The winner of the 5th edition of the competition for the best research project organized by the Biocodex Microbiota Foundation (BMF) in Poland entitled: “The shape of the intestinal microbiota in the context of COVID-19” was Dr. Oliwia Zakerska-Banaszak from the Institute of Human Genetics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poznan, obtaining funding of EUR 25,000 for the implementation of the project research entitled “Does COVID-19 in patients with ulcerative colitis lead to changes in the composition of the intestinal microbiota and metabolome predisposing to symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome?”