Ladies and Gentlemen, The Members of the Committee of Veterinary Sciences and Biology of Reproduction of the Polish Academy of Sciences,

 

 

Invitation to the 3rd Plenary Meeting Committee of Veterinary Sciences and Biology of Reproduction of the Polish Academy of Sciences on May 25, 2021.

 

Dear Members of the Committee of Veterinary Sciences and Biology of Reproduction of the Polish Academy of Sciences,

We cordially invite you to the 3rd Plenary Meeting of KNWiBR PAN which will be held on May 25, 2021 at 11.00 on-line.

The meeting of the Committee will be held remotely using the MS Teams application. The link to the meeting will be provided to you by Ms Dorota Rusinowska from Department II of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

 

Sincerely,

Chairman of the Veterinary Sciences Committee

and Biology of Reproduction

of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Wojciech Niżański

 

 

 

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Program of the 3rd Plenary Meeting of KNWiBR PAN on-line:

 

1. Opening lecture - dr Anna Rapacz-Leonard UWM in Olsztyn "A new look at the problem of fetal membrane retention in mares"

2. Entrusting the KNWBR PAN the functions of the National Committee - activities undertaken and the current stage - chairman

3. Letter of the Committee and the veterinary community to the Council of the National Science Center - chairman

4. Evaluation of scientific units: principles, current state, level of preparation of scientific units, discussion - moderation by prof. M. Kankofer and chairman

5. On-line education and research in times of pandemic - moderated by prof. M. Kankofer and chairman

6. Election of members of the Academy of Young Scientists and Members of the Polish Academy of Sciences - Vice President of the Polish Academy of Sciences prof. R. Zabielski

7. Current activity of TBR - TBR Conference - prof. A. Sechman; Current activity of PTNW - PTNW Congress 2021 - prof. J. Twardoń

8. Any other business, free applications and conclusion of the meeting

 

Sincerely,

Chairman of the Veterinary Sciences Committee

and Biology of Reproduction

of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Wojciech Niżański

 

 

 

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Report on the 3rd Plenary Meeting of the Committee of Veterinary Sciences and Biology of Reproduction of the Polish Academy of Sciences

in the term 2020-2023

on May 25, 2021.

 

The third meeting of the Committee of Veterinary Sciences and Biology of Reproduction of the Polish Academy of Sciences was held by electronic means of the Teams Office application, on May 25, 2021. The meeting was chaired by prof. dr hab. Wojciech Niżański - chairman of the Committee of Veterinary Sciences and Biology of Reproduction of the Polish Academy of Sciences (KNiBR PAN).

The meeting was preceded by a plenary lecture presented by Dr. Anna Rapacz-Leonard from UWM in Olsztyn, entitled " A new look at the problem of fetal membrane retention in mares ".

Next, on the agenda of Prof. Zabielski - vice-president of the Polish Academy of Sciences presented information on the principles of selection and the calendar of elections to the Academy of Young Scientists (AMU) and Members of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Concluding his speech, prof. Zabielski asked all the gathered to present such candidates to the AMU and report to the presidium of the KNWiBR.

Then the Chairman of the KNWiBR Prof. Wojciech Niżański presented a report on the implementation of activities related to entrusting the KNW and BR PAN the functions of the National Committee. Prof. Niżański emphasized that several actions had been undertaken, relevant letters were prepared to the authorities of Department II of the Polish Academy of Sciences with the argumentation of actions and confirmation of the cooperation of Department II with international organizations, including ESDAR, EVSSAR and ICPR. On the initiative of prof. Zięcik's argumentation regarding ICPR was received positively and the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences sent a letter to these organizations in the form of letters of intent. Currently, there is a discussion on the signing of the agreement by the presidencies of these organizations.

