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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 was presented during the second edition of the RIKEN-ISM Targeting Microbiota Meeting, held on 24-25 September 2026 at the University of Tokyo in Japan. The conference was jointly organized by the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (Japan's leading research institute) and the ...

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 ...

The 30th Science Festival at the Nencki Institute is behind us

29.09.2026

From 21 to 25 September, the Nencki Institute took part in the 30th anniversary edition of the Science Festival in Warsaw. This year’s programme included lessons and workshops for children and ...

Nencki Institute to test a visual acuity auto-testing tool for early detection of retinal diseases

25.09.2026

Modern medicine still cannot treat many forms of retinal damage, and patients often see an ophthalmologist only when visual impairment is already advanced. A team led by Kalina Burnat at the ...

FIRST TEAM grant for Dr Paweł Mikulski to develop a new therapy for liver cancer

23.09.2026

Dr Paweł Mikulski from the Nencki Institute has received a FIRST TEAM grant from the Foundation for Polish Science to carry out the project “Development of an innovative molecule for a new type ...