Janusz M. Bujnicki

🔴 Live now: Webinar on the planned ERC Plus Grants.

Join to learn how the scheme is being shaped to support outstanding principal investigators with bold ideas and a vision for transformative research.

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Register now for a webinar on 8 Dec at 14:30–15:30 IST where Karin Dumstrei, Head of the EMBO Fellowships Office, will introduce the EMBO Postdoctoral #Fellowships, Scientific Exchange #Grants, eligibility and selection criteria: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cc6T61BgQQ22LMxyDFaHWg 🧪

Kongres „Nauka dla Biznesu” (19-21 listopada 2025, Warszawa) to moment, gdy nauka i przemysł spotykają się, by budować przyszłość.

21 listopada: panel PAN – badania podstawowe jako klucz inwestycji, realne modele współpracy nauki i biznesu.

Zapraszamy: naukadlabiznesu.gov.pl/formularz-re...

🔬Mapa #Mikrobiomu Polski przechodzi do etapu wdrożeń.
ICHB PAN i Ardigen stworzyli unikatową bazę danych o mikrobiomie polskiej populacji, a Onebiome rozwija na jej podstawie rozwiązania dla diagnostyki i terapii spersonalizowanej.

Więcej o tym jak #B+R buduje przyszłość: pan.pl/od-laborator...

Powodzie będą powracać, dlatego tak ważna jest współpraca wszystkich instytucji odpowiedzialnych za bezpieczeństwo.

Raport PAN oferuje praktyczne, oparte na wiedzy wskazówki, które wzmacniają działania państwa i samorządów.

Raport: 👉 pan.pl/aktualnosci/...

📣 Authors wanted! Submit to NARMME's Special Collection on Repeat Expansion Diseases by Jan 2026🧬

🔍Find out more: academic.oup.com/narmolmed/pa...

👉Submit: mc.manuscriptcentral.com/narmme

#CallForPapers #Genomics #RareDiseases #NARMME

Members of the Human RNome Project Consortium celebrating the 20th anniversary of the MODOMICS database during the HPRC workshop at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, August 5th, 2025. Prof. Janusz Bujnicki in the bottom row, sixth from the left. Fifth from the left Prof. Stefanie Kaiser (Goethe University, Germany), fifth from the right Prof. Vivian Cheung (Brown University, USA) – corresponding authors of the article in Genome Biology. Photo courtesy of the HPRC.

📢 Our scientists are among the initiators and participants of the Human RNome Project - a global initiative aimed at fully characterizing all human RNA molecules and their chemical modifications. 🧬

👉Read the story: tinyurl.com/Human-RNome-...

#RNome #RNA

Unlocking the regulatory code of RNA: launching the Human RNome Project - Genome Biology The human RNome, the complete set of RNA molecules in human cells, arises through complex processing and includes diverse molecular species. While research traditionally focuses on four canonical nucl...

Exciting news for the RNA research community!

The Human RNome Project has been launched: a global effort to map all human RNAs and their chemical modifications. Proud to support it and contribute to the article in Genome Biology doi.org/10.1186/s130...
#RNA #bioinformatics #RNAstructure #modomics

Join IIMCB / Dołącz do IIMCB Join IIMCB – a top life science institute in the CEE region.

🚀 Looking for your next step in science?
Our brand-new Career at IIMCB website is now live 👉
career.iimcb.gov.pl

It's the first step toward creating a new, user-friendly, and comprehensive IIMCB online presence.

#IIMCB #Careers #ScienceJobs #Research #CareerWebsite

Starting Grants 2026 applications: Facts and figures The ERC Starting Grants 2026 call closed for applications on 14 October 2025. These are the preliminary data on submitted proposals:

📈 Record interest in ERC Starting Grants 2026!

4,807 proposals - a 22% increase compared to last year’s call.

👩‍🔬 Women submitted nearly 43% of proposals - the highest share ever recorded in an ERC call.

More stats 👉 bit.ly/4hcYJln

#ChooseEurope

Academia Europaea’s Sydney Brenner Prize 2025 goes to Markus Ralser for his achievements in the Life Sciences. Our congratulations!

Professor Ralser receives the prize and delivers his accompanying lecture ‘The dynamic nature of cellular metabolism’
at #BuildingBridges2025.

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New video 📹 ! Changes to #eligibility #rules for ERC Starting & Consolidator Grant applicants, as explained by ERC President Maria Leptin.

Watch the full 🆕 interview bit.ly/4otIva9 👀

Read the explanatory text (from 15/9/25) 📑 link.europa.eu/hP3WWF

#Research #Grant #Funding #AcademicSky 🧪

🧬 New in NARMME: RNA splicing tweaks rescue tau toxicity in C. elegans. Modifying tri-snRNP proteins rescues tau-induced deficits in transgenic C. elegans, restoring behaviour, neurodegeneration and extending lifespan.
Read: doi.org/10.1093/narm...
#Alzheimers #RNAsplicing #Neurodegeneration

Have you checked the ‘EU funding & me’ yet?

The new app launched to make access to EU funding opportunities more intuitive and efficient for applicants and beneficiaries.

