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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 ...

Prime Minister’s Award for Dr hab. Katarzyna Leszczyńska

05.10.2026

Dr hab. Katarzyna Leszczyńska, Head of the Laboratory of Tumour Hypoxia and Epigenomics at the Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, has received the Prime ...

Prof. Jerzy Duszyński Appointed Visiting Chair Professor at Shanghai Jiao Tong University

02.10.2026

Prof. Jerzy Duszyński, researcher and former director of the Nencki Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences and former president of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAS), has been appointed ...

Nature Portfolio & Yakult Award for Prof. Tomasz Wypych

02.10.2026

Prof. Tomasz Wypych of the Microbiome Research Laboratory at the Nencki Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences has received a prestigious award, the Nature Portfolio & Yakult Award. It ...

The National Science Centre grant for the Nencki Institute

01.10.2026

The National Science Centre has announced the ranking list of projects qualified for funding in the MINIATURA 10 call. Funding has been awarded to: Paulina Pilanc-Kudlek, PhD (Laboratory of ...