For the 6th time, IBB PAS is co-organizing a symposium on the International #RareDiseaseDay, 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 16th time and will target millions of people in over 100 countries. Rare Disease Day is for everyone (…)

Members of the Laboratory of Seeds Molecular Biology led by Szymon Świeżewski in collaboration with Dariusz Plewczyński and his team have described a mechanism where seeds delay their germination in response to suboptimal conditions during germination. Surprisingly the mechanism is based on a novel lncRNA-mediated upregulation of an old player in seed biology – Delay (…)

We are pleased to announce that the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics has been awarded the Third Prize in the 3W (Water, Hydrogen, Carbon) – World Leader 3W Competition in the SCIENCE category. The award application included innovative research conducted in the teams of Prof. Joanna Kruszewska (W – water, W – carbon) and Dr. (…)

Dr. Ewelina Stefaniak received the prestigious Prime Minister’s Award for the outstanding doctoral dissertation entitled “Dystrybucja jonów miedzi pomiędzy peptydami amyloidu-β a biomolekułami obecnymi w szczelinie synaptycznej w chorobie Alzheimera” (Laboratory of Biological Chemistry of Metal Ions Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS). Dr. Stefaniak underwent Ph.D. program at the School of Molecular Biology of the (…)

We wish you, your family and our colleagues a Merry Christmas and a peaceful, successful New Year!   (…)

Dr Agnieszka Tudek et al., 2021 Nature Commun. publication was awarded two distinctions in the prof. Bassalik and prof. Krzyżosiak competitions organized yearly by the Molecular Biology Committee of Polish Academy of Sciences. Title: Global view on the metabolism of RNA poly(A) tails in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae The polyadenosine tail (poly[A]-tail) is a universal modification (…)

Z radością informujemy o sukcesach naszych naukowców. Pracownicy i doktoranci Instytutu Biochemii i Biofizyki PAN otrzymali 10 grantów w konkursach Narodowego Centrum Nauki OPUS 23, PRELUDIUM 21, POLONEZ BIS 2. W konkursach wpłynęło 4299 wniosków o łącznym budżecie blisko 3 mld zł; spośród nich 576 otrzymało dofinansowanie, ze średnim wskaźnikiem sukcesu 13,4%. Wskaźnik sukcesu IBB (…)

The Medal is awarded for outstanding contribution to the development of molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry and biophysics.  It is awarded annually to Polish scientists for outstanding research achievements in the field of molecular biology, cell biology, biochemistry and biophysics. The medal was founded by the Committee of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy (…)

W imieniu organizatorów — Warszawskiego Oddziału Polskiego Towarzystwa Biochemicznego oraz Instytutu Biochemii i Biofizyki PAN — serdecznie zapraszamy na sympozjum „COVID-19: diagnostyka, objawy kliniczne, leczenie, badania post mortem”, które odbędzie się on-line już 23 listopada w godzinach 10:00-14:00. Język: polski Uwaga: wymagana rejestracja TUTAJ. (…)

It is our great pleasure to announce that Institute’s Scientific Council awarded prizes for the best articles published by IBB’s scientists in 2021. In the category of experimental articles: I prize: Detman A, Laubitz D, Chojnacka A, Kiela PR, Salamon A, Barberán A, Chen Y, Yang F, Błaszczyk MK, Sikora A. Dynamics of dark fermentation (…)

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 (…)

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 (…)