The article Massive cortical reorganization in sighted Braille readers by Katarzyna Siuda-Krzywicka, Łukasz Bola, Małgorzata Paplińska, Ewa Sumera, Katarzyna Jednoróg, Artur Marchewka, Magdalena W. Śliwińska, Amir Amedi, Marcin Szwed, which appeared last year in Elife, 2016 Mar 15; 5:e10762. doi. 10.7554/eLife.10762 was awarded the prestigous Jerzy Konorski Award, funded by the Polish Society for the Research on the Nervous System and the Neurobiological Comitte of the Polish Academy of Science.

Summer Holiday Brain Days, entitled BRAIN ON VACATIONS (third edition), organized by the PhD students and staff of the Nencki Institute, took place at the Institute's Hydrobiological Station in Mikołajki on July 27^th 2017. The event was hosted by about 70 people.

You will be part of international team of scientists and will get to know prestigious research projects. PhD program at the Nencki Institute opens the doors to your scientific career. See the list of available projects: http://www.nencki.gov.pl/wszystkie-projekty

On July 20^th, 2017, 25 participants of the innovative science camp for talented school children, organized by the Adamed Group Foundation under the Adamed SmartUP program visited the Nencki Institute. The visits to the labs were organized by the Marceli Nencki Foundation for the Biological Sciences Fosterage. The aim was to familiarize young people with the research carried out at the Institute.

PhD student from the Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry, Łukasz Bożycki, won the Birds category of the Asferico 2017 International Photography Competition organized by the Italian Association of Nature Photographers - AFNI (founded in 1989). He is the only Pole to win a prize in the group of 70 of the best photographers from 21 countries.

On June 26-27 an annual report session of PhD students of The Department of Biochemistry took place. We had an opportunity to listen to 30 very interesting and good presentations.

On June 12th and 13th the hydrobiological workshops for school youth were held at the Station. We organize this event twice a year (summer and winter edition) together with the Foundation for the Protection of Great Masurian Lakes from Giżycko.

On June 26-27th at the Hydrobiological Station in Mikolajki an annual reporting  session of PhD students of the Department of Cell Biology took place.

Every year students from the Polish Children’s Fund participate in a neurobiology workshop at the Nencki Institute. Starting from June 5, the students spent 5 days attending lectures lectures given by Dr. Marzena Stefaniuk, Dr. Rafał Czajkowski, Dr. Ksenia Meyza, Prof. Ewa Godzińska and Dr. Ewelina Knapska

5^th International Symposium „Mechanisms of animal behavior” took place at the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences on 26^th May 2017. The Symposium was organized by several institutions based in Wrocław, Warsaw and Cracow:

The 21. Scientific Picnic of Polish Radio and the Copernicus Science Centre was held at the National Stadium on June 3th, 2017. This year’s motto was: EARTH. At tent A32 the Nencki Institute prepared two presentations: Earth and its little inhabitants: ants (Lab. of Ethology) and Earth - the only known place where the brain has evolved... (PhD Students Nencki).

On May 25-26, the Second Annual Symposium "Neurons in Action" was held at the Nencki Institute. Eight outstanding foreign lecturers were invited. Leaders of the research teams of the Nencki Institute and Ochota Campus presented their last achievements.

On Saturday, May 27th at the University of Warsaw Main Campus, the Children’s University Foundation celebrated its 10^th anniversary. Since 2007 over 20.000 kids from 6 cities took part in the activities of the University. They were taught by over 500 scientists and professionals.

III International Conference of Cell Biology took place on 26-27.05.2017 at the Institute of Zoology of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. At this conference, Marek Zorawski received a diploma for the best presentation titled: “The impact of specific single nucleotide polymorphisms on the phosphorylation and function of the GRHL3 transcription factor”.

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Nencki Institute, together with the Marceli Nencki Foundation for Support of Biological Sciencesis, we have initiated a creation on the You Tube service, the Nencki Edu Tube channel

The conference "Nuclear Landscapes 2017" held on May 18-20, 2017 at the Nencki Institute Hydrobiological Station in Mikołajki gathered 28 researchers studying the structure and function of the interphase cell nucleus. During three sessions, 14 oral presentations and 4 posters were presented.

On May 24th, the hydrobiological workshop including lectures, field and microscopic classes took place at the Nencki Institute Hydrobiological Station in Mikołajki for high school students from Łomża (70 people). This youth stay in Masuria with the Green School organized by Kusznierewicz Academy (TJ).

More than 600 foreign researchers have come to Poland in the last decade. Mostly from Ukraine, Germany and India. Within the framework of the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) program, 34 scientists from around the world have accepted the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology

Łukasz Bożycki, PhD candidate from the Laboratory of Biochemistry of Lipids at the Nencki Institute, received an Artistic Scholarship from the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. The project  entitled "Soul Comes to Mind" is a creative combination of two environments: artistic and scientific. This venture is part of the Art and Science and Bio-art.

On April 24th, 2017 in the Nencki Institute was hold the Second Meeting of the Heads and Administration of Phd Studies from the PAS Institutes . The honorary guest of the gathering was prof. Paweł Rowiński, Vice-President of Polish Academy of Sciences. Institutes from all over the country were represented by about 60 patricipants of the meeting.

Piotr Dzwiniel, a doctoral student in the Laboratory of Neurobiology of Vision was selected to the short list of finalists of the competition Technotalent 2016 in the special category Inspirations 2016 and in the category Business. In the category Inspirations 2016 his project "Specvis - free and open source software to study visual field" took first place.

On Wednesday, December 14^th, in a beautifully decorated Konorski Conference hall of the Nencki Institute the annual Christmas party for Nencki senior citizens took place. On behalf of the Institute management Prof. Hanna Fabczak wished all a Marry Christmas and the best of luck in the New Year.

Prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Dobrzyń, a head of the Laboratory of Cell Signaling and Metabolic Disorders of the Nencki Institute, received an Award for Outstanding Scientific Achievements granted by the Minister of Science and Higher Education.

On December 6^th, 2016, in the conference hall of the Nencki Institute Neurobiology Centre another meeting in the framework of the initiative "Ochota na Naukę" took place, adressed mostly to university students and secondary school students.

On December 3th, 2016 XV Scientific Meeting for Biology Teachers was organized by the Nencki Institute and the Centre for Innovative Bioscience Education. More than 50 people took part in the event from all over Poland.

The PAS Student Government Council in cooperation with the National Representation of the PhD students announced the results of another edition of the competition for the most prodoctoral college and Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences ProPAN2016.

The National Science Centre has published ranking lists of projects which have qualified for financial backing within the limits of the competitions announced by the NSC on 15th March, 2016. Scientists from the Nencki Institute received financial backing for the 12 research projects they worked on in OPUS11, PRELUDIUM11 and SONATA11 competitions.

On Saturday 19^th November 2016 Nencki Institute hosted a scientific session „Ethology: an interesting, increasingly interesting science” organized to celebrate the jubilee of 50 years of the Ethological Seminars in the Nencki Institute (1966-2016) [as a part of the celebration of 100 years of the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology (1918-2018)] and 25 years of the Polish Ethological Society (1991-2016).

On November 29^th a conference MITOCHONDRION 2016 will be held at the Nencki Institute. The conference program will include the scientific presentations of the metabolism of the cells bioenergy which will be delivered by the representatives of various scientific centers of Poland. The highlight of the conference will be a solemn session on the beautiful 90th anniversary of Professor Lech Wojtczak's birthday.

On October 26th 2016, Andrzej Duda, the president of Republic of Poland, handed professorial nominations to academic teachers and workers of science and arts. Among the nominees, there was prof. Grzegorz Wilczyński, the head of the Laboratory of Molecular and Systemic Neuromorphology.

On November 27th, 2016 the inauguration of the 2016/2017 academic year of the PAS Ochota BioCentre PhD Programme was celebrated in the lecture hall of the Nałęcz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering PAS.

In October 2016, the Nencki Institute hosted scientific workshop organized together with the Children University Foundation. The classes entitled How does the memory work? were taught by Dr Rafał Czajkowski and Edyta Balcerek at the Laboratory of Animal Models.

The 2016 Nencki Award was presented on October 17^th  to prof. Angelo Azzi of the Vascular Biology Laboratory, Human Nutrition Research Centre on Aging, Tufts University in Boston, USA. The Award Ceremony took place in the conference hall of the Nencki Institute Neurobiology Centre.

On Saturday, 8th October, the 3th Educational Workshop was organized on the Hydrobiological Station - Mikołajki by the BioCentrum Scientific Education and the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS.

Prof. Urszula Wojda is a member of an international consortium that has received a EU Horizon 2020 grant in the FETOPEN: Research & Innovation Action, Novel Ideas for Radically New Technologies competition. The aim of the consortium’s research is to develop new strategies for the treatment and diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease based on studies of glycobiological alterations in AD. The “ArrestAD” project received the highest possible evaluation of reviewers (15/15).

On 23th September, 2016 Professor Sir John Burn, eminent geneticist, visited the Nencki Institute. He participated in the specialized seminar on Human Variome Project, of which he is the global coordinator, organized by the Institute of Experimental Biology PAS and the Institute of Human Genetics PAS in Poznan.

The 20^th edition of the Science Festival took place in Warsaw between 24.09.-2.10.2016. For this year’s edition Nencki researchers and PhD students prepared an interesting and rich program. Under the YOUTH CLUB series high school students could attend lectures on biology, which greatly helped those students who are taking advanced biology for their high school exam:

The Ministry of Science and Higher Education Scholarship for dr Michał Bola. Dr Michał Bola from Laboratory of Brain Imaging, Neurobiology Center of the, Nencki Institute is among 168 winners or this edition.

On September 23rd-24th, 2016 in the Nencki Institute Neurobiology Center Hall the international conference “Future of Aging” was held, which was the joint event of the 10^th Congress of Biogerontology of European International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics and the 6^th Biogerontological Meetings at the Nencki Institute. The Conference was organized by the members of the Laboratory of the Molecular Bases of Aging headed by prof. Ewa Sikora.

Prof. Mariusz Więckowski, member of the consortium investigating the role of mitochondria in the pathogenesis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), among the winners of the UE HORIZON 2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks Programme.

On September 23th, together with Mazurian Landscape Park, SCIENCE FESTIVAL 2016 in the Hydrobiological Station in Mikolajki was organized. Station was  visited by 250 young people from high schools, middle schools and primary schools from the entire region (Mikolajki, Mragowo, Pisz, Baranowo, Woznice), for which the lectures and presentations have been prepared:

On 26^th-28^th August 2016 the Nencki Institute Hydrobiological Station in Mikołajki hosted the International Workshop „Biological roots of prosociality and rescue behaviour”.

In September 2016 the 500th issue of The Nencki Weekly was published. Since January 3rd, 2005 the paper has provided information on current events at the Institute: seminars, prestigious grants, Scientific Council proceedings and new publications.

From the 1^st to 4^th September, 2016 the Copernicus Science Centre hosted a “Festiwal Przemiany” The Nencki Institute and the Copernicus Science Center have signed a cooperation agreement whereby the Laboratory of Molecular Bases of Aging got tegether to organize a temporary  exhibition entitled “Temptation of Immortality”, which deals with various aspects of longevity and with scientific research devoted to the ageing process.

There will be many attractions waiting for all those who will be taking part on September 10th-11th in the event "Europe is changing Warsaw", presenting the way in which the European Union affects the contemporary image of the capital. During the seventh edition, which will take place on Pola Mokotowskie one cannot miss the Nencki Institute.

Ewelina Knapska, head of Neurobiology of Emotions Laboratory, received a prestigious Starting Grant of European Research Council.

On 19th August, 2016  the educational event entitled DAY OF THE AQATIC INSECTS took place at Hydrobiological Station in Mikołajki. Guests could take part in lectures, films, as well as in the field and microscopic classes.

Dr. Anna Suska from the Laboratory of Neurobiology at the Nencki Institute, headed by Professor Leszek Kaczmarek, became the laureate of the HOMING program, financed by The Foundation for Polish Science.

Summer Holiday Brain Days, organized by Laboratory of Neuroplasticity at the Nencki Institute Hydrobiological Station in Mikołajki, took place  from July 21st to 22nd.  Dr Pawel Boguszewski talked about emotions and dr Katarzyna Jednorog gave a lecture on dyslexia. Workshops were run by young scientists from Laboratory of Neuroplasticity.

The National Science Centre published the ranking list of five projects recommended for financing under calls for SYMFONIA 4 proposals announced by the NCN on the 15th November, 2015.

The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) has announced the results of the first competition in the TEAM programme, which is aimed at funding teams of researchers led by distinguished scientists from all over the world pursuing groundbreaking scientific research. Among 9 winners selected out of 68 applicants is Prof. Leszek Kaczmarek from the Nencki Institute.

Among the laureates of the ETIUDA4 competition for PhD scholarships, announced by the NCN on 15th December, 2015, three students from the Nencki Institute were included:

On the 27^th-28^th of June the Annual Reports of PhD students from the Biochemistry Department took place, at the „Rancho pod Bocianem” recreation centre near Tarczyn.

