News:
Meeting of the COST Action Working Group: ‘CA21149 – Reducing acrylamide exposure of consumers by a cereals supply-chain approach targeting asparagine’
On 6th September, Anna Szafrańska, PhD, Eng. Head of the Department of Grain Processing and Bakery, participated in the meeting of the COST Action Working Group: ‘CA21149 - Reducing acrylamide exposure of consumers by a cereals supply-chain approach targeting...
‘PROMISEANG’ PROJECT KICK-OFF MEETING
On the 15th of September, the Institute of Agricutural and Food Biotechnology was a host to the kick-off meeting of the Horizon Europe Project ‘PROMISEANG’ - ‘Alternative PROteins from MIcrobial fermentation of non-conventional SEA sources for Next-Generation food,...
28th AIRAPT and 60th EHPRG International Conference
On the 23rd-28th of July, representatives of our scientific staff - Professor Krystian Marszałek and Ph.D. student Zhe Chen from the Department of Fruit and Vegetable Product Technology participated in the '28th AIRAPT and 60th EHPRG International Conference'...
Congratulations on your scholarship Mr. Zhe Chen!
Prof. Waclaw Dabrowski Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology- State Research Institute informs that as a result of the competition for a scholarship/Ph.D. student position in the NCN OPUS 16 project entitled: "New derivatives of plant carboxylic acids as...
Cooperation between Istanbul University and IBPRS
Last week, the representatives of IBPRS - Joanna Bucka-Kolendo, Ph.D. (Department of Microbiology) and Agata Wierzbińska, M.A. (Department of Research Coordination, Scientific Information and Marketing) held meetings at the Istanbul University which were organized as...
Lukasz Wozniak Ph.D. and Nikola Smigielska M.Sc. received scholarships in The European Food Risk Assessment (EU-FORA) Fellowship Programme
We are pleased to announce that within the Institute’s cooperation with EFSA, 2 young researchers from the IBPRS-PIB have received scholarships in this year's edition of The European Food Risk Assessment (EU-FORA) Fellowship Programme. They will complete their...
Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins – International Conference, Easton (MA, USA)
An international conference entitled "Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins" was held in Easton (MA, USA) from June 18-23, 2023. "The Mycotoxins and Phycotoxins" organized periodically by the Gordon Research Conference. This is the leading periodic international scientific...
Amin Mousavi Khaneghah, D.Sc. – international expert FAO and WHO
We are happy to announce that Amin Mousavi Khaneghah, D.Sc. from the Department of Fruit and Vegetable Product Technology, IBPRS-PIB has been selected for inclusion in the 2023-2027 international expert scientific roster of the Food and Agriculture Organization of...
Internship of the Institute’s Young Researcher at the University of Udine, Italy
Last year, Justyna Szczepańska, Ph.D. Eng. became a laureate of the prestigious START 2022 competition which is released annually by the Foundation for Polish Science for the most talented Polish scientists under 30. Each year, out of 100 laureates, the FNP awards one...
Prof. Waclaw Dabrowski Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology – State Research Institute was founded in 1949 in Warsaw as the Main Institute of Agricultural and Food Industry. Having changed its name several times, last one given in 2012 before the incorporation into its structures of two other institutes with a long tradition: The Institute of Meat and Fat Industries and the Sugar Industry Institute, as well as several other research laboratories. Currently, the institute consists of 12 departments equipped with modern laboratories and using more than 600 accredited research methods.
The main task of the Institute is to conduct basic and applied research in the field of agri-food biotechnology, safe food production and storage, supporting agri-food industry and carrying out activities aimed at improving the quality of people’s life. The Institute cooperates with industrial partners from various areas of the agri-food sector and related sectors, including environmental protection, renewable energy and refrigeration.
The Institute employs over 200 employees, including three titular professors, nine associate professors and 33 PhD researchers.
Prof. Wacław Dąbrowski Institute of Agricultural and Food Biotechnology – State Research Institute conducts scientific, development and implementation work in the field of biotechnology and agri-food technology. These works, of final application type, encompass many disciplines, such as:
technical microbiology and food microbiology, cellular engineering, process engineering, chemistry and biochemistry, food technology, human nutrition and dietetics. The Institute’s fields of activity also include many sectors of the agri-food industry: yeast industry, spirit distillation, viticulture, vinegar production, beer brewing, fruit and vegetable processing, cereal processing and storage, potato and starch processing, bakery and confectionery, food concentrates, frozen and chilled food, sugar production, meat and fat processing, and the production of microbiological preparations (enzymatic, probiotic, starter cultures and others)
Research areas – key words:
food safety, food analysis, food quality, biodiversity, functional food, food concentrates, renewable energy sources, starch products, fermentation technology, meat and fat industry, fruits, vegetables, cereal processing, bakery, distillers, refrigeration, sugar industry, microbiology, dairy industry, collection of cultures.
