Visit of the Presidents of the Polish Academy of Sciences to our Institute

Prof. Marek Konarzewski, President of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and Prof. Aleksander Welfe, Vice-President of the Polish Academy of Sciences, visited the Institute on Monday 29 July. The visit, which included a meeting with staff, was an opportunity to present, among other things, the ideas and provisions contained in the proposal for a new Act on the Polish Academy of Sciences, prepared by the Academy's environment, and to confront it with the proposal currently under consultation, prepared by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The Presidents of the Academy also became acquainted with the current status and plans for the development of the Institute's research facilities, in particular the Laboratory of Environmental and Experimental Microbiology and the resources of the of the NKB IB PAN, an infrastructure considered to be of strategic importance in Poland.

Presentation of extremophilic fungi cultures.
Photo: Paulina Sulima-Samujłło

Welcoming of the Presidents of the Polish Academy of Sciences by the Director of IB PAN, Prof. Lucyna Śliwa.
Photo: Paulina Sulima-Samujłło

Discussion on the draft Acts on the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Photo: Paulina Sulima-Samujłło

Presentation of the paleobotany collections.
Photo: Paulina Sulima-Samujłło