We are pleased to announce the successes of scientists at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, who have received 5 grants in the National Science Center OPUS LAP/Weave and SONATA competitions.

In the adjudicated OPUS 28+LAP/Weave competitions, 2039 applications were submitted, of which 234 were qualified for funding. IBB PAS had a success rate of 18%.

In the adjudicated SONATA 20 competitions, 1179 applications were submitted, of which 207 were qualified for funding. IBB PAS had a success rate of 28%.

Congratulations to Adrianna Skoneczna, Anna Sikora, Szymon Świeżewski (partner in a project headed by Artur Jarmołowski, UAM), Daniel Ryan, and Olga Iwańska!!

Projects qualified for funding in NCN competitions:

dr hab. Adrianna Martyna Skoneczna, Tracing the aging phenotype at the cellular level (OPUS)

dr hab. Anna Sikora, A new feature of the yeast Kazachstania humilis species: Growth-inhibitory properties against a broad spectrum of bacteria (OPUS)

dr hab. Szymon Świeżewski (Partner, IBB PAS), prof. dr hab. Artur Michał Jarmołowski (Project Lead, UAM), U1-united: Deconstructing non-canonical functions of U1 snRNP in Arabidopsis thaliana (OPUS)

dr Daniel Leonard Anthony Ryan, Regulatory RNAs and RBPs of the human gut pathobiont Bacteroides fragilis (SONATA)

dr Olga Maria Iwańska, RIBO-Pause: Global pausing of translation during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis (SONATA)