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IBB scientists co-invented new RNA selection method

The new method of preparing RNA for sequencing Team lead by Dr Maria Górna from the Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University and Dr. Habil. Agata Starosta from the IBB PAS developed a new method of preparing RNA for high- throughput sequencing, which will facilitate the study of gene expression for many species of fungi, plants (…)

Farewell

With deep sorrow, we regret to inform you that on October 15, 2022, prof. dr hab. Grażyna Palamarczyk passed away. The professor was an outstanding, internationally recognized specialist in the field of glycobiology. She worked at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences from 1970, and from 1992 she was (…)

IBB DAY – October 11th

The Board of Directors of the Institute, together with the Chairman of the Scientific Council, invite all employees, doctoral students and students of IBB PAS to “IBB DAY”, which will be held on October 11, 2022. The lectures will be held in English. For presentations and lectures, we invite you to the Waclaw Gajewski Auditorium (…)

Miniatura 6

NCN – MINIATURE 6 grants awarded

Dr inż. Marta Hałasa (Laboratory of Transcription Mechanisms, IBB PAS) and dr Kamila Patrycja Liput (Laboratory of Molecular Basis of Aging and Rejuvenation, IBB PAS) were awarded a MINIATURE 6 NCN grants. Congratulations! The National Centre of Science (NCN) has published the 5th ranking list of the MINIATURA 6 competition. NCN experts have selected 115 (…)

Festiwal Nauki

The 26th Science Festival

IBB PAS traditionally takes part in The Science Festival in Warsaw. The 26th Science Festival started on Friday, with over 670 events planned: debates, meetings, exhibitions, and lessons for young people. This year’s festival is dedicated to energy, health and education. The event will last until September 30. The festival meetings are organized by scientific (…)

18th Congress of the Polish Biophysical Society (PTBF)

On 6-9 September 2022, the 18th Congress of the Polish Biophysical Society will be held at the Faculty of Physics of the University of Warsaw. This year’s preliminary program of the Congress is presented on website https://18zjazd.ptbf.pl/congress/scope-of-the-congress/ and is devoted to the issues of Mechanisms of ligand-receptor interactions, Medical applications of proteins and nucleic acids, (…)

PASIFIC Fellowship for Dr Jonak

We are happy to announce that Dr Katarzyna Jonak has been awarded the PASIFIC Postdoctoral Fellowship in the second Call of the programme. PASIFIC is organized by the Polish Academy of Sciences under Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, Horizon 2020. In the second Call, 200 candidates applied for the Fellowship, and only 15 stipend holders were selected. (…)

Pasteur Jubilee Conference, November 29-30, Warsaw

The life of Ludwik Pasteur was a path of epochal discoveries in the field of chemistry, biology and medicine, and at the same time an example of extraordinary intuition, research inquisitiveness, as well as enormous perseverance and determination. This year’s jubilee is a unique occasion to commemorate the life and achievements of one of the (…)

Dr Katarzyna Tołkacz laureate of the 6th edition of the SONATINA!

We are pleased to announce that Dr Katarzyna Tołkacz received grant from National Science Center. The winners of the 6th edition of the SONATINA call for proposals address research problems that are crucial for modern science, e.g. in agriculture or ecology. Dr Katarzyna Tołkacz analyses an influence of climate change on the distribution of external (…)

Dr. Katarzyna Jonak laureate of EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship

Our colleague, Dr. Katarzyna Jonak has been awarded the prestigious EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowship! EMBO Postdoctoral Fellowships support excellent postdoctoral researchers to conduct their research for a period of two years. Within the project, Katarzyna will study how ribosome heterogeneity contributes to the regulation of protein synthesis and affects health- and lifespan in aged organisms. Her (…)

IBB PAS scientists make important discoveries about plant viruses

New Phytologist, one of the most prestigious journals in plant science with over 120 years of tradition, has recently published an article entitled “The Rysto immune receptor recognizes a broadly conserved feature of potyviral coat proteins”. The authors of the article are colleagues from our Institute: Marta Grech-Baran, Anna Grupa-Urbańska, Małgorzata Lichocka, Jarosław Poznański and (…)

PASIFIC Fellowship at IBB

We are pleased to inform that Dr. Abdel Aziz Gad received a grant in the first Call of the PASIFIC Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme announced by the Polish Academy of Sciences. The awarded project “Heterologous production of L-gulono lactone oxidase fused with human elastin like-polypeptide” (Acronym: HELP-GULO) will be conducted in the Laboratory of Plant Protein (…)