On June 20th-21th an annual reporting session of PhD students of the Department of Cell Biology took place. This year the session was held at the Hydrobiological Station in Mikolajki.

The annual PhD student reports of the Department of Neurophysiology took place on 10th-11^th June 2016 during the session organized in the  Kormoran Centre in Mierki, lake Pluszne.

On 18th June 2016, the General Assemble of the Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences (PAU) elected new members.

Apply for a Marie Skłodowska - Curie Actions (MSCA) Individual Fellowship choosing the Nencki Institute as your Host Institution.

15-18 June 2016, a summer school 4th Baltic-Nordic Summer School on Neuroinformatics (BNNI 2016).

On 7th May, 2016, Nencki Institute Hydrobiological Station in Mikolajki and Mazurian Landscape Park (MLP) co-organized Educational picnic on the water. The meeting guests participated in the workshops and listened to the interesting lectures.

On 10th June, 2016 at the Neurobiology Center conference hall a scientific meeting "Nencki Institute bioinnovations life changing" was held. The theme of this year's meeting was the presentation of research performed at the Nencki Institute in cooperation with bioinnovation companies.

In autumn last year, the project of the National Research and Development Centre PBS1 / B8 / 1/2012 was completed, whose beneficiaries were the Nencki Institute PAS (Laboratory of Jerzy Duszyński and Laboratory of Adam Szewczyk) and the Scientific and Research Centre Dr IRENA ERIS.

On 22nd May this year on the anniversary of the Warsaw University of Life Sciences the Senate passed a resolution to honor the Nencki Institute PAS Medal "200 Years - From the Institute of Agronomy in Marymont to Warsaw University of Life Sciences".

The Scientific Committees of the Polish Academy of Sciences have finished their election campaign. The Committee of the Cell Molecular Biology operating within the Division II of Biological and Agricultural Sciences PAS was one of these committees. 

The "Brain Tumors Meeting 2016 - From Biology to Therapy" will take place in the Nencki Institute on June 27-29, 2016 in Warsaw, Poland. The conference is organized by The Nencki Institute in collaboration with the Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, and Foundation of Clinical and Experimental Oncology.

For the seventh time the Crystal Brussels Prize Chapter revealed a shortlist for the prize among the Polish participants in Horizon 2020 Framework Programme - the largest European Union Framework Programme in the history, which is intended to strengthen scientific excellence and increase the economic competitiveness of the EU Member States.

Dr Paulina Podszywalow-Bartnicka from the Laboratory of Cytometry awarded fellowship from the Kosciuszko Foundation, to perform studies at the Laboratory of prof. Tomasz Skorski, Temple School of Medicine in US.

You will be part of international team of scientists and will get to know prestigious research projects. PhD program at the Nencki Institute opens the doors to your scientific career. 

On May 12th at the Nencki Institute the Open Day for the PhD candidates was organized. The event was open by Dr Witold Konopka, deputy director for scientific research. Information on doctoral studies was presented by prof. Daniel Wójcik, Head of PhD Studies, and representatives of the Nencki’s PhD Students Council.

On 5-6th May 2016 in Nasielsk in the vicinity of Warsaw a conference was held organized by the Faculty of Chemistry of Warsaw University of Technology and the Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, creating KNOW consortium in the field of chemical sciences, as well as the Nencki Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Participants of TRI-BIO-CHEM-2016 listened to 25 presentations on biology and chemistry.

To celebrate 100th Anniversary of Nencki Institute the EMBO Conference on Imaging the Brain, co sponsored by ZEISS Poland will be held on 18-19 May in the Institute

The National Science Centre has published ranking lists of projects which have qualified for financial backing within the limits of the competitions announced by the NSC on 15th March, 2015. Scientists from the Nencki Institute received financial backing for the 9 research projects they worked on in OPUS10, PRELUDIUM10 and SONATA10 competitions.

Director of the National Centre for Research and Development has published the lists of projects which have qualified for financial backing in the III Competition of the programme: „Prevention and treatment of civilization diseases” – STRATEGMED. Among the projects selected for funding are 4, in which members of the consortium carrying out the research are employees of the Nencki Institute:

The 20. Scientific Picnic of Polish Radio and the Copernicus Science Centre was held at the National Stadium on May 7th, 2016. This year’s motto was: HEALTH. The Jubilee Picnic was attended by a record number of participants from home and abroad, presenting shows in various fields of science.

In March of this year, Professor Maciej Nałęcz, longtime director of the Nencki Institute PAS, returned to the Institute after nearly 15 years of activity in the UNESCO in Paris. On May 1^st, 2016 prof. Maciej Nałęcz was appointed Proxy of the Institute Director for the European Union Strategic Programs.

For the 24^th time, the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) has awarded START stipends to the most talented young scientists throughout Poland. In 2016 stipends will go to 121 young researchers including:

Paweł J. Mazurkiewicz, a Ph. D. student of the Inter-faculty Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Warsaw carrying out his Ph. D. thesis in the Laboratory of Ethology of the Department of Neurophysiology of the Nencki Institute and the Department of Animal Physiology of the Faculty of Biology of the University of Warsaw, became one of the winners in the finals of the competition FameLab Poland 2016 which took place in the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw on 16th April 2016.

Candidates for PhD Studies are invited to discover the Nencki Institute. 12th of May 2016, 12 PM

Plan of the meeting:

• the most important informations about the Instutute and research
• meeting with the representative of the PhD Students Council
• questions and answers
• individual conversations
• walk through the Institute

Nencki Institute curries out the International PhD Studies co-funded by a grant from the prestigious European Union Marie Sklodowska-Curie COFUND program since October 2015.

Alumni Club run at the Nencki Institute by prof. Jolanta Barańska, from  April 1st, 2016 has a new coordinator dr. hab. Joanna Szczepanowska from the Laboratory of Bioenergetics and Biological Membranes.

Nencki Institute has received a grant "Toddler Program 2016" of the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy. This finansing allows the creation of Point of Care, which begins its operations in September this year.

An exhibition entitled 3 x Polish clawed birds was opened on the 30th March, 2016 in the Exhibition Hall of the Nencki Institute (Neurobiology Centre). The exhibit shows 32 photographs by Marek Fijałkowski. The exhibition can be visited until the 6th May 2016, between 9.00 am. and 3.00 pm.

On March 11^th, 2016 the Nencki Institute hosted a delegation (Ms. Yuko Tsuda and Mr. Izumi Yamashita) of the Center for Research and Strategy Develompment/Sapan Science and Technology Agency of Japan.

During the period 14th-20th March 2016 the Nencki Institute PAS hosted a cycle of popular science events „Brains For Brains” taking place as part of the Brain Awareness Week 2016 in Warsaw.

On March 9^th The Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology hosted a team of eight scientists from the University of Portsmouth who arrived for (participated in) the Bilateral Conference organized as a part of collaboration between our Institutions and held at the Nencki Institute.

On March 8th, 2016 in the Nencki Institute the First Meeting of the Heads and Administration of Phd Studies from the PAS Institutes was held. The honorary guest of the gathering was prof. Paweł Rowiński, Vice-President of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Institutes from all over the country were represented by about 70 participants at the meeting.

Every year scholarship holders from the National Children’s Fund visit the Nencki Institute. On February 29th, 2016 a presentation of the Institute took place. The guests listened to two lectures by dr W. Konopka - The history and achievements of the Nencki Institute and by mgr Alicja Puścian Fear - how to make it disappear?

On February 27th, 2016 the Nature Film Festival BIO-FILM was held at the Hydrobiological Station in Mikolajki, organized by the Nencki Institute and Educational Film Studio in Lodz.

The session of the Scientific Council devoted to the 2015 Annual Report took place on February 26th, 2016.

The National Science Centre has published ranking lists of projects which have qualified for financial backing within the limits of the competitions announced by the NSC on 16th June, 2015. Scientists from the Nencki Institute received financial backing for the 4 research projects they worked on in HARMONIA 7 and SONATA Bis 5competitions.

Two professors from the Nencki Institute, prof. dr hab. Agnieszka Dobrzyn and prof. dr hab. Mariusz Więckowski, were awarded the highest professional degrees, that of Professors of Biological Sciences, by the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, in a ceremony at the Presidential Palace on 26^th January 2016.

In 2015, Polish Academy of Science Division of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, awarded the team led by Dr. Jakub Wlodarczyk (Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, Nencki Institute), Dr. Magdalena Dziembowska (Laboratory of Neurobiology, Nencki Institute) and Prof. Leszek Kaczmarek (Laboratory of Neurobiology, Nencki Institute), and including as well Prof. Leszek Kaczmarek,  Dr. Alexandra Janusz, Dr. Michal Stawarski, Dr. Zsuzsanna Szepesi for outstanding scientific achievements. The awarded series of works is entitled "The role of matrix metalloproteinase-9 in synaptic plasticity."

A photo exhibition of Plants and Gardens was opened on the 12th of January, 2016 in the Exhibition Hall of the Nencki Institute (Neurobiology Centre). The exhibit shows more than 60 photographs by winners and laureates of the international competition "International Garden Photographer of the Year competition 5, 6, 7". The exhibition can be visited until the 12th of March 2016, between 9.00 am. and 3.00 pm.

On January 14th, 2016 in the Neurobiology Center, Nencki Institute was hold the scientific conference “Dr Neuronowski® – the idea for the sharp brain and fluent speech” organized by the Laboratory of Neuropsychology. In the conferrence took part ca. 200 participants.

A popular science calendar „An ant for each day” (authors: Paweł J. Mazurkiewicz, Jarosław Szczepanik, Alex Wild, Maciej Nielubowicz i Ewa J. Godzińska, Warsaw, Script, 292 pp.) is a non-profit educational publication published thanks to the financial suport of the Foundation for Polish Science (programme SKILLS-eNgage „Awesome world of ants”, project manager: Paweł J. Mazurkiewicz) and the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS.

You will be part of international team of scientists and will get to know prestigious research projects. PhD program at the Nencki Institute opens the doors to your scientific career. 

A group of scientists from the Nencki Institute participated in an advanced study on chromatin topology and its impact on the gene transcription.  The work was published in the top biological journal Cell on December 17th.

On December 8, 2015 the chairman of the interim board of Euro-BioImaging (EuBI), Prof. Benjamin Geiger of the Weizmann Institute, officially announced the results of the ratification of EuBI research Nodes and Hub. Among them, unanimous approval was given to the Polish node project: Advanced Light Microscopy Node Poland. It is coordinated by the Nencki Institute in collaboration with the Mossakowski Institute of the Polish Academy of Science and the Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology of the Jagiellonian University. It constitutes one of the 28 initial research sites that are forming this European infrastructure. In parallel to the nodes, the board also selected the so-called Hub, the central governance and headquarters of the future infrastructure.

On Wednesday, December 16^th, in a beautifully decorated Konorski Conference hall of the Nencki Institute the annual Christmas party for Nencki senior citizens took place. On behalf of the Institute management Prof. Adam Szewczyk i Prof. Hanna Fabczak wished all Marry Christmas and the best of luck in the New Year. Visitors enjoyed themselves in cheerful Christmas atmosphere and had a very nice time.

On the 12-13th November 2015 the 4th IRB Barcelona PhD students symposium „Science fights back: Tackling disease to recover homeostasis” took place. Katarzyna Konarzewska, Tomasz Bednarski and Tomasz Lebitko, PhD students from the Nencki Institute, were invited by Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Barcelona (IRB) to present their recent data during the symposium.

On 5th of December 2015 XIV Scientific Meeting for Teachers was organized by the Nencki Institute, the Centre for Innovative Bioscience Education and the Fundation of BioEducation. About 60 people took part in the event from all over Poland. The guests listened to 5 very interesting lectures (3 of them presented by Nencki Institute employees), which stimulated a heated discussion.

Nencki Institue received the award for most pro-PhD institution during the PRODOC and PROPAN 2015 Gala held on 19th November 2015 in the Staszic Palace.

The National Science Centre has published ranking lists of projects which have qualified for financial backing within the limits of the competitions announced by the NSC on 15th March, 2015. Scientists from the Nencki Institute received financial backing for the 23 research projects they worked on in OPUS7, PRELUDIUM6 and SONATA7 competitions.

The opening of newly renovated and equipped rooms of the Laboratory of Psychophysiology inaugurated with a lecture of prof. A. Grabowska and dr K. Jednoróg entitled “Searching for the mechanisms of dyslexia” took place on the 6^th of November. The team led by prof. A. Grabowska starts a comprehensive research programme on the neurobiological bases of developmental dyslexia financed by National Science Centre within the MAESTRO funding scheme.

On 4th November, 2015 the prof. Joan Guinovart, director of the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB) in Barcelona visited the Nencki Institute. For a year prof. Guinovart has also been serving as the president of the International Union for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB).The Nencki Institute together with the IRB co-operate in research projects.

