NEWS

09.01.2012: We'd like to encourage all PSPP members to pay their 2012 membership dues! The fees have not changed since last year and the regular fee is still 100 PLN, 25 PLN for students and persons working for their Ph.D./doctorate and 2000 PLN for supporting members.

23.12.2011: Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to all our members!

16.12.2011: We'd like to invite you to visit Courses and publications menu, which was updated with the new recommendations of World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO) published in October 2011 (previous recommendations date back to 2008).

16.11.2011r.: Despite the fact that the deadline for abstracts to London ECCMID 2012 has already expired, until December 7, 2011 there is a possibility to submit abstracts of cases which will be presented at the annual "ECCMID Clinical Grand Round". Authors of approved abstracts will receive free registration to the congress as well as travel and accommodation covered by the organizers. We'd like to encourage especially young PSPP members to submit abstracts. More information by clicking on the document below:

04.10.2011: President of PSPP, Prof. Piotr B. Heczko, M.D., Ph.D. gave a talk entitled "Racjonalne zastosowanie probiotykow w ginekologii" [Rational use of probiotics in gynaecology] during a gynaecological conference Nowoczesne trendy i perspektywy w poloznictwie i ginekologii [New trends and prespectives in obstetrics and gynaecology], which took place from September 30 - October 1, 2011 in Kazimierz Dolny. Next year's EUPROBIO 2012 organized by PSPP was widely promoted during the event.

23.09.2011: Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics became a patron of the conference entitled "Co nowego w pediatrii?" [What's new in paediatrics?] which will take place in Wroclaw on October 1, 2011. More information to be found on: www.edukacjaimedycyna.com

29.07.2011: PSPP office has received information about a new journal entitled Beneficial Microbes. We'd like to encourage our members to submit their papers there, among other titles.

27.06.2011: General Assembly as well as the Board of Directors and Review Board meetings of the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics (PSPP) took place today in the Society's headquarters on 18 Czysta Street in Cracow. The order of the meeting followed the instructions sent to members earlier on. The following free motions were discussed: next year's EUPROBIO 2012 Conference (with a motion to members to actively promote the event to both Polish and international colleagues); membership fees (how to improve their collection). We would like to thank all present PSPP members for active participation.

10.06.2011: We would like to inform all the Members of the Society, that the general assembly will take place in the head office of the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics on 18 Czysta Street in Cracow on Monday, June 27, 2011 at 13.30. More details will be sent by e-mail.

30.05.2011: ASM Ambassador to Central and Eastern Europe (www.asm-org.eu) and at the same time PSPP Board Member took active part in the American Society for Microbiology General Meeting organized in New Orleans this year. Besides of making a scientific presentation entitled "Safety of Beneficial Microbes-are we at the crossroads yet?", the Ambasador also made oral presentations at the International Membership Committee Meeting and International Board Meeting with the participation of former President as well as the new ASM President - Bonnie L. Bassler. The meetings not only allowed for conversation with the President but also expansion of cooperation in the represented region. EUPROBIO 2012 conference was made public during the presentations.

12.05.2011: Members of the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics participated in the largest ESCMID congress, that was organized in Milan this year. A young PSPP member was among the young investigator awardees and also other members presented their work during the conference sessions. The Society was promoted during a scientific and an ECC poster presentation in the Networking Corner. First announcements of next year's EUPROBIO 2012 conference were handed out to interested parties.

04.04.2011: Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics and the Chair of Microbiology of the Jagiellonian University Medical College are organizers of the next, third edition of the European Conference on Probiotics and their Applications - EUPROBIO 2012. The works have already started, we would welcome PSPP members to popularize this international event when participating in other national and international meetings. Companies and institutions are more than welcome to support the upcoming EUPROBIO conference, all in the name of popularizing science! More information to be found by clicking on the logo, below:

03.03.2011: The Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics has become the Visegrad Partner of the next probiotic IPC2011 conference! Official website: www.probiotic-conference.net

25.02.2011: Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics has Patronage over the conference "Probiotics: facts & myths", which will take place on April 8-9, 2011 in Warsaw. President of the Society as well as Board of Directors' Members will have talks during its proceedings. We'd like to invite you to get familiar with the information presented below!

01.02.2011: The Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education has positively reviewed the report and concluded the agreement no. 786/DWB/P/2008 related to activities supporting research.

