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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · 18h

We were pleased to host a delegation from Baden-Württemberg 🇩🇪 led by Minister Petra Olschowski.

The visit focused on how Polish researchers apply AI & ML in life sciences.

Our guests learned about IIMCB’s mission, research, and Core Facilities — and we look forward to future collaboration! 🤝

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · 21h

📢Our scientists listed among the world’s most influential researchers in the global ranking (Elsevier/Scopus)❗️

Prof. Janusz Bujnicki @jmbujnicki.bsky.social – career-long and 2024 impact

Dr. Vladimir Korzh – career-long impact

read the news👉https://tinyurl.com/elsevier-2025

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · 26d

Sept. GENETICS issue features a ❤️ of C. elegans by Dr. Zuzanna Mackiewicz. This unusual scene symbolizes how, despite decades of research, C. elegans continues to surprise scientists.

Full paper➡️ tinyurl.com/kk2bfsrt
#GENETICS #CaenorhabditisElegans #ScientificDiscovery

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · 28d

Meet Radek, our Foreigners’ Support Senior Specialist 🌍
He helps international colleagues navigate their first steps in Poland and feel at home.

🎥 Watch his story: tinyurl.com/76mtdenv

#IIMCB #ScienceWithoutBorders #ForeignersSupport #RACE_HorizonEU

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · 29d

📢 Prof. Jacek Jaworski, Head of our Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neurobiology, has been elected President of the Polish Neuroscience Society (PTBUN) for 2025–2027! 👏

📰 tinyurl.com/PTBUN

#neurobiology #neuroscience #sciencenews

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · Aug 25

📢Researchers at IIMCB & IBB PAS developed a new tool to detect RNA/DNA double helices. These are key components of R-loops – structures crucial for genome stability. Using an engineered bacterial RNase H domain, this method works both in vitro and in cells.
Paper: tinyurl.com/msbuznff
#RLoops

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · Aug 19

🌟 Launching the new MSc: Biological Therapeutics!
👩‍🔬 Joint program: Faculty of Medicine UW & IIMCB
🧬 Focus: RNA and protein-based therapies
📅 Recruitment: Aug 19 – Sep 11, 2025

🔗 www.youtube.com/shorts/X3KIr...
#BiomedicalResearch #RNAtherapeutics #InternationalEducation

Biological Therapeutics - Master's for the Future of Medicine

YouTube video by IIMCB in Warsaw

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · Aug 13

Recruitment for the project “RNA and Cell Biology Platform for Research and Innovation in Medicine (RACE-PRIME)” (grant agreement no. FENG.02.01-IP.05-T003/23) implemented within the framework of the International Research Agendas funded by the European Funds for Smart Economy programme.

iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · Aug 13

🔊 Last Call!
We’re hiring a Technician to study jumbo bacteriophages.
What you’ll do:
🧪 Phage growth & infection experiments
🧬 RNA sequencing prep
🔬 Live molecular imaging with single-molecule microscopy
📊 Data analysis for novel RNA discoveries
Deadline: August 17th
tinyurl.com/4axvpvwm

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · Aug 5

Funded by the National Science Centre, Poland under the OPUS call in the Weave programme (agreement no. 2024/55/I/NZ6/02571)

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · Aug 5

🎉 Dr. Aleksandra Kołodziejczyk (IIMCB) has received an OPUS 28 grant from @ncn.gov.pl to investigate how dendritic cell subsets contribute to asthma.

The project will be carried out with Dr. Samuel Nobs (IRB Bellinzona).

Funding: PLN 2,958,122 🇵🇱 + CHF 998,300 🇨🇭
#AsthmaImmunology #IIMCB #OPUS28

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · Jul 30

📣 Dr. Lidia Wrobel featured in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology!

After years in Cambridge, she returned to Poland to build her lab at IIMCB - and has no regrets.

📄 Full article available to Nature subscribers: tinyurl.com/Natureworldv...

#ScienceInPoland

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · Jul 25

🎓 PhD recruitment at IIMCB in now open!

