Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy
Polish Academy of Sciences
Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) is one of the most common sleep disorders, significantly increasing the risk of cardiovascular disease. Until now, it was believed that its causes were primarily anatomical factors and upper airway obstruction. However, research conducted by scientists from the Hirszfeld Institute, in collaboration with researchers from the Wrocław Medical Czytaj więcej…
We are pleased to announce that the journal Neuroscience & Biobehavioural Reviews (200 points MSHE, IF=7.9) has published a study entitled ‘A systematic review of miRNA expression in schizophrenia spectrum disorders across the blood and the brain’. The co-authors of the paper are Marek Kotas, MD, and Edyta Pawlak, MD, PhD, DSc, Czytaj więcej…
We are proud to announce that on 23 July 2025, the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, awarded Anna Pawlik, PhD, DSc, head of the Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Microorganisms, the title of professor of exact and natural sciences in the field of biological sciences. Being included in the Czytaj więcej…
On 30 July 2025, the Minister of Science and Higher Education signed a partnership agreement for the implementation of the partnership project ‘Science4Business – Nauka dla Biznesu’ financed by European Funds under the European Funds for Modern Economy 2021-2027 programme, Measure 2.5. Project start date: 1 January 2024 Project end date: 31 Czytaj więcej…
On 26 June 2025, a conference organised by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education was held in Warsaw to launch the partnership project ‘Science4Business – Nauka dla Biznesu’ financed by European Funds under the European Funds for a Modern Economy 2021-2027 programme, Measure 2.5. The main objective of the project is Czytaj więcej…
We are pleased to announce that Angelika Kruszyńska, MSc Eng. – a PhD student at the Laboratory of Molecular Tumor Immunobiology, led by Andrzej Rapak, PhD, DSc – was awarded 3rd place in the Biological and Medical Sciences section of the competition for the best scientific presentation at the 18th Copernican Doctoral Czytaj więcej…
Six foreign stations of the Polish Academy of Sciences have jointly developed the exhibition ‘Standing on the Shoulders of Giants. Polish Scientist and Scholars in Europe – legacy and present day’. The exhibition provokes reflection on the fact that contemporary discoveries stem from the achievements and ideas of former pioneers. Its aim Czytaj więcej…
On July 4 this year, at the Monument to the Martyrdom of Lviv Professors, in Prof. Kazimierz Idaszewski Square, a ceremony was held to commemorate the crime committed in July 1941 in Lviv. Forty-five people were shot in the back of the head, including 24 professors from Polish universities in Lviv and Czytaj więcej…
Mateusz Noszka, PhD, from the Laboratory of Molecular Biology of Microorganisms at the Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy has been awarded a two-year scholarship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation through the Humboldt Research Fellowship program. His project, titled “Energy production and conversion regulation in Vibrio natriegens and the impact Czytaj więcej…
We are pleased to announce that a paper titled “Antibacterial Metallacarborane-Peptide Hybrids Target the Membrane Potential in a Nonlytic Mode and Are Resistant to Proteolysis” has been published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry (200 points MNiSW, IF 6.8). Co-authors of the paper are Krzysztof Fink, PhD, Bożena Szermer-Olearnik, PhD, Michalina Gos, Czytaj więcej…
