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EmpowerHer is the name of an innovative program designed for breast cancer survivors, who are encouraged to participate in it during their recovery. Its primary goal is to promote physical activity and social support, so it provides various tools and strategies that are very useful in improving the quality of EmpowerHer participants’ lives. Part of the program is a user-friendly mobile app, which gives women access to personalized exercise routines tailored to their individual needs and abilities.

On December 30, 2024, the Director of the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences (IBCH PAS), Luiza Handschuh, PhD, DSc, Assoc. Prof., appointed Robert Pekal, MSc, Eng., as the Plenipotentiary of the Director of IBCH PAS for PSNC.

The National Information Processing Institute – National Research Institute, as an intermediary institution in the FENG Priority II, has completed the assessment of applications for funding in two calls “The Path for Projects from the Polish Roadmap of Research Infrastructure” and “The Path for Projects Concerning Undertakings of Network-Based Institutions Consisting of Research Organizations”. The Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center affiliated with the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences is the leader of four and a partner in two projects funded in these calls.

“PSNC Digital Future Talks” podcast has received an award from the Digital Poland Association at the 4th edition of the “Podcast of the Year” gala. “Podcast of the Year” is the first nationwide competition aimed at promoting the quality, originality, and cultural value of various audio formats in digital media.

OPERAS – a research infrastructure for the humanities and social sciences is a key initiative supporting the development of open scientific communication within the European Research Area. As part of the OPERAS consortium, sixty-five institutions from 24 countries are developing products and services that foster open scientific communication in the humanities and social sciences. This year, the Poznań Supercomputing and Networking Center has joined the Consortium.

GenAI project is supposed to provide generation Z with knowledge allowing them to use artificial intelligence in a proper way. In practice, it should have positive effects on academic, professional and personal aspects of life, as a result of developing digital skills, critical thinking, and problem solving, as well as increasing awareness concerning both the potential and limitations of AI.