Mirosław Śmietański from the Laboratory of Protein Structure received funding from Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) within the START Programme.

It is our pleasure to present the 2013 Annual Report of the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw. IIMCB Annual Report 2013 is now available on our web page.

On May 3 2014, President of the Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski awarded Prof. Janusz M. Bujnicki with Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

On May 5, 2014 IIMCB will host Prof. Venki Ramakrishnan from the Structural Studies Division, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, UK.

The International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology is organising a conference entitled “Heart of Europe: Zebrafish Meeting”, which will be held in Warsaw on 17-19 September 2014.

Dr. Agnieszka Chacinska, Leader of the Laboratory of Mitochondrial Biogenesis, was distinguished by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education with a prestigious grant of 3 156 000 PLN within the “Ideas Plus” Program.

On April 9, 2014 Prof. Michał Witt, Deputy Scientific Director participated in an Experts’ Seminar on Legislative Solutions in the Field of Bioethics.

The Minister of Science and Higher Education Prof. Lena Kolarska-Bobińska has appointed a new Scientific Policy Committee. Prof. Janusz M. Bujnicki, Head of the Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering is one of the new members.

On April 4-5 2014, IIMCB is hosting a meeting of the Life, Environmental and Geo Sciences (LEGS) panel of Science Europe, an association of European Research Funding Organisations and Research Performing Organisations, based in Brussels.

On April 1, 2014 President of the Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski presented professorial appointments for 35 academic teachers, employees of science and art. One of the nominees was Jacek Jaworski, Head of the Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology.