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News & Events

08.09.2026

A neuron’s molecular clock. NMDA timing shapes the flow of information

31.08.2026

Magnesium guards vision. An ICTER model identifies a window for retinal protection

21.07.2026

Polish science is hitting a ceiling. “Without money, you can’t go any further,” – a conversation with Adam Kubas.

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28.04.2026

ICTER at the Ursynów Science Festival 2026 as part of Funduszowy Maj

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27.04.2026

No more guesswork in drug design. ICTER shows a new path

21.04.2026

ICTER contributes to a global handbook of visual optics

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17.04.2026

Polish Science at a Crossroads. A System That Cannot Keep Up with Its Ambitions. Interview with Joanna Kartasiewicz

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15.04.2026

One exam, the whole retina. ICTER scientists simplify eye imaging

Audience in a meeting room watches an opening slide reading MAB FENG Reporting and Planning Meeting, 26 March 2026.

30.03.2026

Planning that connects. The first MAB FENG Meeting at ICTER

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05.03.2026

Six Years Isn’t Enough: Anna Pawlus on the Cost of “Project-Based” Science in the Candela Foundation Podcast

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03.03.2026

Joanna Kartasiewicz shares experience with Horizon Europe

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25.02.2026

Dr. Vineeta Kaushik awarded FEBS Short-Term Fellowship

Two women pose beside large illuminated FOG letters at the Festival of Genomics and Biodata in London.

20.02.2026

Future Genomics with a Polish Perspective. ICTER Researchers at The Festival of Genomics and Biodata 2026

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19.02.2026

Science in the Spotlight. ICTER at the IChF Microsymposium 2026

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23.12.2025

More than a number. How IOP really shapes vision

ICTER Research Groups

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Computational Genomics Group

We are interested in creating new approaches for comprehensive inference of developmental trajectories and delineation of cell atlases from single-cell data, understanding the role of cell-to-cell signaling and biological pathways in lineage commitment and transitions between cellular states.

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Image-guided Devices for Ophthalmic Care

We seek to research novel techniques and develop instrumentation to address unanswered questions in vision science and unmet needs in ophthalmology and optometry.

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Integrated Structural Biology

Research aims to elucidate the mechanisms of vision, particularly proteins of the phototransduction pathway and the visual cycle, at an atomic and molecular level.

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Parallel Interferometry and Computational Optics

Our group focuses on the development of advanced optical methods for functional imaging and sensing. Our mission is to strengthen and continue Polish traditions in Fourier-domain optical coherence tomography (FD-OCT) and diffuse optics.

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Physical Optics and Biophotonics

The research in our group can be seen as a perfect interplay between physics, biology and chemistry. We are focusing on developing imaging techniques and using them in many biological and chemical systems.

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Ophthalmic Biology Laboratory

We use electrophysiology for investigating the system of local and distant communication between populations of neurons responsible for information processing.