11.01.2011: We would like to invite you to pay your 2011 membership fee. The amount is the same as last year, i.e., 100 PLN for all members except for students and Ph.D. candidates who pay 25 PLN and for supporting members who pay 2000 PLN per year. Each member who pays his/her membership fee will receive a 2011 membership card (the card template is shown below). We would like to remind all those members who did not pay their 2010 membership fees to do it as soon as possible before paying this year's fees. The account number and details are to be found in the "Membership" link in the menu.

22.12.2010r.: Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year to all our members!

13.12.2010r.: A short reminder to all the members, who did not pay their 2010 membership dues: they should do so until 31.12.2010. Payments can be made via wire transfer, credit card or postal order. Details may be found under the "Membership" link (please click on the link to open it).

09.12.2010: We have the pleasure to inform you that Piotr Kochan, the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics Board of Directors member and current American Society for Microbiology Poland Country Liaison on December 1, 2010 received a nomination for the prestigious post of ASM Ambassador to the Region of Central and Eastern Europe. The function is a good basis for cooperation between Poland, 15 countries in the region and the USA, including participation in fellowships and scientific exchange programs. More information on ASM and its Ambassadors worldwide may be found on www.asm-org.eu as well as on international ASM pages. ASM is currently seeking nominations for the new Poland Country Liaison: www.asm.org.pl.

02.11.2010: Great success of a Polish scientist and PSPP member! Dr Monika B. from the Chair of Microbiology Jagiellonian University Medical College is the winner of the 2011 Morrison Rogosa Award of the American Society for Microbiology! This prestigious award is given to female scientists from Central and Eastern Europe for outstanding research accomplishment and potential.

17.09.2010: PSPP President, Prof. Piotr B. Heczko, gave an opening lecture entitled "Wspolczesne obszary zastosowania probiotykow" [Current fields for application of probiotics] and chaired a session during "Rola Probiotykow w Medycynie - Terazniejszosc i Przyszlosc" [Role of Probiotics in Medicine - Today and the Future] conference in Szczecin on September 16, 2010. The conference was organized by: the Department of General Pharmacology and Pharmacoeconomics, Pomeranian Medical Academy in Szczecin; Polish Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapy; Chair and Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Biopharmacy, K. Marcinkowski Medical University in Poznan and the Polish Pharmaceutical Society - Szczecin branch.

06.09.2010: Thanks to a grant from the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID), our board member was able to actively participate in a microbiological course in Istanbul from September 2-4, 2010. Representatives of WHO and CDC were among the invited lecturers and an interesting poster session took place.

20.08.2010: We'd like to enourage all PSPP members to attend the international 3rd ASM Conference on Beneficial Microbes, starting October 25 - 29, 2010, in Miami, Florida. Details may be found in the "Conferences and meetings" menu.

07.07.2010: As per request of PSPP member, we are hereby announcing an important information: "Under the Cross-border Cooperation Operational Programme between the Czech Republic and Poland for the period 2007-13, project No.CZ.3.22/2.1.00/09.01574 "Probiotics: scientific cooperation, transfer of knowledge and education," received a funding by the European Regional Development Fund. The total value of project is: 873 285.05 Euro, ERDF funding: 742 292.2925 Euro."

28.06.2010: General Assembly of the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics (PSPP) took place today in the Society's headquarters on 18 Czysta Street in Cracow. The order of the meeting followed the instructions sent to members earlier on. The following free motions were discussed: planned EUPROBIO series Conference for 2012; planned next year's national conference on probiotics and obesity; Polish-Japanese as well as PSPP-American Society for Microbiology cooperation. Furthermore, it was mentioned that there is an ISAPP affiliated Students and Fellows Association (ISAPP-SFA), with more information on membership to be found [here]. We would like to thank all present PSPP members for active participation.

21.06.2010: Representatives of the Board of Directors and members of the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics actively participated (posters and an oral presentation) in the International Scientific Conference on Probiotics and Prebiotics (IPC2010), which together with the satellite symposia and workshops took place on June 14-18, 2010 in Kosice, Slovakia. Participants from all over the world could participate in the preconference symposia entitled: "Gastro-intestinal Models for the Study of Probiotics and Prebiotics" or "Bacteriocins, Antimicrobial Proteins and Peptides" or "Bacillus Subtilis and Sporeformers". On the first day 4 plenary sessions took place with 2 parallel sessions devoted to animal health. On the second day there were 4 plenary sessions as well as 4 parallel animal health sessions. The conference ended with 4 plenary sessions on day three and workshops entitled "Health Claim Approval of Probiotics in the European Union" on day four. More information may be found on the organizers' website.

