Professor Maciej Żylicz appeared as a guest at the Interdisciplinary Scientific Seminar. An outstanding biochemist, President of the Foundation for Polish Science delivered a lecture entitled "Micro-evolution of cancer cells"

Professor Maciej Żylicz, who studied physics and biology at the University of Gdańsk, deals with the molecular biology of thermal shock proteins, the interaction of protective proteins, cancer transformation, p53, and MDM2. He defended his post-doctoral thesis and received the title of professor in the field of molecular biology and biochemistry. For many years, he worked at the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw. Since 2005, he has held the role of the President of the Board of the Foundation for Polish Science. A member of many national and international academies of science and winner of numerous scientific awards (including the FPS Award), he received honorary doctorates from the universities of Wrocław and Gdańsk, as well as from the Jagiellonian University.

The scientist was trying to answer the following questions: does the cancer reaction begin with a single cell that accumulates specific mutations? Does the evolution of cancer cells resemble Darwin's evolution of species? Does the evolution of cancer cells depend on primitive survival mechanisms developed during the evolution of single-cell organisms? Does traumatic stress increase the likelihood of cancer?