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Dr. habil. Łucja Kowalewska – NCN Award 2025 Laureate

A researcher from the Faculty of Biology UW has received the prestigious NCN Award for her groundbreaking discoveries on the nanomorphology of biological membranes and their role in plant cell function.

Prof. Marta Szulkin – Laureate of the 2024 Prime Minister’s Award

A professor from the Faculty of Biology UW has received the Prime Minister’s Award for her research on the evolution and adaptation of animals to complex urban environments of the Anthropocene.

Two researchers from the Faculty of Biology UW have been awarded NCN Sonatina 9 grants

Two researchers from the Faculty of Biology at the University of Warsaw have received funding for their research projects in the SONATINA 9 call of the National Science Centre.

Faculty of Biology at UW in the Perspektywy 2025 ranking

All three study programmes taught at the Faculty of Biology received very high positions in the Perspektywy 2025 ranking.

Nature Conservation – aw course of study at the UW Faculty of Biology

Nature Conservation is a new undergraduate degree program at the Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, launching in the academic year 2025/2026.

Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw - Join Us!

Biology, Biotechnology, and the new undergraduate program in Nature Conservation are the study opportunities offered by the Faculty of Biology at the University of Warsaw for the 2025/2026 academic year.

Jerzy Konorski Award for researchers from the Faculty of Biology

The Polish Neuroscience Society has awarded the Jerzy Konorski Award for the best original Polish publication in the field of neurobiology published in 2024 to the team led by Prof. Magdalena Dziembowska. Award Committee has given a special distinction to the team led by Dr. hab. Anna Malik. Congratulations to the awardees!

Grants to scientists from the Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, in competition OPUS 28 and SONATA 20

The Faculty of Biology at the University of Warsaw has won six OPUS 28 and seven SONATA 20 grants from programmes of the National Science Centre. Congratulations!

Scientists from the Faculty of Biology of the UW Receive the Badge of Honor for Merits in Environmental and Climate Protection

Prof. Wiktor Kotowski and Dr. Łukasz Kozub from the Faculty of Biology at the University of Warsaw have been awarded the Badge of Honor for Merits in Environmental and Climate Protection. Congratulations!

Rector’s Distinctions for researchers from Faculty of Biology

Eight scientists from the Faculty of Biology at the University of Warsaw have been honoured with Distinctions from the JM Rector for 2023. Congratulations!

Softshell turtles in Miocene Poland: a “tropical” surprise in the north

15 01 2026

A paper in the Journal of Anatomy, co-authored by Yohan Pochat-Cottilloux, Sergi López-Torres and Mateusz Tałanda from the Institute of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, has just ...

NAWA Grant for Dr. Klaudia Dębiec-Andrzejewska for the Development of a Microbiological Fertilizer Based on Biogas Desulfurization Sludge

12 01 2026

Dr. Klaudia Dębiec-Andrzejewska from the Laboratory of Agricultural and Industrial Microbiology at the Institute of Bioengineering has received funding from the National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) for the project ...

Professor Maria Anna Ciemerych-Litwinienko was one of the University of Warsaw representatives in the “Top 1000 Innovators of Poland in Silicon Valley” programme

09 01 2026

On 9–12 December, researchers from the University of Warsaw took part in a study visit to Silicon Valley in the United States, organised within the Top 1000 Innovators of Poland ...

OPUS NCN grant for research on the biological “arms race” between phages and bacteria

29 12 2025

Dr Piotr Golec, from the Department of Molecular Virology, Institute of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology UW, has received funding from the National Science Centre (NCN) in the amount of PLN ...

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