07.06.2010: We would like to inform all the Members of the Society, that the general assembly will take place in the head office of the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics on 18 Czysta Street in Cracow on Monday, June 28, 2010 at 13.30. More details will be sent by e-mail.

11.05.2010: We have the pleasure to inform you that Piotr Kochan, the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics Board of Directors member received a nomination from the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) for the post of Country Liaison to Poland. The function is a good basis for cooperation between Poland and Polish microbiological societies and the USA, including participation in fellowships and scientific exchange programs. More information on ASM and its Ambassadors worldwide may be found on www.asm.org as well as in the international ASM pages. Official website of Poland Country Liaison may be found under www.asm.org.pl.

19.04.2010: Representatives of the Board of Directors and members of the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics participated in a scientific symposium entitled "Probiotics in Food" (pol. "Probiotyki w Zywnosci") organized by the Board of Directors of the Polish Society of Food Technologists (pol. Polskie Towarzystwo Technologow Zywnosci) from April 15-16, 2010 in Kiry near Zakopane. Participants included experts in the field but also industry representatives. During the meeting dr. Piotr Kochan talked about safety of probiotics. The sessions also raised the topic of the legal aspects related to probiotics but were focused mainly on many innovative food products containing probiotic bacteria. The symposium was jointly chaired by prof. Danuta Kolozyn-Krajewska and prof. Zbigniew Dolatowski and was summed up in round table discussions on the last day.

14.04.2010: Members of the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics took active part in the 20th international ECCMID, which took place from April 10-13, 2010 in Vienna, Austria. The largest European microbiology conference organized by ESCMID attracted over 9500 participants including 7400 delegates from 100 different countries. During the 4 conference days, there were many workshops and 156 parallel sessions during 235 hours overall. Society members, besides of scientific reports, were invited to present the only ESCMID Collaborative Centre in Poland (ECC) and PSPP in the European Network Corner. More details and the programme may be found on the organizer's website, which after an unexpected change in the Presidential chair, is inviting participants to next year's ECCMID in Milan, Italy.

25.03.2010: We would like to inform all interested persons, that the hardcopy of the Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (JPP) EUPROBIO conference supplement with selected papers is officially available. To order your copy, please contact our office biuro@towarzystwoprobiotyczne.pl or call us at +4812 633 25 67.

28.02.2010: We are pleased to announce that on the Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology (JPP) website there are electronic versions of published papers related to EUPROBIO conference by: Bosscher et al., Cadieux et al., Conti et al., Indrio et al., Karczewska et al., Konturek et al., Strus et al. and Swidsinski et al. available for download to every member of the PSPP. Access to JPP articles via "Courses and publications" link. In order to receive a hardcopy of the journal, members must pay their membership dues.

20.01.2010: We would like to inform all our members, that PSPP is once again a supporter of the organizers of the International Scientific Conference on Probiotics and Prebiotics - IPC2010 as a partner in their Visegrad Fund application. At the same time we would like to encourage all our members to actively participate in this event at the University of Kosice in Slovak Republic from June 15-17, 2010. More information to be found in the Conferences and meetings link. /Photo of Kosice is property of the European Commission/

19.12.2009: Happy Holidays and New Year to all Members! May the New Year be even more fruitful than this one!

11.12.2009: General Assembly of the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics (PSPP) members took place today in the Society's headquarters on 18 Czysta Street in Cracow. The order of the meeting followed the instructions sent to members earlier on. Election of the authorities of the Society for the next term took place during the meeting. The next President will be Prof. Piotr Heczko, next Vice-President will be Associate Prof. Krzysztof Fyderek, Board of Directors Members will include Prof. Maria Bielecka, Prof. Jacek Bardowski and Dr Piotr Kochan. PSPP Board of Audit Members will be Assistant Prof. Magdalena Strus, Dr Jacek Kluz and Dr Tomasz Gosiewski. Membership dues were discussed as free motions. We would like to thank PSPP members for active participation.

