Seminars schedule
The Institute organizes three types of seminars on a regular basis:
- The IBB Seminar Series – we meet every Tuesday, the speakers are invited guests or IBB researchers
- The PhD Students’ Seminars – we meet every second Thursday, doctoral students are the speakers
- Scientific Fridays – we meet once per month, young researchers with a doctoral degree present their results
The IBB Seminar Series (Tuesday)
The language of this series is English. Talks are given either by invited guests or by IBB researchers. The seminars are open to everybody. They take place either on-line (ZOOM) or in person in the Prof. Wacław Gajewski Auditorium – there are no hybrid meetings. Each talk is scheduled for up to 40 minutes plus 20 minutes of discussion. The seminars are on Tuesdays, usually at 9:30 am, see schedule for details.
- In order to participate in the on-line seminars, you must register (registration is valid for the whole season 2023/2024)
- Participation in seminars held in person in the Prof. Wacław Gajewski Auditorium does not require registration.
For participants of on-line seminars:
When you join the meeting, please turn off your microphone and camera. During the discussion it will be possible to ask questions both by a text option (chat) and personally (microphone). Before you join the meeting, please read the GDPR (RODO) agreement.
For more information about the IBB Seminar Series and registration contact: secretariate@ibb.waw.pl
| Date | Time | Name | Title | Affiliation | Host |
| 01.09.2025 on-site | 09:30 | Prof. James Haber | Fidelity and infidelity in repairing a broken chromosome | Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center and Department of Biology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA | Adrianna Skoneczna |
| 07.10.2025 on-site | 09:30 | no seminar | IBB DAY (Oct.7) & Sesja Naukowa IBB (Oct.8-10) | no seminar | no seminar |
| 14.10.2025 | 09:30 | Dr. Dorota L. Porazińska | candidate for the Head of the Department of Antarctic Biology | University of Florida, USA | Agnieszka Sirko |
| 16.10.2025 on-site | 09:30 | Dr Piotr Brągoszewski | Mitochondrial Watchdogs: Proteolysis Safeguards Protein Import | National Research Institute of Oncology | Izabela Kern-Zdanowicz |
| 21.10.2025 on-site | 09:30 | Dr Enrico Tatti | Harnessing Biolog technology to study cell metabolism in mammalian and microbial cells and in different compartments. | BIOLOG LTD | Tamara Aleksandrzak-Piekarczyk |
| 28.10.2025 on-site | 09:30 |
Prof. Anant Menon
|
How phospholipids enter mitochondria | Weill Cornell Med Coll, Dept Biochem, New York | Ewa Świeżewska |
| 04.11.2025 on-site | 09:30 |
dr Marta Teperek
|
Open Science: why would you bother? | Dutch Research Council (NWO), FAIR Data Programme Leader | Marta Hoffman |
| 11.11.2025 | 09:30 | no seminar | no seminar | no seminar | no seminar |
| 18.11.2025 on-site | 09:30 | Prof. Attila Tóth |
From scaffold to maestro: uncovering critical roles of the chromosome axis protein SYCP2 in meiosis |
TU Dresden, Faculty of Medicine, Inst of Physiol Chem | Adrianna Skoneczna |
| 25.11.2025 | 09:30 | TBA | Career Development Day |
TBA | Olga Iwańska/Laura Wicke |
| 02.12.2025 on-site | 09:30 |
Krzysztof Sobczak |
TBA |
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology; Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań |
Roman Szczęsny |
| 09.12.2025 on-site | 09:30 | dr hab. Maciej Trusiak | TBA | Politechnika Warszawska | Agata Starosta |
| 16.12.2025 on-site | 09:30 | Prof. Michael Glickman | TBA | Technion, Israel Institute of Technology | Justyna McIntyre |
| 23.12.2025 | 09:30 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 30.12.2025 | 09:30 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 06.01.2026 | 09:30 | no seminar | no seminar | no seminar | no seminar |
| 13.01.2026 on-site | 09:30 |
dr hab. Łucja Kowalewska |
TBA |
Zakład Anatomii I Cytologii Roślin (kierownik), Wydział Biologii Uniwersytet Warszawski |
Agnieszka Sirko |
| 20.01.2026 | 09:30 | TBA |
FNP laureate |
TBA | TBA |
| 27.01.2026 | 09:30 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 03.02.2026 on-site | 09:30 |
