On Friday, our IBE members participated in the 15th Jubilee edition of the Night of Biologists hosted by the Faculty of Biology of the University of #Warsaw, Poland. The event slogan was “#Biology full of signals – discover how life speaks!” 🌱🍄🦠🔬

Dr. Ludwik Gąsiorowski from EMBO (Excellence in life sciences) received an #InstallationGrant from Wydział Biologii UW! Ludwik will create his own laboratory to study microscopic flatworms. This is the only "installation" grant in this edition for Poland! 🇵🇱 Congratulations! 🥳👏

What a better way to start the New Year than with a new publication ? I am very glad to introduce the first paper linked with my current post-doc at @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social. We describe the first trionychid remains from the Middle Miocene of Poland, in @journalofanatomy.bsky.social.

In December, we took part in a #Phylogenomics workshop in Urwitałt for #C4inV4: improving collaboration in V4 countries to learn about cryptic #fungi. It was a fantastic team effort; we learned so much. Looking forward to next year!🍄 Workshop summary here: lnkd.in/dh2Yt2_a

Great #SVP2025 in #Birmingham 🇬🇧! As always, an excellent chance to collect feedback and reconnect with collaborators! #WarsawTeam

Dr Mateusz Tałanda presents his research on the early development of #aetosaurs (Archosauria: Pseudosuchia) - a key to their success in the Late #Triassic ecosystems at #2025SVP

@yohanpochatcot.bsky.social presenting his research on the first occurrence of #Trionychidae (Testudines, Cryptodira) from the #Miocene of #Poland expanding the biogeographic range of the family at #2025SVP

@sergilopeztorres.bsky.social presenting his research on an expectionally well preserved maxilla of Komba walkeri (Galagidae, #primates) from the Early #Miocene of #Rusinga island, #Kenya at #2025SVP

Happy #Halloween from all of us here at IBE - where we like to celebrate spooky #skeletons all year round! 💀🦴

Our mascot Geno enjoyed a little pumpkin treat for #Halloween today 🎃

Wishing Dr Andrej Čerňanský a fond farewell today, as he completes his research visit and returns to Comenius University Bratislava - come back soon! 👋

Warm congratulations to Ks Dr Marcin Uhlik on successfully defending his PhD! Marcin's hard work and resilience have truly paid off, and we couldn’t be prouder 🎉🥳

Congratulations to Dr Aleksandra Skawina and Dr Debora Baumann Di Lábio on being awarded their IDUB microgrant to conduct actualistic #taphonomy studies on freshwater #bivalves 🥳

Dr Aleksandra Skawina took advantage of the beautiful Autumn weather to conduct excavations in southern #Poland this month, digging for #Triassic #fossils! 🦴

🚨New Paper Alert!🚨 Katarzyna Tratkiewicz and @lgasiorowski.bsky.social present, 'Spontaneous #ectopic head formation enables reversal of the body axis polarity in #microscopic #flatworms' 🪱 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

We are pleased to announce that Prof. Marta Szulkin, from the Institute of Evolutionary Biology, has been awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize 🏆 for 2024 in the category of scientific achievements 🎉

Excited to share our new work on nanopore metabarcoding — showing how it can be used for protists and combined with short reads! Led by my PhD student Małgorzata Chwalińska, with our team at @ibe-warszawa.bsky.social and @fabnot.bsky.social & Sarah Romac at @sbroscoff.bsky.social #ProtistsOnSky

Hello and welcome to our new mascot, Genowefa! Geno (for short) is a Hermann's #tortoise, found abandoned near the University's field station in northern Poland some weeks ago. We hope she will be with us for many years to come 🐢😊

Another international summer school "From #Fungal Morphology to #Genotype" is behind us! 24 students and 8 teachers from Poland, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, & Germany participated in the week-long course in Białowieża 🍄🔬🧪

New paper out in JVP, in which we describe two new species of the basal paromomyid primate Paromomys from the Paleocene of Alberta 🇨🇦 By Craig Scott, myself, @marytsilcox.bsky.social & Lisa Bohach. doi.org/10.1080/0272...

Dream of exploring the #sea? Fascinated by microorganisms? Love the #Baltic Sea? Join us to do a #Masters thesis on spring blooming of #phytoplankton in the Baltic Sea collaborating with the Maritime Institute of Fisheries in Gydnia. Contact Dr. Hab. Anna Karnkowska - [email protected]

Dr Mateusz Tałanda gives insights into #Silesaurus opolensis in 'The "career" of the #Polish pre-dinosaur – from #Krasiejów to world paleontology textbooks' by Agnieszka Kliks-Pudlik naukawpolsce.pl/aktualnosci/...

Presenting Dr Andrej Čerňanský and Martina Kubáčková's short documentary 'Witnesses of the prehistory' on #lacertids Video in Slovak with English subtitles youtube.com/shorts/eDudA...

Dr Andrej Čerňanský stars in a short film created by Martina Kubáčková, showing a day in the life of a #palaeontologist with #deadlines! youtu.be/i3x9XCem8Q4?...

Thank you to dr Graciela Delvene (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España CSIC) for your research visit to Instytut Biologii Ewolucyjnej! Dr Skawinska & Dr Delvene had a very productive week - lots of fun studying #Unionida, and lots of new ideas & plans for the future!

