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Centre of Excellence in Genomics and Biotechnology Improving Functional Traits of
Farm Animals and Quality of their ProductsANIMBIOGEN
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Mission of the ANIMBIOGEN is:• to ensure the Centre’s position as a CoE
in genomics and biotechnology research, aimed at the improving of farm animal functional traits, animal product quality and nutritive value and use of animal models in biomedical research;
• to establish regional network integrating institutions of New Accession States performing research in the areas of molecular genetics and biotechnology of farm animals;
• integrating the Centre with ERA. The research agenda of the Centre focuses on:• animal reproductive biotechnology,
including cloning, aimed at obtaining farm animals with the most valuable genotypes;
• animal transgenesis aimed at obtaining transgenic animals producing pharmacologically active proteins, secreted e.g. in milk;
• analysis of animal genomes in order to map and identify genes determining health and productive trait levels (growth rate, meat and carcass quality, composition and quality of milk, efficiency of reproduction);
• analysis of the influence of gene regulatory area polymorphisms on the expression of the genes and the traits determined by them;
• altering animal product composition and quality to make them more healthy and nutritious through the selection of animals carrying the appropriate gene variants and the use of appropriate feeding regimens.
The principal objectives of the Centre activity are:• improving the effectiveness of research
work;• improving the standard of research
conducted within the fields of molecular genetics, genomics and biotechnology of farm animals through an intensification of scientific cooperation with leading European institutions, resulting in a joint implementation of research projects;
• development and intensification of
international scientific cooperation in animal genomics and biotechnology, aiming at creating an European Centre of Excellence in this field;
• creating a permanent, regional research network, compliant with EU standards, active in the fields of animal genomics, molecular genetics and biotechnology;
• a marked strengthening of the position of the Centre as a training centre for specialists.
The objectives listed above are reached through the following means:• training of young research workers in
the series of specialist workshops and lectures given by leading scientists from EU member states;
• intensification of scientific collaboration with research centres in the EU through organization of scientific workshops and exchange of research workers;
• creating new forms of cooperation between centres working within similar research fields;
• organization of study visits and laboratory scholarships in which EU specialists can participate.
The permanent staff of the Centre consists of 35 scientists including 11 professors and 24 junior scientists (PhD), 12 technicians and 2 persons of administration. At present there are also 15 postgraduate students and, on average, 5 undergraduate students gaining their MSc degree at the Centre. There is a possibility for foreign and domestic students to accomplish their study at the Centre in order to obtain PhD degree. PhD students and young scientists have also a possibility to get training at the Centre in the molecular methods and methods used in experimental embryology. The Centre is very well equipped with modern research apparatuses such as: micromanipulators, genetic analysers, thermal cyclers, DNA sequencer, spectrohotometers, molecular imager, inverted microscopes, microarray scanner, Real Time - PCR, HPLCs, etc. Moreover, farm and laboratory animals are available for practical exercises.
The Centre’s scientists are asked to prepare opinions for the government and parliamentary advisory bodies in the course of legislative work on bio-ethics and bio-safety law (expert reports on genetically modified animal food products and genetically modified organisms).
Until March 2006, there were organized 6 international conferences and 6 international workshops at the Centre, with the total number of 420 participants and 70 lecturers, including 51 lecturers from abroad. Besides, the Centre hosted 2 foreign students for short-term trainings and 9 scientist from the Centre paid exchange and research visits to foreign institutions.
ANIMBIOGEN - Centre of Excellence in Genomicsand Biotechnology Improving Functional Traitsof Farm Animals and Quality of their ProductsProf. Zygmunt Reklewski, Prof. Lech ZwierzchowskiInstitute of Genetics and Animal Breeding Polish Academy of Sciences Jastrz´biec, Post´pu 105-552 Wólka Kosowskatel. +48 22 756 17 11 to 18fax +48 22 756 16 99, +48 22 756 14 17e-mail: [email protected]://www.ighz.edu.pl
Institute of Genetics and Animal Breeding PAS
Staff of ANIMBIOGEN from the left - Prof. K. Jaszczak, Prof. L. Zwierzchowski, T. Sakowski PhD, Prof. J. Kurył, Prof. Z. Reklewski, Prof. E. Dymnicki, Prof. J. Modliƒski, C. Tomasik MA BSc, Prof. M. Łukaszewicz
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The Institute of Agrophysics of Polish Academy of Sciences was established to apply physics in agricultural, environmental sciences and food production. The scientific staff of the Institute is directly engaged in the activities of the Institute to ensure interdisciplinary approach.
