Every year, on the last day of February, we celebrate the World Rare Disease Day. This day, we express our solidarity with those affected by these diseases and their caregivers. An expression of this solidarity is the international action of illuminating buildings with the colors of this day; green, blue and pink. This year, for (…)

ISIDORe project aims to create a rapid response network developing agents neutralizing novel variants of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus and other pathogens with pandemic potential. IBB PAS takes part in this project as the EU-OPENSCREEN “partner site”. For the IBB PAS the Department of Bioinformatics (in silico methods) and the Laboratory of Gene Expression Regulation (nanoantibodies) (…)

With great sorrow, we inform you about the death of our long-term employee of the Financial and Accounting Unit – Mrs. Renata Kamińska. Her knowledge and skills guaranteed the appropriate functioning of our Institute. For many of us – a Friend. For all of us – a guide through the accounting intricacies. A memorial service (…)

We express our opposition against actions taken by the Russian Federation towards independent and sovereign Ukraine. We encourage all people who would like to support the humanitarian action to participate in public donations and to support activities undertaken by the IBB PAS community. IBB PAS Authorities and Head of the Scientific Council Until today, 50 (…)

With great pleasure, we announce that prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Sirko and prof. dr hab. Wojciech Bal received the Award of the Minister of Education and Science for lifetime achievements and significant scientific achievements respectively. Dr. Anna Kotrys received the Prime Minister Award for the outstanding Ph.D. thesis. Congratulations! Link to the ceremony       (…)

We would like to invite you to participate in the 3rd edition of MycoRise Up! Youth in Mycology Conference initiated by the Polish Mycological Society. It will take place in Warsaw between 27th and 29th of May 2022. The conference is co-organized by students from the Faculty of Biology (University of Warsaw), Botanical Garden (University (…)

For the fifth time, IBB PAS is organizing a mini-symposium on the International Rare Disease Day, coordinated by EURORDIS-Rare Diseases Europe. The event will be held on-line, in Polish. The Rare Disease Awareness Campaign will take place for the 15th time and will target millions of people in over 100 countries. Rare Disease Day is (…)

Are you an yeast researcher or are you using yeast as a model organism? If YES, you are invited to participate in the historic 1st Polish Yeast Conference, Rzeszow, 22-24.06.2022, organized by the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS and University of Rzeszow. Finally, it will happen in the hybrid formula: on site in the (…)

We continue the comprehensive reconstruction of the infrastructure of the H. Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station! This year the operation is supported by two ships, of which ATHS Lenga has already left the Station, and RV Proffesor Logachev has just set off on a 40-day voyage from Gdynia. The two ships will transport a total of (…)

We are pleased to announce that Dr. hab. Agata Starosta and Dr. Michał Wandel received grants from European Molecular Biology Organization – the so-called Small EMBO Grant. Dr hab. Agata Starosta and Dr. Michał Wandel are grantees of the EMBO Installation Grant (IG), which aims to support young group leaders in setting up their first (…)

The National Science Center has awarded grants for OPUS 21 and PRELUDIUM 20. The founding for OPUS was granted to Dr hab. Magdalena Kowalczyk, Dr Michał Krzysztoń, Dr hab. Justyna McIntyre, Dr hab. Anna Muszewska, Dr hab. Roman. Szczęsny (consortium, lider: Prof. Joanna Kufel, UW), Dr Igor Żukow (consortium, lider: Prof. Maciej Kozak, UAM). The (…)

We are pleased to inform that the team of Dr Anna Kotrys, Dr Lukasz Borowski, Dr Zbigniew Pietras, and Dr Maciej Szewczyk led by Dr hab. Roman Szczesny, received the Faculty II Award for a series of studies on the mechanisms regulating antisense transcripts in human mitochondria and the role of mitochondrial double-stranded RNA. Congratulations! (…)