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Ochota Biocentre scientist receives Ideas Plus grant
Dr Szymon Świeżewski from the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics in Warsaw, was among six scientists, which have been awarded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education the prestigious"Ideas Plus" grant for outstanding researchers. The winners will receive a total of more than 12 million PLN. The aim of the program "Ideas Plus" is to support and encourage the participation of Polish scientists in subsequent editions of the program IDEAS of the European Research Council (ERC). The IDEAS programme is to help researchers in realizing and implementing the most innovative ideas from... więcej »
Biotech-IP employees among laureates of the Top 500 Innovators training programme
Two employees of Biotech-IP Technology Transfer Office have received at the hands of the Prime Minister, Donald Tusk and Minister of Science and Higher Education, prof. Barbara Kudrycka nominations for the "Top 500 Innovators" training programme. Ministry of Science and Higher Education inaugurated the first edition of the "Top 500 Innovators: Science - Management - Commercialization". It is a training programme, which aims to raise the qualifications of Polish personnel managing innovations and working in all R&D sectors to boost economical development and commercialization of... więcej »
EU announces prize for women innovators
The European Commission has launched a contest to recognise and reward women that have created outstanding innovations and developed their ideas from drawing board to the market. The EU Prize for Women Innovators will be awarded to three women entrepreneurs, who were at some point during their careers beneficiaries of funding for projects under the Framework Programme (FP) or the Competitive and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP). The idea behind the prize is to raise awareness of the crucial role innovation plays in modern life and highlight valuable contributions from women... więcej »
Potato genome set to revolutionise breeding and ensure food security
An international team of scientists have succeeded in mapping the genome of the potato. Polish partners included the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB PAS). The research paper was published on July 14, 2011, in Nature, the world's most cited interdisciplinary science journal. The achievement holds great promise for speeding up the traditionally time-consuming process of developing new potato variet ies. At the moment it can take 10-12 years to breed a new variety. fot. LittleMan / sxc.hu New types of potato could help to ensure future food security because of... więcej »
Prof. Dadlez from IBB PAS among laureates of TEAM grants
The Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) has announced the results of the VII edition of the TEAM programme, which aims to fund projects with the participation of young scientists in the best scientific teams conducting research in the fields of Bio, Info, Techno.Prof. Michał Dadlez is among receivers of funding money for biophysical research carried out in the Environmental Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry (MS Lab) in the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS. His team was granted 2 million 936 thousand. PLN for the project "Proteomics in Protein characterization of selected... więcej »
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