Department of Nucleic Acid Function

Awarded publication:
Ilaslan E, Kwiatkowska K, Smialek MJ, Sajek MP, Lemanska Z, Alla M, Janecki DM, Jaruzelska J, Kusz-Zamelczyk K „Distinct Roles of NANOS1 and NANOS3 in the Cell Cycle and NANOS3-PUM1-FOXM1 Axis to Control G2/M Phase in a Human Primordial Germ Cell Model. IJMS, 2022, 13;23(12):6592.

In the category of Innovations in the agricultural and food industry, the Institute of Natural Fibres and Medicinal Plants National Research Institute was awarded, which is the only research centre in Poland with almost 90 years of experience in work on hemp. Director of the Institute Dr. Eng. n. med. Rafał Spachacz said that we are happy that we can work together to implement a non-fiber hemp cultivation program and this award is a mobilization for us to further action. Together with the director, the award was received by prof. dr hab. Ryszard Słomski, MD, Katarzyna Wielgus, Paweł Gała, PhD, and Karolina Wielgus, PhD. Institute of Human Genetics PAS represented by prof. Słomski previously implemented the Innomed project. Development of a technology for obtaining cannabinoids from hemp with a low THC content as means supporting the treatment of oncological patients. Acronym: ONKOKAN.

The award was granted for the publication of:
„Polymeric Nanoparticles: Production, Characterization, Toxicology and Ecotoxicology”
Aleksandra Zielińska, Filipa Carreiró, Ana M. Oliveira, Andreia Neves, Bárbara Pires, D. Nagasamy Venkatesh, Alessandra Durazzo, Massimo Lucarini, Piotr Eder, Amélia M. Silva, Antonello Santini and Eliana B. Souto. Molecules 2020, 25(16), 3731; DOI: 10.3390/molecules25163731
Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049) IF 4.927; Min 140.

za dwa powiązane ze sobą artykuły oryginalne opublikowane w 2020 roku.

Prof. Krzysztof Szyfter was awarded by Marek Woźniak, the Head of Local Self-parliament for his merits to Great-Poland District.

Prof. Jadwiga Jaruzelska, dr Marcin Piotr Sajek, dr Maciej Jerzy Śmiałek and Ms Erkut Ilaslan were awarded by Medical Division of the Polish Academy of Sciences for 5 articles entitled: “Role of NANOS and PUM proteins in human reproduction and infertility”.

Dr Maciej Jerzy Śmiałek was awarded a Prize of the Prime Minister of the Republic of Poland for his PhD dissertation „A global identification of mRNAs regulated by PUM1 and PUM2 and their protein cofactors, in the model of human seminoma (TCam-2)”defended in 2020.

Dr Aleksandra Zielińska from the Department of Nucleic Acids Function of our Institute has become a laureate of the FNP START 2021 Program.

Prof. dr hab. n. med. Ryszard Słomski was decorated with the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. The ceremony took place on June 7, 2021 at the Wielkopolska Voivodship Office in Poznań. The Cross was awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, on the Professor's 70th birthday. Due to the pandemic, the handing over was delayed by a year and a half. The Order was awarded for the Professor's scientific and research activities, including pioneering DNA studies in the country for diagnostic, medical and forensic purposes, as well as the implementation and dissemination of molecular diagnostics (DNA fingerprinting 1987; PCR polymerase chain reaction 1989). Works in the field of medical biotechnology constitute an important field of interest and include obtaining of transgenic animals as bioreactors for the production of peptides and tissues for xenotransplantation. Biological dressings made of the skin of transgenic pigs have been used many times in the Burn Treatment Center in Siemianowice Śląskie.