Their main fields of scientific activity are as follows: investigation of physical and physicalchemical processes of mass and energy exchange in the soil - plant - atmosphere system, physical properties of agricultural materials and processes affecting plant production as well as processes related to gathering, transport and storage of agricultural materials and food processing industry. In 2003 the Centre of Excellence AGROPHYSICS (QLAM-2001-00428) was established in the Institute.
The main feature of these studies is elaboration of new theoretical and experimental research methods, developing physical - mathematical models and their experimental verification,
processing of data with taking into account their time and spatial variability. Created data bases and thematic maps can be used in practice for agricultural and environmental protection. The Institute of Agrophysics has a great experience in Polish, European and International projects.
From the very beginning the Institute of Agrophysics was the leading institute in the ranking of State Committee for Scientific Research of Ministry of Science. The Institute is regarded as an important research partner, therefore since early 80’s it has been charged with coordination of three nationwide research programmes. A high level of the research work and the importance of obtained results is proven by numerous publications in the leading international, Polish and foreign journals and about 70 foreign and domestic patents.
The Institute possesses a unique equipment to carry out specialized investigations on environment, soil and plant materials including TDR moisture meter, thermographic system, particle size analyzer based on laser diffraction measurement (Mastersizer 2000), equipment for measuring electrokinetic potential, particle size and molecular weight (ZetaSizer nano ZS), automatic porometers, scanning microscopes: electron, acoustic and confocal, spectrophotometers UV-VIS, computer image analyzer, gas chromatographs, atom spectrophotometer, a set for simultaneous measurements of pressure fields and deformations of anisotropic materials, apparatus for measuring root and leaves dimensions, silos simulator equipped with moisture, temperature and pressure sensors, NIR spectrometers, X-ray apparatus with digital image analyzer, universal testing machines ‘Instron’.The important field of activity of the Institute is agrophysical metrology and development of monitoring tools for the application in agrophysics. The elaborated instrumentation includes sensors and data acquisition systems: new upgraded versions of TDR soil moisture, salinity and temperature meters,
ion-selective electrodes for application in the measurement AGROPHYSICS of selected ion concentrations in the soil and modern data acquisition systems, implementing the Internet connection, wireless GPRS modems or radio link and Global Positioning System facilities for application in precision agriculture.
At present the total number of research employees is more then 60 and 15 graduated young researchers taking their PhD studies.The staff of the Institute characterizes multidisciplinary specialization. There are the following specialists: physicists, chemists, agronomists, pedologists, mathematicians, engineers, biologists, geographers, and horticulturists. The number of scientists are active members of Polish and international scientific societies and committees.
The Institute of Agrophysics is authorized to confer the PhD and DSc degrees (doctor and doctor habilitatus) and to conduct the procedure of conferring with the professor title in agricultural science with specialization of agronomy-agrophysics. Till today, many research workers of the Institute as well as scientists from domestic and foreign research centers obtained their scientific titles in the Institute of Agrophysics.
There are 17 bilateral agreements, 17 agreements through international exchange programmes of the Polish Academy of Sciences and 4 agreements within State Committee for Scientific Research, all with recognized institutions all over the world, for example: Universities and Institutes in Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, Spain, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA. There are three thematic journals edited in the Institute:• International Agrophysics - 4 issue every
year;• Acta Agrophysica 2 issue every year and
separate series of monographs;• Polish Journal of Soil Science - 2 issue every
year.