The next point of the plenary meeting concerned the letter of the Committee of Veterinary Sciences and Biology of Reproduction and of the veterinary environment to the Council of the National Science Center. Prof. Niżański emphasized that in many interviews he obtained the support of numerous organizations and institutions, which suggested drawing the attention of the NCN Council to the very low success of veterinary project applications in all centers representing veterinary centers and the need to undertake joint activities with the NCN in this regard. The proposal to send a letter to the NCN Council was unanimously accepted by the members of the KNWiBR.

Then, as part of further activities of KNWiBR, the principles of evaluation of scientific units were presented, with particular emphasis on legal regulations, the current state and the degree of preparation of scientific units. The members of KNWiBR paid particular attention to the preparation of criterion III, the so-called impact description, which was the subject of extensive discussion gathered.

The next item on the agenda was the report on the current activity of the Society for Reproductive Biology (TBR), presented by Prof. Andrzej Sechman informing at the end of the organization of the 9th congress (congress) of the Society for Reproductive Biology in Poznań, 2-04 September 2021 and presenting the website of the congress.

Then the report on the activities of the Polish Society of Veterinary Sciences was outlined by the president of the society, prof. Jan Twardoń, who presented a short description of the structure and functioning of the scientific society and informed the audience about the appointment of a new editor-in-chief of the journal PTNW - Veterinary Medicine - Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Szkucik and two deputy editor-in-chief prof. dr hab. Łukasz Adaszek and prof. Marta Kankofer, as well as the new program council. In addition, he informed the audience that the 16th PTNW Congress would be held on November 19-20, 2022, and the form of the meeting would be in a hybrid system.

The last point was different, but due to the lack of votes in the discussion, the Chairman thanked everyone for their participation in the 3rd plenary session of the KNWiBR and ended the meeting informing that the next meeting would be held in a stationary form.

 

 

 

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Second plenary session of the Committee of Veterinary Sciences and Biology of Reproduction of the Polish Academy of Sciences

October 13, 2020 The Second Plenary Meeting of the Committee of Veterinary Sciences and Biology of Reproduction of the Polish Academy of Sciences took place in the 2020-2023 term, during which information on the current activities of the Polish Academy of Sciences  as well as the Committee's operating strategy and work plan was discussed.

Agenda for the meeting below:

 

 AGENDA

 

 

 

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Record from the 1st Meeting of The Committee of Veterinary Sciences and Reproductive Biology

of the Polish Academy of Sciences

for years 2020-2023

held on May 21, 2020

 

The first Meeting of the Committee of Veterinary Sciences and Reproductive Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences for years 2020-2023, in agreement with the Regulation of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education from 27th April 2020, regarding the temporary limitation in functioning of scientific corporations and scientific units of the Polish Academy of Sciences related to the prevention and combating COVID-19 (Journal of Laws of the Republic of Poland 2020, 759), took place by means of electronic communication on May 21, 2020.

The meeting of the Committee was chaired by prof. dr hab. Romuald Zabielski, Vice-President of the Polish Academy of Sciences, recommended by the Dean of the Division II Biological and Agricultural Sciences, pending the elections of the President-Elect and the Presidium Members.

The session of the Committee was held using the Microsoft Teams application. The voting was conducted using the Polish Academy of Sciences electronic voting system.

The session timetable was as follows:

Part I

1. Welcome greetings

2. Congratulations

3. Appointment of the recording secretary

4. Election of the ballot-counting committee - one volunteer from the committee members.

5. Announcement of Committee Members and informing that the official appointments will be handed over to the Committee Members at the next regular meeting.

6. Attendance registration - first electronic voting – open ballot

(confirmation of attendance in the system)

Part II

Election

1. Election of the President-Elect

2. Submission of candidates for the president position

3. Election – electronic voting – secret ballot

4. Election results

5. Election of the deputy or two vice-presidents of the Committee and no more than 3 other members of the Committee's presidium.

6. Establishing the number of deputies for the President (1 or 2 deputies, open voting)

7. Establishing the number of members of the Presidium (3-2-1 – open voting)

8. Nomination of candidates for deputy President (one or two elected persons, if there are to be two, each of them to be supported by a simple majority of votes) - electronic voting.