05.11.2009: We would like to inform all the Members of the Society, that a general elective assembly will take place in the head office of the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics on 18 Czysta Street in Cracow on Friday, December 11, 2009 at 12.00. More details will be sent by e-mail.

04.11.2009: Today Prof. Piotr B. Heczko, M.D., Ph.D., the President of the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics, gave a lecture in the House of the Society of Physicians on Radziwillowska Street in Cracow, entitled "Co wiemy o medycznych zastosowaniach probiotykow po 15 latach od ich odkrycia" [What do we know about the medical applications of probiotics 15 years since their discovery]. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Igor Goscinski, M.D., Ph.D. and followed by a lively discussion.

29.09.2009: We are pleased to inform that the President as well as a delegation of the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics took active part in the international conference entitled: 5th Probiotics, Prebiotics & New Foods, which took place on September 13-15, 2009 at Universita Urbaniana in Rome. The conference was under the patronage of Societa Italiana di Gastroenterologia (SIGE); Italian Academy for the Study of Intestinal Microbiota; European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN); Italian Society of Nutraceuticals (SINUT) and Istituto Nazionale di Recerca per gli Alimenti e la Nutrizione (INRAN). Chairpeople were L. Capurso, G. Delle Fave, L. Morelli and A. Guarino. On the first day there was an opening lecture and a short introductory session devoted to intestinal flora, autophagy and probiotics in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). The second day was divided into several main topics including IBD, new foods, recent discoveries, intestinal microbiota, probiotics and human health, herbal remedies and food supplements, as well as parallel sessions in paediatric topics. On the third day there were also parallel sessions, e.g. related to immunology, gynaecology, nutrigenomics, methodology as well as prebiotics. Most sessions were accompanied by short reports, discussions and questions from the participants. Society members gave presentations and participated in poster sessions. Since the meeting location was close to Vatican, there were nice panoramic views from the university hill. More details and the programme is available on the conference website.

24.06.2009: Meeting of the Authorities of the Society and the General Assembly of PSPP members took place today in the Rectorate of Warsaw Medical University on 61 Zwirki i Wigury Street. The sessions were followed according to plan and 2 important issues were discussed as free motions, namely the next EUPROBIO conference (proposed for the year 2011 or 2012) and plans for a conference on a national level in May/June next year.

09.06.2009: We hereby would like to inform all members of PSPP that the General Assembly of the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics will take place at 13:30 on June 24, 2009 (Wednesday) in room no. 401 of the Rectorate of Warsaw Medical University, 61 Zwirki i Wigury Str. in Warsaw. Board of Directors/Audit meetings will take place earlier. The details will be sent to members electronically.

02.06.2009: The menu "Courses and publications" (please click on the link) was recently updated with links to full publications. Please note the very interesting reviews, papers on pancreatitis, cancer as well as Clostridium difficile.

29.05.2009: The General Assembly as well as the Board of Directors and Board of Audit meetings are planned for the end of June 2009. The details will be sent electronically as well as listed in the "News" link, soon.

29.03.2009: We would like to remind all members to pay their yearly membership fees. There are still members who did not pay the 2008 membership fee. All payment details may be found in the "Membership" link (please click on the link to proceed).

29.01.2009: Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics together with the Chair of Microbiology organized a meeting with members of the Polish Neonatology Network in the Senate room of Collegium Novum Jagiellonian University on the concept of studies on probiotics in the prevention of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and generalized infections in low birth weight neonates. Introduction to probiotics was presented by Prof. Heczko - PSPP President followed by Dr Strus' talk on the selection of probiotic strains for G.I. applications, based on their mechanisms of action followed by Dr Kochan who presented the safety aspects of probiotics based on clinical trials. During the discussion that followed the objectives and parametres of the studies were agreed upon by all participants.

PSPP Board of Directors wishes to thank the Society's supporting member - IBSS Biomed S.A. from Cracow for organizing lunch and a trip to their lab and production facility after the meeting.

27.01.2009: The menu "Courses and publications" (please click on the link) was recently updated, and one may find a very important publication of the World Gastroenterology Organization.

19.12.2008: Best Holiday and New Year wishes to all members! May the New Year bring even more happiness to you than the current one!

04.12.2008: We would like to remind all those members who did not pay their membership fees to do so as soon as possible. More information may be found in the Membership menu (please click to open).

