27 lutego 2020
PhD Student position is available in Grela’s group in the International Training Network (ITN) and more specifically a European Joint Doctorate (EJD), funded by the European Commission through the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action (MSCA), entitled „Coordination Chemistry Inspires Molecular Catalysis” (CCIMC). Project title: „Immobilization of NHC’s ligands in Janus Dendrimers. Catalysis in green solvents”. Supervisors: Prof. Karol Grela and Dr. Rosa María Sebastián. Deadline for applications: 31 March 2020. For more info see >> pdf
High paying position for adjunct (post doc) who will develop new models and software in a project at borderline of crystallography and computational chemistry entitled „Advancing quantum crystallography for better insight into structure and properties of crystals” financed by National Science Centre (NCN) is open for application. Project leader: Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Woźniak. Deadline for applications: 5 April 2020. For more info see >> pdf
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland and the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate have issued announcements in which they advise against travelling to 11 municipalities in Italy which are being quarantined due to the occurrence of Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (in Lombardy: Codogno, Castiglione d’Adda, Casalpusterlengo, Fombio, Maleo, Somaglia, Bertonico, Terranova dei Passerini, Castelgerundo, San Fiorano; in Veneto: Vò Euganeo, Padua).
Following the recommendations of the Ministry and the Inspectorate, the University of Warsaw advises to:
- cancel trips of employees, students and doctoral students to the 11 Italian municipalities in quarantine;
- contact UW Italian partners from the 11 municipalities in quarantine with a suggestion to postpone or cancel visits of employees, students and doctoral students to the University of Warsaw.
The International Relations Office (IRO) is in constant individual contact with students and staff planning visits to the Italian partner universities under the Erasmus programme. IRO, together with the Foundation for the Development of the Education System (National Erasmus Agency in Poland), is in the process of establishing procedures regulating possible shortening or cancellation of mobilities.
At the same time, due to the dynamic nature of the situation, we recommend following the announcements for travellers in connection with the spread of Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, posted on the websites of:
All those who are planning trips to Italian regions which are not in quarantine are also advised to follow the announcements of the Italian sanitary services.
Decisions regarding temporary absence from the University of persons who returned to Poland from countries where Coronavirus cases occurred shall be taken individually:
- in the case of staff – by heads of units (deans of faculties and heads of other units)
- in the case of students – by heads of didactic units (vice-deans for student affairs and deputy heads for student affairs).
All those who are planning trips to other countries where Coronavirus cases have occurred are advised to follow the announcements on the website of the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate and the recommendations for travellers on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and to take safety precautions, as described above.
At the same time, we remind you of the recommendations of the World Health Organization on the prevention of coronavirus infections (https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public).
WHO experts recommend:
- “Frequently clean hands by using alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water;
- When coughing and sneezing cover mouth and nose with flexed elbow or tissue – throw tissue away immediately and wash hands;
- Avoid close contact with anyone who has fever and cough;
- If you have fever, cough and difficulty breathing seek medical care early and share previous travel history with your health care provider;
- When visiting live markets in areas currently experiencing cases of novel coronavirus, avoid direct unprotected contact with live animals and surfaces in contact with animals;
- The consumption of raw or undercooked animal products should be avoided. Raw meat, milk or animal organs should be handled with care, to avoid cross-contamination with uncooked foods, as per good food safety practices.”
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
Project Manager – prof. Karol Grela (Head of Organometallic Synthesis Laboratory, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Warsaw) is looking for candidates to work in a scientific project: „Making the Impossible Possible: Macrocyclisation of Unbiased Dienes at High Concentration by Ring-Closing Metathesis”, programme Opus supported by National Science Centre positions: Post-Doc (2) – Assistant in a group of research workers, operating in the field of exact and natural sciences. Deadline for applications: 28 March 2020. For more info see >> pdf
25 lutego 2020
META 2020, the 11th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics
University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
July 20 – 23, 2020
https://metaconferences.org
Dear Colleague,
The 11th International Conference on Metamaterials, Photonic Crystals and Plasmonics (META 2020), the premier conference for Nanophotonics and Advanced Electromagnetics Materials, will be held in the University of Warsaw – Poland, from 20 to 23 July 2020.
