THE INSTITUTE TODAY

Today, the Institute represents an interdisciplinary unit with its major scientific interests devoted to bioorganic chemistry, stereochemistry, molecular biology of nucleic acids, their gene organization and function, genetics of higher plants, human molecular genetics, X-ray analysis of proteins and nucleic acids, bioinformatics and phytochemistry.
At present, the Institute with 274 employees including 19 full professors, 9 associate professors, 33 assistant professors, 37 Ph.D. students is organized into ten laboratories. These laboratories have a broad intellectual autonomy, in addition they receive a part of the Institute budget for their own granting activities .
In 1994 Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center affiliated to the Institute was established.

The Institute puts strong emphasis on teaching on the undergraduate and graduate level. In 1994, the Institute formalized graduate student program by establishing the Ph.D. Graduate School. There are also 57 students working on their M.Sc. thesis in the Institute's laboratories.
Since 1994 the Institute has been located in a newly constructed 4-wing building which represents an interesting example of functionally designed architecture in a central part of the city. The Institute has 6000 sq. meters of laboratory space and 150 sq. meters green house for research. In addition, the Institute is the owner of an adjacent conference center 5000 sq. meters) with a library, lecture and seminar halls, and 55-bed complex of guest rooms.
IBCH 2008