Congratulations to Karolina krupa for defending her Bachelors thesis titled, 'Protist diversity in selected heathland ecosystems of the Masurian Lakeland: Insights from long-read barcoding and single-cell genomics'! See how beautifully Karolina illustrated her work 😊

Another Bachelor's Degree in IBE! 😀 Amelia Ciemniewska submitted her thesis titled "Development of a fungal-bacterial vaccine aimed at promoting the growth of cabbage Brassica rapa subsp. Pekinenis (Lour.) Hanelt" 🍄🥬 Congratulations! We keep our fingers crossed for further successes!🏆

🎓 Master’s Defense with Distinction! Maksymilian E. Nowak successfully defended his thesis: “Do Paraburkholderia sp. living inside Umbelopsis sp. produce rhamnolipids?” 🧫🦠🍄 Big congratulations to Maks for his outstanding work and dedication throughout the project! 🚀 Next step: journey to PhD begins!

🚨New Paper Alert!🚨 Weronika Łaska coauthors 'Analyzing #coprolites: Different methods for the study of coprolites' www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Dr Andrej Čerňanský reveals the greatest secrets of life, fossils, and the development of species in the latest episode of #TROSHCAST - Language: Slovak. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3HK...

🌊🦑 For 500+ million years, #cephalopods have shaped ocean ecosystems as active predators. In our study, we trace body #size fluctuations of cephalopods—from ancient shelled cephalopods to today’s squids & octopuses—using maximum body volume for comparability across groups. doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Final days (Deadline: August 15) to apply for a 4-year #PhD position to work on inclusions in Permian-Triassic coprolites and how they can inform us on the impact of mass #extinction of parasite-host associations.

Dr Ludwik Gąsiorowski has received a grant from the National Science Centre (NCN) in the SONATA 20 competition for his project entitled “Evolutionary perspective on irradiation resistance of stem cells” 🥳

🚨 New paper! 🚨 Andrej Čerňanský et al. reveal 'The first evidence of iguanians and scincoids from the lower #Eocene of the Cos locality (Phosphorites du Quercy, France)' www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚨 PhD opportunity! 🚨 We are looking for a student to work on a SONATA grant concerning the evolution of syncephalous flowers (complex inflorescences in the Asteraceae family) 💐 More info here > www.biol.uw.edu.pl/wp-content/u... Please contact > [email protected]

🎓 Another Bachelor’s thesis successfully defended at our Institute! Ania Witowska has defended her thesis titled "The effect of rhamnolipids on the endosymbiotic interaction between Paraburkholderia sp. KKMWBUW1 and Umbelopsis sp. WA50703 " 🧫🦠🍄 Big congratulations to Ania for the great work!

Another Bachelors degree at our institute! Jakub Lisiak defended his thesis today on the influence of intrahyphal bacteria on the growth & gene expression of the fungus Umbelopsis. The thesis impressed the committee and was awarded a 5! Bravo, Kuba! 🥳👏

#Triassic #palaeontology #fieldwork in Miedary #Poland has begun! Our students and volunteers have already made some amazing discoveries.... 🦴

🚨Publication alert🚨 Andrej Čerňanský coauthors 'A diverse Campanian biota from the Bozeș Formation (Petrești, Romania): Insights into the #paleontology and #paleoecology of a transitional sequence' doi.org/10.26879/1536

Our students and volunteers are settling into #palaeontology #fieldwork in sunny Miedary in #Poland, hunting for #Triassic #fossils 🦴

We are looking for a #PhD Student in our group on #Cellular and genetic basis for #irradiation resistance in a microscopic #flatworm Stenostomum in the NCN project, '#Radiation resistance of #stem #cells in an evolutionary perspective' www.biol.uw.edu.pl/staze-stypen...

We are looking for a #PhD Student in our group on "Environmental versus host controls on #parasite diversity in #Permian-#Triassic #vertebrate #coprolites" in the NCN project "The impact of mass #extinctions on parasite #diversity and #evolution". www.biol.uw.edu.pl/staze-stypen...

Congratulations @lgasiorowski.bsky.social on your new Assistant Professor position at our institute! We are so happy to have you as a member of our team, and we wish you every success 🥳🎉

Congratulations Dr Małgorzata Orłowska on your new Assistant Professor position at our institute! We are so happy to have you as a member of our team, and we wish you every success 🥳🎉

Big congratulations to the student of our institute, Maria Furman, who defended her master's degree in beautiful style today - with purpose and distinction! 🥳🥳 In the photo with her proud supervisor Alis Okrasińska

We warmly welcome Iryna Yatsiuk to our institute! ☺️ Iryna will carry out a 6yr internship with us, during which she will study slime - mushroom-like #protists 🍄 as part of the international project #FunDive: Monitoring & mapping #fungal #diversity for #nature #conservation

Dr Aleksandra Skawina is on 🔥 this week with her *second* paper, '#Fossilized gill soft tissues in Mesozoic freshwater unionoid #bivalves: reinvestigation and new evidence of the #evolution of adaptation to the freshwater environment' www.app.pan.pl/.../publishe...

🚨New paper! 🚨 Congratulations to Dr Aleksandra Skawina as coauthor on 'A curated dataset on the distribution of West #Palaearctic freshwater #bivalves' rdcu.be/euHsM

Another successful @eavpalaeo.bsky.social meeting in #Kraków 🇵🇱! Great discussions and always a pleasure to reconnect with colleagues! 🐒🐊🦖

Thank you to everyone who came to my #EAVP2025 talk, 'Exploring interrelationships between #fossil and extant #lorisids (#Primates, #Strepsirrhini) and the question of their biogeographic #origins'!