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Centre of Excellencefor Applied Physicsin Sustainable Agriculture
AGROPHYSICS - Centre of Excellence for Applied Physicsin Sustainable Agriculture Prof. Dr. Ryszard WalczakDr Andrzej St´pniewskiInstitute of Agrophysics in LublinPolish Academy of SciencesDoÊwiadczalna 420-290 Lublintel. +48 81 744 50 61fax +48 81 744 50 67e-mail: [email protected]://www.ipan.lublin.pl/pl/centrum_doskonalosci
Agrometeorological station equipped with TDR soil moisture meters and thermographic system
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Centre of Excellence for Knowledge Transfer, Research and Education in Food
and Health for Central and Eastern EuropeCENEXFOOD
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The objectives of the Centre of Excellence project are: intensification and extension of studies conducted at the Institute through development of closer co-operation with leading scientific centres of the European Union and Accession Countries dealing with food science within the following research areas: 1. biochemical studies covering immunogenic
and allergenic properties of natural and modified food components;
2. identification of compounds potentially beneficial from the viewpoint of human nutrition in raw materials of plant origin and studies on their transformation in food processing and its sensory consequences;
3. biological and nutritional studies on the bioavailability of food components and their influence on life processes;
4. microbiological studies on determination of probiotic functions of intestinal bacteria beneficial for health, and on improving their effectiveness by using them in the form of synbiotics;
5. physical and chemical studies on the relations between the functional properties and microstructure of food;
6. studies aiming at constructing ion-selective electrodes and sensors designed for food analysis.
In the rank of institutions working in the field of agricultural sciences conducted by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, the Institute has been holding a leading position at present and in over the last years. The Institute’s Division of Food Science is located in a new building (about 3000 sqm) equipped with modern and technologically-advanced facilities. Scientific activity of the Division of Food Sciences concentrates on: • research - over 100 scientific papers
published annually;
• organisation of conferences and workshops (international and local);
• realisation and co-ordination of scientific research projects;
• commercial and academic expertise; • providing professional training; • edition of Polish Journal of Food and
Nutrition Sciences. The Institute, established in 1988, consists of 140 employees including 18 professors. It is divided into two divisions: Division of Food Science and Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Pathophysiology. The Institute is entitled to confer doctor and habilitation’s degrees in the field of Food and Nutrition as well as Animal Husbandry.
Fellows are invited to work in in the following areas:• immunogenic and allergenic properties of
natural and modified food components;• identification of nutritionally-beneficial
compounds;• bioavailability of food components;• microstructure vs food quality;• probiotic functions of milk fermentation
bacteria;• designing sensors for food analysis. The Centre signed “Declaration of Co-operation” with the Marshal of Warmia and Mazury and aims important for the province were defined: • dissemination of knowledge on
requirements of the European market for farmers, processing plants, producers and distributors of food;
• acceleration of works on technical and organisational modernisation of analytical laboratories for assessment of food quality;
• initiation of closer relationships between scientists and food producers;
• working out procedures to grant legally claimed regional mark to food products from Warmia and Mazury Province.
CENEXFOOD - Centre of Excellence for KnowledgeTransfer, Research and Education in Food and Healthfor Central and Eastern EuropeProf. Halina KozłowskaDr Jerzy RadeckiInstitute of Animal Reproduction and Food ResearchPolish Academy of SciencesTuwima 1010-747 Olsztyntel. +48 89 523 46 96fax +48 89 524 01 24e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]://www.pan.olsztyn.pl/cenexfood/
Bifidobacterium cells adhering to colon epithelium
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The CROPSTRESS project builds on the past experience of the Department of Plant Physiology Polish Academy of Sciences (IPP PAS) in studies of stress responses in plants. Extensive support offered by the EU Commission expands the potential of the institute for further development and integration into European Research Area. CROPSTRESS raises IPP PAS international profile and place it in a strong competitive position for gaining further support under the European Commission’s 6th Framework Programme. CROPSTRESS activities are organized as separate Work Packages covering a wide spectrum of research interests: oxidative stress, cold and drought resistance in plants, influence of environment on photosynthesis, stress responses at cellular level and recently, plant-pathogen interaction under climatic change. The development of our expertise in molecular biology and the application of new skills in studies of stress predominate in all the packages. Our goals are achieved through twinning arrangements with several leading European laboratories and involve staff training, visits of experts to co-ordinate research, preparation of international research proposals and thematic workshops. The new laboratories of molecular biology and immuno-techniques are equipped with help of national funds.