On November 4th, 2015 the inauguration of the 2015/2016 academic year of the PAS Ochota BioCentre PhD Programme was celebrated in the lecture hall of the Nałęcz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering PAS.

On Saturday, 3^th October, the 2^nd Educational Workshop was organized on the Hydrobiological Station - Mikołajki by the BioCentrum Scientific Education and the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS. About 120 students from high, middle and primary schools from Mikołajki and the surrounding area participated in this workshop.

On 30th October 2015 Minister of Science and Higher Education awarded the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS scientific category A+. This decision ends more than two years of efforts of the Nencki Institute investigation in fair assessment of scientific activity of the institute. In recent months, not only the Committee for Evaluation of Research, but also the Regional Administrative Court in Warsaw pointed to the soundness of the position of the Ministry of Science and Education from the year 2013.

It is our great pleasure to announce 2^nd PhD Student Conference of the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology that will take place on 27-29^th of October. This is a big event organized every two years that gathers all PhD students from our Institute.

On 7th October 2015 during the Forum for Development of Mazovia Nencki Institute declared its participation in the Mazovia Chemical Cluster. Cooperating entities within the Mazovia Chemical Cluster decided to continue its activity in the legal form of the association.

On 13th October 2015 Nencki Institute hosted a meeting of CePT project beneficiaries applying for funding for ventures of R & D sphere.

On Saturday, 3^th October, the 2^nd Educational Workshop was organized on the Hydrobiological Station - Mikołajki by the BioCentrum Scientific Education and the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS.

The National Science Centre of Poland (NSC) presented a summary of all scientific and research units taking part in NSC competitions settled in 2013-2014 together with the categories of the Committee for Evaluation of Research Units.

We have the pleasure to announce that on 28th September 2015 the Central Commission for Academic Degrees and Titles awarded the Nencki Institute the right to confer the degrees of doctor of biological sciences in the discipline of biochemistry.

The 19^th edition of the Science Festival took place in Warsaw between 19-27th September, 2013. For this year’s edition Nencki researchers  and PhD students prepared an interesting and rich program.

On 31^th August - 13^th September 2015 the Nencki Institute Hydrobiological Station in Mikołajki hosted the Myrmecological Workshop for young people organized as a part of the project of the Foundation for Polish Science

Dr. Mayank Chaturvedi (working in laboratory of neurobiology lead by prof. Leszek Kaczmarek) has been awarded “Mobility Plus” IV edition from Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

On September 15th, 2015 in Portsmouth (United Kingdom), an agreement was signed on the bilateral co-operation between the Faculty of Science at the University of Portsmouth, represented by the Dean Prof. Taraneh (Tara) Dean, and the Nencki Institute, represented by Prof. Adam Szewczyk.

Please be advised that on Wikipedia updated and expanded information has appeared about the Nencki Institute, the people associated with it, its history and present achievements.

On 1 September, 2015, dr Tomasz Janecki, polar explorer, hydrobiologist, hydrocele, scuba diver, was appointed to the position of the Chead of Nencki Institute Hydrobiological Station in Mikołajki

On August 22nd, 2015 the Marceli Nencki Foundation for Support the Biological Sciences and the Nencki Institute organized the holiday workshops  "Summer in the biologist laboratory". The Nencki Institute researchers and graduate students invited children and young people to participate in the adventure of life sciences:

In May 2015 the Nencki Institute prepared a report for the European Commission concerning the internal evaluation of compliance with the provisions units that have received logo HR Excellence in Research. In August, the report has received a positive opinion from the Commission. The next evaluation will take place in 2017.

The 40th FEBS Congress was held in Berlin from the 4th to 9th of July. During the congress the Council of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies chose prof. Adam Szewczyk for a 3-year term of office to the Finance Committee FEBS.

Summer Holiday Brain Days, organized by Laboratory of Neuroplasticity at the Hydrobiological Station of The Polish Academy of Sciences in Mikołajki, took place  from July 21st to 23rd.  Lectures about brain function, diseases and behavior were given by Prof. Anna Członkowska, Prof. Ewa J. Godzińska, mgr Aleksandra Kołodziej, Dr Monika Liguz-Lęcznar and  Prof. Andrzej Wróbel. Workshops were run by young scientists from The Nencki Institute - Anna Bartkowiak-Kaczmarek, Maria Bierzyńska, Weronika Dębowska, Katarzyna Giertuga, Aleksandra Różycka, and Małgorzata Suszek.

At the Nencki Institute Hydrobiological Station in Mikołajki a new campsite was created. It is located in the forest area of the station, not far from the main buildings. It has access to bathrooms and toilets.

On July 23rd, 2015, 28 participants of the scientific camp for talented youth, organized by the Foundation Adamed Group under the Adamed SmartUP visited the Nencki Institute. The visits at the labs were organized by the Marceli Nencki Foundation for Support the Biological Sciences. Its aim was to familiarize young people with the research carried out at the Institute.

The National Science Centre published the ranking list of six projects recommended for financing under calls for proposals announced by the NCN on the 15th November, 2012.

You will be part of international team of scientists and will get to know prestigious research projects. PhD program at the Nencki Institute opens the doors to your scientific career. See the list of available projects: http://studia.nencki.gov.pl/?trg=can&lang=en&a=pg_proj

Come to Summer Brain Awareness Days in Mikolajki! From 21.07 till 23-07, each day at 16.00 hrs,  lectures on selected topics of neurobiology will be presented. After the lectures, workshops on brain anatomy and function will be organized by PhD students of The Nencki Institute.

On the 1st July, 2015  the first meeting of the Organizing Committee of the celebrations of the centenary of the Nencki Institute took place. During the next few years, until 2018, various events highlighting the achievements of the Nencki Institute in biological sciences are being planned. We recommend hashtag memory information relating to the 100th anniversary of the Nencki Institute

On the 27th June, in Olsztyn's old town the Scientific Picnic "Science is also Art" was held. Picnic was organized by the Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research PAS. The purpose of the picnic was to promote Polish Academy of Sciences. Nencki PhD students conducted a series of workshops under the heading "Biology in the kitchen".

In June,  the Nencki Institute has signed an agreement for an internship for children with outstanding talent with the Polish Children’s Fund and the Foundation for Advanced Technology.

On 29-30 June interviews for PhD positions at the Nencki Institute were held. From 116 candidates 36 were invited  for interviews out of which 23 were offered to start the studies on October 1st. Note that recruitment for the remaining graduate projects at the Nencki Institute will start in the first half of July. More information available on pages of the graduate school http://studia.nencki.gov.pl/

The Young Scientists Forum will be held on 2-3 July 2015 in Warsaw. It will be organized under the auspices of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO). EMBO is a pan-European institution bringing together more than 1,700 most eminent scientists in the field of molecular biology, including 79 Nobel Prize winners. The Forum will be hosted by the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, 3 Pasteur St.

On 6th June, 2015, at the Nencki Institute Hydrobiological Station in Mikolajki the naming ceremony of Wanda and Andrzej Szczepańscy Avenue was held. Professor Andrzej Szczepański and Dr Wanda Szczepańska were the organizers of the Hydrobiological Station. They came to Mikołajki in September 1951 and devoted their lives to the research of Mazurian lakes.

On 29 th May, 2015, Hanna Nencka, great-granddaughter of  Marcel Nencki's  brother Hipolit, was a guest at the Nencki Institute. She is currently  preparing a monograph about professor Marcel Nencki, her great-grandfather's brother. 

Prof. Agnieszka Dobrzyn form the Nencki Institute has been appointed as a chairwoman of the "Mobility Plus" interdisciplinary expert panel of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

The interview and selection process for the position of a Group Leader at the Nencki Institute has been completed. 43 applications were submitted for the competition. Six best suited candidates were invited for personal interviews which took place on 25^th and 26^th of May 2015. Laureates of the Group Leader Competition at the Nencki Institute are: dr hab. Dorota Włoga and dr Rafał Czajkowski.

Dr Anna Suska from the Laboratory of Neurobiology at the Nencki Institute, headed by Professor Leszek Kaczmarek was awarded the START Scholarship of The Foundation for Polish Science. Dr Suska is an electrophysiologist working on synaptic plasticity associated with learning and memory processes.

You will be part of international team of scientists and will get to know prestigious research projects. PhD program at the Nencki Institute opens the doors to your scientific career. 

4^th International Symposium „Behavioural mechanisms in animals and options of their modelling” took place at the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences on 15^th May 2015. The Symposium was organized by several institutions from Wrocław and Warsaw: the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences (Department of Reproductive and Clinic of Farm Animals and Department of Immunology, Pathophysiology and Veterinary Preventive Medicine), the Lower Silesian Chamber of Medical and Veterinary, and Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS.

On Monday, May 25th, we will host scientific session, during which the candidates shortlisted for the second stage of the Group Leader competition will present their achievements, as well as their plans for the future. The session is open and will take place in the Neurobiology Centre Conference Hall, at the Nencki Institute.

On May 15 th at the Nencki Institute was organized the Open Day for the PhD candidates. The event was open by Dr Witold Konopka, deputy director for scientific research.

On 11th May, 2015, prof. Iain W. Matt, the General Director of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg was a guest at the Nencki Institute. The possibilities of bilataralnej cooperation in research and PhD studies were discussed.

The 19. Scientific Picnic of the Polish Radio and the Copernicus Science Centre was held on the National Stadium on May 9th, 2015. This year’s motto was: LIGHT. More than 200 scientific institutions from Poland and abroad held various science demonstrations.

We have pleasure to invite you to participate in the 3rd Baltic Stem Cell Meeting (BSCM) conference which is taking place in Warsaw, Poland, at the Nencki on June 18-19, 2015.

On 2-3 July, 2015 EMBO Young Scientists Forum will be organized in Warsaw. The EMBO Young Scientists Forum aims to gather young European researchers in order to provide motivation and inspiration for students to pursue their education and career in the life sciences. The meeting is a great opportunity for PhD students, postdocs and junior investigators to interact with Europe's most promising young scientists, members of the EMBO Young Investigator Programme.

Dr Katarzyna Jednoróg from the Nencki Institute received funding for mobility costs of bilateral Polish-Austrian co-operation project with dr Fabio Richlan (Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Salzburg, http://www.uni-salzburg.at/ccns/people/richlan) entitled "Longitudinal neuroimaging study of typical and atypical reading development in German and Polish" for the years 2015-2017.

16-17 April 2015 at the Nencki Institute took place Nodes Workshop of the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF; http://www.incf.org), of which Poland is a member. The goal of INCF is support of the global development of neuroinformatics, or development of theoretical and computational support for neurosciences.

The Warsaw Innovation Centre (WIC) is a new research consortium, a joint initiative of the four institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Institute of Physics, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Organic Chemistry and the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology.

On 15^th April, 2014 a plenary meeting of the Biology and Agricultural Science Faculty II PAS was held at the Conference Hall of the Neurobiological Centre at the Nencki Institute. The meeting was opened by prof. Jerzy Duszyński, President of the Polish Academy of Sciences. One of the main items on the agenda was the evaluation of the candidate and the election of the new Dean of the Faculty II, which was prof. Leszek Kaczmarek, head of the Laboratory of Neurobiology at the Nencki Institute.

On 17-19th the Nencki Institute was visited by Prof. Pal Ahluwalia, pro-rector of the University of Portsmouth UK, Prof. Taraneh (Tara) Dean, Dean of the Faculty of Science, and Professor Dariusz Górecki (School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences).

Monika Riegel, PhD student from the Laboratory of Brain Imaging, Neurobiology Centre (http://lobi.nencki.gov.pl/) obtained funding from the Foundation for Polish Science (program SKILLS – INTERNSHIPS) for a 4-month internship at the Swiss National Center of Competence in Research in Geneva under supervision of Prof. Partik Vuilleumier (https://medweb4.unige.ch/labnic/).

The Nencki Institute is actively involved in professional and social stimulation of people with disabilities. Prof. Krzysztof Zabłocki, head of the Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism, allowed the holding of a 5-month internship and training of one person from the Foundation for Active Rehabilitation of Lublin.

On 19th March, 2015 Prof. Jerzy Duszyński was choosen for the position of the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences by members of the PAS General Assembly. Jerzy Duszyński will serve this position for four years until 2018. Congratulations!!!

On 17th March, 2015 representatives of major research institutions and pharmaceutical companies signed an agreement at the Nencki Institute for the creation of the first Polish Innovative Neuromedicine Platform "InnoNeuroMed" The agreement increases the chances of obtaining EU funds for the implementation of projects related to the development neuromedicine, the development of new drugs and diagnostic methods.

In the digital repository of the scientific institutes (RCIN) the thousandth publication from the Nencki Institute Library collection was. It is: The Universe and man. The history of wildlife research and use its forces for the benefit of wildlife, collective work edited by Hans Kraemer, translated by Stanislaw Kramsztyk. The book was edited in Warsaw, 1905, by the famous encyclopedia publishing house S. Orgelbrand and Sons. The richly illustrated volume contains mainly a collection of chapters on geology and geophysics.   

The Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences has been awarded with an EU Horizon2020 Marie Curie COFUND grant to create the International PhD Studies, Bio4Med: Biology for Medicine, International Doctoral Programme in Biological Bases of Human Diseases.

Paweł Jarosław Mazurkiewicz, M. Sc., a student of the Inter-faculty Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies in Mathematics and Natural Sciences at theUniversity of Warsaw (MISDoMP UW), carrying out an interdiciplinary Ph. D. thesis in the Laboratory of Ethology of the Department of Neurophysiology of the Nencki Institute (head prof. Ewa J. Godzińska) and in the Department of Animal Physiology of the Faculty of Biology of the University of Warsaw, became one of the 11 laureates of the 3^rd edition of the competition of the Foundation for Polish Science organized as part of the programme SKILLS – eNgage.

Every year scholarship holders from the National Children’s Fund visit the Nencki Institute. On March 2^nd, 2015 a presentation of the Institute took place. The guests to listened to two lectures by

Each Spring, the International Neuroinformatics Coordinating Facility (INCF; http://www.incf.org), holds the INCF Nodes Workshop. This is the main event bringing representatives from each Node country together to present their activities, begin and continue collaborations, and inspire the future directions of INCF:

On the decision of the Regional Board of Mazowieckie Voivodeship the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS received support for the amount of more than 3 mln zł for the project: “Increase of Mazovia innovation by building integrated preclinical positions involving radiopharmaceuticals"

We are pleased to inform that film Nencki Institute PAS Neurobiology Center on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zTse2TLOLS4) was watched by over 1,000 spectators. Congratulations!!!  

In 2015, Brain Awareness Week (BAW), which is a global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research, will take place in Warsaw on March 16th-22nd.

On 25^th February 2015 r. a passage was opened between the Nencki Institute and the Faculty of Chemistry of Warsaw University. Prof. Adam Szewczyk, Director of the Institute, and prof. Paweł Kulesza, the Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry took part in the ceremony.

The session of the Scientific Council devoted to the 2014 Annual Report took place on February 27th, 2015. The honorary guests of the gathering were Professor Stefan Malepszy, Chair of the Council of Provosts of the second department for Biological and Agricultural Sciences PAS, the directors of the institutes: prof. Dorota Pijanowska (IBIB PAN), prof. Janusz Szczepański (IPPT PAN), prof. Barbara Zabłocka (IMDIK PAN) and the deans: prof. Zbigniew Stojak (Faculty of Chemistry WU), prof. Teresa Rząca-Urban (Faculty of Physics WU).

Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology and Department of Physics, University of Warsaw decided to create a joint interdisciplinary seminar, in which we will hear presentations understandable for both scientific environments. A proposed series of lectures are aim at strengthening cooperation between scientific units and to provide with the latest research in the field of biology, medicine and physics. We believe that this initiative will help scientists to search for topics of joint research and contribute to the creation of interesting, interdisciplinary grant projects.

The National Science Centre (NCN) and The National Centre for Research and Development have published ranking lists of projects that have qualified for financial in the frame of TANGO competition. The aim of the TANGO program is to facilitate scientific institutions the practical application of basic research. The project, led by group of Dr. Jakub Wlodarczyk, entitled “In vivo testing of MMP-9 activity sensor“ was classified the first place of the ranking list. The aim of the project is to confirm the FRET based biosensor selectivity to MMP-9 and its functionality in in vivo studies.

Prof. Jerzy Duszyński and prof. Miroslaw Marody are applying for the position of the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences for a 4-year term from 2015-2018. One of these candidates will be chosen by members of the Academy's General Assembly on 19th March 2015.

On January 21st, 2015 Bronisław Komorowski, President of the Republic of Poland, handed professorial nominations to the academic teachers and workers of science and art. In the group of nominees was prof. Małgorzata Skup, a researcher in the Laboratory of Reinnervation Processes and Head of the Department of Neurophysiology at the Nencki Institute.

On the 30^th of January 2015 the Nencki Institute and the Warsaw University of Technology signed a scientific cooperation agreement.

The first session of the Scientific Council at the Nencki Institute (term 2015-2018) took place on January 23th 2015. The session was opened by Prof. Adam Zięcik, the Vice-President of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

The National Science Centre announced a FUGA 4 competition on national internships after obtaining a PhD degree. The competition will consider the projects carried out by people starting a career in science and who have obtained a doctoral degree no earlier than 5 years before the year of application. 

Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences is inviting applications in an open competition for the position of a Group Leader.

We invite you to view the current images of the Nencki Institute Hydrobiological Station in Mikołajki. Night photos done by Łukasz Bożycki, a PhD student from the Laboratory of Biochemistry of Lipids, awarded many national and international awards.

PhD students from Nencki Institute: Anna Bot, Kinga Borzęcka, Małgorzata Hall, Joanna Wojsiat and Jarosław Walczak have been invited by Institute for Research in Biomedicine in Barcelona (IRB) to  participate in 1^st IRB PhD Retreat conference which took place between 14^th and 15^th of  November 2014.

On December 16th, 2014 the Conference Hall of the Neurobiology Center of the Nencki Institute held a meeting "Neurobiology Center and Hydrobiological Station in Mikołajki 12 months after …."

The activities of the Neurobiology Centre in the past year were presented by representatives of each laboratory (see agenda). While prof. Adam Szewczyk presented the achievements of the last 12 months and plans for the future regarding the Station in Mikolajki.

On Friday, December 12^th, in a beautifully decorated Konorski Conference hall of the Nencki Institute the annual Christmas party for Nencki senior citizens took place. On behalf of the Institute management Prof. Hanna Fabczak wished all Marry Christmas and the best of luck in the New Year. Visitors enjoyed themselves in cheerful Christmas atmosphere and had a very nice time.

On 10th December the Nencki Institute was visited by 3rd year Biotechnology students from the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn.

We cordially invite all interested persons for the participation in the symposium „Biological roots of altruism and pro-social behaviour” organised by Polish Ethological Society and Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS in the Conference Hall of the Neurobiology Center of the Nencki Institute on 13th December 2014.

The 2014 Award of the Division of Biological and Agricultural Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, for the scientific achievements for the set of papers concerning the discovery of new mechanisms crucial for pathobiology and therapy of gliomas was granted to the research team: Dr Małgorzata Sielska, Dr Iwona Ciechomska, Dr Aleksandra Ellert-Miklaszewska, Dr Konrad Gabrusiewicz, Dr hab. Michał Dąbrowski, led by Prof. dr hab. Bożena Kamińska-Kaczmarek (Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Nencki InstituteNeurobiology Centre).

On 6th of December 2014 XIII Scientific Meeting for Teachers was organized by the Nencki Institute, the Centre for Innovative Bioscience Education and the Fundation of BioEducation.

The Nencki Institute and the Hydrobiological Station in Mikołajki joined the Association of Local Action Group "Masurian Sea". This group was created to allow residents of the six municipalities located around the lake Śniardwy use of EU funds available under axis 4 LEADER Agriculture and Rural Development Programme. The main purpose of the action is to stimulate local communities and promotion of the region.

We are pleased to inform that more than 1000 people liked the Facebook social network of the Nencki Institute. Congratulations!!! https://www.facebook.com/ibdnencki?v=wall

Iwona Ciechomska, Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Laureate of XIVth edition of L’Oreal Polska-UNESCO FOR WOMEN IN SCIENCE organized with partnership of Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

We are pleased to invite everyone interested in studies linking the neurobiology and psychology to participate in BILATERAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING organized by the Nencki Institute and the University of Social Sciences and Humanities. The meeting will take place on December 9, 10.30 am-14.45 pm, the conference hall, Neurobiology Center of the Nencki Institute. The aim of the meeting is to present results of common investigations performed by the two institutions.

We are pleased to invite Ph.D.' students and young research fellows/investigators to participate in the Winter School focusing on modern methods for imaging macromolecules, cells, tissue, and organs. Our School will take place on December 15-16, 2014 in the Nencki Institute.

An exhibition entitled Kaua'i – green island of Hawaii was opened on the 26th November, 2014 in the Exhibition Hall of the Nencki Institute (Neurobiology Centre). The exhibit shows 51 photographs by Prof Andrzej K. Tarkowski and Monika Tarkowska-Carter taken during their tour of Hawaii in 2013. The exhibition can be visited until the 31st December 2014, between 9.00 am. and 3.00 pm.

The PAS Student Government Council in cooperation with the National Representation of the PhD students announced the results of the 7th edition of the competition for the most prodoctoral college and institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences in the country. Among the categories to be evaluated include: the impact on the process of doctoral education, social conditions, self-management, support the existence of a young scientist, support PhD students with disabilities.

We invite you to watch a film presenting Educational Workshops, which took place at the Hydrobiological Station of the Nencki Institute in Mikołajki. The workshops were organized by BioCentrum Science Education and the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology. https://www.youtube.com/v/hezmuFou-kk&list=UUQ6tUGCY46A0srd__f_zniA

The National Science Centre has published ranking lists of projects which have qualified for financial backing within the limits of the competitions announced by the NSC on 17th March, 2014. Scientists from the Nencki Institute received financial backing for the 9 research projects they worked on in OPUS7, PRELUDIUM6 and SONATA7 competitions.

On the 6th of November (Thursday) at 9.30 a.m., in the Conference Room of the Nencki Neurobiology Centre the Reporting Seminar of MSc Graduate Students from the Department of Biology and Environmental Sciences of the University of Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski, Warsaw will take place performing experiments for their Master theses at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology.

On October 17th, 2014, at the invitation of prof. Danuta Koradecka, director of CILP/PIB, prof. Adam Szewczyk, director of the Nencki Institute, and prof. Ewa Sikora, head of the Laboratory of Molecular Bases of Aging,  visited the Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute to sign an agreement on cooperation.

On 21-22 October 2014  the final meeting of the BIO-IMAGINE Project International Advisory Board and the External Evaluators appointed by the European Commission to assess the results of the Project was held at the Nencki Institute.

On October 17th, 2014 the inauguration of the 2014/2015 academic year of the PAS Ochota BioCentre PhD Programme was celebrated in the lecture hall of the Nałęcz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering PAS.

On Saturday, 4th October 2014, the Centre for Innovative Bioscience Education (BioCen) and the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology Polish Academy of Sciences organized educational workshops at the Hydrobiological Station of the Nencki Institute in Mikołajki.

The 1^st Congress of the Polish Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Biophysics and Bioinformatics BIO 2014 took place in Warsaw from 9th till 12th  September 2014, at the main campus of the Warsaw University, adjacent to the Old Town district.

Second edition of the book (in polish) entitled Discover the Nencki Institute, put together by Nencki PhD students was published in September 2014. This book is a perfect source of historical data and information about the Nencki Institute today. It also provides easy to read information about selected Nencki labs.

The 18th edition of the Science Festival took place in Warsaw between 19th-28th September, 2014. As usual the Nencki researchers had prepared an interesting and rich program. Under the YOUTH CLUB series high school students could attend lectures on biology, which have broadened the knowledge of those students who are taking advanced biology for their high school exam:

Nencki Institute and the Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Barcelona (IRB, Barcelona) have signed an agreement on scientific cooperation.

On the 19th September 2014 The Nencki Institute Hydrobiological Station held a Science Festival in Mikołajki called MYSTERIOUS WORLD OF WATER CREATURES.

Mayank Chaturvedi (PhD student from the Laboratory of neurobiology lead by prof. Leszek Kaczmarek) was awarded for the best oral presentation at 14th FEBS Young Scientists' Forum (YSF), which was held in Paris from 27-30 August 2014. The title of his talk was: “TIMP-1 loaded nanoparticles: a therapeutic strategy for neuroprotection".

On 18 July 2014, Director of the Nencki Institute (IBD), Prof. dr hab. Adam Szewczyk and Dr Przemysław Fochtman, Manager of the Institute of Industrial Organic Chemistry, Branch Pszczyna (IPO) signed a Cooperation Agreement in the field of joint research projects and teaching activities.

A PhD student from the Laboratory of Biochemistry of Lipids, Łukasz Bożycki, has won an award in an international photo competition Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2014 (WPY 2014) which was organized by the BBC and the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London.

Four Polish Scientific Societies: the Biochemical Society, the Society for Cell Biology, the Biophysical Society and the Bioinformatics Society, for the first time organize in Warsaw, on 9-12 September 2014, the common Congress BIO 2014.

In her research, dr Knapska tackles problems of great importance for contemporary societies: dysfunctions in processing of emotions or dysfunctions of interactions between individuals.

National Centre for Research and Development awarded the Applied Research Project "A new, complex and highly specific glioblastoma therapy" invented by the consortium of GLIA s.a. and Nencki Institute.

Applied research project "MMP-9 inhibitors as novel drugs blocking epileptogenesis" was awarded  by National Centre for Research and Development to the Nencki Institute, together with OncoArendi Therapeutics.

