The 27th edition of the Lower Silesian Festival of Science (DFN) which takes place this year, starts on September 14th and revolves around the slogan “TRAIN YOUR BRAIN!”, aiming to promote a healthy lifestyle through physical and mental activity. At the Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, PAS, the DFN Czytaj więcej…
Commemoration of Hanna and Ludwik Hirszfeld
Exactly 140 years ago, on August 5, 1884, Ludwik Hirszfeld, the patron of our Institute, was born in Warsaw. Last Saturday, August 3, at the parish cemetery of St Wawrzyniec at Bujwida Street in Wrocław, a meeting was held to commemorate Professor Hirszfeld and his wife Hanna. The anniversary was celebrated by Czytaj więcej…
Prof. dr hab. Andrzej Gamian elected again as the Director of the Hirszfeld Institute
We are happy to inform that after a leadership contest, the President of PAS chose prof. dr hab. Andrzej Gamian the role of the Director of the Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, PAS in Wrocław. The term lasts for 4 years, i.e. until November 5th 2028. Congratulations!
Magdalena Staniszewska with the title of professor
We are pleased to announce that Magdalena Staniszewska was awarded the academic title of professor of medical sciences and health sciences in the discipline of medical biology by President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda on 15 May 2024. Prof. Magdalena Staniszewska was employed at the Hirszfeld Institute, Laboratory of Medical Czytaj więcej…
New Impact Factor values for 2023
New Impact Factor values for scientific journals for the year 2023 have been published in the Journal Citation Reports database, owned by Clarivate Analytics. Impact factor values for individual journals can be checked at: https://jcr.clarivate.com/jcr/home, while the full list of papers published by Hirszfeld Institute staff in 2023, with current Impact Factor Czytaj więcej…
Katarzyna Szymczak-Kulus, PhD, with a scholarship from the Swiss National Science Foundation
Katarzyna Szymczak-Kulus, PhD (Laboratory of Glycobiology IIET PAS) has been awarded a two-year fellowship from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) in the Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowship program. She will conduct research in the laboratory of Prof. Francis Jacob (University of Basel) on the role of glycolipids and calcium ions in the regulation Czytaj więcej…
More NCN grants awarded to Hirszfeld Institute
We are pleased to announce that our Institute has received another five NCN grants for a total of PLN 9,993,049. The beneficiaries are: Anna Jarząb Ph.D., from the Laboratory of Medical Microbiology headed by Prof. Dr. Andrzej Gamian – grant entitled: “Bacterial Maltow Atlas and its use in the assessment of temperature Czytaj więcej…
Hirszfeld Institute recipient of four NCN Sonata 19 grants
We are pleased to announce that the ranking list of projects for funding in the NCN Sonata 19 competition includes four grants from our Institute for a total amount of PLN 7,773,214 zł. The beneficiaries are: Krzysztof Konrad Fink, PhD, from the Laboratory of Biomedical Chemistry headed by Tomasz Goszczyński, PhD – Czytaj więcej…
The research of Dr. Anna Spinek of the Department of Anthropology has gained attention from Newsweek U.S., LiveScience and Science&Vie, among others.
We are pleased to announce that the research of Dr. Anna Spinek of the Department of Anthropology has attracted the interest of Newsweek U.S., LiveScience and Science&Vie, among others. They concern a man living in the 18th century, whose remains were discovered during work carried out in the crypts of the Church Czytaj więcej…
Jagoda Siemaszko, MSc, and Anna Andrzejczak, MSc, were honored at the “50 Shades of Immunology – School of Immunology”
We are pleased to announce that PhD students Jagoda Siemaszko, MSc (Laboratory of Clinical Immunogenetics and Pharmacogenetics IIET PAS) and Anna Andrzejczak, MSc (Laboratory of Genetics and Epigenetics of Human Diseases IIET PAS) received Travel Grants during the “50 Shades of immunology – School of Immunology” organized by the Polish Society of Czytaj więcej…