Documentation and Scientific Information Department

The Scientific Documentation and Information Department of IITD PAS is the unit responsible for carrying out organizational and administrative activities in the field of reporting and servicing the Secretariat of the Scientific Council of the unit.

It deals with the preparation of all types of scientific reports required by the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Central Statistical Office and the Ministry of Education and Science, information on the unit’s activities for various institutions, as well as the entry of mandatory data on the scientific activity of employees (publication, grants, patents) into ministerial systems related to the parametric evaluation of scientific units.

The Department is responsible for the preparation of documentation concerning the annual reporting sessions of the laboratories on publications, patents, collaborations and scientific projects in addition to preparing the annual research plans submitted by the laboratory heads, alongside verifing the data contained in the scientific activity evaluation questionnaires.

The responsibilities of the Department’s staff also include running the Secretariat of the Scientific Council and handling in-person or remote meetings of the Council, preparing and checking all required documents related to each meeting.

In addition, the responsibilities of the Secretariat of the Scientific Council include handling doctoral proceedings and dissertations (doctoral examinations, sending theses for review, handling Bulletin of Public Information and Uniform Anti-Plagiarism System, public defenses), habilitation proceedings (constant cooperation with the Council of Scientific Excellence and habilitation committees in the preparation of work contracts), promotions of scientific employees and maintaining mandatory documentation in this regard.

Contact

Head

Head: Danuta Witkowska, Ph.D., Professor at IIET PAS (ORCID 0000-0003-3494-8724).

Danuta Witkowska, graduated in 1971 with a master’s degree in biology with a specialization in biochemistry at the Faculty of Natural Sciences of the University of Wroclaw.In 1977, she obtained at IIES PAS her Ph.D degree in natural sciences for her dissertation “Studies on pathogenic and nonpathogenic strains of Shigella flexnerii.”In 2008, she obtained at IIES PAS a habilitation degree for her habilitation thesis “Involvement of cell wall proteins of the Enterobacteriacea family in pathogenicity and antimicrobial immunity.”

She is a member of the Medical Microbiology Laboratory team IIES PAS , has co-authored over 70 scientific publications, and her research interests are in the fields of microbiology, biochemistry, immunology and especially focus primarily on the structure and function of Enterobacteriaceae proteins.

She has held two long-term foreign internships abroad in the USA (OHSU – Oregon Health Science University, Portland, 1992-1994; UCLA – University of California Los Angeles, 02.01.1997-31.12.1997).Since 2011, he has been secretary of the Scientific Council of IIET PAS.Since 2013, he has been the head of the Department of Documentation and Scientific Information and Library IIES PAS and supervises and coordinates all work related to the tasks of the Department.

Team


Dominika Józefowicz, MSc

  • Secretariat of the Scientific Council – handling, close cooperation with the Secretary of the Scientific Council and the IT Department, checking all submitted documents for formality, preparation of the agenda of Scientific Council meetings and the content of resolutions, summarizing the results of votes, handling meetings and further processing of resolutions after the meeting
  • Promotion proceedings – doctoral dissertations and proceedings, postdoctoral proceedings – continuous cooperation with the Council of Scientific Excellence, preparation of documentation and contracts for members of postdoctoral committees, entering required documents into the Bulletin of Public Information, data archiving
  • POL-on database – entering data on granting doctoral and postdoctoral degrees
  • Co-organization of the Hirszfeld Day


Dorota Misztal, MSc

  • reporting (verification – publications and scientific projects)
  • databases (POL-on, PBN, Expertus)
  • research staff scientific activity evaluations
  • achievements of scientific employees
  • reporting sessions
  • unit categorizations
  • tenders (journal subscriptions)
  • maintenance of the website (news)
  • co-organization of Hirszfeld Day and 70th anniversary of IIET PAS
  • handling library orders
  • keeping a memorial book


Katarzyna Prosek

  • Secretariat of the Scientific Council – service, close cooperation with the Secretary of the Scientific Council and the IT Department – preparation of documentation and meeting services, summary of voting results
  • Promotion proceedings – constant cooperation with the head of the Doctoral Studies and Wrocław Doctoral School of Institutes of Polish Academy of Sciences in handling doctoral dissertations and proceedings from initiation to conferment of degree, organization of doctoral examinations, preparation of contracts and bills for examiners, and reviewers, administration of the Uniform Anti-Plagiarism System and Bulletin of Public Information, handling of public defenses, data archiving,
  • POL-on database – entering and updating data – modules Doctoral Students and Patents
  • categorization of IIET PAS
  • co-organization of Hirszfeld Day


Marta Marszałek, PhD

  • reporting (Polish Academy of Sciences, Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Education and Science, Research Report)
  • research plans
  • databases (PBN, Expertus)
  • research staff scientific activity evaluations
  • achievements of scientific employees
  • reporting sessions
  • unit categorizations
  • maintenance of the IIET website and social media
  • co-organization of Hirszfeld Day and 70th anniversary of IIET PAS