Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy

On 15 November 2025, the Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy of the Polish Academy of Sciences joined the Max Born Wrocław Research Alliance, established jointly with the Wrocław University of Science and Technology and the Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The agreement Czytaj więcej…

15 November marks Wrocław Science Day, commemorating the first official Polish academic lecture given in Wrocław after World War II. On that day in 1945, at 9:30 a.m. in room 305 at the Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Prof. Kazimierz Idaszewski, an eminent electrical engineer and professor at the Lviv Polytechnic Czytaj więcej…

We are pleased to announce that the Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy of the Polish Academy of Sciences has become the honorary patron of the Med Smart Science Forum, a conference that will bring together medicine, science, and technology on 6–7 November in Warsaw and online. The forum was Czytaj więcej…

The latest issue of Forbes Polska magazine features an interview with Prof. Andrzej Gamian, Director of the Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Wrocław. Professor Gamian spoke about the mission and unique character of the Institute, which, in the spirit of Prof. Ludwik Czytaj więcej…

We are pleased to announce that the original work entitled ‘Changes of telomere length in children after haematopoietic stem cell transplantation’, submitted to the poster session during the 32nd Congress of the Polish Society of Haematologists and Transfusionists (PTHiT), which took place on 23-25 October 2025 in Gdańsk, was distinguished from among Czytaj więcej…

We are pleased to announce that our doctoral students – Nicole Kryniecka, MSc, from the Virology Laboratory, and Marek Kotas, MD, from the Immunopathology Laboratory – were awarded at the 1st ISN-PORT Neuroscience School: Role of Metabolism in Neurodegeneration, an event organised by Łukasiewicz – PORT Polish Center for Technology Development on Czytaj więcej…

Are human eyes really unique? Why does white sclera inspire trust, while dark sclera causes anxiety? How is it possible that even a photograph of the eyes can make people behave more honestly? The latest issue of the weekly magazine „Polityka” and the popular science portal Pulsar feature an interview with Dariusz Czytaj więcej…

We cordially invite you to the public defence of the doctoral thesis of Jakub Cebula, MSc, Eng, which will take place this Thursday, 23 October, at 11:00 a.m. in the Stefan Ślopek Auditorium at IIET PAS. Title of the thesis: ‘Insulin – metallacarborane conjugates: a new strategy to enhance the biological efficacy Czytaj więcej…

Negative childhood experiences can leave traces not only in the psyche of adults, but also – as recent research shows – in the biology of subsequent generations. A team of scientists led by Ali Jawaid, PhD, from Łukasiewicz – PORT has discovered that trauma experienced by a woman in childhood affects the Czytaj więcej…