Paweł Zajdel, Professor of Medical Chemistry at the JU Medical College and the head of the Department of Organic Chemistry was awarded the French-Polish Binational 2021 Prize by the French Chemical Society (
Prof. Zajdel’s research activity consists in developing ligands of proteins of interest such as G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), in particular serotonin and dopamine receptor modulators, for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases of the central nervous system (such as Schizophrenia or Alzheimer’s disease).
He maintains very strong links with France: he completed his PhD thesis in 2006 under the supervision of Professors Maciej Pawłowski and Jean Martinez and later continued this cooperation, including the joint supervision of two doctoral theses by the Jagiellonian University and the University of Montpellier in France. This fruitful collaboration with Professors J. Martinez and G. Subra, and Doctors F. Lamaty and X. Bantreil from the Institute of Biomolecules Max Mousseron (team Peptide and team Green Chemistry and Enabling Technologies) led to 21 joint publications, 3 patents, and 5 patent filings.