31.10.2008: Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics together with the Chair of Microbiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College organized the II European Conference on Probiotics and their Applications. The President of EUPROBIO 2008 was Prof. Piotr B. Heczko, V-ce Presidents were Prof. Hanna Szajewska and Dr Magdalena Strus and the Coordinator was Dr Piotr Kochan. The Chief Sanitary Inspector gave his patronage over the event. The Conference took place at the Jagiellonian University Auditorium Maximum in Cracow on October, 15-17, 2008. The 300 participants came from all over the world, including Australia, Indonesia, Canada, South Korea, USA, countries in Africa, Middle East and Europe. Making of the Conference was possible thanks to the support of the Conference Partner and numerous sponsors as well as the Polish Ministerm of Science and Higher Education. The detailed program with speakers may be found on the official EUPROBIO 2008 Conference website (please click to follow the link). Each participant received the conference package including the conference bag with materials and the conference publication which contained abstracts of presentations and posters. During the 3 conference days there were 6 plenary sessions, 46 lectures were presented and 43 posters were displayed. Prizes for best presentations and posters were funded by the Society. Furthermore the PSPP General Assembly and meeting of the Board of Directors took place on the 1st day of the Conference and on the 3rd day there was a special meeting devoted to the safety and introduction of probiotiocs to the market in Polish settings in the company of the delegates of the Chief Sanitary Inspector, National Food and Nutrition Institute and the Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics of the Polish Academy of Sciences as well as companies. We invite you to participate in the next EUPROBIO conference and to regularly visit the Conference and Society websites.

14.10.2008: Let us invite all interested persons to participate in the international EUPROBIO 2008 Conference. Starts at 17.00 at the Jagiellonian University Auditorium Maximum in Cracow.

01.10.2008: We would like to invite all the members of the Society to the General Assembly called upon by the Board of Directors on October 15, 2008 (Wednesday) in Cracow. Venue: Auditorium Maximum UJ, 35 Krupnicza Street starting at 10.00-11:30 A.M. followed by the Board of Directors Meeting and then the beginning of EUPROBIO 2008 Conference. At the same time it will be possible for members to pay their membership dues. It is still possible to register for EUPROBIO 2008 (please click to follow the link) international conference.

15.09.2008: The abstract deadline for EUPROBIO 2008 Conference was moved again to 21 September 2008 - more details on the conferece website www.euprobio.com.

07.09.2008: Numerous delegation of Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics members participated in the XXVI Meeting of the Polish Society of Microbiologists from 4-7 September 2008 in Szczecin entitled "Microorganisms - challenges and hopes". During the Probiotic Forum the President of the Society and Members of the Board of Directors presented interesting lectures. The opening lecture during the Forum was entitled "Perspectives for the development of probiotics" by Prof. Bielecka, then Prof. Heczko spoke about "Designing probiotics for medical applications" followed by Piotr Kochan who talked about the "Safety of probiotics in clinical applications". The next presentation was done by Dr Magdalena Kowalczyk "Modern methods of identification and characterization of potentially probiotic strains" and the following by Dr Ilona Motyl "Probiotic bacteria in food". After the lectures there were two oral presentations, the first by Dr Agnieszka Chmielarczyk entitled "Molecular methods of typing probiotic strains from Lactobacillus genus and the second by Dr Lidia Markiewicz - "Survival of a potentially probiotic strain Bifidobacterium longum KNA1 in the human digestive tract and its influence on intestinal microflora". Furthermore the Board of Directors of the Society presented a poster entitled "The stages of development of recommendations of the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics related to the clinical applications of probiotics" available in the Courses and publications (please click on the link) menu.

01.09.2008: The abstract deadline for EUPROBIO 2008 Conference was moved to 15 September 2008 - more details on the conferece website www.euprobio.com.

02.08.2008: There are intensive preparations for the upcoming EUPROBIO 2008 Conference - the updated program may be found on the conference website www.euprobio.com.

01.07.2008r.: We hereby would like to inform all members of the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics, that the Board of Audit and Board of Directors meetings followed by the General Assembly took place on June 27, 2008 in the paediatric clinical hospital on 1 Dzialdowska Street in Warsaw. Board of Audit, Board of Directors and financial reports for the year 2007 were all approved. Members also discussed the upcoming EUPROBIO 2008 conference - more information may be found on www.euprobio.com .

