On September 10, 2025, the 142nd plenary meeting of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAS was held at the headquarters of the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center (PSNC). The meeting was opened by the Chair of the Council, Prof. Marek Figlerowicz, who welcomed the participants and ceremonially presented the habilitation diploma to Monika Piwecka, PhD, DSc, extending his heartfelt congratulations. The next item on the agenda was a presentation by the Director’s Plenipotentiary for PSNC, Mr. Robert Pękal, who outlined the Center’s current activities and future directions for development.

During the meeting, the Council considered initiating the habilitation procedure for Joanna Banasiak, PhD, conferred the doctoral degree on Piotr Pietras, MSc Eng., and appointed reviewers in the doctoral proceedings of Rafał Nowak, MSc, Karolina Hoffa-Sobiech, MSc Eng., Anastasiia Satyr, MSc, and Marcin Osuch, MSc. The Council also appointed a supervisor for the doctoral proceedings of Aleksandra Mierzwa, MSc, as well as supervisors for PhD students of the Doctoral School: Weronika Śliwińska, MSc, Mohammad Yaghmouri, MSc, and Bogna Pinkiewicz, MSc. In addition, an auxiliary supervisor was designated for Weronika Pawlik, MSc.

Subsequently, the Director of the Institute presented current information on the activities of IBCH PAS. In the section devoted to open discussion and motions, organizational matters concerning upcoming tasks and the composition of the Council’s Committee for PSNC were addressed. After the meeting, participants had the opportunity to tour the PSNC headquarters.