Mini-symposium of the Faculty of Biology

25 05 2026

On 27 May 2026, in the Faculty Council Room, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Faculty of Biology will hold a mini-symposium entitled “From Experience to Discovery – Research Highlights from Established Scientists”. The event will be an opportunity to learn about the research topics of scientists who have been associated with the Faculty of Biology for many years.

Programme:

9:30–9:45 Marcin Zych (OB) Plant sex in a changing world

9:45–10:00 Tomasz Kamiński (IB) Droplet microfluidics for ultrahigh-throughput screening and single cell assays

10:00–10:15 Paweł Sikorski (BioInfo) Decoding dsRNA recognition: from RNA features to antiviral responses

10:15–10:30 Marcin Grzybowski (iBEiBR) Dissecting the genetic regulation of cold stress response in maize through eQTL fine-mapping

10:30–10:45 Monika Adamczyk-Popławska (IM) Phage-borne proteins with antimicrobial potential against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

10:45–11:00 Edyta Bróska-Wójtowicz (IBRINB) MicroRNA-126 in skeletal muscle regeneration: linking myogenesis and angiogenesis

11:00–11:15 Anna Zawistowska-Deniziak (IZD) From parasite biology to immunomodulation with translational insights for vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics

11:15–11:30 Coffee break

11:30–11:45 Agnieszka Kloch (IE) Genomics of the local adaptations

11:45–12:00 Maciej Wódkiewicz (IBŚ) Plant adaptation to novel environments

12:00–12:15 Sergi Lopez-Torres (IBE) New advances in the study of lorisid primate evolution

12:15–12:30 Paweł Golik (IGiB) Evolution of mitonuclear signalling in budding yeasts