13.06.2008: We would like to invite all the members of the Society to the General Assembly called upon by the Board of Directors on June 27, 2008 (Friday) in Warsaw starting at 11.00-12:30, the exact venue being: Samodzielny Publiczny Dzieciecy Szpital Kliniczny, 1 Dzialdowska Str., 01-563 Warsaw, which will take place directly after the Board of Directors and Board of Review meetings. At the same time we would like to ask all the members who did not pay their 2008 membership dues to do so as soon as possible; please find more details in the Membership link (please click to follow the link).

09.06.2008: Delegates of the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics attended the International Probiotic Conference 2008 (IPC2008) entitled Probiotics for the 3rd Millennium, which took place from 4-7 June 2008 in the High Tatras in Slovakia. The Conference gathered many guests from all over the world, a lot of novel data were presented during plenary sessions and workshops, and there was a very interesting social programme. PSPP representatives participated in the poster session with the poster entitled: WILL PROBIOTICS BE BANNED FOR THE SEVERLY IMMUNOCOMPROMISED? which is available in the Courses and Publications link (please click to follow the link). Participants of IPC were all invited to take part in the upcoming international event in Cracow - the EUPROBIO 2008 organized by PSPP and the Chair of Microbiology of the Jagiellonian University Medical College. Access to IPC2008 and EUPROBIO 2008 conference websites from the "Conferences and meetings" menu.

01.05.2008: The Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics published its next title. It is the Polish edition of the report entitled "FAO Technical Meeting on PREBIOTICS" originally published by the Food and Agriculture Organization. This new publication together with "Probiotics in Food" form a complete reference when it comes to these two topics. Printed version will be handed out to all PSPP members during the upcoming General Assembly or delivered via regular post .

ISBN of Polish printed edition: 978-83-926010-2-9
ISBN of Polish on-line edition: 978-83-926010-3-6

On-line electronic version is available through the Courses and Publications (please click to go to the page) link.

30.04.2008: The International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI) with the home office in Belgium has formed prebiotic and probiotic task forces. To read more about their mission and experts please visit the ILSI website (click here).

18.03.2008: Until the end of June 2008 a General Assembly and the Board of Audit meeting will be called upon to review and ratify last years budget and activities. We will keep you posted as to when and where exactly these meetings will take place.

15.03.2008: Owing to fusion of two large banks in Poland, i.e. BPH and Pekao S.A., the Society has received a letter from the bank stating that the account used up to now will be valid for the next 12 months (until March 15, 2009). The letter also lists the new bank account of the Society which is: 61 1240 4559 1111 0000 5419 4535 and the IBAN is PL61124045591111000054194535. "Industrial committee" and "Membership" links were already updated with the new account number.

22.02.2008: Considering the latest reports from the PROPATRIA multicentre trial in the Netherlands carried out on a group of patients with acute pancreatitis, we would like to invite everyone to look into the literature at the results of this study. The study protocol was published in BMC Surgery in 2004 and is available in the "Courses and publications" link. It is appropriate to cite the conclusion of the protocol abstract here: "The PROPATRIA study is aimed to show a reduction in infectious complications due to early enteral use of multispecies probiotics in severe acute pancreatitis". After initial findings of higher mortality in the probiotics patients' group, the authors recently published their results in Lancet - on February 14, 2008 (electronic publication ahead of print). The conculsion of the study is a contraindication to administer probiotics to patients with predicted severe acute pancreatitis. The link to the study abstract may also be found in the "Courses and publications" menu.

19.01.2008: Starting today it's possible to pay the membership fees by credit card. The transaction makes use of the secure PayPal system. Details to be found in the "Membership" and "Industrial committee" links. Please, do visit!!!

07.01.2008: We would like to invite you to pay your 2008 membership fee. The amount is the same as last year, i.e., 100 PLN for all members except for students and Ph.D. candidates who pay 25 PLN and for supporting members who pay 2000 PLN per year. Each member who pays his/her membership fee will receive a 2008 membership card. We would like to remind all those members who did not pay their 2007 membership fees to do it as soon as possible before paying their 2008 fees. The account number and details are to be found in the "Membership" link in the menu.

