A few new genome sequences, lots of fun with plating, microscopy, discussions, and, of course, enjoying everything Mortierellaceae 🍄🔬🧫💻 Big thanks to Beniamin Abramczyk, Sophie, Ella, and Kim for making it happen and bringing everyone together. #MOFALE #Mortierellaceae

Research is underway in the park of the Open-Air Centre in Dłużew (Jul-Aug 2026), testing birdhouses designed by Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts students to better protect nesting birds from extreme heat. @mszulkin.bsky.social & @igstadnicki.bsky.social are comparing them with standard models 🐣🌡️

This year’s edition of Field Paleobiology just started!

The Mycological Research Group started the season for sampling mountain Mortierellaceae in the Tatra Mountains! 🏔️🍄 As part of the MOFALE project and Perły Nauki, we are exploring the diversity and ecology of these fascinating fungi in high-mountain environments.

G Georgalis & A Čerňanský describe Timon planeutes, a new #lizard species from the Eocene-Oligocene of #Quercy, France 🇫🇷 This is the oldest occurrence of the extant lacertid genus Timon 🦎 Check out their new publication: doi.org/10.1002/spp2... @ncn.gov.pl

Dr Aleksandra Skawina during her presentation on freshwater bivalves 🦪 at the Brazilian Congress of Palaeontology! 🇧🇷

Aleksandra Skawina and members of Lapalma (Laboratório de Paleontologia de Macroinvertebrados) attending the Brazilian Congress of Palaeontology 🇧🇷

And Jakub Zalewski won the Best Student Poster Presentation Award! Congratulations! 🏆

@palaeophd.bsky.social gave an online presentation on hyena denning and cannibalism in the Pleistocene of Thailand 🐺🇹🇭

Jakub Zalewski presented his poster on plagiosaurids, terrestrail Triassic amphibians from Poland 🐸🇵🇱 and showcased some of his paleoart (which was sold!) 🐺🦏

@yohanpochatcot.bsky.social gave an oral presentation on the Miocene herpetofauna from Ukraine 🐢🐍🦎🇺🇦

Wiktoria Wieliczko presented her poster on the inner ear of Prenocephale, a Late Creataceous pachycephalosaur from Mongolia 👂🏼🦖🇲🇳

Adam Lis presented his poster on trends of brain size in primates 🧠🐒

Filip Pozauć presented his poster on Archaeornithoides, an Upper Cretaceous theropod dinosaur from Mongolia 🦖🇲🇳

Joanna Piwowarczyk presented her poster on the teeth of Nothosaurus, a Triassic marine reptile from Poland 🦷🐊🇵🇱

Anthony Rozario gave both an oral and a poster presentation, on Triassic coprolites from Poland and shark teeth from India 🦈🇮🇳

Representing our Mycology Lab, @marta-tischer.bsky.social, Mikołaj Dziurzyński, Dorota Wiktorowicz & Maksymilian Nowak participated in the 10th National Microbiological Symposium “Metagenomes of Diverse Environments”. Dorota & Mikołaj received awards for their oral presentations! Congrats! 🏆

Former and present paleo students and staff from our institute at #EAVP2026 #Vilnius @eavpalaeo.bsky.social

The 43rd International Conference of Polish Phycological Society was a success for us 🥳🏆 Marta Sałek, our PhD student, won the 3rd place in best oral presentation, and Zofia Sochaczewska, our MSc student, won the poster award. Congratulations!

Congratulations to our Institute’s researchers Mateusz Tałanda 🦎 and Mikołaj Dziurzyński 🍄 for successfully securing @ncn.gov.pl OPUS grants! 🎊🎉🎊

Excellent job by @marta-tischer.bsky.social, Beniamin Abramczyk, Dorota Wiktorowicz, Michał Kochanowski and Maksymilian Nowak from IBE for organizing MycoRise Up! Youth in Mycology this year at ECEG 🍄 3 days of biodiversity, taxonomy & ecology by early-career researchers and students!

Our protistologists attending the #Protistology Open 2026 Conference in #Prague! The event was attended by Prof. Anna Karnkowska, who chaired sessions, and Dr Ivan Garcia-Cunchillos, who gave an invited presentation during the symposium on #kleptoplasty

Thank you to our Guest Speaker @emmadnn.bsky.social from @tcddublin.bsky.social for presenting her latest research, '#Climate Impacts on Terrestrial #Tetrapods in Deep Time' at our Institute of Evolutionary #Biology Seminar 👏🦖🌍 #biodiversity #palaeontology

Thank you to our Guest Speaker @taphonomist.bsky.social for presenting his latest research, 'All #Fossils Are #Rotten: The Science of #Death, #Decay and Preservation' at our Institute of Evolutionary #Biology Seminar 👏🐟🦴 #taphonomy #palaeontology

Congratulations to our Master's student Jakub Zalewski on winning the competition for Best Poster at the Młodzi w Paleontologii XIV Conference! 🎉🥳

Members of our #palaeobiology group explored the World of the #Witcher in an Easter board game evening 🎲⚔️🐺

Well done to our students who presented their amazing research at the 'Youth in #Palaeontology' XIV Conference in Gdynia, #Poland last week! Many thanks to the organisers for their commitment and for the invitation ☺️🦖🦴🧬

Dr Daria Tashyreva & our PhD candidate Małgorzata Chwalińska presenting their research at the 'Cellular mechanics of #symbiosis: Sensing friend from foe' symposium, organised by EMBO & EMBL Heidleberg 🧫👩‍🔬

Scientific examination of the nearly fully prepared and nearly complete skeleton of #Mastodonsaurus with prof. Jerzy Dzik!

🎓Huge congratulations to Ali Fells! Last Thursday, we celebrated her amazing doctoral defence! We are very proud and happy for Ali in her success. Congratulations! 🍾🥂