Awards of the Foundation for Polish Science 2022 have already been distributed! Among the winners - Prof. Marcin Nowotny, Head of the Laboratory of Protein Structure at the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw. This is one of the most important awards of the scientific community in Poland. Our sincere congratulations!
Explanation of molecular mechanisms of DNA damage recognition and repair - this is the area of activity in the field of life and earth sciences, for which Prof. Marcin Nowotny, was honored with the most important scientific award in Poland, also known as the Polish Nobel. The prizes of the Foundation for Polish Science are awarded for special scientific achievements and discoveries that push the boundaries of cognition and open new cognitive perspectives, making an outstanding contribution to the civilizational and cultural progress of our country. They also provide Poland with a significant place in addressing the most ambitious challenges of the modern world. More about the award in the article.
The amount of the award is 200 thousand PLN. It is awarded by the FNP Council through a competition in four areas: life and earth sciences, chemical and material sciences, mathematical and physical sciences and engineering sciences, and humanities and social sciences. Candidates for this award are submitted by prominent representatives of science. The FNP Council acts as the Chapter of the competition and selects the winners based on the opinions of independent experts and reviewers - mainly from abroad - evaluating the achievements of the candidates. The FNP Prizes have been awarded since 1992.
The award ceremony will take place on December 7 and will be broadcast on line.
Polish RNA Biology Meeting 2023 – International Conference at IIMCB.
Scientists from the Laboratory of Protein Structure - in Nucleic Acids Research.
We are happy to announce that today's lecture by Prof. A. Dziembowski entitled "Origin of molecular biology, plasmids, restriction enzymes, ligases. Modern cloning techniques" inaugurated the year-long course organized by the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw within the framework of the Warsaw-4-PhD Doctoral School in the 2022/2023 academic year.
This lecture is one of 30 to be delivered as a part of the year-long course. The title of the course is: "Methodological Advances in Molecular and Structural Biology." The coordinators of the course for PhD students are Prof. J.Bujnicki, Prof. A.Dziembowski and Prof. G.Michlewski, who, together with invited internal and external experts, will carry out the entire series. They will present scientific methodology and give introduction to a series of advanced techniques used in the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw in the fields of:
- molecular biology (genetic engineering, sequencing, data analysis in genomics and transcriptomics);
- protein and RNA biochemistry as well as macromolecular interactions;
- structural biology and biophysics of proteins and nucleic acids and structural bioinformatics.
The entire training will cover two semesters, summer and winter, and will end with an exam in June 2023. Below is the program for the entire training course.
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We are pleased to announce that Professor Andrzej Dziembowski, Head of the Laboratory of RNA Biology - ERA Chairs Group, has been awarded with an honorary position at the University of Gdansk. He will hold an honorary professorship named after Prof. Szybalski for the academic year 2022/2023. Congratulations!
The key message of the article is the discovery of the phenomenon of A-to-I RNA editing, which entails the modification of the RNA genetic code from that encoded in the DNA, in the zebrafish. It was also found that this process is necessary for proper embryonic development in the early life of the zebrafish, while it is required for regulating the innate immune response at a later stage of life.
IIMCB researchers from the Laboratory of Protein Structure studied the structures of DNA polymerases AbiK and Abi-P2 that are involved in the defense of bacteria against invading viruses. The structures revealed a very unusual hexameric and trimeric architecture of these enzymes. Based on the set of structures and accompanying biochemical and biophysical analyses, the molecular mechanism of the Abi polymerases was explained.
The 26. Science Festival is coming soon! On Monday, September 26, in the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw a lot of meetings, lessons and scientific workshops will start as part of the next edition of the Science Festival.
We are pleased to announce that Professor Janusz Bujnicki, head of the Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering Laboratory, has been awarded honorary membership of the Polish Bioinformatics Society (PTBI). Our sincere congratulations!