9. Nomination of candidates for Presidium members (open election) - electronic voting.

10. Handing over to the President-Elect and Presidium of the Committee tasks suggested by prof. Romuald Zabielski, Vice President of the Polish Academy of Sciences, to be carried out in the first 3 months of the committee's work or by the end of 2020 - the electronic version of the document to be announced and displayed by the secretary of Division II of the Polish Academy of Sciences after the meeting.

11. Handing over the chairmanship of the committee to the President-Elect.

Part I

Ad. 1. Welcome greetings

The guests were welcomed by prof. dr hab. Romuald Zabielski, Vice President of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Ad. 2. Congratulations

Prof. Romuald Zabielski congratulated all the members elected to the Committee.

Ad. 3. Appointment of the recording secretary

(1 member of the Committee)

As the recording secretary was appointed: dr. hab. Rajmund Sokół, prof. UWM

Ad. 4. Election of the ballot-counting committee

To the ballot-counting committee were proposed: prof. A. Ciereszko, prof. A. Cywińska (1 or 2 members of the committee ).

To the ballot-counting committe was elected: prof. A. Cywińską

To the ballot-counting committe was elected: prof. A. Ciereszko

Ad. 5. Announcement of Committee Members:

1. Displaying the list of the Committee's members on the screens of all conference participants. List of Committee Members - Appendix No. 1

2. Romuald Zabielski informed that the appointments for the members of the Committee will be presented at the next regular meeting of the Committee.

Ad. 6. Attendance registration - first electronic voting – open ballot

(confirmation of attendance in the system)

Voting results:

Attached - on. No. 2- protocol from the system.

It was the end of the first part of the session.

Part II

Election

Ad. 1. and Ad 2. Election of the President- Elect  and President candidates submission

 

Pursuant to §5 section 1 of the Regulations for the election of members and bodies of scientific committees, "At the first meeting of the Committee, convened and chaired by the Dean of the Faculty or a person authorized by him, in the presence of at least half of the members, the Committee elects in a secret vote, by a simple majority of votes:

1)  president-elect

2)  deputy or two vice-presidents of the Committee and no more than 3 other members of the Committee's presidium.

 

The following candidates were nominated for the President-Elect:

Prof. Wojciech Niżański

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All candidates agreed to be nominated.

Ad. 3. Election – electronic voting- secret

Voting results:

Attached - on. No. 3 - protocol from the system.

Ad. 4. Announcement of the results

As a result of the elections in a secret voting, by a simple majority of votes as the President - Elect of the Committee of Veterinary Sciences and Reproductive Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in years 2020-2023 was elected:

Prof. Wojciech Niżański

Ad. 5. Election of the deputy or two vice-presidents of the Committee and no more than 3 other members of the Committee's presidium.

Ad. 6. Establishing the number of deputies for the President (1 or 2 deputies open voting)

The following number of deputies of the President was established in an open voting - 2 deputies.

Ad. 7. Establishing the number of members of the Presidium (3-2-1 – open voting)

The following number of members of the Presidium was established in an open voting - 2 deputies.

Ad. 8.Nomination of candidates for President deputy  (one or two elected persons, if there are to be two, each of them to be supported by a simple majority of votes) - electronic voting.

The following candidates were nominated for the Deputy of the President of the Committee:

Prof. Rajmund Sokół,

Prof. Dorota Zięba-Przybylska,

Prof. Bożena Moskwa,

Prof. Dariusz Skarżyński.

All candidates agreed to be nominated.

Election – electronic voting – secret ballot

Voting results:

Attached - on. No. 4- protocol from the system.

Announcement of the results:

As a result of the elections in a secret voting, by a simple majority of votes as a Deputy Presidents of the Committee of Veterinary Sciences and Reproductive Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in the 2020-2023 term were elected:

Prof. Rajmund Sokół,

Prof. Dorota Zięba-Przybylska

Ad. 9. Nomination of candidates for Presidium members (open election) - electronic voting.