CROPSTRESS aims to develop generic methods for producing new stress resistant cultivars of economically important crops. Such cultivars are an essential part of any sustainable agricultural system. The Institute is ranked highly by the Polish authorities and has already a network of international contacts. The CROPSTRESS project contributes to education of diploma students and PhD students trained in our laboratories. The Institute also disseminates newly acquired knowledge at scientific conferences, meetings and publications in the scientific and popular press.
IPP PAS coordinates the national thematic network Biological Basis of Sustainable
Agriculture and High Quality Food Production Q-FOOD-NET (http://www.ifr-pan.krakow.pl/food.html). The institute organizes two cycles of conferences: “In vitro culture in plant physiology”, held in Crakow every second year since 1994 and “Ecophysiological Aspects of Plant Responses to Stress Factors”, held in Crakow every second year since 1995. In 2004 IPP PAS was the organizer of 14th Congress of the Federation of European Societies of Plant Physiology (FESPP). The IPP PAS houses the editorial office of the international journal Acta Physiologiae Plantarum (IF 2003: 0.430). Since 1996 the scientists of IPP published 15 books in a series of “Monographs”.
IPP PAS is devided in six Departments: (1) Biology of Flowering, (2) Biotechnology, (3) Stress Biology (4) Cell Biology, (5) Ecophysiology of Crop Plants, and (6) Photosynthesis & Spectroradiometry. All Departments of IPP PAS have excellent equipment and high-level labs adequate to their research area. IPP PAS employs 75 persons, out of which 30 researchers, among them 12 professors and associate professors, 10 assistant professors (post-doctoral fellows), 8 junior researchers. Additionally, 20 PhD students perform research work. There are 6 administrative staff and 29 technical support and service staff.
There is a possibility for foreign students to carry out the whole or a part of their PhD thesis in the Centre. We offer wide range of molecular biology methods, biochemistry, biophysics, light and fluorescent microscopy and ELISA. Unique equipment and facilities are accessible in IPP PAS for currying out climate related studies. A complex of climatic growth chambers with total area of 300 m2; precise control of climatic parameters: temperature (from -25º to +40º C), air humidity (from ca 30 to 100 % of relative humidity), and special chambers with controlled gaseous composition of the air. Over 250 m2 of laboratory space was renovated and equipped during the last three years. The new laboratories are available for most of molecular biology methodologies, immunodetection of proteins and in situ mRNA hybridisation.
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CROPSTRESS - Centre of Research on the Biology of Plants Subjected to Environmental Stress in Sustainable Agricultural ProductionAssoc. Prof. Maria W´dzonyThe F. Górski Institute of Plant PhysiologyPolish Academy of SciencesNiezapominajek 2130-239 Krakówtel. +48 12 425 18 33 ext. 26, 37fax +48 12 425 18 44e-mail: [email protected]://www.ifr-pan.krakow.pl/cropstress
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Centre of Excellence in Plant Agrobiology and Molecular GeneticsPAGEN
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Starting with the year 2003 the Centre of Excellence in Plant Agrobiology and Molecular Genetics PAGEN began its activities which were foreseen for three years. The Centre was supported by the funds from the UE 5th Framework Programme and was created by scientists from the Institute of Plant Genetics in Poznan. The Institute was also hosting the Centre for the following three years. The field of research performed at PAGEN was closely related to the tasks of the EU projects within the 5th Framework Programme, Quality of Life and Management of Living Resources. The main objective of the PAGEN Centre was to improve the quality of research through closer co-operation with the EU leading scientific institutions. It enabled a flow of expertise from advanced EU teams to experienced scientists and young researchers in Poland and increased Polish research potential, particularly in the light of the future Union membership. Moreover, the Centre closely cooperated with end-users, including breeders, representatives of government and local organisations to help in working out the directions of agricultural policy.
