PhoBiA — Photonics and Bionanotechnology Association

First of all, thank you to all participants! Our jury worked hard last week to assess a record-breaking 153 photos from 44 authors! The winning works are:

• 1st place – Nanojungle by Stefania Wolff, Faculty of Applied Physics and Mathematics, Gdańsk University of Technology and Centre of Plasma and Laser Engineering, Institute of Fluid-Flow Machinery, Polish Academy of Sciences
• 2nd place – micro gangsters attack by Zofia Mazurkiewicz, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences
• 3rd place – The Rose of Ceres by Damian Szymański, Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences

Meanwhile, our association members selected the remianing works that will be displayed on Wrocław Market Square and at Wrocław Tech. Soon, we will contact all authors to let them know which exhibition their work is a part of. Also, keep an eye on the MANIAC tab on our website, as we will upload there all works in the upcoming days.

Once again, thank you for your participation! This has truly been a wonderful edition of MANIAC with lots of breathtaking works of art.

The registration for this year’s edition of MANIAC – MICROSCOPIC ART NON-LIMITED INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL CONTEST starts NOW! You can find the registration form here and all the rules and regulations can be found in the Documents tab.

The call for works is open until May 8, 2026. The exhibitions of selected works will take place from May 22 to June 15, 2026 at Wrocław Main Square and from May 25 to June 12, 2026 at Wrocław Tech.

This edition of the contest is financed by the ORLEN Foundation.

What are you still waiting for? Go through your microscopic photos and find beauty in them! Or book a session to take them before the deadline comes!

Extended registration for PANIC 2026

Registration for PANIC 2026 starts NOW!

The members of PhoBiA wish everyone a joyous year 2026. Using this occasion, we would also like to share a few photos from our Christams meeting. It was a time full of laughs and smiles and we were able to get to know each other better – outside of our university life. Everyone prepared their favourite regional dish, meaning that our table was filled with delicious food – from Christmas classics such as barszcz z uszkami and krokiety, through Greater Poland makiełki and Lemko fuczki, to Indian curry and Turkish mercimek köftesi.

We are concluding this years’ edition of MANIAC with an exhibition at Wrocław Tech. You can see the Top 3 works, as well as 32 other pieces of microscopic art chosen for the exhibition by our members at SKS (Strefa Kultury Studenckiej, C-18) on the ground floor. The works will be displayed there until December 8.

The results of the 2025 edition of MANIAC are here!

It has been an incredible contest with outstanding turnout. We have received a staggering 113 artworks from 42 authors! From this artful cornucopia our association’s members selected 19 gems to be exhibited in Świdnicka street next to the Market Square. The exhibition pleased the eyes of Wrocław residents for a whole week in September, while the remaining pieces will adorn the campus of Wrocław University of Science and Technology. The date and place of the exhibition will be revealed later.

The top 3 works in this year’s contest are:

Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all participants. You can see the rest of the works here.

You MANIACs! Did you wait for the last moment to register to our fabulous contest?! No worries. Science and art love some good procrastination.

We are extending the registration deadline until 05.09.2025!

Now quit fooling around and don’t miss out on the chance of winning this year’s prizes!

REGISTRATION FORM

It may well be the middle of summer, but scientists and artists alike, know no rest! Our creative energy explodes like a summer lightning storm and it may only be appeased by a soothing prospect of fame, glory and… prizes 😉

We hereby open the registration for this year’s edition of our
MICROSCOPIC ART NON-LIMITED INTERNATIONAL ANNUAL CONTEST!

You can find the registration form under the link below.

REGISTRATION FORM

All the necessary documents are linked inside the form as well as in the MANIAC 2025 tab above.

We are waiting for your microscopy photos untill 31.08.2025!

Need some inspiration? Check out the photos from previous editions under the MANIAC tabs above!

Dofinansowano ze środków Gminy Wrocław w ramach programu Fundusz Aktywności Studenckiej (FAST), organizowanego przez Wrocławskie Centrum Akademickie.

Co-financed by the city of Wrocław as part of the Student Activity Fund (FAST), organised by the Wrocław Academic Centre.

Registration deadline extended!