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 7, 2025. The lectures will be held in Polish. For presentations and lectures, we invite you to the Conference Hall of IBiB (…)

Scientists from IBB PAS once again invite you to lessons and meetings as part of the 29th Warsaw Science Festival, which is lasting from Friday, September 19, until September 28, 2025. A detailed program is available at: http://www.festiwalnauki.edu.pl/ In total, IBB PAS has prepared 4 lessons and 3 festival meetings. (…)

IBB PAS co-organized ISSY38 in Warsaw, where yeast researchers from 36 countries met to share results. Two young IBB PAS scientists earned poster prizes. Last week was an exciting time for scientists working with yeast worldwide, as the 38th International Specialized Symposium on Yeasts (ISSY38): “Yeast – The Omni-Tool” was held here in Poland. The (…)

The Committee of Molecular Cell Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences has awarded prizes and distinctions for publications from the year 2024. In the Prof. Kazimierz Bassalik competition for the best experimental work in the field of microbiology carried out in a Polish laboratory, the work of a team led by Dr. hab. Agata (…)

We are pleased to announce that Dr. hab. Tomasz Turowski (Laboratory of Transcription Mechanisms IBB PAS) and Prof. Christoph Engel (University of Regensburg, Germany) have been awarded a grant in the NCN Weave-UNISONO competition. Both teams will jointly pursue the project “Molecular mechanisms underlying the biogenesis of RNA polymerases I and III”. The aim of (…)

Researchers from the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS and the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology have developed a new method for detecting RNA/DNA hybrids found in R-loop structures. R-loops are crucial nucleic acid structures that occur when a newly transcribed RNA molecule hybridizes with a complementary DNA strand. This process creates an (…)

A team led by Szymon Swiezewski from the Laboratory of Seed Molecular Biology at IBB PAS, in collaboration with the group of Artur Jarmołowski from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, published an article in the journal Nature Communications. The work describes seed dormancy regulation by a new lncRNA MUSHER, which, in response to high temperature, (…)

During the 37th Annual Meeting of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP), held in Warsaw on August 5–8, 2025, Agnieszka Kruszewska, Deputy Director of Administration at IBB PAS and Director’s Representative for the management of the H. Arctowski Station, was unanimously elected chair of COMNAP for the upcoming 3-year term. This distinction (…)

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Bartosz Bieszczad has received a grant in the NCN competition MINIATURA 9. He will be working on the project “Synthesis and studies of the biological activity of SMDC (Small Molecule Drug Conjugate) conjugates that can be used as a new tool for permanent, non-surgical sterilization of domestic animals.” (…)

The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) has announced a call for applications in the funding scheme TEAM NET FENG (within the framework program European Funds for Smart Economy, FENG). The TEAM NET activity concerns cooperation of scientific teams from various Polish research organizations. The program’s topics include Health, Environment and Industry 4.0, which have been (…)

We are honored to announce that the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IBB PAS) will host the 37th Annual Meeting of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs (COMNAP)! This prestigious conference will take place for the first time in history in Poland, in Warsaw, from August 5 (…)

This week, we are hosting the third MITGEST training week. The meeting includes an engaging program featuring research updates, scientific exchanges, and career development opportunities. MITGEST’s Doctoral Candidates will present their recent research progress and receive valuable feedback from peers and project partners. The activities also include: Proposal Writing Workshop by accelopment Bioinformatics Summer School (…)