On June 3-4, 2016 the International Advisory Board meeting took place at IIMCB.

The course consists of series of lectures and hands-on workshops, covering various aspects of Computational Biology, focusing on state-of-the-art techniques related to Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) and its application in research, health-care and industry.

Dr. Agnieszka Topolska-Woś was awarded with the Kosciuszko Foundation Fellowship.

Dr. Katarzyna Chojnacka received funding under the FUGA scheme organized by the National Science Centre.

One of two laureates is Dr. Izabela Sabała, head of the Aurezyna project awarded for the biotechnological applications of bacteriolytic enzyme.

In the first competition 118 projects were submitted and ten of them received funding in a total amount of PLN 18.5 million.

The objective of the workshop is to prepare scientists for the process of application for grants of the European Research Council (ERC).