The Polish Diabetes Association appreciated the work co-authored by Prof. Marzena Gajecka and Dr. Katarzyna Jaskiewicz (Gajecka M*, Gutaj P*, Jaskiewicz K*, Rydzanicz M, Szczapa T, Kaminska D, Kosewski G, Przyslawski J, Ploski R, Wender-Ozegowska E. Effects of maternal type 1 diabetes and confounding factors on neonatal microbiomes. Diabetologia. 2024 Feb;67(2):312-326. doi: 10.1007/s00125-023-06047-7 ; *contributed equally). The second prize in the competition for the best scientific publication in the field of diabetology and metabolic diseases in 2023, named after Kazimierz Funk, was awarded to Dr. hab. Pawel Gutaj.