Anna Ćmoch (PhD student from The Laboratory of Biochemistry of Lipids lead by prof. Slawomir Pikula) was awarded for the best poster presentation at The Gordon Research Seminar & Conference "Protein Processing, Trafficking & Secretion", 19-25th of July in New London, USA. Poster entitled "Distribution of TRPV5/6 calcium channels in osteoblast-like cells undergoing mineralization" is co-authored by prof. K. Zablocki, dr P.Groves and prof. S.Pikula.

We invite candidates for doctoral studies at the Institute of Experimental Biology PAS for applications. Projects are available on http://studia.nencki.gov.pl/?lang=en&a=pg_proj

The Nencki Institute cordially invites all the researchers and students to the inaugural meeting of a series of trainings on HORIZON2020, the largest EU research and innovation programme ever. The aim of the training sessions and open info-days held by the experts from the National Contact Point for Research Programmes of the European Union and the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education is to give the research community an overview of ongoing activities and support the search for the right call for proposals and project partners, as well as application for research funding and individual fellowships. More information and free registration: http://h2020.evenea.pl

Horizon 2020 is the EU framework program for research and innovation. Its seven-year budget for 2014-2020 will amount to almost 80 billion euros. The key task of "Horizon 2020" is to create a coherent system of financing of innovation: from scientific concepts through the research stage right up till the implementation of new solutions, products and technologies.

In June 2014 at the Nencki Institute the investment phase of the project of the Neurobiology Centre (CN) was completed as part of the Centre for Preclinical Research and Technology (CePT), coordinated by the Medical University of Warsaw. CePT is a key project of the Innovative Economy Operational Programme co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.

On 25th June, 2014 Bronislaw Komorowski President of the Republic of Poland handed professorial nominations to the academic teachers and workers of science and art. In the group of nominees was prof. Krzysztof Zabłocki, head of the Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism at the Nencki Institute.

Among the laureates of the ETIUDA competition, announced by the NCN on 19th December, 2014, two PhD students from the Nencki Institute were included: mgr Maria Bierzyńska from the Laboratory of Neuroplasticity, headed by prof. Małgorzata Kossut; mgr Marcel Falkiewicz from the Laboratory of Psychophysiology, headed by prof. Anna Grabowska

On June 23-24th, 2014 at the Nencki Institute were held the interviews with the candidates for the PhD studies. 54 candidates submitted the applications. 35 was invited for the interview. 20 was accepted for the Phd programme at the 2014/15 academic year. Congratulations for the new PhD students. We invite you to participate in the next calls.

On June 24th, 2014, at the Nencki Institute (Conference hall of Neurobiological Centre) an awards ceremony was held for the best science popularizing text to winners of the sixth edition of the Sabath Competition.

On the YOUTUBE website a videocast dedicated to the 95th anniversary of the Nencki Institute counted (from the autumn of 2013) over 1000 views. Congratulations to Anna Mirgos the videocast author.

Link to the videocast

Dr. Artur Czupryn and the REGENNOVA consortium (Pharmacological Stimulation of Endogenous Regeneration) have been awarded in the first edition of the scientific competition “Prevention practices and treatment of civilization diseases – STRATEGMED” at the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR). 

On the 14th July 2014 (Saturday) the Nencki Institute management held a meeting with the representatives of the scientific institutions interested in the continuation of scientific cooperation at the Hydrobiological Station in Mikolajki. 

On June 9th, 2014, at the Nencki Institute the last screening of the nature films was shown under the BIO-FILM. 

In the recent STRATEGMED competition the EPTHERON Consortium (EPigenetic THerapies in ONcology) composed of Selvita, Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology, Institute of Hematology and Transfusion Medicine, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAN,  Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology and Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Wrocław University of Technology has been awarded. Altered activity of enzymes regulating epigenetic modifications is a frequent feature of different tumors. 

Brain Tumors 2014 - from Biology to Therapy Conference will be held on June 26-28th at the Nencki Institute, Neurobiology Center. This is the second international conference focused on recent findings and achievements in brain  tumor therapy organized in Warsaw by prof. Bożena Kamińska and co-workers.

On the 30th May, 2014 at the Nencki Institute PAS (Conference hall of Neurobiology Centre) a May science meeting was held called “The Nencki Institute Closer To Nature”.

Konorski Awards Committee, appointed by the Committee of Polish Academy of Neurobiology and the  Polish Neuroscience Society represented by prof. Leszek Kaczmarek, prof. Bartosz Karaszewski, prof. Urszula Sławińska, prof. Maria Stankiewicz, prof. Joanna Lewin-Kowalik, prof. Marian H. Lewandowski (Chairman) awarded the prize for the best publication Calcyclin binding protein and Siah-1 interacting protein in Alzheimer's disease pathology: neuronal localization and possible function, published in Neurobiology of Aging 34 (2013) 1380-1388 by authors: Urszula Wasik, Gabriela Schneider, Anna Mietelska-Porowska, Marcin Mazurkiewicz, Hanna Fabczak, Serge Weis, Claudia Zabke, Charles R. Harrington, Anna Filipek and Grazyna Niewiadomska.

The 18. Scientific Picnic of Polish Radio and the Copernicus Science Centre was held on May 31th, 2014. This year’s motto was: TIME. As every year more than 200 scientific institutions from Poland and abroad presented various science demonstrations. Nencki’ PhD students at tent A45 presented two demonstrations: BRAIN ON TIME and LITTLE CHEMIST TODAY AND TOMORROW - HOW TO MAKE MAGIC POTIONS NOW?

On 2 June, 2014 at the Exhibition Hall of the Nencki Institute (Center for Neurobiology) an exhibition will be held entitled Animals in the lens. The exhibition will present the best works submitted to the competition which was organized to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Polish Ethological Society. The exhibition can be visited until 30 June 2014, between 9.00 am. and 3.00 pm.

It is a pleasure to announce that the PhD thesis by Monika Kusio-Kobialka has been honoured by the Polish Biochemical Society and Merck Sp.z o.o. with the W. Drabikowski Award for the best thesis in 2013. The thesis entitled: “Prosurvival mechanisms activated by BCR-ABL in chronic myeloid leukemia cells; role of the PERK-eIF2alpha signaling pathway and acetylation of p53 protein” has been done under scientific supervision of dr hab. Katarzyna Piwocka  with supervisor prof. Ewa Sikora

On June 9, 2014, the Nencki Institute will present the fifth of a series of screenings of nature films under the BIO-FILM project. During this session we will show the French movie "Forest Lands” directed by „Żubry Collective” formation. This film won the Prize for the promotion of the motto "Remember the gardens" during the 15 International Wlodzimierz Puchalski Festival of Nature Films in Lodz. More information: http://nenckibiofilm5.evenea.pl/

Between 3-5 of June 2014 Nencki Institute of Developmental Biology will be hosting “VII Meeting of Confocal Microscopes Users”. The main goal of the workshop is to introduce the participants to the capabilities and handling procedures of the confocal systems available in the Laboratory of Imaging Tissue Structure and Function in Neurobiology Center Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology: laser scanning confocal microscope Zeiss  LSM 780, multiphoton microscope LSM 7 MP, spinning disc confocal microscope Cell Observer SD, field emission scanning electron microscope SIGMA 3 View, as well as novel systems provided by Zeiss: Light Sheet Fluorescence Microscopy (LSFM) with Lightsheet Z.1., Fluorescence Stereo Zoom Microscope for Large Fields Axio Zoom.V16 and laser scanning confocal microscope LSM 700.

The National Science Centre evaluated the activity of institutions applying for grants in 2013. Most of the funds went to the Universities: in Warsaw, Krakow and in Poznan. NSC also presented the success rate, ie the ratio of the number of proposals retained for funding to the number of applications submitted. First place went to the Institute of Physics PAS with 60 per cent and second place with a score of 55 per cent – went to the Nencki Institute.

On 28-31 May 2014 Microscopy Workshop will be held at the Nencki Institute. The workshop is focused on cutting edge microscopy techniques and their applications in biomedical sciences. The speakers are world experts in the field, coming from renowned microscopy centers: European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL, Heidelberg), University of Hannover, Nicolaus Copernicus University (Torun) and Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology.

 

On the 25th anniversary of Poland regaining its full sovereignty, The Ministry of Science and Higher Education has announced a plebiscite "Science is Freedom" to select the most significant achievement in the last 25 years. Among the twenty-five nominees is Professor Leszek Kaczmarek from the Nencki Institute for his achievements in neurobiology.

On the 1st May 2014 Prof. Adam Szewczyk, the director of the Institute appointed reader Hanna Fabczak and Witold Konopka as deputy directors.

On the 11^th April 2014 The Scientific Council of the Nencki Institute had a meeting and at the request of the Division of Biological and Agricultural Sciences PAS, passed a resolution concerning the Institute's strategy and ways of realization the strategy.

The state agency of Atomism has given its permission for the renovated izotope laboratory to begin its funtioning. There can be found in the Laboratory positions where one can work with isotopes having alot of radiation energy (phosphorus, sulphur) as well low energy radiation (with tryt and coal). The Laboratory has emitting positions for the breeding of cells as well as a scintillation meter on the plates.

The National Science Centre has published the ranking lists of projects which have qualified for financial backing within the limits of the competitions announced by the NCN on 16th September, 2013. Scientists from the Nencki Institute received financial backing for the execution of 4 research projects in OPUS 6 and PRELUDIUM 6 competitions.

Weronika Dębowska from the Laboratory of Neuroplasticity Nencki Institute, headed by prof. Małgorzata Kossut, is a winner of the START Programme competition from the Foundation for Polish Science.

On May 19, 2014, the Nencki Institute will present the next in a series of screenings of nature films under the BIO-FILM project. During this session we showed the French movie "Life in Hell – Survivors of Darkness”. More information: http://nenckifilm.evenea.pl/

The workshop „MITOCHRONDRION2014-Mitoimaging”, which will be held on the 12th May at the Nencki Institute PAS ,will be devoted to technicians of mitochondria imaging. The co-organizers of the meeting are: The Polish Network of Mitoimaging Mitonet.pl as well as the Section of Polish Bioenergetics of the Biochemical Society.

8th May 2014, 12PM Candidates for PhD Studies are invited to discover the Nencki Institute

The minister of science and higher education Prof. Lena Kolarska-Bobińska has appointed a new set up of science policy committee. This team will be made up of the representatives of various fields of science and socioeconomic life creating an advisory minister. Among the newly appointed members of the committee will be Prof. Jerzy Duszyński from the Nencki Institute, who from 2008-2009 served as viceminister in the ministry of science and higher education. Prof. Duszyński was elected as the Chairman of the Committee

From April 9th-10th, 2014 there was a session of the Schooling Council and plenary meeting of the Biology and Agricultural Science Faculty II held at the Nencki Institute.

Up till now the digital repository activitiy of the scientific institutes(RCIN) has been financed through the resources of the POIG (program of the innovative economy), which was presented during the conference “Platform RCIN in Open Science” taking place on the 4th April and held in the hall of the Staszic Lustrzany Palace in Warsaw.

On 11 April, 2014 at the Exhibition Hall of the Nencki Institute (Center for Neurobiology) has open an exhibition entitled Different points of view. The exhibition presents ca.50 photographs made by Tadeusz Bednarczyk, Witold Mikulski and Piotr Umiastowski.

On April 14, 2014, the Nencki Institute presented the next in a series of screenings of nature films under the BIO-FILM project. During this session we showed the French movie "Astonishing European Butterflies and Moths”. More information: http://nenckifilm.evenea.pl/

On 31.03.2014, the Intergovernmental Working Group of the Euro-BioImaging consortium met in Brussels. This is a priority ESFRI project (European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures), of which Poland is a signatory. The Interim Board was constituted during the meeting.

On March 31, 2014, the Nencki Institute presented the first in a series of screenings of nature films under the new BIO-FILM project. During the first session we showed the German movie “Finland (Wild Scandinavia)”, directed by Oliver Goetzl. This film won the Grand Prix during the 15 International Wlodzimierz Puchalski Festival of Nature Films in Lodz.
Merck is the media patron of the BIO-FILM project.

Session of the Scientific Council devoted to the 2013 Annual Report took place on February 28th, 2014. Professor Stefan Malepszy, Chair of Council of Provosts of Division Two for Biological and Agricultural Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences was the honorary guest of the gathering.

Every year scholarship holders from the Polish Children’s Fund visit the Nencki Institute. Between March 4-7 12 peoples participated in the activities organized by 8 labs at the Institute.

The Nencki Institute is present on the PINTEREST social network. We will published there information about Nencki’s activities at the internet, television and radio. A shortcut to the portal is on the Nencki Institute main web page. The Nencki Institute is also present also on other social networks like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter and Flickr.

Dr Bruce Conway will give a lecture at the Nencki Insitute on „The evolving role of pre-clinical pharmacology in drug discovery: A case study for the development of SGLT Inhibitors for Type II Diabetes”. The lecture will take place in the Neurobilogy Center Conference Hall on the 14th of March at 11.30-12.30.

