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Institute of Paleobiology participates in the project co-financed from EU structural funds "Innovative Economy Operational Programme, Priority Axis 2: R&D Infrastructure, Action 2.2: Support of Formation of Common Research Infrastructure of Scientific Units". Together with 10 institutional partners (NanoBioGeo consortium), the Institute is a part of National Multidisciplinary Laboratory of Functional Nanomaterials (NanoFun) [LINK]. Jaroslaw Stolarski is a project coordinator in the Institute, and head of Laboratories of Cathodolumienscence Microscopy and Microtomography. [info]
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Institute of Paleobiology participates in HOMING PLUS Programme (granted to Barbara Kremer) that is co-financed from EU structural funds under Action 1.2 ‘Strengthening the human resources potential of science’ of the Innovative Economy Operational Programme 2007–2013 (Research topic: Modern mineralized cyanobacteria from alkaline volcanic lakes as analogues of Earth's early life). [info]
The Institute of Paleobiology (formerly the
Institute of Paleozoology) is one of the oldest
units of the Polish Academy of Sciences;
established in December, 1952. In all rankings by
the State Committee for Scientific Research, the
Institute has been granted the highest category.
Among its 50 staff members, 25 are researchers
(among them nine professors, and three members of
the Polish Academy of Sciences). The Institute is
certified for awarding PhD and Dr.Sc. degrees in
biology and geology. The Institute is publisher
of the quarterly journal Acta Palaeontologica
Polonica, ranked 11th among 48 international
paleontological journals listed by ISI.
Since its start, the Institute has conducted
biologically-oriented research on ancient life.
Descriptions of fossil biota are accompanied by
comparative studies of their Recent counterparts.
The results of such studies are useful for both
Earth and life sciences. The scope of its
research covers vertebrates, invertebrates and
microfossils of various origins. The Institute is
renowned throughout the world and participates
extensively in international cooperation. It has
organized and participated in scientific
expeditions to various areas of the world
(Mongolia, Spitsbergen, Antarctica). Studies of
paleofloras began in 1990, and a year
later a biogeological research programme started,
integrating life sciences with Earth sciences.

