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Mapping of pathogens and antibiotic resistance genes in a hospital reservoir While disinfection is the key to infection control, colonization, and resistance patterns of hospital microorganisms remain underestimated. A new paper in Nature Medicine, with a contribution of Bioinformatics Group Leader - Prof. Paweł Łabaj as a MetaSUB consortium member, may underline the importance of describing clusters of antibiotic resistance in hospitals and define the feasibility of systematic research to focus resources on infection prevention... »
Evolutionary Purpose Of Bacterial Sex – a new paper from Dr Rafał Mostowy in Science Advances What is the best genetic strategy of making offspring? Sex is a great way of acquiring new, adaptive combinations of genes, but the disadvantage is that by recombining you also risk breaking apart the adaptive combinations. So which strategy is better from an evolutionary point of view? Turns out bacteria can provide one answer to this question. We can learn more about this in a recent publication that is a result of collaboration between researchers from the Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology and from the Big Data Institute at University of Oxford... »
START scholarships for MCB researchers We are delighted to announce that two of our researchers have been successful in gaining one of the oldest and most prestigious scholarships from The Foundation For Polish Science - START. Katarzyna Owczarek and Rościsław Krutyhołowa have been awarded the scholarships in recognition of their past achievements and to support further scientific development... »
Cooperation with MetaSUB in monitoring the spread of coronavirus in Krakow The article published last week on monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 virus by scientists from MCB in cooperation with the City of Krakow fits into the global project of monitoring the presence of SARS-CoV-2 virus in urban space. Activities are coordinated by the MetaSUB consortium and have been widely discussed by the prestigious Wired magazine... »
SARS-CoV-2 screening project in Krakow A few weeks ago, scientists from the MCB, thanks to the support of the city authorities and the Municipal Police, started research on the determination of environmental contamination with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in Krakow. The aim of the research is primarily to determine possible countermeasures and assistance to the city and its residents in this difficult period... »
Bionanoscience workshop The MCB will hold a Bionanoscience workshop on November 22nd-23rd hosted by the Heddle laboratory... »
Scientists from MCB are promoting rapidly developing life sciences in Poland A News Magazine for the European Life Sciences "Lab Times" has published recently, in its anniversary issue, an article about Young Investigators in Eastern Europe. We had a pleasure to add few words from us about the scientific perspectives and living in general in Krakow... »
Powołanie Zastępcy Dyrektora MCB ds. naukowych Pragniemy poinformować, że z dniem 1 sierpnia br. na stanowisko Zastępcy Dyrektora MCB ds. naukowych w Małopolskim Centrum Biotechnologii został powołany dr hab. Wojciech Branicki, prof. UJ... »
Jagiellonian University at Europe's Most Innovative Universities 2016 ranking (REUTERS TOP 100) Thomson Reuters Press Agency published recently ranking of Europe's Most Innovative Universities 2016... »
Diamond Seminar - Prof. Yoshihiro Ito On Monday (27.06.2016, 10:00 am, MCB Seminar Room 3/14) in the Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology we will host Prof. Yoshihiro Ito... »