Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy
Polish Academy of Sciences
“He who does not know the past cannot create the future” – Ludwik Hirszfeld Professor Ludwik Hirszfeld, founder of the Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy of the Polish Academy of Sciences, passed away 70 years ago. Wroclaw newspapers wrote: “Polish science has covered itself with mourning. On March 7 [1954] Ludwik Czytaj więcej…
The biography of Professor Hanna Hirszfeld, an outstanding pediatric physician, is largely overshadowed by the figure of her husband, an outstanding microbiologist, immunologist and discoverer of blood group inheritance. Meanwhile, she not only had significant scientific achievements in the field of pediatrics, but also participated with her husband in research of great Czytaj więcej…
We are proud to announce that the World Invention Intellectual Property Associations (WIIPA) has awarded the Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy of the Polish Academy of Sciences a silver medal at the 2023 Kaohsiung International Invention & Design EXPO (30.11-2.12.2023, Kaohsiung, Taiwan). The award was given to the invention Czytaj więcej…
The Polska Press website has published an interview with Pawel Wysoczanski – director of the film “Mensch”, which tells the story of Ludwik Hirszfeld, the patron of our Institute. The premiere of the film will take place on February 12 at Iluzjon Cinema in Warsaw. Link to the interview: https://plus.polskanews.pl/wysoczanski-ludwik-hirszfeld-to-czlowiek-przez-duze-c/ar/c15-18293279
Last Thursday, December 21, a pre-premiere screening of the feature film “MENSCH” directed by Pawel Wysoczanski took place in Belgrade, Serbia. “MENSCH” is the story of Dr. Ludwik Hirszfeld, an exceptional physician, his belief in science and his willingness to help. It is a testimony of not giving up in difficult times Czytaj więcej…
The culmination of the 26th edition of the Polish Quality Award 2023 was the awarding of medals and statuettes combined with the presentation of the QUALITY OF THE YEAR promotional emblem and EUROPEAN QUALITY CERTIFICATE® for 2022 and 2023. The event took place on December 12, 2023 in the historic spaces of Czytaj więcej…
We are proud to announce that Karolina Piekarska, PhD, from the Laboratory of Immunogenetics and Tissue Immunology, headed by Izabela Nowak, PhD, has been awarded the XII Prize of the Wrocław Branch of the Polish Academy of Sciences “Iuvenes Wratislaviae” for her achievement entitled: “Influence of immunological genetic and protein factors on Czytaj więcej…
We would like to invite you to the conference ”Post-vaccination immunity to SARS-Cov2 in residents of a Nursing Home in relation to psychological characteristics, past Covid19 and circulating seasonal coronaviruses in the population” organized by IITD PAN, DCTK Ltd., Association for the Development of Marrow Donation and the City Hall of Wroclaw. Czytaj więcej…
We are proud to announce that Hubert Kasprzak, M.Sc., from the Bacteriophage Laboratory headed by Prof. Andrzej Gorski, Ph.D., has been elected to the Council of the Self-Government of Doctoral Students of the Polish Academy of Sciences . Mr. Hubert took the position of secretary of the Council and represents Faculty V Czytaj więcej…
On November 24, 2023, elections to the Scientific Committees of the Polish Academy of Sciences beginning their term in 2024 were completed. We are proud to announce that among those elected to the Committee on Immunology and Etiology of Human Infections of the Polish Academy of Sciences were researchers from our Institute. Czytaj więcej…
