The annual Nencki Institute Scientific Picnic took place on 24 May 2024.

This year, it opened with a presentation by Dembowski Award winner - Professor Adam Szewczyk, entitled ‘A brief history of the Art and Science 2017-2024 projects’.

The lecture was followed by the presentation of statuettes doctorate cum laude to the Institute's graduates who defended their PhDs with a distinction between 2023 and 2024:

Łukasz Bijoch (supervisors: Prof. Leszek Kaczmarek, Dr. Anna Beroun)
Agnieszka Grabowska (supervisor: Adriana Magalska, PhD)
Iga Stukan (supervisor: prof. Urszula Wojda)
Kamil Tomaszewski (supervisor: prof. Katarzyna Radwańska)
Maciej Winiarski (promotor: prof. Ewelina Knapska; assistant promotor: dr Alicja Puścian)
Kamil Wojnicki (supervisor: Prof. Kamińska-Kaczmarek)
Marta Wróbel (International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology; supervisor: Prof. Marta Miączyńska)
Anna Żochowska (supervisor: Prof. Anna Nowicka).

Prizes and distinctions were also received by persons particularly involved in popularizing science.

Special prizes were awarded to:

Magdalena Stańczyk, Wiktoria Podolecka, Kinga Nazaruk, Adam Datta, and Kinga Szydłowska - Chair of the Popularisation Committee at the Nencki Institute

Distinctions in the form of diplomas were awarded to:

Katarzyna Bartkowska, Kinga Kosyl-Dzik, Bogusz Kulawiak, Dominika Malińska, Marzena Stefaniuk, Aneta Szymaszek, Klaudia Krystecka, Izabela Lepiarz-Raba, Ksenia Meyza, Agnieszka Strzelecka-Kiliszek

and

Laboratory of Neuroinformatics, Laboratory of Imaging Tissue Structure and Function, Dioscuri Center for Metabolic Diseases

The official part was followed by a picnic in the Institute's gardens, during which staff, alumni, and invited guests celebrated and discussed until late afternoon.

Thank you, and see you next year!