From 10th to 16th of March we are hosting World Brain Awareness Week in Warsaw. Brain Awareness Week (BAW) is the global campaign to increase public awareness of the progress and benefits of brain research. In Warsaw BAW has been organized for the last 15 year from the initiative of the Polish Neuroscience Society, philanthropic Dana Foundation committed to brain research and education, the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Student Neurobiology Society at the University of Warsaw, and supported by BIO-IMAGINE program and weekly magazine POLITYKA.

National Science Centre of Poland announced the ranking of leaders of basic research, who were awarded funding in 14 competitions announced by the National Science Centre in 2013. Nencki Institute was ranked 5th on the presented list.

The grand gala of the Populariser of Science 2013 Awards, which has been organized for 9 years by the PAP Science and Scholarship in Poland website and the Ministry of Science and Education, took place on 29th January 2014 in the PAP Press Center. The Nencki Institute won the prestigious title of the Populariser of Science 2013 in the Science Institution category.

On Jan 23-25, 2014 the Nencki Institute hosted two External Evaluators, Prof. Joaquin Guinea and Dr. Orfeu Flores, on the second BIO-IMAGINE Project Review Meeting.

We invite you to see the videocast prepared to celebrate 95 anniversary of the Nencki Institute. It was unveiled for the first time (15th November, 2013) during the opening ceremony of the Neurobiology Centre at the Nencki Institute. The movie was prepared by Anna Mirgos.

On December 13, the Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education, Lena Kolarska-Bobińska, nominated members of the State Ethics Committee for Animal Experimentation for the next, four year cadency. Among others, Prof Krzysztof Turlejski and Dr Anna Passini were nominated. K. Turlejski was later elected as the head of the Committee.

The 2013 Award of the Division of Medical Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, for the scientific achievements for the set of papers entitled “Role of the serotoninergic and glutaminergic systems in control of function regulation in the injured spinal cord and peripheral nerves” was granted to research team: dr hab. Henryk Majczyński and dr Anna M. Cabaj, led by prof. Urszula Sławińska (Laboratory of Neuromuscular Plasticity, Nencki Institute).

Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, as the only institution of Polish Academy of Sciences in the field of biological sciences, received the Erasmus University Charter, received the Erasmus Charter for Higher Education (ECHE) 2014-2020. This certificate is a document issued by the European Commission, authorizing institutions to participate in the Erasmus program. The Erasmus Charter allows the international exchange of PhD students and staff, funded by the European Union.

Among 302 laureates of this year edition of the project implemented by the Mazovia Province authorities, entitled “Scientific potential for the economy of Mazovia – scholarships for PhD students”, there are 17 PhD students from the Nencki Institute:

On 7th of December 2013 XII Scientific Meeting For Teachers was organized by the Nencki Institute, the Centre for Innovative Bioscience Education and the Fundation of BioEducation.. In this event took part about 60 peoples from all over Poland.

The Nencki Institute is present on the FLICKR social network. We will publish photos from scientific meetings organized at the Institute. A shortcut to the portal is on the Nencki Institute main web page.

On November 27, 2013 the Nencki Institute hosted a media workshop entitled TO BE, OR NOT TO BE … IN THE MEDIA, during which well known science journalists attempted to answer questions on how to present our dream lecture, how to write a text on science, and how to present yourself behind a microphone and in front of cameras.

On 19-22 November 2013, under the auspices of the National Ethical Committee, the Nencki Institute (NI) conducted workshops entitled “IXth Training for people taking care of experimental animals”. The organizers of the training session were IN, the Faculty of Biology of the University of Warsaw, and the Polish Society for Laboratory Animal Science (pollasa.sggw.pl).

On November 25, 2013, the International Symposium “Images of the Spinal Cord: from Functionally Identified Neurons to Functional Recovery” was organised by Urszula Sławińska, Larry M. Jordan and Anna Cabaj and held in the new Conference Hall of the Neurobiology Centre of the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology in Warsaw.

On 29 October, 2013 in the conference room of the Neurobiology Center of the Nencki Institute Professor Maciej Nałęcz (International Basic Sciences Program, SESAME Council UNESCO) presented a lecture entitled: The role of UNESCO for the scientific community and society at large. Prior to the lecture Professor Andrzej Dżugaj, President of the Polish Biochemical Society (PTB), awarded Prof Nałęcz with PTB honorary membership. Prof Maciej Nałęcz has also been honoured by Professor Adam Szewczyk with a Diplome D’Honneur for services to the Nencki Institute.

We are happy to announce the Confocal Microscopy Workshop which will take place on 15 and 16 November 2013 as part of the Bio-Imaging Poland First Annual Conference. The workshop is organized by The Laboratory of Imaging Tissue Structure and Function, Neurobiology Center of Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology.

On October 16-18th, 2013, the Nencki Institute hosted the 1st Nencki Institute PhD Student Conference “International PhD Program in Neurobiology”. The conference was chiefly directed towards PhD students at the Nencki Institute, who presented the results of their research projects during the oral and poster sessions. With over 50 oral presentations (including parallel sessions) and a poster session, the conference aimed at facilitating interactions between researchers and provoking stimulating discussion.

The Foundation for Polish Science has selected the beneficiaries of the second INTER competition. The aim of competition is to develop science popularisation skills in young researchers. In the finals each of the researchers have had five minutes to present his or her interdisciplinary project. The competition winners will receive prizes in the amount of 100,000 zlotys, including 20,000 zlotys as an individual stipend and 80,000 zlotys to carry out the winning research project.

Dr Malgorzata Zawadzka from the Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology was awarded with the L’Oreal Poland – UNESCO Award for Women in Science, in the 13th edition of this program.

The Ministry of Science and Higher Education announced the results of the VII edition of the competition for scholarships for outstanding young scientists conducting high-quality research and with impressive scientific achievements.

The 17th edition of the Science Festival took place in Warsaw between 20-29 September, 2013. For this year’s edition Nencki researchers prepared an interesting and rich program. Under the YOUTH CLUB series high school students could attend lectures on biology, which greatly helped those students who are taking advanced biology on their high school exam.

The winner of the 5th edition of the Nencki Award is Prof. Bogdan Dreher from the University of Sydney (Australia). Prof. Malgorzata Kossut, the chairmen of Award Council, presented the biography of the laureate. The award was given by Prof. Adam Szewczyk, Nencki Institute Director, during the 1st Nencki Symposium on: Jerzy Konorski contribution to modern neuroscience.

”1st Nencki Symposium on Jerzy Konorski contribution to modern neuroscience” was organized at the Nencki Institute on 19th September 2013 to commemorate outstanding scientific achievements of this world-famous neurobiologist on the 40th anniversary of his death.

In accordance with Art. 28 section 4 item 3) of the Act of 30 April, 2010 on the Polish Academy of Sciences (Dz. U. no 96 item 619) and in view of § 2 section 1 of the Minister of Science and Higher Education Directive of 22 November, 2010 on the competition for the post of director of scientific institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the Competition Committee appointed by the Board of Curators of Division Two: Biological and Agricultural Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences opens recruitment for the post of director of the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.

September 11-15, 2013 in Opalenica near Poznan and international symposium “The Third Annual Conference of COST Action ECMNET: Brain Extracellular Matrix in Health and Disease” was held.

The 3rd Conference entitled Animals in Scientific Research took place between September 9 and 11, 2013 at the SGGW Campus in Warsaw. It was organized by the Polish Laboratory Animal Science Association.

On September 5, 2013 International conference “Inhibitory Control of Brain Plasticity – Bio-imaging Methods Reveal Brain Physiology” is held in Cracow.. The Conference is sponsored by the European Union FPN-7 grant Bio-Imagine.

A photograph submitted by Łukasz Bożycki, PhD candidate from the Laboratory of Biochemistry of Lipids at the Nencki Institute entitled “Eye of a toad” has been recognized in a prestigious photo competition of nature images organised by the Natural History Museum in London together with the BBC. Łukasz’s photograph has been chosen from among 43 thousand competitors from 96 countries.

On 2 September a new conference hall was opened at the Neurobiology Center of the Nencki Institute. With seats arranged in theatre style, the hall can accommodate 200 people.

The Polish Prime Minister Award in 2103 for the “Research on molecular and cellular basis of memory” contributing to the habilitation was granted to dr hab. Katarzyna Radwańska. Dr Radwańska is a head of the Laboratory of Molecular Basis of Memory in Nencki Institute since January 2013.

Dr. Katarzyna Kalita-Bykowska from the Laboratory of Naurobiology, headed by Prof. Leszek Kaczmarek, is a winner of the PARENT-BRIDGE Programme competition from the Foundation for Polish Science, co-financed from European Union, Regional Development Fund.

On August 1st, 2013, Marcin Ciuk MSc was taken on to be the Head of the Neurobiology Centre (CN) of The Nencki Institute of the Polish Academy of Science. He will be responsible for coordinating CN activities, as well as managing intellectual property and developing the innovative potential of research performed in the R&D facilities of the Centre.
Mr. Ciuk obtained his secondary education in Canada, where he also began his studies, which he then completed at the Faculty of Biology of the University of Warsaw

The National Science Centre published the ranking list of six projects recommended for financing under calls for proposals announced by the NCN on 15 November, 2012. SYMFONIA is a funding opportunity intended for exceptional established researchers wanting to carry out interdisciplinary or cross-domain research in collaboration with teams representing different areas of research.

The National Science Centre published the ranking lists of projects recommended for financing under calls for proposals announced by the NCN on 15 December, 2012. Scientists from the Nencki Institute received financing for the execution of 10 research projects.

Prof. Leszek Kaczmarek has received as the coordinator 4-yr grant from the 7 FP EU, program ITN Marie Curie (Initial Training Network): Extracellular brain proteolysis in neuronal plasticity and neuropsychiatric disorders (EXTRABRAIN). The aim of the project is to train young reserachers: 11 PhD students and 3 postdocs. Nencki Institute wll be joined by 2 PhD students.

During 13-17 June Interdisciplinary Workshop in Neuroscience for gifted school children supported by the Polish National Children’s Fund took place at the Nencki Institute. During the workshop 16 high school students participated in lives of 9 laboratories in the Institute and listened to lectures presenting different aspects of brain sciences. More information (in Polish) on page http://bit.ly/neuro2013wIBD

The 17. Scientific Picnic of the Polish Radio and the Copernicus Science Centre was held on June 15, 2013. This year’s motto was: LIVE. More than 200 scientific institutions from Poland and abroad held various science demonstrations.

On June 7, 2013 the second meeting of the Nencki Alumni Club was held at the Nencki Institute. Prior to the lectures Prof Adam Szewczyk, Director of the Nencki Institute, awarded medals and honorary diplomas to Prof. Barbara Grzelakowska and Dr Zbigniew Przygoda, former Administrative Director of the Nencki Institute.

On 18th and 19th of June 2013, Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology will organize the meeting “Confocal Microscopy – Live imagine: Practical course” which will be focused on advanced microscopy techniques /in vivo/.

The Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Association of Polish Nature Photographers Mazovia District would like to announce the opening of post competition exhibition for the Photographer of the Year “Fascinations 2013”. The vernissage will take place on 16 May at 15:00 in the foyer of the Nencki Institute at Pasteura 3 in Warsaw.

OPEN DAY 9th May 2013
Candidates for PhD Studies are invited to discover the Nencki Institute

Łukasz Bożycki, a PhD candidate in the Laboratory of Biochemistry of Lipids in the Nencki Institute Department of Biochemistry was named the 2013 Photographer of the Year by the Polish Nature Photographer’s Union Mazovia District for his photograph entitled "Mother of all evil " in the category: Insects and Arachnids.

The Nencki Institute kindly invites you to a seminar “Drug discovery and development – opportunities for collaboration between companies and research institutes in Poland and worldwide”. The seminar will be given by Stanisław Pikul, PhD and will take place on April 25th at 10 a.m., at the Nencki Institute, hall 2.

The „Flow cytometry workshop: Apoptosis and cell signaling” organized by the Nencki Institute as a part of the BIO-IMAGINE project, with the special session under the patronage of International Society for Advancement of Cytometry (ISAC ) will be held at 22/23 April 2013 in Warsaw.

The Nencki Institute cordially invites you to a series of workshops dedicated to the establishment and development of companies in the broad areas of biomedicine and biotechnology.

On 11-12 April 2013 at the Nencki Institute, Laboratory of Confocal Microscopy organized workshop: "Confocal Microscopy – Advanced Techniques for Modern biology”.

An exhibition entitled National Parks in Utah and Arizona (USA) opened on 20 March, 2013 in the Exhibition Hall of the Nencki Institute (Neurobiology Centre).

Every year scholarship holders from the Polish Children’s Fund visit the Nencki Institute.

The World Brain Awareness Week, co-organized by the Nencki Institute, will be held from March 11 through 17 in Warsaw.

Session of the Scientific Council devoted to the 2012 Annual Report took place on March 1st, 2013.

