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29 June, 2026
The collaboration between the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IBCH PAS) and the Platinum Team Foundation has now been formalised.
22 June, 2026
This year, Sweden hosted Europe’s largest genetics conference, organised annually by the European Society of Human Genetics (ESHG)...
2 June, 2026
Following a successful first round at the Palace in Turwia, we organised a second sample collection event for the G4PL project. On Saturday 30 May, over 140 people turned up at the headquarters of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences…
23 May, 2026
The collaboration between the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the OPEN Biobank in Poznań has already yielded its first results.
22 May, 2026
On 22 May 2026, we signed our first cooperation agreement with a partner specialising in the collection of biological material. This partner is OPEN Biobank, based in Poznań…
25 April, 2026
April 25, 1953, is one of the most significant dates in the history of science. It was on that day that the world learned that DNA, the molecule that carries our genetic information, has a double-helix structure. Only then …
23 April, 2026
The Human Genome Meeting 2026, an international conference organized by the Human Genome Organization (HUGO), took place in Athens from April 22–24. The conference featured the latest research findings…
9 April, 2026
The long-awaited paper presenting the results of genetic research on the Piasts has finally been published in Nature Communications.
18 March, 2026
At its meeting on March 18, 2026, the Bioethics Committee of the Regional Medical Council of the Wielkopolska Medical Chamber reviewed our proposal and issued a favorable opinion on the “Genomics for Poland” project…
28 February, 2026
International Rare Disease Day is a special occasion that we traditionally celebrate on the last day of February. The choice of date is no coincidence - in leap years, it falls on February 29. It is the rarest day in …
16 February, 2026
Twenty-five years ago, the world heard: “We’ve got it!” The first map of human DNA was no longer a science-fiction dream—it had become a reality. It was not just a scientific achievement and a milestone in the history of bio...
23 January, 2026
We’ve just held the kick-off meeting to launch the project. The English term perfectly captures the idea and purpose of this type of meeting, which is to present the project’s objectives...
17 December, 2025
According to the plan outlined in the application, the project was scheduled to be completed in January 2026, but the contract was signed before Christmas 2025. A date was also set for the kick-off meeting...
31 October, 2025
The day the competition results were announced was a happy one for us. The G4PL project was among the top projects selected for funding in the second call for proposals for ...
4 July, 2025
The two months that have passed since the meeting in Poznań have been a period of intense work on the proposal. The entire voluminous documentation was tirelessly overseen by ...
30 April, 2025
The decision to form a consortium and draft a joint project was made during a meeting of representatives from 12 academic and research institutions in Poznań. The meeting took place on April 30, 2025, at ...