The following candidates were nominated for the Presidium members:

Prof. Renata Urban-Chmiel

Prof. Tomasz Janowski

Prof. Anna Chełmońska-Soyta

Prof. Monika Kaczmarek

(including one member as the Committee secretary)

All candidates agreed to be nominated.

Election – electronic voting - secret ballot

Voting results:

Attached - on. No. 5- protocol from the system.

Announcement of the results:

As a result of the elections in a secret voting, by a simple majority of votes, the Presidium members of the Committee of Veterinary Sciences and Reproductive Biology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in years 2020-2023 were elected:

Prof. Renata Urban-Chmiel (sekretarz)

Prof. Tomasz Janowski

Prof. Anna Chełmońska-Soyta

Ad. 10. Handing over to the President-Elect and Presidium of the Committee tasks suggested by prof. Romuald Zabielski, Vice President of the Polish Academy of Sciences, to be carried out in the first 3 months of the committee's work or by the end of 2020 - the electronic version of the document to be announced and displayed by the secretary of Division II of the Polish Academy of Sciences after the meeting.

Prof. Romuald Zabielski handed over to the President- Elect and Presidium members of the Committee, the tasks to be carried out in the first 3 months of the committees work and by the end of the 2020.

These were the following tasks:

For the first three months:

1. designation of the committee's website administrator by the President.;

2. launching / updating the committee website (PL, ENG);

3. preparation and approval of the work plan for years 2020-2023;

By the end of 2020:

1. Implementation of the regulations of the scientific committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Prof. Zabielski announced that the template of the regulations will be provided along with the documents of the first meeting of the Committee in years2020-2023.

The tasks (an electronic version of the letter to the President-Elect) to be sent by the secretary of Division II of the Polish Academy of Sciences after the meeting.

Ad. 11. Handing over the chairmanship of the committee session to the President-Elect.

Prof. Romuald Zabielski handed over the chairmanship of the committee session to the President-Elect.

Professor Niżański thanked the members of the Committee for their trust and unanimous election of him as the President. He congratulated at the same time all members of the Committee and members of the Presidium on their election. He thanked the leaving Presidium for the fruitful work in the Committee so far.

The President-Elect presented his vision of the Committee's activities. He drew the attention to the challenges the Committee will be facing in the near future. In the field of substantive activities, Professor's intention is to engage the Committee in the patronage and co-organization of scientific conferences and publishing in the fields related to veterinary medicine and reproductive biology. In terms of educational activities, emphasis should be put on encouragement to carry out scientific and clinical workshops as well as national and international summer schools. With regard to publishing activities, it is important to maintain the committee's patronage of the Polish Journal of Veterinary Sciences and to consider the cooperation with Reproductive Biology and Journal of Veterinary Research. It is also important to update the Committee's website. The other substantive task of the Committee is to monitor the state of the discipline. It will be accomplished through presentations of individual research teams, presentations of young scientists and recognized authorities during purposely organized meetings. An extremely important part of the Committee's activity is the issuing opinions on environmental legal acts, including those concerning the reform of higher education and updating the list of journals of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. The President-Elect query the legitimacy of dividing the Committee into sections, and asked to consider for the next meeting, the supplementary addition of 10 people - recognized specialists, as the  complement to the current Committee members. In terms of the work plan, he proposed regular meetings every six months and on-line meetings with an emphasis on meetings presenting the work of individual research teams. He recalled that at present, the efforts are underway to transform the Committee into the National Committee, which will be possible after signing the cooperation agreements with European scientific organizations. In conclusion, Prof. Wojciech Niżański expressed that in his opinion the most important and pressing challenges ​​the Committee is currently facing are: 1. Public health security, 2. Climate change and related epidemic and parasitological threats, 3. Negative influence on health, fertility and the threat of extinction for many species and breeds of animals due to human civilization development.

After the speech, there was a short discussion, closed by the President. 

It was the end of the second part of the session.

 

 

Prof. dr hab. Romuald Zabielski

Vice President of The PAN Committee