🔗 Explore 4 exciting projects and apply! bit.ly/44T2dUi

#PhD #IIMCB #Warsaw4PhD #DoctoralSchool #LifeSciences #MolecularBiology

Learn about the IIMCB

YouTube video by IIMCB in Warsaw

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Ewelina Malecka @emaleckaphd.bsky.social · Jul 21

Ready to explore the world of phages through transcriptomics and advanced microscopy? Apply now to join our research team! @iimcb.bsky.social

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · Jul 17

🎓 PhD recruitment at IIMCB opens on July 25! Now’s the time to:
✅ Review projects
✅ Contact PIs
✅ Get ready to apply

🔗 Explore 4 exciting projects: bit.ly/44T2dUi

#PhD #IIMCB #Warsaw4PhD #DoctoralSchool #LifeSciences #MolecularBiology

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · Jul 16

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them. 🇪🇺

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · Jul 16

Science builds bridges: between people, countries & ideas

IIMCB had the pleasure of hosting a delegation from the 🇧🇪 Embassy of Belgium and the Representation of Flanders in Poland.

🔗 www.iimcb.gov.pl/en/race/2315

#IIMCB #RACEproject #ScienceDiplomacy #HorizonEurope

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · Jul 11

🔗 Learn more here: bit.ly/RACE_IIMCB

IIMCB

The International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw (IIMCB) stands at the forefront of life sciences research, dedicated to uncovering the mechanisms that govern organisms, with a focu...

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · Jul 10

🌍 From Warsaw to Edinburgh and back – full of science, skills & friendships!
20 IIMCB researchers joined the RACE Workshop
‪@edinburgh-uni.bsky.social‬.
🔬 Inspiring talks, posters & lab tours.
📸 Photos: bit.ly/4lHSkzB

#IIMCB #RACEproject #RNA #CellBiology #PhDlife #PostdocJourney

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · Jul 3

On May 22, Wiktor Antczak (Laboratory of RNA Biology – ERA Chairs Group) took the stage at the EU-LIFE Science Vision Talk Contest in Brno. His talk — Standing Tall: A Tail of mRNA Therapeutics — brought RNA biology to life. See his performance!

🎥 tinyurl.com/EULIFE-talk-...

#mRNA

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · Jul 2

Proud to have contributed to this study — here’s the story behind it: shorturl.at/cFu3D

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EU-LIFE @eu-life.bsky.social · Jul 2

📣 This month, we invite 5 #KnowledgeValorisation experts to voice the value of #FundamentalResearch for #EUcompetitiveness

4️⃣ Kornelia Mikula, from @iimcb.bsky.social in Poland ⬇️

"Discovery-driven research lays the foundation for breakthroughs by pursuing knowledge without immediate commercial goals — just as decades of fundamental work in structural biology and machine learning made AlphaFold possible. Our future competitiveness depends on daring to explore the unknown
and transform bold curiosity of human minds into innovation that changes the world," said Kornelia Mikula, Head of the Technology Transfer Office IIMCB - International Institute of Molecular & Cell Biology in Warsaw (Poland)

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · Jun 30

🎓 Huge congrats to Zuza on defending her PhD thesis: “Investigating cytoplasmic polyadenylation and its role in gene regulation and physiology in C. elegans”! 👏
Welcome, Dr. Zuzanna Mackiewicz! 🥳

#PhDDefence #WomenInSTEM #MolecularBiology #IIMCB #GeneRegulation #CytoplasmicPolyadenylation

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · Jun 27

🎓“It’s not just a research exchange; it’s a life experience.” – Rosa, PhD student at #IIMCB.
She’s in #Edinburgh via #RACEproject, studying eEF1A2 in neurodevelopmental disorders.

🔗More: www.iimcb.gov.pl/en/race/2315

#RNAresearch #PhDlife #Mobility #HorizonEurope #ResearchExchange

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iimcb.bsky.social @iimcb.bsky.social · Jun 26

The review article by Hurley, J.H., Coyne, A.N., Miączyńska, M. et al. The expanding repertoire of ESCRT functions in cell biology and disease. Nature (2025) is available here: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

The expanding repertoire of ESCRT functions in cell biology and disease - Nature

This Review examines recently gained insights into the roles of ESCRT complexes in viral infection, immunity, cancer and neurological disease.

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