Milestones and results of the PAGEN Centre:
1.Theoretical and practical training of numerous young scientists and PhD students in the current aspects of molecular plant genetics - establishing the leading training centre for Eastern Europe.
2. Creation of international network in agricultural sciences and tight bounds with twin EU laboratories.
3. Entering into close co-operation with end-users from state-owned and private companies. Establishing the platform of discussion for scientists, government officials and regional representatives responsible for the adjustment of Polish agriculture to the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU.
The project enhanced and reinforced international co-operation, facilitated closer integration with the EU research centres and familiarised end-users with updated research. The Centre helped to introduce new techniques, implement a modern approach to knowledge dissemination and supplement the management of the Institute. This established the reputation of PAGEN as a dynamic research and educational centre of agrobiology and molecular genetics.
Main aims of the PAGEN Centre:
1. Integration of the IPG PAS scientific staff with the European Research Area (ERA) through networking, wide cooperation, and twinning with other research and academic institutions.
2. Providing scientists and plant breeders with the modern methods of creation and analysis of plant genotypes for sustainable agriculture.
3. Establishing the leading training centre at the IPG PAS for plant geneticists and breeders from the Central and Eastern Europe in plant genomics and agrobiology.
The main objectives of the project were achieved by following measures:
• organisation of 11 international and 2 national conferences and workshops with experts from the leading EU research teams working in the area of agrobiology and molecular genetics;
• three series of lectures for young researchers and PhD students given by the EU experts and top Polish scientists;
• networking with twin EU laboratories by senior scientists; short exchange visits in the EU and Poland and longer study-visits (one to three months) for young researchers in twin EU laboratories, aiming at the transfer of new molecular techniques
to Poland and joint research experiments; • organisation of practical courses for young
researchers and PhD students, specialists and farmers;
• organisation of panel discussions with the representatives of the Polish government and regional organisations responsible for the re-structuring and modernisation of Polish agriculture and its integration with the EU;
• promotion of updated examples and models of modern and sustainable agriculture.
During the PAGEN project realisation a new laboratory has been established at the IPG PAS as a training site of the PAGEN Centre. The laboratory was officially opened in July 2004. It is located in the extension of the main IPG building and reconstructed with the support of the European Union 5th Framework Programme funds.
The laboratory served as a training site not only for the PAGEN activities, but also for schools and courses organised at the IPG PAS.
PAGEN - Centre of Excellence in Plant Agrobiologyand Molecular GeneticsProf. Dr Bogdan WolkoInstitute of Plant GeneticsPolish Academy of SciencesStrzeszyƒska 3460-479 Poznaƒtel. +48 61 65 50 225fax +48 61 65 50 301e-mail: [email protected]://www.pagen.poznan.pl
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The Sea Fisheries Institute in Gdynia led the project Polish Marine Fishery Science Centre in the years of 2003-2005.The Centre’s aim was to improve the Institute’s capacity in the field of marine science with an emphasis on sustainable fisheries under new conditions caused by changes deriving from European politics and economics. The main objectives of the project were: to increase the Centre’s ability in providing scientific advice on stock management, including ecosystem and socio-economic factors and in advising how to provide consumers with safe fish products of the highest possible quality; finally to strengthen connections and co-operation with the European network of marine and fishery research centres.
Realizing these objectives allowed the Centre’ management to be provided with comprehensive scientific advice; it also filled in some of the gaps in fishery science which exist between the EU and remaining Baltic Sea countries while improving the co-ordination of research between relevant institutes in the Baltic area.
The realized package of measures has contributed to the integration of Baltic Sea marine fisheries into the European Research Area. Twinning with the DIFRES Institute has not only increased the Centre’s capacity through scientific visits and exchange of expertise, but also its ability to prepare and participate in further EU RTD projects.