03.01.2008: Let us welcome you all in the new calendar year! To sum up the last year, i.e., the first year since the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics (PSPP) has been founded, it was a really successful year! We have almost doubled the number of members, welcomed 4 supporting members (more details in the "Industrial Committe" link), published a very important title: "Probiotyki w zywnosci. Wlasciwosci zdrowotne i zywieniowe oraz wytyczne do ich oceny." and begun preparations for the second European Conference on Probiotics and their Applications - EUPROBIO 2008 (more information in the "Conferences and meetings" link or on the conference website www.euprobio.com). One of the primary goals for this year is to construct PSPP recommendations/guidelines on probiotics. We hope this year will be as successful as the last one for everybody!

19.11.2007: On a late friday afternoon of November 16, 2007 a General Assembly of the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics took place at the Memorial Institute - Children's Health Centre in Warsaw. Prof. Hanna Szajewska, M.D., Ph.D. was elected to Chair the meeting. After voting upon the order of proceedings the issue of the first PSPP publication was raised and it was decided that the publication will be mailed to all the Society's members. Therafter, the discussion continued on the topic of EUPROBIO 2008 Conference that will be co-organized by the Society in November of next year (15-17) in Cracow. It was suggested to broaden the topics of EUPROBIO sessions with the following:

- Microbiota and obesity
- Microbiota and IBD
- Microbiota and allergy prevention and treatment
- Microbiota and functional gastrointestinal disorders
- Safety (including immunocompromised subjects)
- Strain selection for clinical trials
- Legislation
- FOR/AGAINST session

Most of the above were already included in the existing preliminary sessions programme (available through www.euprobio.com), others still need to be considered. Right after new member submissions were discussed, the following open motions were forwarded: (a) to consider organizing a social evening during EUPROBIO; (b) to consider publication of work presented during EUPROBIO 2008; (c) prebiotics – to be considered as an additional scientific session. With respect to all issues mentioned above, Prof. Szajewska concluded the Ist General Assembly of PSPP. The Society would like to thank its supporting member, VITIS Pharma Sp. z o.o., for all the food and refreshments that were served.

30.10.2007: ATTENTION! IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! The General Asembly which will take place in Warsaw on Friday, November 16 right after the Society's Board of Directors meeting has moved to 16:45. This notice will be sent to all Society's members by e-mail. More information is available from the "Conferences and meetings" (please click to go to the page) link by clicking on the 1st PSPP Meesting.

23.10.2007: I have the pleasure to announce that 2 more companies have joined the Society and currently PSPP has 4 Supporting Members. More information is available on the "Industrial committee" (please click to go to the page) link.

18.10.2007: We hereby would like to invite all Society members to join the General Asembly which will take place in Warsaw on Friday, November 16 at 13:45 right after the Society's Board of Directors meeting. The official invitation letter was sent to all Society's members by e-mail. More information is available from the "Conferences and meetings" (please click to go to the page) link.

05.10.2007: The Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics published its first title. It is the Polish edition of the work entitled "Probiotics in food. Health and nutritional properties and guidelines for evaluation" originally published by the World Health Organization together with the Food and Agriculture Organization in 2006 (original ISBN 92-5-105513-0). Inside one may find two WHO/FAO reports from expert and working group meetings evaluating the scientific evidence related to the function and safety of probiotics in food as well as the methodology used to test these parametres. Up to the present day it remains the most important and valuable publication of WHO/FAO related to probiotics. Available free of charge as educational material, also through the National Library (Biblioteka Narodowa). Printed version will be delivered via regular post to all PSPP members.

ISBN of Polish printed edition: 978-83-926010-0-5
ISBN of Polish on-line edition: 978-83-926010-1-2

On-line electronic version is available through the Courses and Publications (please click to go to the page) link.

03.07.2007: Five PSPP representatives, including President Prof. Piotr B. Heczko, attended the ISAPP Open Forum in London, UK during the last week of June (26-28). The meeting took place in a genuinely unique venue - The Royal College of Physicians on 11 St Andrews Place facing Regent's Park - the oldest and most presigious English Medical Foundation incorporated by Royal Charter in 1518 A.D. The fifth home of the College, a modern but vividly decorated building with many museum-like paintings and pieces was perfectly suited for the ISAPP meeting and used the main session room, a large theatrical aula as well as a large presentation room for social and dining activities.

