Professor Janusz Bujnicki, head of the Laboratory of Bioinformatics of the Faculty of Biology at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, received the prize of the European Youth Academy of Europe (YAE).

YAE is a pan-European, bottom-up initiative of a group of recognized European young researchers for developing networking, scientific exchange and science policy. The André Mischke Young Academy Award for Prize for Science and Policy is awarded every year to young researchers in recognition of their outstanding achievements and contribution to key areas of YAE, including supporting science, shaping evidence-based policy and scientific communication.

Janusz M. Bujnicki is a professor of biological sciences and head of the research group at the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw and at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. In his research he combines bioinformatics, structural biology and synthetic biology.