Janusz Bujnicki

Janusz Marek Bujnicki (Polish pronunciation: [ˈja.nuʂ ma.rɛk bujˈɲit͡s.ki]; born 1975[1]) is a Polish biologist specializing in molecular biology and bioinformatics, professor of biological sciences, head of the Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering at the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw[2] and a research group at the Laboratory of Bioinformatics at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań.[3]

Janusz Bujnicki

Biography

In 1998 he graduated from the Faculty of Biology of the University of Warsaw, where in 2001 he obtained a doctorate in biological sciences.[4] In the years 1998-2000 he completed an internship at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit in the USA, and in 2001 at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) of the American National Institutes of Health (NIH) at Bethesda .

He started work at the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw in 1999, in 2002 he took over the management of the Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering. Since 2004 he has also been working at the Laboratory of Bioinformatics at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of the Faculty of Biology at AMU, since 2006 the group leader.

In 2005 he obtained habilitation at the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in the field of biology.[4] In 2009 he was awarded the title of professor of biological sciences.[4][5]

Works in the social movement "Citizens of Science", among others as the author of the "More Good Science" initiative,[6] and as an organizer of conferences and workshops.[1]

Scientific achievements

Janusz Bujnicki specializes in molecular biology and bioinformatics as well as genomics and microbiology.[4]

The teams he conducts deal with the study of the relationship between the sequence, structure and function of RNA and proteins, and the study of interactions between these molecules. The research is of theoretical and experimental nature. As part of the research, bioinformatics software is being developed to for the prediction and modeling of the three-dimensional structure of proteins and RNA.[7] He is the author of over 200 original works in scientific journals, over 20 review articles and chapters in books.[1][4]

Membership
  • correspondent member of the Polish Academy of Sciences[4]
  • former member of the European Commission's Group of Chief Scientific Advisors
  • member of the Academy of Young Scientists PAS[8]
  • member of the Evolutionary and Theoretical Biology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences[9] and the Committee of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS[10]
  • Founding member and vice president (2008-2010) and president (2011-2013) of the Polish Bioinformatics Society
  • former member of the Life, Environmental and Geo Sciences (LEGS) scientific committee at Science Europe[11]
  • member of the scientific committee of the initiative Innovative Medicines Initiative[12]

Decorations and distinctions

Laureate of the Young Scientist Program of the European Organization of Molecular Biology (EMBO) and the American Medical Institute Howard Hughes (HHM) in 2002.[2] The first Polish laureate of the grant in the field of biological sciences awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) in 2010.[13] In 2013, he won the plebiscite "Poles with Verve" in the Science category[14]. Winner of the National Center for Science Award in 2014.[15]

In 2014 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta by President Bronisław Komorowski.[16]

References
  1. "Archive 2013 - awarded: Janusz Bujnick". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  2. "Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering: Bujnicki Laboratory: Group Leader". Archived from the original on 2014-07-11.
  3. "Lab Members".
  4. "Janusz Bujnicki in the "People of science" database of the Science Poland portal".
  5. "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 25 września 2009 r. nr 115-10-09 o nadaniu tytułu profesora". prawo.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  6. "Więcej dobrej nauki - nowa akcja prof. Janusza Bujnickiego - Obywatele Nauki". Obywatele Nauki (in Polish). 2014-02-04. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  7. "Research focus - The International Institute of Molecular and Cell Bi…". archive.is. 2014-07-11. Archived from the original on 2014-07-11. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  8. "Composition of the Academy of Young Scholars". 2016-03-04. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  9. "Evolutionary and Theoretical Biology Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Composition". 2016-03-04. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  10. "Committee of Biochemistry and Biophysics PAS: Composition". 2015-02-23. Archived from the original on 2015-02-23. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  11. "Science Europe – Life Sciences Members". www.scienceeurope.org. Archived from the original on 2019-06-14. Retrieved 2022-08-30.
  12. "Scientific Committee | IMI - Innovative Medicines Initiative". archive.is. 2013-10-28. Archived from the original on 2013-10-28. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  13. "Prof. Bujnicki knows how to win prestigious EU grants". Nauka w Polsce (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  14. Polacy z werwą – Archiwum 2013
  15. "Laureates of the National Science Center Award in 2014". www.ncn.gov.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  16. "Decision of the President of the Republic of Poland of 24 March 2014 on awarding orders and decorations". prawo.sejm.gov.pl. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
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