To summarize: Day 1 was ISAPP Board Meeting and Industrial Advisory Committee Meeting by invitation only; on Day 2 the main sessions were under the heading Prebiotics and Probiotics for Animals with speakers from all over the world and 4 sessions, poster viewing as well as a Rapid fire session where 6 Student Prize Winners presented their research. Among the Winners was Mr Tomasz Gosiewski from the Chair of Microbiology, Jagiellonian University Medical College in Cracow, a member of the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics, who prepared a presentation entitled: "Bifidobacteria numbers in colon of children with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)" available in the Courses and Publications (please click to go to the page) link. At the end of Day 2 there was a free reception with snacks and wine and a performance by Mr Jimmy Bright - a British top comedian. Day 3 sessions were grouped under the main topic: Taking probiotics and prebiotics to Eastern Europe and the Developing World: what are the key issues? with a rapid fire session at the end of the day presenting hot data in various labs. The meeting was closed in the late afternoon on Thursday, June 28.

It was a truly interesting forum, presenting latest data in the field of pre- and probiotics and ISAPP made it possible for all participants to have it free of charge - participation, numerous coffee breaks, lunches and reception party with drinks were all free, thanks to the sponsors.

13.06.2007: PSPP members who still did not pay their membership fee for 2007 are kindly asked to visit the "Membership" (please click to go to the page) link for wire transfer details.

08.06.2007: Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics is the co-organizer of EUPROBIO 2008 Conference. Registration and abstract submission is done online. Please visit www.euprobio.com (please click to go to the website).

06.06.2007: The "Courses and publications" (please click to go to the page) link was updated with interesting new publications.

12.02.2007: The "Courses and publications" (please click to go to the page) link was updated with a translation of a very important WHO/FAO document from 2002 concerning guidelines for probiotics in food as well as with links to free publications on probiotics.

11.02.2007: Each member of the Society, who paid the 2007 membership fee will receive the Membership Card. More details in the "Membership" (please click to go to the page) link.

17.01.2007: The Society has opened a bank account and from now on it's possible to wire the membership fees for the year 2007. More details are given in the "Membership" and "Industrial committee" (please click to go to the page) links.

15.01.2007: The "Conferences and meetings" (please click to go to the page) link was updated. We invite you to visit this interesting page!

12.01.2007: Next week we will place the bank account details to allow for the 2007 membership fees to be paid. Please observe the "Membership" and "Industrial committee" links very carefully.

02.01.2007: From TODAY on it's possible to become a supporting member of the Society. We would like to invite companies and private persons to visit the "Industrial committee" (please click to go to the page) link.

19.12.2006: We cordially invite you to join the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics by filling in a membership declaration form! More details may be found under the "Membership" link (please click to go to the page).

15.12.2006: Ladies and Gentlemen! On the 8th of December all below issues became clear and the Society elected its authorities. The website will gradually be updated with all relevant information.

16.11.2006: The meeting, described in the point below (15.11.2006), will take place on Friday, 8 December 2006 at 11:00 A.M. in room no. 201, II floor of the Medical Academy building on 61 Zwirki i Wigury Street in Warsaw.

15.11.2006: PLEASE NOTE! The nearest meeting which will take place in order to: elect the Board of Directors and the Board of Audit; decide upon the amount and way of collection of the members' fee; sign up new members; decide on the framework of action of the Society; collect data necessary to set up a members' database; select the logo of the Society and solve arising issues is scheduled for Friday, 8 December 2006 at 11:00 A.M. in Warsaw. More details relating to the exact place of the meeting will be provided soon.

10.11.2006: The Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics (PTPP) has been founded. At present the Society is finalizing all organizational details and in near future there will be a meeting called for the founding members in order elect the authorities.

02.09.2006: ATTENTION! There is a meeting scheduled for founding members on 22 September 2006 at 12 o'clock in Cracow, 18 Czysta Str. WE WELCOME YOUR ACTIVE PARTICIPATION! For information, please call Piotr Kochan, phone numbers.: 0609 476 194 or 012 633 60 33 or send an e-mail to: pkochan@cm-uj.krakow.pl

21.01.2006: On Friday, 20 January 2006, about 30 scientists from all over Poland representing different research sectors, i.e.: biotechnology, medicine, dairy industry, agriculture, veterinary medicine and nutrition, etc. met in the capital of Poland — Warsaw in order to establish the Polish Society for Probiotics and Prebiotics. At present the Society is finalizing all details necessary for registration in the Polish court of law.

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