Calendar of the most important events in the history Maj Institute of Pharmacology Polish Academy of Science

The events of 1954-2004 were compiled on the basis of the publication 50 years of the Institute of Pharmacology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Krakow, edited by prof. Barbara Przewłocka.

1954

• On November 1, establishment of the Department of Pharmacology of the Polish Academy of Sciences
• prof. Janusz Supniewski becomes the head of Department of Pharmacology
• Department of Pharmacology publishes its own journal Dissertationes Pharmaceuticae

1955

• The PAUMedicinal Plant Research Station at Radzikowski Street is incorporated into Department of Pharmacology

1956

• First publications released from Department of Pharmacology
• prof. J. Vetulani starts working as a volunteer

1957

•  first publication released from Department of Pharmacology published in international journal

1958

• department of Histology and Histochemistry is established

1959

• first doctoral degrees (R. Gryglewski, T. Marczyński, S. Kohlmunzer)

1963

• first habilitation thesis (A. Dłużniewski, R. Gryglewski

1965

• prof. A. Dłużniewski performes a duty as a head of Department of Pharmacology
• prof. Józef Hano becomes the head of Department of Pharmacology
• The Polish Pharmacological Society is established

1967

• Prof. J. Maj returns from Lublin
• Relocation of Department of Pharmacology from Grzegórzecka Street to Bronowice, Ojcowska Street
• Fusion with Neurosurgical Pathology Laboratory
• First Sympozjum of The Polish Pharmacological Society

1971

• The rights o award doctoral degrees
• Establishment of Doctoral School
• Establishment of Doctoral School
• Initiation of the construction of new building

1972

• Fusion with Department of Immunology
• Change of the journal name into Polish Journal of Pharmacology and Pharmacy

1973

• First doctoral thesis

1974

• Creation of the Institute of Pharmacology PAS
• Group PAS-Polfa is created

1975

• Fusion with Department of Biogenic Amines in Łódź

1976

• establishment of the Independent Gastroenterology Laboratory
• beginning of the move to the new building at Smętna Street

1977

• prof. J. Maj becomes the Director of the Institute
• On March 22, the official opening of the new IP building
• prof. E. Przegaliński moved from Lublin to Krakow
• highest employment of 231 people (with the Department of Biogenic Amines Plant)

1979

• The Laboratory of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism is established at the Department of Biochemistry
• The Laboratory of New Drugs is established at the Department of Pharmacology

1980

• “Solidarność” group by Institute is established

1983

• The Neuropeptide Research Laboratory is established at the Department of Pharmacology

1984

• organization of the first Winter School entitled “Nuropeptides”

1985

• establishment of the Foundation. J. J. Supniewski

1988

• highest employment of 204 people

1989

• the Department of Immunobiology is established (instead of the laboratory)
• the Department of Physiology is established (instead of the Gastroenterology Laboratory)
• the Department of Pharmacokinetics and Drug Metabolism is established (instead of the laboratory)
• A Garden of Medicinal Plants is being created in place of the Agrotechnics Laboratory at the Department of Phytochemistry
• The Neurobiology Laboratory at the Department of Pharmacology is established
• The Department of Histology and Histochemistry is liquidated
• beginning of research in central and ministerial research programs

1990

• obtaining the right to award the degree of habilitated doctor

1991

• obtaining the first KBN grants
• first habilitation at the institute
• The Editorial Department is established
• The Polish Neuroscience Society is established

1993

• prof. Edmund Przegaliński becomes the director of the Institute

1994

• suspension of recruitment for doctoral studies

1995

• obtaining the first European Community grant
• the New Drug Research Department is established (instead of the laboratory)
• the Department of Neurobiology is established (instead of the laboratory)
• The Neuropeptide Research Department changes its name to Molecular Neuropharmacology

1997

• The Laboratory of Neurotransmitter Receptors and Metabolism is established at the Department of Biochemistry
• The Drug Addiction Laboratory is established at the Department of Molecular Neuropharmacology

1998

• The Department of Immunobiology is liquidated
• The Intracellular Signal Laboratory is established at the Department of Biochemistry
• the Pain Research Laboratory and the Gene Therapy Laboratory, joint for CMUJ and IF, are established at the Department of Molecular Neuropharmacology

1999

• the following laboratories are being established in the Department of Pharmacology: Brain Pharmacology and Biostructure, Biochemical Pharmacology and Behavioral Pharmacology

2000

• establishment of the 2nd Local Ethical Committee for Animal Experiments

2002

• Institute obtains the status of Center of Excellence in Neuropsychopharmacology – FRAM

2003

• Creation of Doctoral School

2004

• reconstruction and modernization of the Library and Reading Room

2005

• change of the title of the journal published by Institute to Pharmacological Reports

2006

• The Department of Pain Pharmacology at the Department of Molecular Neuropharmacology is established
• The Laboratory of Drug Addiction at the Department of Pharmacology is liquidated
• reconstruction and modernization of the Animal House (completed in 2007)

2007

• prof. Krzysztof Wędzony becomes the Director of the Institute
• Departments of Brain Biochemistry and Department of Neurochemistry are established (instead of the Department of Biochemistry)
• the Laboratories of Neuromediator Receptors and Metabolism, Intracellular Signaling and Behavioral Neurobiology, existing at the Department of Biochemistry, are being liquidated
• The Laboratory of the Neurobiology of Trace Elements is established at the Department of Neurobiology

2010

• The institute ibrary starts subscriptions to electronic journals
• Beginning of the renovation and modernization of the institute’s main building (renovation works were completed in 2013)

2011

• co-organizes Interdisciplinary Doctoral Studies “Molecular Sciences for Medicine”, co-financed by the EU

2012

• Institute obtains the status of the KNOW National Scientific Research Center

2013

• the Laboratory of Pain Pathophysiology is established at the Department of Pain Pharmacology
• The Laboratory of Neurobiology of Emotions and Cognitive Processes is established at the Department of New Drug Research
• The Laboratory of Transgenic Models is established at the Department of Molecular Neuropharmacology

2014

• Incorporation of Pharmacological Reports journal to Elsevier, implementation of an electronic system for editing and producing the journal
• the Scientific Information Center, Library and Archives are established by combining the Scientific Information and Documentation Department and the Archive

2016

• Institute takes 4th place in the competition of the National Council of Doctoral Students and the Council of the Doctoral Students’ Self-Government of the Polish Academy of Sciences “for the most post-doctoral institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences” – PROPAN 2016

2017

• prof. Władysław Lasoń becomes the director of the Institute
• The Department of the Pharmacology of Addiction is established (instead of the laboratory)
• transfer of the Laboratory of Neurobiology of Emotions and Cognitive Processes to the Department of Pharmacology
• Institute together with other research units of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Jagiellonian University, co-organizes the Community Doctoral Studies “Interdisciplinarity for Innovative Medicine” (InterDokMed)
• Institute takes second place in the competition for the most postdoctoral institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences – PROPAN 2017

2019

• Institute is named with prof. Jerzy Maj