within the degenerated retina, especially bipolar cells (BC) […]

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SONATA 16 / NCN

This project is designed to investigate the Basal Forebrain's role in visual information processing. The BF is the primary source of cholinergic inputs into the visual cortex, and therefore the main source of the acetylcholine neurotransmitter. We propose that cholinergic modulation coming from BF will significantly impact single neuronal responses of the primary visual cortex (V1) in Long-Evans rats.

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SONATA BIS 9 / NCN

The general aim of this project is to develop a new approach to deliver light-sensitive ion channels in order to restore selective neuronal responses to low light stimuli in the visual system of a blind animal. To do so we will use a modified Rabies virus (RV) tracing technique that allows not only for efficient gene expression but also cell-type-specific network tracing to precisely deliver proteins of interest to the desired retinal circuit.

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