Prof. Janusz M. Bujnicki, Head of Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering at the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw, is among seven winners of the "Poles with verve" ("Polacy z werwą") national plebiscite. Prof. Bujnicki is a laureate in the Science category and on October 19th he was the first to receive a statuette designed by Paweł Althamer. In the finale of the plebiscite he competed in a group of three nominees, including Dr. Mateusz Kurzawski and Dr. Michał P. Heller. The competition was resolved based on popular vote and judgement of a jury composed of Prof. Magdalena Fikus, Prof. Bronisław Cymbrowski, Prof. Maria Dzielska, Prof. Krzysztof Meissner, Prof. Andrzej Mencwel, Prof. Ryszard Tadeusiewicz and Prof. Edmund Wnuk-Lipińśki.