2025

• The scientists from Integrated Plant Biology Team, led by prof. Robert Malinowski, has received the Scientific Award of the Division II of Biological and Agricultural Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Pursuant to Resolution No. 9/2025 of the Division on November 27, 2025, the award was granted for the scientific achievement entitled "Description of the genetic and physiological mechanisms of plant response to infection by Plasmodiophora brassicae – the protist causing clubroot." The awarded team includes: prof. Robert Malinowski (Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences), dr. Sara Blicharz (Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences/currently Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences), dr. Soham Mukhopadhyay (Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences/currently Laval University, Canada), dr. Juan Camilo Ochoa (Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences/currently Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences), dr. Karolina Stefanowicz (Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences), and dr. William Truman (Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences).
• By decision of the Award Committee of the "Book of 21st-Century Implementations", the System for Forecasing Disease Epidemics (SPEC), developed at the Institute of Plant Genetics PAS, has been selected for publication in the inaugural edition of the Book, as one of seven research applications in Poland. This document is a unique compilation of Polish scientific and engineering achievements that have been successfully implemented into practice. The authors of the implementation are prof. Małgorzata Jędryczka and dr. Joanna Kaczmarek from her team, both employed at the Institute of Plant Genetics PAS. The implementation was done in cooperation with DuPont/Corteva, COBORU, several scientific and technical institutions, and big agricultural farms. The ceremonial presentation of the "Book of 21st-Century Implementations" took place on 25 November 2025 in Kajetany near Warsaw during the 7th Congress "Health of Poles". The certificates were presented by Prof. Andrzej Szeptycki, Under Secretary of State at the Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
• Prof. Małgorzata Jędryczka – Certificate of Appreciation from the Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, for the collaboration with the Faculty and conducting classes for students, December 21, 2025.
•  Prof. Wojciech Święcicki – Award for taking the first place in the Polish Lupin Society competition for the best lupin-related publication in 2024, 24/06/2025 (Marciniak, K; Przedniczek, K; Kęsy, J., Święcicki, W; Kopcewicz, J (2024) The development of yellow lupin anthers depends on the relationship between jasmonic acid and indole-3-acetic acid. Physiologia Plantarum 176 (4): e14385. DOI: 10.1111/ppl.14385.). 
• Dr. Katarzyna Czepiel – Award for taking the first place in the Polish Lupin Society competition for the best doctoral thesis related to lupin in 2024, 24/06/2025 (“Characterization of the molecular basis of alkaloid accumulation and the variability of their profiles in the seeds of selected lupin species”; supervisor: dr. hab. Magdalena Kroc).

2024

• Varieties of white lupin KULIG and field pea JOWISZ produced by Poznańska Hodowla Roślin Ltd. with the participation of scientists from the IPG PAS, were awarded Gold Medals at the POLAGRA Fair taking place in Poznań on January 19-21, 2024. The co-creator of both varieties is Wojciech Święcicki, and of the KULIG variety - also prof. Wojciech Rybiński.
• Award for citizen science initiatives conducted as part of the project INCREASE: "EU Prize for Citizen Science 2024", June 12, 2024. https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/eu-prize-for-citizen-science-2024-announcement-of-winners
• Dr. hab. Krzysztof Mikołajczak – distinction of scientific achievements constituting the basis for obtaining the degree of habilitated doctor in the field of agricultural sciences, in the discipline of agriculture and horticulture; resolution No. 7/V/2024 of the Scientific Council of IPG PAS.·        
• Dr. Paweł Barzyk (Poznańska Hodowla Roślin sp. z o.o.) – distinction for the doctoral thesis "Genetic and ecological determinants of lupin (Lupinus spp.) resistance to anthracnose"; supervisor: prof. W. Święcicki; resolution No. 8/V/2024 of the Scientific Council of IPG PAS.
• Małgorzata Jędryczka – Certificate of Appreciation from the Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, for the collaboration with the Faculty and conducting classes for students, August 21, 2024.·        
• Dr. Monika Urbaniak – distinction for the best poster at the 4th National Conference of the Polish Mycological Society, Lublin, Poland, September 20-22, 2024 (M. Urbaniak, K. Zadrowski, S. Ryszczyńska, M. Kwiatkowska, Ł. Stępień, A. Waśkiewicz "Rowan extract (Sorbus aucuparia L.): an innovative approach to controlling Fusarium growth and mycotoxin biosynthesis").·        
• Mgr Polina Havrysh – distinction for the oral presentation at the 4th National Conference of the Polish Mycological Society, Lublin, Poland, September 20-22, 2024 (P. Havrysh, P. Banachewicz, S. Salamon, L. Błaszczyk "How fungal endophytes respond to abiotic stress: studies on fungal network growth and DNA methylation").·        
• Mgr Maria Nuc – award for poster presentation at the International Conference on Plant Nanotechnology 2024, Poznań, Poland, October 14-16, 2024 (R.K. Selvakesavan, M. Nuc, P. Krajewski, F. Gregory "Gold and silver nanoparticles affect the expression of transcripts implicated in various biological processes in plants").