Find funding calls and access your projects directly from your mobile. Download it now: link.europa.eu/YY947y

#EUfundingApp

📢 IIMCB is participating in the “Welcome to Poland” 🇵🇱 programme — supporting the internationalization and competitiveness of Polish research institutions.

The programme is financed by the European Union 🇪🇺 through the European Funds for Social Development 2021–2027 (FERS). 💶
#EuropeanFunds

We’re hiring! Academia Europaea is looking for a Scientific Policy Officer (50%) to join the EU-funded SAPEA project, part of the Scientific Advice Mechanism to the European Commission.

Based in Munich (remote possible), until April 2029.
Apply by 31 October 2025.
scadv.eu/rpNPiem

List otwarty do Prezydenta RP, Marszałka Sejmu RP, Marszałka Senatu RP,  Prezesa Rady Ministrów oraz Wiceprezesów Rady Ministrów w sprawie finansowania nauki, w tym zwłaszcza Narodowego Centrum Nauki Szanowni Państwo, W niniejszej petycji prezentujemy List otwarty, który będzie wysłany do Kancelarii Prezydenta, Marszałków Sejmu i Senatu, Prezesa Rady Ministr&oacut...

Please consider signing a petition to increase the spending on science in Poland / List otwarty w sprawie finansowania nauki, w tym @ncn.gov.pl www.petycjeonline.com/list_otwarty...

Modeling flexible RNA 3D structures and RNA-protein complexes RNA and RNA–protein (RNP) complexes are central to many cellular processes, but the determination of their structures remains challenging due to RNA f…

Our new review article on RNA-protein interactions is out:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
We highlight recent advances in computational modeling of RNA and RNA–protein complexes, from flexibility and dynamics to AI and quantum-enhanced methods.

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🔊 Last Call!
We’re hiring a Technician to study jumbo bacteriophages.
What you’ll do:
🧪 Phage growth & infection experiments
🧬 RNA sequencing prep
🔬 Live molecular imaging with single-molecule microscopy
📊 Data analysis for novel RNA discoveries
Deadline: August 17th
tinyurl.com/4axvpvwm

One Health governance in the European Union – Scientific Advice Mechanism This integrated approach is known as 'One Health'. There is strong scientific evidence for the connections themselves, and for the benefits of applying a One Health approach to policymaking in all…

The webinar builds on the SAPEA evidence review on One Health governance in the European Union, produced to inform EU policymaking. It gathered the best available scientific evidence on the topic:
scadv.eu/T9vcw1

What if human health isn’t the centre, but one part of a larger system? Our webinar explores how One Health invites us to rethink our place in the web of life and why that matters more than ever. 🌿
Replay now: scadv.eu/ADtP9hp

tRNA modification profiling reveals epitranscriptome regulatory networks in Pseudomonas aeruginosa Abstract. Transfer RNA (tRNA) modifications have emerged as critical post-transcriptional regulators of gene expression affecting diverse biological and di

⭐NAR Breakthrough!⭐
🧬 Sun et al. just dropped a high-throughput method to track all #tRNA #modifications across cells & tissues using #massspec.
Read the full article here: doi.org/10.1093/nar/...
#NARBreakthrough #RNA #tRNA #epitranscriptomics #systemsbiology #therapeuticdiscovery.

Now Hiring - Executive Editor

❓Do you have expertise in prokaryotic molecular biology, including transcriptional regulation, metabolism, physiology, and protein–nucleic acid interactions?

➡️ If so, apply to become @narjournal.bsky.social‬'s next Executive Editor! Don't miss the opportunity: oxford.ly/4f5p57M

📣 Dr. Lidia Wrobel featured in Nature Structural and Molecular Biology!

After years in Cambridge, she returned to Poland to build her lab at IIMCB - and has no regrets.

📄 Full article available to Nature subscribers: tinyurl.com/Natureworldv...

#ScienceInPoland

Happy to share, ARTEM is now published in Genome Biology!

doi.org/10.1186/s130...

ARTEM enables screening RNA and DNA 3D structure databases for arbitrary 3D motifs. Kink-turns, G-quadruplexes, GNRA tetraloops, i-motifs, you name it!

#Research #Bioinformatics #3D #RNA #DNA

Ready to explore the world of phages through transcriptomics and advanced microscopy? Apply now to join our research team! @iimcb.bsky.social

Horizon Europe 2028 - 2034: twice bigger, simpler, faster and more impactful Research and innovation news alert: As part of the next long-term EU budget 2028-2034, the Commission is proposing to double the budget of the research and innovation framework programme to €175 billi...

Very promising news on the next seven-year EU budget, with a proposed substantial increase for Horizon Europe including the ERC.

We are analysing the other parts of this proposal in more detail.

@Vonderleyen @EZaharievaEU

research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/news/all-res...

Want to work as an intern at the European Research Council?

We have a range of interesting roles!

Apply now to start in March 2026 👇

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YouTube video by IIMCB in Warsaw Learn about the IIMCB

🎓 PhD recruitment at IIMCB in now open!

🔗 Explore 4 exciting projects and apply! bit.ly/44T2dUi

#PhD #IIMCB #Warsaw4PhD #DoctoralSchool #LifeSciences #MolecularBiology