Dr. Ksenia Meyza is a laureate of the 6th edition of the HOMING PLUS Programme of the Foundation for Polish Science. The objective of the project is to investigate the role of extracellular matrix factors in the development of autism spectrum disorder.

The Nencki Institute is the first research institution in Poland to be awarded the prestigious HR Excellence in Research badge, which signifies that the Nencki Institute complies with the guidelines of the European Charter for Researchers and the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers.

International conference “Inhibitory Control of Brain Plasticity – Bio-imaging Methods Reveal Brain Physiology” will be held in Cracow, on September 5-7, 2013. The Conference is sponsored by the European Union FPN-7 grant Bio-Imagine awarded to The Nencki Institute.

With the beginnings of this year at the Nencki Institute was opened CryoBank of Cells, Embryos and Sperm, equipped with automatically filled with liquid nitrogen MVE tanks (two 756-liter tanks and one 381-liter). Total capacity of the tanks covers 72 800 cryo vials 1.2-2ml and 20 240 straws.

For the second time the Nencki Institite organized an international conference on innovation management (www.mi2013.managinginnovation.pl).

The Digital Repository of Scientific Institutes has just published the 500th item from the collection of the Nencki Institute Library. It is the two-volume “Flora Polska” by Jakub Waga published in Warsaw between 1847-1848.

On 15-16 January 2013 workshops on advance fluorescence and confocal microscopy „Recent advances and apllications in confocal and widefield microscopy” took place at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology.

On 9 January, 2013 an exhibition entitled Wildlife Photography opened at the Nencki exhibition hall (Neurobiology Center). This collection consists of 70 works awarded in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competitions between 2002-2012.

The National Science Centre (NCN) published its ranking of leaders in basic research based on 15 competitions announced and settled in 2011and 2012.

Between December 15-16th 2012 an international conference “Visualizing senescent cells in vitro and in vivo” was held in Warsaw. The meeting was in the frame of the “Biogerontological Meetings at the Nencki Institute” and sponsored by the FP7 grant Bio-Imagine (http://bioimagine.nencki.gov.pl/).

On December 1, 2012 the conference CELL BIOLOGY IN THE LAST HALF-CENTURY was organized at the Nencki Institute to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the Committee on Cell Biology. 151 persons participated in the conference.

On 3 December, 2012 Alicja Puścian, chairman of the Nencki Student Government Council has been selected to the PAS Student Government Council to represent the Academy’s Division II.

Prof. Leszek Kaczmarek from the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology is among the 12 professors from all over Poland nominated for membership in the Council of the National Science Centre. The Council consists of 24 members, half of whom change every two years.

Prof. Leszek Kaczmarek has been elected on November 26th, 2012, in Hamburg, the Vicepresident of the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC) for the third consecutive term.

Among 130 laureates of the next edition (2012) of the project implemented by the Mazovia Province authorities entitled Scientific potential for the economy of Mazovia – scholarships for PhD students, was Jarosław Korczyński (Laboratory of Confocal Microscopy, Supervisor prof. Wanda Kłopocka).

The Workshop 3D IMAGING AND MAPPING OF ELEMENTS BY X-RAY MICROANALYSIS IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY was organized on November 7 and 8, 2012 by the Laboratory of Electron Microscopy in the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology in Warsaw.

On 8th of December 2012 XI Scientific Meeting For Teachers was organized by the Nencki Institute and the Centre for Innovative Bioscience Education. In this event took part more than 60 peoples from all over Poland.

Thirteen scientists from the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology received founding for their research projects within the proposals from the National Science Centre (edition 15th march, 2012)

On the 14th November 2012, the inauguration of the Marceli Nencki Foundation for Support of Biological Sciences was held at the Nencki Institute. In the meeting participated members of the Board of Founders and Board of Foundation with their President Prof. Lech Wojtczak, Prof. Adam Szewczyk, Director of the Nencki Institute, and other leading scientists and PhD students from the Nencki Institute.

On 9 November, 2012 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Nencki Institute PhD Program a meeting entitled DOC 2012 CONFERENCE took place and was attended by previous Nencki PhD students from the Nencki Alumni Club as well as employees and current Nencki PhD students.

Ten employees of the Nencki Institute were decorated by the Minister of National Education Krystyna Szumilas with the Commission of National Education Medals which are awarded for outstanding contribution to education.

The 2012 Prime Minister’s Award for the Ph.D. dissertation entitled “The role of p66Shc protein in mitochondrial dysfunction associated oxidative stress” was granted to dr Magdalena Lebiedzińska

On behalf of the organizers we cordially invite to participate in the conference „Visualizing senescent cells in vitro and in vivo” which is organized by the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology in the framework of FP7 EU THEME REGPOT (Research Potential). The Conference will be hold at the Nencki Institute on 15-16 December, 2012

Professor Jerzy Duszyński has become a member of Academy of Europe (Academia Europaea, AE) which is the European, non-governmental association acting as an Academy.

Co-authors of the paper: Nowicka A, Marchewka A, Jednoróg K, Tacikowski P, Brechmann A. ‘Forgetting of emotional information is hard: an fMRI study of directed forgetting’. Cerebral Cortex, 2011, 21, 539-549 are laureates of this year’s Jerzy Konorski Award, granted annually by Polish Neuroscience Society and Neurobiology Committee PAN for the best research paper in the field of neurobiology.

On October 12, 2012 the inauguration of the 2012/2013 academic year of the PAS Ochota BioCentre PhD Programme was celebrated in the lecture hall of the Nałęcz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering PAS.

On October 8-9, 2012 the 2nd BIO-IMAGINE International Advisory Board meeting took place at the Nencki Institute.

Ministry of Science and Higher Education announced the results of the VII edition of the competition for scholarships for outstanding young scientists conducting high-quality research and enjoying the impressive scientific achievements.

On 8 August 2012 the Board of Directors of the Polish Biochemical Society headed by Prof Ludmiła Żylińska awarded Prof. Sławomir Pikuła with Bronisław Filipowicz Prize for popularizing biochemistry and related fields.

On 9 November, 2012 Director of the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences and Prof Joana Barańska (coordinator of the Nencki Alumni Club) invite to an open meeting of PhD students entitled “DOC – Conference of 2012” to celebrate the 10th anniversary of establishing the Nencki Institute PhD Program.

During 16th Science Festival LITTLE MAN SCIENCE FESTIVAL, the concomitant event, was organized. Nencki participated in it for the first time.

The 16th edition of the Science Festival took place in Warsaw between 21-30 September, 2012. For this year’s edition Nencki researchers prepared an interesting and rich program.

Nencki Insitute is organizing workshops on patenting with help of European Patent Office.

Professor Jerzy Duszynski was elected to Science and Society Committee of Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) at the FEBS Congress Sevilla 2012.

Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences is inviting applications in an open competition for the position of a Group Leader.

Prof. Bozena Kamińska-Kaczmarek, a head of Laboratory of Transcription Regulation received funding under the Maestro 2 grant program from National Science Centre.

The Laboratory of Animal Models has been recently established within the Center of Neurobiology at Nencki Institute in Warsaw. This Laboratory is headed by Dr. Witold Konopka who has extensive expertise in the generation of transgenic animal models.

The second meeting of Euro-BioImaging Poland, an initiative from the Polish Roadmap of Research Infrastructure, took place at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology PAS at the project coordinator’s office in Warsaw on May 31, 2012.

On 13 June, 2012 during a ceremony at the Belvedere Palace, the President of the Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski decorated 35 people for outstanding contributions towards democratic transition in Poland.

Nencki Institute has signed an agreement with Bio-Tech Consulting on the cooperation between the Institute and wortal www.biotechnologia.pl. The wortal enables publishing news about Institute and offers of supporting units. On the pages appear vortal information about the Institute and offers lab services.

We inform that we finished second step of implementation C&C

The Nencki Award Committee in 2012 honored Dr. Edward D. Korn from Laboratory of Cell Biology, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA for his outstanding impact on scientific development of the Nencki Institute.

The BRAIN TUMORS 2012 – FROM BIOLOGY TO THERAPY conference was held in May 28-30, 2012 in Warsaw (Poland) at the Aula of The Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Rakowiecka 30. The conference was organized in a frame of the BIOIMAGINE project.

On April 16th a group of high school students from Bydgoszcz visited the Institute. The group of 30 people participated in the workshop prepared by the four laboratories.

9th of May 2012, from 12 PM
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• Basic information about the Institute and scientific researches
• Meeting with representant of PhD Council
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Prof. Agnieszka Dobrzyn has been appointed by Prof. Barbara Kudrycka, the Minister of Science and Higher Education, as a member of the jury for the competition “Girls of the Future – in the footsteps of Maria Skłodowska-Curie”, organized by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education and Elle magazine.

MSc Jan Kamiński from the Laboratory of Visual System, headed by Prof. Andrzej Wróbel, is a winner of the START Programme competition from the Foundation for Polish Science.

We are currently recruiting Postdoctoral Associates to undertake bio-imaging projects focused on molecular, cellular, organelle and organism levels.

Leszek Kaczmarek Laboratory of Neurobiology is searching for outstanding 3 PhD student candidates and 3 postdoctoral candidates to carry out the research on MMP-9 driven extrasynaptic proteolysis in physiological and pathological synaptic plasticity.

Dr. Katarzyna Radwańska from the Laboratory of Naurobiology, headed by Prof. Leszek Kaczmarek, is a winner of the PARENT-BRIDGE Programme competition from the Foundation for Polish Science, co-financed from European Union, Regional Development Fund.

Every year scholarship holders from the Polish Children’s Fund visit the Nencki Institute. Between March 8-11 30 peoples participated in the activities organized by 6 labs at the Institute.

The 6th Jobbing Academic Job Fair in which The Nencki Institute participated is ended.

Nencki Institute PAS was the co-organizer of the Brain Awareness Week 2011 held in Warsaw, March 12-16.

Session of the Scientific Council devoted to the 2011 Annual Report took place on February 23, 2012.

On February 1, 2012 the Nencki Institute has signed an agreement with the National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management for co-funding an undertaking entitled „Thermo modernization of facilities at the Nencki Experimental Biology Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences” under a program called Green Investment Scheme (GIS).

The Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, is currently seeking highly motivated experienced individual to establish and lead Labs within the recently constructed Neurobiology Centre as a part of the CePT project.

The National Science Centre has published its report for the year 2011. The Nencki Institute ranked 9th among all national institutions applying for grants in all calls announced by the National Science Centre.

A Microscopy Core Facility is established within the Center of Neurobiology at the Nencki Institute.

A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Core Facility was established within the Center of Neurobiology. The leader of the newly established MRI Core Facility is Dr. Stefan Gazdzinski.

On December 16th, 2011 the First Neuroinformatics Symposium of the Polish INCF Node took place at the Nencki Institute.

Laboratory of Neurobiology of Emotions led by Dr. Ewelina Knapska was established at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology

Four PhD students from the Nencki Institute, Anna Dziewulska from the Laboratory of Cell Signaling and Metabolic Disorders led by prof. Agnieszka Dobrzyń, Michał Mlącki from the Laboratory of Signal Transduction led by Dr. Tomasz Wilanowski, Anna Ćmoch from Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry led by prof. Sławomir Pikuła and Weronika Dębowska from the Laboratory of Neuroplasticity headed by prof. Małgorzata Kossut, have won the competition for a scholarship under the scheme “Support for research workers in the establishment and conduct of business by organizing workshops” in the Mazovia Region.

Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology established the new created Laboratory of Molecular and Medical Biochemistry, led by dr. Paweł Dobrzyń

On December 19, 2011 the “Marceli Nencki Foundation for Supporting Biological Sciences” was established. Its Board consists of Professors Małgorzata Kossut, Jerzy Duszyński, Jacek Kuźnicki, Leszek Kuźnicki, Maciej Nałęcz and Lech Wojtczak.

In December 2011 the new 2012 Nencki Institute booklet came out. It consists of 104 pages, starting with a historical note and subsequently providing current, nicely illustrated information on all Nencki departments and research labs as well as supporting units.

It is our great pleasure to announce that Dr Dorota Włoga from the laboratory of Physiology of Cell Movements at the Nencki Institute was awarded a prestigious reward – European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Installation Grant.

On Friday, December 16 in a beautifully decorated conference hall of the Nencki Institute the annual Christmas party for Nencki senior citizens took place.

A new press service: press.nencki.gov.pl has been added to Nencki webpage. Press materials are placed there regarding current scientific achievements of Nencki employees.

Eight scientists from the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology received founding for their research projects within the second call for proposals from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education programme “Iuventus Plus 2011”.

In days from 29 of November to 2nd December 2011 in the Nencki Institute, under patronage of the Country Ethical Commission occurred “VIIIth Schooling for people taking care of experimental animals” organized by Institute of Experimental Biology named after M. Nencki; University of Warsaw’s Department of Biology and Polish Society of Sciences about Laboratory Animals (pollasa.sggw.pl).