Anna Korzekwa-Józefowicz |
Career Development Day |
NCN |
Olga Iwańska/Laura Wicke |
| 10.02.2026 on-site | 09:30 |
TBA |
TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 17.02.2026 on-site | 09:30 |
Dr hab. Maciej Maurycy Łałowski |
TBA |
University of Helsinki; Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań |
Ulrike Topf |
| 24.02.2026 on-site | 09:30 | Dr hab. Piotr Ziółkowski | Customizing the genome: Targeted meiotic recombination in plants |
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology; Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań |
Magdalena Krzymowska |
| 03.03.2026 on-site | 09:30 |
Mikołaj Olejniczak |
TBA |
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology; Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań |
Daniel Ryan |
| 10.03.2026 on-site | 09:30 |
prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Piekiełko-Witkowska |
TBA |
Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education (CPME) Warsaw | Marta Koblowska |
| 17.03.2026 on-site | 09:30 |
dr Anna Fogtman |
Career Development Day |
ESA |
Olga Iwańska/Laura Wicke/Marta Koblowska |
| 24.03.2026 on-site | 09:30 |
Dorota Raczyńska |
TBA |
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology; Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań |
Magda Krzymowska/Jacek Nowak |
| 31.03.2026 on-site | 09:30 |
Aleksandra Pękowska |
TBA |
Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology |
Tomasz Turowski |
| 07.04.2026 | 09:30 |
TBA |
rewarded posters | TBA | TBA |
| 14.04.2026 | 09:30 | TBA | rewarded posters | TBA | TBA |
| 21.04.2026 on-site | 09:30 |
Hans Bluyssen |
TBA |
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology; Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań |
Tomasz Turowski |
| 28.04.2026 on-site | 09:30 | TBA | TBATBA | TBA | TBA |
| 05.05.2026 on-site | 09:30 | Helene Zuber | TBA | Institute for Plant Molecular Biology, University of Strasbourg | Szymon Świeżewski |
| 12.05.2026 on-site | 09:30 |
dr Marcin Magnus |
Career Development Day | University of Warsaw |
Olga Iwańska/Laura Wicke/Katarzyna Jonak |
| 19.05.2026 on-site | 09:30 |
Michał Gdula |
TBA | Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology; Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań | Matthias Bochtler |
| 26.05.2026 on-site | 09:30 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 02.06.2026 | 09:30 | No seminar | No seminar | No seminar | No seminar |
| 09.06.2026 | 09:30 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 16.06.2026 on-site | 09:30 |
Rajani Guddipati |
TBA |
Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology; Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań |
Ulrike Topf |
| 23.06.2026 | 09:30 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 30.06.2026 | 09:30 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
The PhD Students’ Seminars (Thursday)
In this series, the talks are given by PhD students. The seminars are held in English, in the Wacław Gajewski Auditorium (in person). Each talk takes up to 20 minutes with 5 minutes of discussion, and during one meeting there are usually two talks scheduled. The meetings are every second Thursday, they are open and everyone is welcome to join.
After the discussions, all PhD students are asked to stay and chat with the speakers (up to 20 minutes additionally).
Schedule of the PhD Students’ Seminars
Scientific Fridays (Friday)
This initiative has been put forward by young researchers with a doctoral degree: its purpose is to facilitate the exchange of experiences and to discuss research that is currently ongoing at the Institute. The meetings are closed – they are meant only for members of the IBB community. During the talks, unpublished data and ongoing projects are presented and discussed.
The meetings begin at 2:30 pm, in the Prof. Zagórski-Ostoja Seminar Room. Usually, two 20-minute talks are given at each meeting. Afterwards, you are invited for a “Happy Hour”. For more information contact: Dr Olga Iwańska , Dr Laura Wicke , Dr Juan Camilo Ochoa Cabezas.