Polish Academy of Sciences
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....
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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...
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The National Science Centre has published the results of the MINIATURA 9 competition for applications submitted in June 2025. We are pleased to...
We are pleased to announce that Daria Nawrocka, PhD Eng, from the Interdepartmental Laboratory of Cytometry and Confocal Microscopy has won the SONATINA...
The coordinators of the National Science Centre today presented the third ranking list of projects eligible for funding under the MINIATURA 9 competition....
The latest edition of the prestigious World’s Top 2% Scientists ranking includes four scientists from the Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The ‘Career’ list, covering the entire scientific career, includes: – Prof. Krystyna Dąbrowska (Laboratory of Phage Molecular Biology), – Prof. Joanna Wietrzyk Czytaj więcej…
We are delighted to announce that the Hirszfeld Institute has been granted an extension of its right to use the prestigious HR Excellence in Research logo for another three years, until 2028. This logo is awarded by the European Commission to research institutions that implement the principles contained in the European Charter Czytaj więcej…
Last week, Poznań hosted the 6th BIO Life Science Congress, organised by the Polish Biochemical Society, which was attended by a large group of IIET PAS employees and doctoral students. The conference was attended by nearly 600 scientists, including a group of the best Polish biochemists, biologists, chemists, and specialists in various Czytaj więcej…
The names of the 15 finalists of the 25th anniversary edition of the Polityka Scientific Awards have been announced. The awards are granted in five categories: humanities, social sciences, exact sciences, technical sciences, and life sciences. The competition is a two-stage process. In the first stage, the Professorial Chapter, composed of eminent Czytaj więcej…
Bogumiła Szponar, PhD, DSc, was a guest on the ‘Eureka’ programme on Polskie Radio 1. The programme was broadcast on the 86th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II. In an interview with Jakub Domoradzki, Prof. Szponar talked about Professor Rudolf Weigl – an outstanding biologist and inventor of the typhus Czytaj więcej…
Tomorrow marks the start of the long-awaited 10th Biennial Meeting on Microbial Carbohydrates, organised by the Hirszfeld Institute. The event was originally scheduled to take place on 17-20 September 2024, but had to be cancelled due to flooding. Fortunately, this year there have been no complications – BMMC 2025 starts tomorrow and Czytaj więcej…
During the 34th Economic Forum in Karpacz, Sabina Górska, PhD, DSc, head of the Laboratory of Microbiome Immunobiology at the IIET PAS, took part in a panel discussion entitled ‘Science in action. From basic research to practical solutions’, at the invitation of the National Science Centre. Together with Prof. Piotr Garstecki (Institute Czytaj więcej…
The ups and downs of mirror life, the secrets of supramolecular chemistry, bacteriophages in the food industry, and even effective ways to cope with stress – these are just some of the topics that will be discussed at this year’s Lower Silesian Science Festival. As in previous years, the Hirszfeld Institute has Czytaj więcej…
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…