On 1st of December 2011 “MAGNETIC RESONANCE USER CLUB” was founded at the Nencki Institute. The aim of “MR USER CLUB” is to support the activities of Brain Imaging Laboratory which is now created within the Neurobiology Center, Nencki Institute.

On 30.11.2011 and 12.01.2011 Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology organized Confocal Microscopy Workshop. The aim of the workshop was to acquainted potential users with operation and equipment capabilities of the facilities located in the Laboratory of Confocal Microscopy.

In November 2011 the 300th issue of The Nencki Weekly has been published. Every Monday since January 3, 2005 The Nencki Weekly has been delivered as a PDF file to Nencki employees.

Between November 30 and December 3, 2011 a conference entitled Mitochondrion 2011, organised by the Nencki Institute, took place in the Creative Work Centre in Wierzba.

On 3th of December 2011 X Scientific Meeting For Teachers was organized by the Nencki Institute and the Centre for Innovative Bioscience Education (formerly The Science Festival School).

On November 18, 2011 an Agreement has been signed between the Institute of Protein Biochemistry (Naple), National Research Council of Italy and the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.

The research team let by prof. Katarzyna Kwiatkowska and prof. Andrzej Sobota from the Laboratory of Plasma Membrane receptors was granted with the award for outstanding scientific achievements published in prestigious journals in 2008-2010 on the role of sphingolipids and phosphatidylinositols as signal messengers for immune receptors.

Prof. Leszek Kaczmarek has again been elected on November 22nd the Vicepresident of the European Molecular Biology Conference (EMBC).

A session entitled Starting multiparameter flow cytometry at the Nencki Institute took place on November 14, 2011 at Nencki.

Nencki Institute is a project partner of Academic Entrepreneurship Foundation to award 12 scholarships for Ph.D. students. Twelve Ph.D. students from Mazovia Region will be awarded with annual scholarships amounting 3000 zł/month.

The Nencki Institute started cooperation with the Polish Scientific Publishers PWN on publishing E-books. All electronic books from Nencki will be published at Internet site at www.virtualo.pl. They will be available free of charge from this web site.
First to be published is a book put together by Nencki PhD students entitled Discover Nencki (http://virtualo.pl/odkryj_instytut_nenckiego/ebook/c2i15803/)
All e-books will also be available from the Nencki Institute website in the Education – E-books bookmark.

Dr. Joanna Dzwonek from the Laboratory of Molecular and Systemic Neuromorphology, headed by Prof. Grzegorz Wilczyński, is a winner of the PARENT-BRIDGE Programme competition from the Foundation for Polish Science, co-financed from European Union, Regional Development Fund.

We are happy to announce that the Nencki Institute scientists received funding for 23 research projects for a total of 10 336 000,00 PLN. After the first call for proposals from the National Science Centre (NCN) the Institute is the leader among all scientfic institutions participating in the CePT consortium in the area of life sciences. We congratulate all the successful aplicants who secured funding for their cutting edge scientific research.

Among 128 laureates of the 1st edition of a project implemented by the Mazovia Province authorities entitled Scientific potential for the economy of Mazovia – scholarships for PhD students, there are two PhD candidates from the Nencki Institute:

On October 7, 2011 inauguration of the 2011/2012 academic year of the PAS Ochota BioCentre PhD Programme was celebrated in the lecture hall of the Nałęcz Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering PAS.

Prof. Małgorzata Kossut, the head of the Laboratory of Neuroplasticity, Nencki Institute, was elected to the Executive Committee of European Brain and Behaviour Society for the period of 2012-2015.

The winner of the third edition of the Nencki Award is Prof. Elżbieta Jankowska from the Department of Physiology, University of Göteborg (Sweden). The award was given by Prof. Adam Szewczyk, Nencki Institute Director during the 10th International Congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society in Łódź.

The 15th Science Festival took place in Warsaw on September 16-25, 2011.

During the opening ceremony of the 2nd Polish Congress of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, which took place in Krakow between September 5 and 9, 2011 the title of Honorary Member of the Polish Cell Biology Society was bestowed on Prof. Leszek Kuźnicki and Prof. Lech Wojtczak from the Nencki Institute PAS.

On September 19 and 20, 2011 the workshop on methods of imaging neuronal activity was held in the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology. The workshop was associated with 10th International Congress of the Polish Neuroscience Society 2011.

On September 13, 2011 during a ceremony at the Presidential Palace, on behalf of the President of Poland Bronisław Komorowski, the Head of the Presidential Chancellery Jacek Michałowski awarded Prof. Jerzy Duszyński with the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for outstanding scientific achievements.

On September 16, 2011 High School No 3 in Suwałki received the name of Prof. Alfred Lityński, outstanding scientist and long time associate of the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology.

The additional recruitment for PhD studies is closed. After the interview, six new students were enrolled into first year. All in all 23 PhD students will start studying in Nencki Institute from the October.

On August 30-September 3, 2011 the 52nd International Conference on Bioscience of Lipids (ICBL) was held in Warsaw

Nencki Institute was the main supporting institution of VIII Parnas Conference, which was organized by the Polish, Ukrainian and Israel biochemical societies. It took place on August 27-31, 2011 in Warsaw, in the Faculty of Biology of the University of Warsaw.

Michal Mlacki, a PhD student at the Nencki Institute, received two awards at the Second Polish Congress of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, which took place on 5-9 September in Krakow.

The 2nd Polish Congress of Biochemistry and Cell Biology took place in Cracow on 5-9 September.

Bio-Imagine Core Facility Leader recruitment at the Nencki Institute

Laureates of the 1st edition of “Mobility Plus" program organized by Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education are dr Gabriela Mochol from the Laboratory of Visual System and dr Dorota Wypych from the Laboratory of Molecular Basis of Cell Motility.

The European Commission recently published the Innovation Union Competiveness Report 2011, containing a profile of each member state, including Poland.

The Nencki Institute started cooperation with the Polish Scientific Publishers PWN on publishing E-books.

Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland Prize in 2011 for Outstanding Scientific Achievements was awarded to Professor Leszek Kaczmarek

We are currently recruiting Postdoctoral Associates to undertake bio-imaging projects focused on molecular, cellular, organelle and organism levels.

Weronika Dębowska from the Laboratory of Neuroplasticity, headed by prof. Małgorzata Kossut, is a winner of the VENTURES Programme competition from the Foundation for Polish Science.

PhD thesis of Dominika Malińska entitled „Involvement of mitochondria in generation of reactive oxygen species and regulation of intracellular calcium homeostasis – implications for cytoprotection” was awarded with the Prime Minister Award for PhD thesis defended in 2010.

Dr. Marta Maleszewska from the Laboratory of Transcriptional Regulation, headed by Prof. Bożena Kaminska, is a winner of the HOMING PLUS Programme competition from the Foundation for Polish Science. The objective of the project is to investigate the role of epigenetic mechanisms in differentiation of proinvasive macrophages in gliomas.

On July 1st, 2011 the Nencki Museum opened. This is a project of the Nencki PhD Student Council.

On July 1, 2011 prof. Adam Szewczyk was elected by the Council of FEBS as member of Executive Committee and Congress Councellor for the term of 2012-2014.

On May 30, 2011 a meeting took place at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences attended by representatives of the Polish biological and biomedical community developing and using imaging techniques as one of their main research methods.

The recruitment for PhD studies at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology is closed.

Recently three workshops / seminars have been conducted within Work Package 3 of the BIO-IMAGINE project, given by top European experts in the field of technology transfer and innovation management from EMBL Enterprise Management GmbH, the commercial arm of EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory)

On June 3, 2011 the first meeting of the BIO-IMAGINE (Bio-Imaging in Research Innovation and Education) Steering Committee was held at the Nencki Institute.

A book (in polish) entitled Discover the Nencki Institute, put together by Nencki PhD students was published in June.

A scientific institute, especially one involved in research in the field of natural science, holds particular responsibility to the natural environment. As of June 1 of this year we are implementing the GREEEN INSTITUTE program at the Nencki Institute.

On May 28, 2011 the 15th Scientific Picnic was held at Marszałek Rydz-Śmigły Square in Warsaw. This year’s motto was: FREEDOM. More than 250 institution from Poland and abroad presented their scientific goals and achievements. Like in previous years the Nencki Institute participated in the event; this time with two presentations:

Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology is seeking highly motivated experienced individuals to lead its newly forming core facilities:

On 9th of May a scientific cooperation between the Nencki Institute and the Warsaw School of Social Sciences and Humanities was established.

The Nencki Institute’s Board of Directors invites everyone to join a new initiative of the Nencki Alumni Club

It is our great pleasure to announce that Dr Ewelina Knapska, from the laboratory of Defensive Conditioned Reflexes at the Nencki Institute, has been awarded at Polish-Swiss Research Programme.

It is our great pleasure to announce that Dr Dorota Włoga, from the laboratory of Physiology of Cell Movements at the Nencki Institute, has been awarded a 7th Framework Programme Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant

The first call for applications for the ten PostDoctoral positions available within the Bio-Imagine Programme has been closed on 20th April, 2011.

On April 18, 2011 an interdisciplinary team has been appointed by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education to aid international scientific cooperation.

Between March 7-12 the 2011 World Brain Awareness Week took place in Warsaw, co-organized by the Nencki Institute PAS.

Prof. Jerzy Duszyński’s research team, together with the research groups of Prof. Joan Guinovart and Prof. Adam Godzik have received funding for an „Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP)” project

Directors of SISSA and of the Nencki Institute, Prof. Guido Martinelli and Prof. Adam Szewczyk signed an Agreement on Scientific Cooperation and Exchange.

On 28 March 2011 Prof. A. Dobrzyn has been appointed by Prof. Barbara Kudrycka, the Minister of Science and Higher Education, a member of an interdisciplinary team of ‘Mobility Plus’ and ‘Support of international mobility of researchers’ programmes.

Among the 128 laureates of this year’s edition of the START Program, there are three PhD students from the Nencki Institute

Every year scholarship holders from the Polish Children’s Fund visit the Nencki Institute.

On February 23 of this year Minister of Science and Higher Education, Prof. Barbara Kudrycka approved the list of infrastructure projects for the Polish Road Map for Research Infrastructures.

Session of the Scientific Council devoted to the 2010 Annual Report took place on February 25, 2011.

Nencki Institute PAN is the co-organizer of the Brain Awareness Week 2011 to be held in Warsaw, March 7-12. This year it is focused on new treatment methods and new ways of therapy.

On March the 1st, 2011 The Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology in Warsaw established a new Laboratory of Cell Engineering, which will be headed by Dr. Agata Klejman.

On February 23, 2011 the first plenary session of Division II Biological and Agricultural Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences took place in the 2011-2014 term. Division II comprises the former Division II Biological Sciences and Division V Agricultural, Forestry and Veterinary Sciences.

On February 22, 2011 during a session of the Committee on Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Prof. Jolanta Baranska was awarded with the Leon Marchlewski Medal for scientific achievements in 2009.

Since January 2011 the Nencki Institute has a new operational Server Room.

On February 2, 2011 Prof. Maciej Banach, Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education visited the Nencki Institute, upon invitation from the Institute Board of Directors.

On January 25, 2011 an Agreement has been signed between the Faculty of Chemistry of the Warsaw University of Technology (www.ch.pw.edu.pl) and the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.

Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Warsaw, Poland is currently recruiting Postdoctoral Associates to undertake bio-imaging projects focused on molecular, cellular, organelle and organism levels.

The first session of the Scientific Council of the Nencki Institute (term 2011-2014) took place on January 13, 2011

The Nencki Institute mobile website is fully operational as of January 2011

January 1, 2011 was the start date of the BIO-IMAGINE: BIO-IMAGing in research INnovation and Education Project at the Nencki, supported by the EU FP7 Capacities Programme (Research potential).

On January the 1st, 2011 The Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology in Warsaw established a new Laboratory of Neuroiformatics, which will be headed by Prof. Daniel Wójcik

A cellular protein called promyelocytic leukaemia protein (PML) is essential for proper execution of the programmed cell death process and can become a target of new anti-tumour therapy. A paper on the mechanism of cancer formation, co-authored by Polish scientists, was published in the Internet edition of the prestigious Science magazine.

Professor Barbara Kudrycka, the Minister of Science and Higer Education, welcomed newly appointed members of the Council of the National Centre for Science. 24 members of the Council were selected from over 500 candidates. Prof. Leszek Kaczmarek, one of the distinguished experts, will be representing Life Sciences in the Council.

It is a great pleasure for us to announce that Dr Tomasz Wilanowski, the head of the Laboratory of Signal Transduction, who is one of the new group leaders working at the Nencki Institute, was awarded a very prestigious European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Installation Grant.

On 4th of December 2010 IX Scientific Meeting For Teachers was organized by the Nencki Institute and the Centre for Innovative Bioscience Education (formerly The Science Festival School). In this event took part more than 40 persons from all over Poland.

Magdalena Lebiedzińska from Laboratory of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes was awarded with the L’Oreal Poland – UNESCO Award for Women in Science, in the 10th edition of this program