We invite you to a one-day symposium entitled: “Does civilization serve us well? A biologist’s, doctor’s and psychologist’s perspective”, which will be held on April 10, 2025 at 9:55 am online (in Polish). The organizers are the Institute of Psychology of the Maria Grzegorzewska University, the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS and the Warsaw (…)

A recent special supplement to the newspaper “Rzeczpospolita” features a piece describing the scientific activities of IBB PAS: “Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences: multidisciplinary basic research in response to global challenges.” The entire text (in Polish) is available here: (…)

The latest research by a team from the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB) of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the University of Edinburgh, published in Cell Reports, has shown that the control of RNA production is much more complex than previously thought. Researchers from the Laboratory of Transcription Mechanisms led by Dr. Tomasz (…)

The traditional meeting to celebrate the 48th anniversary of the Station’s inauguration will take place on 26 February 2025, from 13:00 to 17:00, at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics in Warsaw. This year we will be celebrating under the theme “Women at the Polish Antarctic Station”. Everybody is welcome!   (…)

A mentoring program developed at Stanford University for scientific teams that have an idea for a new therapy, potential drug, vaccine, diagnostic test or other medical device is being launched in Poland. The Ministry of Science and Higher Education has allocated PLN 2.9 million for its implementation. A pilot study of the program has brought (…)

The overarching objective of JADE Health aims to improve prevention, early detection and management of dementia and other neurological disorders, thus reducing health inequalities and addressing the needs of vulnerable population. (…)

JANE-2 is the second Joint Action of the EU on Networks of Expertise on Cancer. The project will be coordinated by the Italian organization Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Milan, Italy, with 121 partners from 29 European countries. It is cofunded by the European Union (EU), with more than 40 million Euros dedicated to the (…)

We have the pleasure to invite you to the 8th edition of a special event – a free conference entitled “Rare Diseases in a Multidimensional Perspective”, which will be held online on February 28, 2025. The conference language is Polish, program and registration are available at https://chorobyrzadkie.ibb.edu.pl. The conference will be accompanied by a workshop (…)

We are very pleased to announce that Dr Stephen J. A. Jennings has been awarded the prestigious Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Visiting Scholarship. The scholarship aims to build international collaborations and excellence in Antarctic research. Dr Jennings is the first Polish-based recipient of the award, and along with colleagues at the University of (…)

A team from the Laboratory of Translatomics of the IBB PAS, in collaboration with scientists from the University of Wrocław, have discovered and described for the first time in the literature the spatially and temporally synchronised transport of ribosomes into the prespore of Bacillus subtilis. A number of morphological changes occur during sporulation in B. (…)

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 10 grants in the National Science Center OPUS LAP/Weave, OPUS and PRELUDIUM competitions. In the adjudicated OPUS 26+LAP/Weave competitions, 1737 applications were submitted, of which 318 were qualified for funding. (…)

Speaker of Parliament Szymon Hołownia handed over the Polish flag from the Sejm to scientists from IBB PAS, who will deliver the national symbol to the H. Arctowski Polish Antarctic Station, as part of the 49th expedition. The ceremony of handing over the flag was attended by prof. Jarosław Poznański (Director), Agnieszka Kruszewska (Deputy Director (…)