Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals PAS

TOP200 NAWA The TOP200 NAWA programme is a new initiative aimed at supporting transnational science cooperation and fostering excellent research in Poland. It aims to attract outstanding research talents from uni...

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More details on the web page: nawa.gov.pl/en/scientist...
⏱️ Application deadline: February 26, 2026
📆 Project implementation timeframe: 2026-2032
Contact at ISEA PAS: dr hab. Piotr Wojtal, wojtal@isez.pan.krakow.pl

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Our 🦏 Institute provides access to research infrastructure, including Poland’s second-largest zoological collection 🦋 and state-of-the-art laboratories. You are welcome to join a supportive and open team at the first research unit in Kraków with the European “HR Excellence in Research” award.

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Eligible are researchers 🧑‍🏫 from the universities ranked 1 to 200 in the global ranking: Shanghai Ranking, QS, THE.
The opportunity offers a 2-4 year full-time contract as a Junior Fellow (<7 years after PhD) or Senior Fellow (with experience in leading research teams).

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Come do science with us! 👩‍🔬🧑‍🔬
Interested in researching the diversity of the animal world? If your work involves taxonomy, systematics, phylogenetics, paleontology, zooarcheology, or zoogeography, do not miss the Top200 NAWA programme by @nawapoland.bsky.social!

New snake species from 37 million years ago sheds light on early evolution of 'advanced snakes' A newly identified snake species from 37 million years ago is providing rare insight into the early evolution of caenophidians, the group that today dominates snake diversity worldwide, according to p...

Check out the interview with Dr. Georgios Georgalis, a palaeontologist from our 🦏 Institute, published on the Science in Poland webpage. Doctor Georgalis featured the recently described, new and unusual species of fossil 🐍 snake from 37 million years ago. ⬇️
scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news...

We are happy to announce that the prestigious "HR Excellence in Research" award has been granted to our 🦏 Institute for another three years 🥳. We received the logo in 2016, as the first scientific unit in Krakow. Its maintenance proves our commitment to creating a top-tier working environment 🤝.

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Among the oldest treasures are a 1774 specimen of Orgyia antiqua, and a 1833 Apollo butterfly 🦋 from subspecies that no longer exists. More than a scientific archive, these collections are a cultural heritage—an irreplaceable window into the past, inspiring research 🧑‍🔬, education 👩‍🏫 and wonder.

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Starting in 1865 with 🧐 Count Kazimierz Wodzicki’s bird collection 🐦🦜, they now hold over 2.5 million specimens—from tiny insects 🦟 to majestic mammals 🦣. The star? 🤩 The only complete woolly rhinoceros 🦏 in the world, excavated in Starunia, astonishingly preserved for 30,000 years!

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Step into the fascinating world of the Scientific Collections 🦋 🦴🪨🦣🦠🪰 at the 🦏 Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences! For 1️⃣5️⃣5️⃣ years, our collections have preserved the story of nature and science in Poland.

In July, researchers from our 🦏 Institute participated in the 🦋 Lepidoptera collecting trip to the Italian Alps, part of @projectpsyche.bsky.social and @10klepgenomes.bsky.social - check out the latest article by Glenn Zorpette in @spectrum.ieee.org ⬇️

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Our speakers will deliver two talks:
🔹“Overview of the Research Activities of Central Mindanao University”
🔹"Preserving Nature's Treasures: Biodiversity Conservation, Species Discoveries, and World Heritage Nomination in Mindanao“
See you then!
@mizpas.bsky.social @mripas.bsky.social

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#Seminar 📣
📅 17 October 2025
🕐 10:00 am (GMT+2)
📍ISEA PAS conference room, Sławkowska 17, Cracow, and online
🧑‍🎓👩‍🎓 Dr Alan Dargantes & Dr Alma Mohagan, Central Mindanao University, Philippines
Link: tiny.pl/kz-ccgbk
(ID: 363 417 476 261 6, passcode: YD9Td6k9)

#ERASMUS
On 15.09-03.10, our 🦏 Institute hosted Adam Heteš from Comenius University, Slovakia @comeniusuni.bsky.social. Our visitor verified 4000(!) out of 7000 specimens of Jurassic crabs 🦀 from southern Poland, and most probably found a new species! The study is to be continued, stay tuned!