Networking with some NAS and NIS states around the Baltic Sea helped to disseminate knowledge acquired to these states, include their potential in joint projects and increase their involvement in the research and management of the fishery resources. Participation of the SFI staff in high level training courses opened access to advanced knowledge and technology. 55 visits of the SFI personnel to other European Centres from 17 countries were carried out. The realization of the proposed measures also attracted young scientists from abroad to visit the Centre and to submit joint scientific publications. 60 young and senior scientists from 12 countries visited the Centre. 30 of these derived from the Eastern Europe (Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Ukraine). Furthermore 24 various training courses addressed to Polish and international audience were taught by the SFI and foreign experts. The overall number of participants was ca 420 persons. Joint research survey cruises were organized aboard the SFI research vessel r.v. “Baltica” together with the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography. To ensure considerable public outreach a 30-minute movie was produced for educational purposes of the SFI’s Gdynia Aquarium. The movie’s was entitled “THE POLISH BALTIC FISHERY AS SEEN FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE SEA FISHERIES INSTITUTE IN GDYNIA”.
The principal areas of research conducted at the Centre included fishery biology and
oceanography, marine ecology, fish processing technologies, and fishery economics. The SFI employs ca 200 persons including 40 scientists and 67 technicians engaged in fisheries research. The scientific staff holds degrees in a variety of disciplines including biology, fishery biology, oceanography, chemistry, food processing, economics, mathematics, electronics and mechanics. At present there are also 6 PhD students.The Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Institute, in which international papers based on the Centre’s scientific work were published, has been issued since 1951. It is an internationally peerreviewed scientific journal, which publishes original papers in English on marine fisheries, biology, hydrology, living marine resources and fish processing technology by Polish and foreign authors. This journal is indexed and abstracted in the international bibliographic databases ASFA and FSTA.
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POLMARF - Polish Marine Fishery Science CentreAssoc. Prof. PhD Tomasz LinkowskiSea Fisheries InstitutePolish Academy of SciencesKo∏∏àtaja 181-332 Gdyniatel. +48 58 73 56 23 (-32)fax + 48 58 73 56 110e-mail: [email protected]://www.mir.gdynia.pl/inst/polmarf/index.html
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Research Centre of Excellencein Sustainable PomologyPOMOCENTRE
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The Research Institute of Pomology and Floriculture in Skierniewice, Poland, one of the most important horticultural research centres in Central and Eastern Europe, is a governmental R&D organization supervised by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. At present it employs over 350 personnel, including more than 150 scientists. Its research programme covers all areas related to fruits, ornamental plants and bee science, from basic studies on physiology, biochemistry and molecular biology, through biotechnology, breeding, protection of genetic resources, plant pathology, agronomy, fruit storage and processing, horticultural engineering, economics and marketing. Due to a very active extension and implementation programme and close cooperation with growers’ organizations, processing industry and wholesalers, the Institute has a big influence on horticultural production in Poland. The Institute cooperates also with governmental agencies in setting up fruit quality standards and developing plant protection programmes.
On average, Institute’s scientists publish annually more than 200 original research papers, present over 300 lectures and posters at conferences and symposia and are granted 10 patents. The Institute publishes three research journals, of which two: “Journal of Fruit and Ornamental Plant Research” and “Journal of Apicultural Research” are on the Master Journal List of Thomson Scientific (formerly Institute of Scientific Information) from Philadelphia. In the past 5 years the Institute organised four international conferences and nine workshops.
Besides research activity, Institute is also an important teaching and training centre. It is authorized to conduct PhD and postgraduate studies, summer schools and courses as well as to evaluate and recommend candidates for Professor title. Annually, on average five students receive PhD diplomas, two DSc diplomas (habilitations), two candidates
recommended by the Institute are bestowed the title of Professor by the President of Poland, and more than 700 students complete postgraduate studies and professional courses.
