Deczkowska PhD 2023 Illuminating bodybrain communication channels at the choroid plexus and their impact on brain physiology Aleksandra Deczkowska PhD September 21 st 2022 BRAIN GATE ID: 1043272
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1. My ERC adventureAleksandra Deczkowska, Ph.D. 2023
2. Illuminating body-brain communication channels at the choroid plexusand their impact on brain physiology.Aleksandra Deczkowska, PhDSeptember 21st , 2022BRAIN GATE
3. Aleksandra Deczkowska, PhD2011-2017 MSc+PhDNeuroimmunology – Prof. Michal SchwartzBaruch*, Deczkowska* et al.,Science, 2014Baruch, Deczkowska et al., Nature Medicine, 2016Deczkowska*, Matcovitch* et al., Nature Comms., 2017Deczkowska et al., Nature Neuroscience, 20182017-2021 Post-docSingle-cell genomics – Prof. Ido AmitDeczkowska et al., Cell, 2018Deczkowska et al., Cell, 2020Deczkowska et al., Nature Medicine, 2021April 2021-nowBrain-Immune Communication labTravier et al., Current Opinion in Neurobiology, 2022Dominguez-Belloso, JoVE, 202223 papers (4 as corresponding and 2 as senior author)------ 4600+ citations------H-index 18------2 patent applicationsAgingimmune cellsBrain agingCHOROID PLEXUS
4. How did I get there?I first had a lab, then got my post-doc paper… plus: imposterburn-out “The last year” gossipChalk talk with neuro…Contact GOThey found people who recently got ERC ST in my panel to tell me if I’m ready for the ERC
5. WHY ERC?Fundamental question? – YESUnique expertise? – YESHigh risk/high gain? – YES
6. Writing…Diane Mathis:“Show that there is a problem that is interesting and important to solve and that you are the best person to solve it because you have the most clever and innovative way to do it.”First B1 than B2.Took me 2 months is not enough
7. First drafts on the techniques to use….
8. TONS of feedback:PhD supervisor, post-doc supervisor, and *KSENIA*…“Every sentence needs to be oozing: this problem is interesting, important, fundamental, and all your life you were preparing to solve it”Write explicitly a paragraph on what they evaluate:expected outcomecontingencylist deliverables, etc…Result: Best grant I have ever written. D-7 days
9. Interview…v.1 was ready 2.5 mo before the show. I did memorize the textAsked for feedback A LOTPreparing for questions was SO FUN!
10. First feeling:How can I handle this amount of cash (and attention)?!Since then:More confident in grant writing (especially talking about contingency)More of an expert in my field(Had I not gotten it, I would have tried to get the money somewhere else, using this perfected text and knowledge)
11. @AleksDeLabhttps://www.aleksdelab.com/UK Brain BanksNeuroCEBFondation RothschildMilena HasanCarolina Moraes CabeMarion BenardEra Taoufik (HIP)Gerard Eberl, Pierre-Marie LledoAdi Barzel (Tel Aviv University)Powered by:Contact:Collaborators:Mariangeles KovacsPOST-DOC