MIZ PAS seminar on bird studies in the Białowieża Forest, Poland, today, at 12:00 CET! Don't miss it! @iseapas.bsky.social @mripas.bsky.social

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A researcher from our 🦏 Institute, Dr Mateusz Ledwoń, gave a plenary lecture: "Modern Technologies in Bird Movement Research: Results, Opportunities, Challenges, and Ethical Aspects", introducing the field of science known as "movement ecology" 🗺️.
Photo: F. Hayatli
#ornithology #iseapas

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All talks were of high scientific level and quality, and covered various topics, like reproductive ecology, parental investment, migration dynamics, predation, bioacoustics, biodiversity, breeding success, and migration.
Photo: F. Hayatli

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The 4th Young Ornithologists' Symposium took place at Łódź University on October 26-28, and gathered over 100 students and graduates interested in 🐦 ornithology.

Researchers from our 🦏 Institute participate in an amazing project! 🦋
@projectpsyche.bsky.social
@10klepgenomes.bsky.social
@ebpgenome.bsky.social
@spectrum.ieee.org
👇👇👇

Our 🦋 lepidopterist, Dr Marcin Wiorek, has been elected a co-Editor-in-Chef of Nota Lepidopterologica @notalepido.bsky.social! ⬇️

A couple of days ago a genetic study on the history of Slavs was published in Nature, co-authored by dr hab. Jarosław Wilczyński from our 🦏 Institute! ⬇️

Our 🦏 Institute is happy to participate in this amazing initiative of sequencing the complete genomes of all European 🦋 Lepidoptera species! Recently Dr hab. Łukasz Przybyłowicz and Dr Marcin Wiorek participated in the field workshop in the Alps 👇👇👇

📣 Seminar
Title: Dinosaurs and Feathers: An Evolutionary (and Personal) Journey
Speaker: Dr Yosef Kiat, Tel Aviv University
📅 5 September 2025 (Friday)
🕐 1:00 pm (GMT+2)
📍 Natural History Museum ISEA PAS, Św. Sebastiana 9, Cracow

Link: tiny.pl/dhpq3wnx
(ID: 318 594 633 602 4, passcode: t8jx6Fw3)

We are pleased to announce that dr hab. Łukasz Kajtoch from our 🦏 Institute has has been nominated professor!
Professor Kajtoch works on various aspects of evolution and ecology of invertebrates (mainly 🐞 beetles), population genetics of 🐦 birds, and nature conservation. Congratulations! 🥳

photo: D. Moroń

New paper on the importance of linear landscape structures for pollinator conservation! 🐝
peerj.com/articles/19765

Thanks to everyone who made #EAVP2025 in Kraków such a success! 👏
Grateful to all attendees, speakers, organisers, volunteers & funders & for an inspiring week of #palaeontology & connection.
See you at the next EAVP in 2026 in Lithuania! 🦖🌍

We are proud to be official sponsors of the upcoming European Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists conference to be held in 30 June - 5 July in Krakow, Poland! eavp2025.wixsite.com/eavp2025

Logo of the 10kLepGenomes COST Action. Orange text "10K LEP GENOMES" accompanied by a design that combines the number 10 and the letter "K" to represent a butterfly and DNA.

(1/4) Exciting news 📣 Announcing the #COST10KLepGenomes initiative! 🦋🧬
We're leveraging genomic data to tackle biodiversity loss, disentangle Lepidoptera evolution and address climate change impacts on European butterflies and moths.

(1/4)🦋 Introducing Project Psyche! A groundbreaking initiative to sequence the genomes of all 11,000 species of butterflies and moths in Europe. The goal is to analyse this data to understand global climate insecurity and threats to biodiversity on a genomic level🧬 #ProjectPsyche #Genomics