The Institute has always been very active in international cooperation, being a popular meeting ground for scientists from “eastern block” and western countries. At present, it is involved in six projects within 5th and 6th FP, one EUREKA, one within NATO programme “Science for Peace”, one within EU programme “Financial Instrument for the Environment” and in six bilateral projects financed by respective governments. Besides, Institute is deeply engaged in European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) programme. Presently, our scientists participate in ten COST actions and in seven were elected to the Management Committees.
Institute is also very active in networking at a national level. It has close links with all major agricultural research centres in Poland. In 2003 the Institute coordinated the formation of the Centre for Advanced Technologies “AgroTech”, which is a cluster of three Polish universities, two R&D institutes and four industrial enterprises aiming at developing and implementing advanced technologies in agriculture and food production. The first success of the Centre was the project for constructing and restructuring analytical laboratories and greenhouses at the Research Institute of Pomology and Floriculture, which was approved by Polish Ministry of Scientific Recearch and Information Technology for 2005-2008. The project, with a total budget of 15,338,983 polish zloty (4,015,440 EUR at current exchange rate) will be financed from Structural Founds and state budget. The Institute was also one of the founding members of Polish Technology Platform on Food and took part in preparing work programme for European Technology Platform - Food for Life.
PomoCentre - Research Centre of Excellence in Sustainable PomologyProf. Dr Lech MichalczukProf. Danuta GoszczyƒskaResearch Institute of Pomology and FloriculturePomologiczna 1896-100 Skierniewicetel. +48 46 834 53 50fax +48 46 833 42 26e-mail: [email protected]://www.pomocentre.insad.pl
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Institute for Building, Mechanization and Electrification of Agriculture (IBMER) is a well-known research centre supplying, for many years, new constructions of agricultural equipment and technologies. The aims of the centre are the following: 1. Improvement, development and
implementation of modern techniques and technologies used in agricultural engineering.
2. Development of scientific basis enabling implementation of the principles of sustainable agriculture.
3. Development of environmentally friendly methods of agricultural products production.
4. Integration with the European Research Area and other Centres of Excellence in order to improve planning and realization of research projects. The objective of the project is to achieve above aims in close co-operation with other centres, by exchange of young researchers, study visits, conferences and joint projects.
In CoE TRAGEN there are:
1. Accredited Body for Product Certification.2. Accredited Testing Laboratory.3. Accredited Inspection Body for Heat
Treatment and Milking Machines.
Institute for Building, Mechanization and Electrification of Agriculture has two experimental farms situated near branches and departments specialized respectively: 50ha at Kludzienko near Warszawa, where research departments for motorization, transportation, ergonomics and mechanization of plant production are located, and approximately 300ha at Strzeszyn near Poznan, where research departments for development of animal production technology, mechanization of pig, cattle and poultry production, ergonomics and safety of machines and facilities of animal breeding are located.
In the farm at Kludzienko new agricultural machines used for crop production and transport means are tested. In the experimental farm in Strzeszyn at IBMER Branch Poznan there are buildings for animals in which new technological and keeping systems for cattle, pigs and poultry are tested.
Research departments have their laboratories in which proper experimental models with measuring instruments are installed. Our very well equipped laboratory for milking equipment is used for research purposes and for trainings as well.
At the present time there are 247 persons employed at IBMER, in this number: Professors: 11; Doctors qualified as assistant Professors: 8; Ph Doctors: 30; Engineers: 54. The IBMER has already prepared a programme of PhD study for young research workers of the Institute and other units. The programme has been elaborated for young Polish and foreign researchers and specialists from research units and industry.
The IBMER has many international permanent contacts with institutes in European Union and associated countries, mainly Denmark, The Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Due to nature of previous political system IBMER cooperates with institutes and research units in Russia, Ukraine, Byelorussia, Lithuania, Hungary and Czech Republic.
