Anna Mirgos

Medicine is not unisex

08.10.2026

A woman is not the same as a man, at least from a medical perspective. Each sex may respond differently to the same disease and the same medications. Dr. Kinga Szydłowska from the Nencki Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences, during this year’s Science Festival, explained in a simple way the historical context of serious mistakes made during medical research in the 20th century and their very dangerous contemporary consequences. Sex can influence the risk and course of diseases ...

Latest directions in chromatin research discussed at the Nencki Institute

24.06.2026

On 17–19 June 2026, the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences hosted the second edition of the Nencki Conference for Life Sciences: Focus on Chromatin ...

SPARK Europe Webinar Series 2026

22.05.2026

“Facilitating Social Innovation: Group Thinking” 3 June 2026 | 4 – 5 pm (CEST) | Webinar The SPARK program is a collaboration between academia and industry that supports translational ...

Patents for inventions related to epilepsy prediction developed in collaboration with Nencki Institute

22.05.2026

We are pleased to announce that two inventions entitled “Panel of predictive markers, method for predicting the occurrence of drug-resistant epilepsy in girls aged up to 24 months with tuberous ...

Nencki Foundation Lecture (in Polish)

15.05.2026

„Jak jedzenie zmienia myślenie i co do tego mają bakterie?” Z ogromną przyjemnością zapraszamy na pierwsze spotkanie organizowane w ramach zadania publicznego „Nauka, którą możesz dotknąć i ...