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TRAGEN - Transfer of Knowledge in Agricultural EngineeringAssist.Prof Andrzej MyczkoMSc Eng. Jerzy KarłowskiInstitute for Building Mechanization and Electrificationof Agriculture (IBMER)Biskupiƒska 6760-463 Poznaƒtel. +48 61 820 33 31fax +48 61 820 83 81e-mail: [email protected]://www.ibmer.poznan.pl
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The Centre’s activity intensifies and extends educational, training and research activities in the area of dairy science. A wide educational offer proposed at the Centre allows undertaking a multidirectional scientific-research activity in the basic fields: chemistry, physics, process engineering, economics, and the guiding fields: food analysis, food hygiene, food microbiology, biotechnology, human nutrition, economics as well as in the specialist-industrial field: technologies designing, line engineering, food industry engineering, energy management etc. The Centre operates at University of Warmia and Mazury’s Chair of Dairy Science and Quality Management which focuses on the following issues: • Biologically active substances in milk and
dairy products with functional properties; • Safety and quality of dairy products;• Enzymatic modification of milk components
and application of microorganisms in dairy technology;
• Novel environmental-friendly food processing and preservation technologies;
• Studies on rheological properties of dairy products;
• Energy management in dairy industry; • Adjustment of the dairy sector to the EU
requirements.
The Centre’s workers are authors of many publications in national and international journals and deliver a communications during domestic and international scientific meetings. They are active members of International Dairy Federation FIL/IDF, European Technology Platform on Food for Life, European Dairy Diploma Holders Association, International Union of Food Science and Technology, Global Consortium of Higher Education and Research for Agriculture, European Association for International Education, Chemistry and Food Technology Committee of Polish Academy of Science, Polish Association of Dairy Diploma Holders, Polish Biochemical Society, Polish Society of Food Technologists, Engineering Association of Food Industry, Polish Society of Microbiologists. They are also members of Expert Commissions of Ministry of National
Education and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development for restructuring Polish dairy industry. For many years the Chair of Dairy Science and Quality Management organizes seminars, conferences and meetings for dairy industry representatives. The symposium on Technique and Technology in the Dairy Industry organized together with the companies providing services for the dairy industry yearly from 1992, is particularly popular. Each time about 300 domestic and foreign people participate in this event.
The staff of the Chair of Dairy Science and Quality Management consists of specialists in milk production and processing. Currently 38 persons are employed in the Chair, including 11 professors, 7 doctors and 6 technical staff. The Centre also offers PhD programme for foreign students. Furthermore the Centre organizes a lot of training courses for food industry sector. The subject of the courses is highly differentiated and mainly covers the progress in dairy technique and technology, new dairy products development, hygiene in dairy processing with elements of the HACCP system, quality management and marketing in the dairy industry as well as microbial risk assessment.
There is a possibility for foreign students to take their PhD studies in the Centre. There are organized a lot of courses for food industry staff. The courses are highly differentiated in subjects and concern mainly the technique-technology developments in production of new dairy products, hygiene and dairy processing with elements of the HACCP, standardization and accounting for the raw materials, quality management in the dairy industry, marketing and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points, microbial risk assessment by modeling microorganisms growth, survival and inactivation in simulated conditions.
The modern Pilot Plant make up the integral part of the Chair. The installed pilot plants and technology lines enable to produce the whole range of dairy products. During the
classes students directly familiarize with almost all process operations applied in the dairy industry by manufacturing dairy products by themselves. The Pilot Plant is also used for the training programs in dairy technology, new product development, hygienic engineering, cleaning and disinfection and HACCP system implementation.
WAMADAIREC - Warmia and Mazury Dairy Excellence CentreProf. Stefan ZiajkaDr Anna TarczyƒskaUniversity of Warmia and MazuryOczapowskiego 710-957 Olsztyntel. +48 89 523 32 77, +48 89 523 42 20fax +48 89 523 42 20e-mail: [email protected], [email protected]://www.uwm.edu.pl/wamadairec
Laboratories of WAMADAIREC
Prof. Stefan Ziajka
One of the laboratory of the Centre
Staff of WAMADAIREC; from the left - Justyna ˚ulewska, Bogdan Dec, Sylwia Tarczyƒska
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