Abstract submission is open, the extended deadline for submitting Abstracts to META 2020 is March 16, 2020:
https://metaconferences.org/ocs/index.php/META20/index/pages/view/abstracts
Plenary Speakers:
1. Robert W. Boyd, University of Ottawa, Canada
2. Nader Engheta, University of Pennsylvania, USA
3. Federico Capasso, Harvard University, USA
4. Maiken H. Mikkelsen, Duke University, USA
5. Masaya Notomi, NTT Basic Research Labs., Japan
6. Deirdre OCarroll, Rutgers University, USA
7. DGeorge C. Schatz, Northwestern University, USA
8. Vladimir M. Shalaev, Purdue University, USA
Conference Tutorials:
Following the great success of the first edition of META tutorials in Lisbon, META 2020 will feature several technical tutorials instructed by leading experts on various topics of interest to the META community (free of charge for the conference attendees).
Tutorial Instructors:
1. Ali Adibi, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
2. Harry Atwater, California Institute of Technology, USA
3. Federico Capasso, Harvard University, USA
Important dates:
16 March 2020: Abstract Submission Extended Deadline, 23:00 (PST)
24 April 2020: Early Bird Registration Deadline
2 June 2020: Advanced Registration Deadline
8 June 2020: Full-papers Submission Deadline, 23:00 (PST)
Further details on META 2020 can be found on the conference website:
https://metaconferences.org
We look forward to meeting you at META in Warsaw!
Sincerely yours,
META 2020 Conference Chairs:
Prof. Dorota Pawlak, Institute of Electronic Materials Technology, Poland
Prof. Andrzej Kudelski, University of Warsaw, Poland
Prof. Said Zouhdi, Paris-Saclay University, France
24 lutego 2020
The Centre of New Technologies invites to a seminar by
Prof. Agnieszka Bzowska
Division of Biophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw
Title: Purine salvage pathway enzymes as a target for therapies against pathogenic organisms lacking de novo purine nucleotide synthesis – case study of Helicobacter pylori
Date: February 28th, 2020 (Friday)
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Venue: Centre of New Technologies, Banacha 2C, Lecture Hall 0142 (Ground floor)
Host: prof. Joanna Trylska
There are two possible metabolic routes, which organisms can use to obtain purine nucleotides, the indispensable building blocks for DNA and RNA synthesis – de novo and salvage pathways. Some organisms, including those causing severe diseases, possess only one of them, the salvage pathway. Enzymes of this pathway are therefore good targets to disable growth and replication of such pathogenes. During the talk I will present our efforts to obtain and characterize two of the salvage pathway enzymes, purine nucleoside phosphorylase and adenylosuccinate synthase from Helicobacter pylori, and design their potent inhibitors.
18 lutego 2020
Position of adjunct (group of research workers) in the project entitled „Phase transitions in minerals induced by pressure and studied by experimental charge densities – feasibility studies” financed by National Science Centre (NCN) is open for application. (see: https://crystal.chem.uw.edu.pl/). Project leader: Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Woźniak. Deadline for applications: 19 March 2020. For more info see >> pdf
Position of adjunct (group of research workers) in the project entitled „Phase transitions in minerals induced by pressure and studied by experimental charge densities – feasibility studies” financed by National Science Centre (NCN) is open for application. (see: https://crystal.chem.uw.edu.pl/). Project leader: Prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Woźniak. Deadline for applications: 19 March 2020. For more info see >> pdf
17 lutego 2020
The Centre of New Technologies invites to a seminar by
Dr Ishier Raote
Centre for Genomic Regulation, Barcelona, Spain
Title: TANGO1 in collagen secretion: Function and dysfunction
Date: 19th February 2020 (Wednesday)
Time: 11:00 am
Venue: Centre of New Technologies, Banacha 2C, Lecture Hall 0142 (Ground floor)
Host: Dr Piotr Szwedziak
Secreted collagens compose 25% of our dry body weight and are necessary for tissue organization, skin and bone formation. But how are these bulky cargoes, that are too big to fit into a conventional COPII vesicle, exported from the ER? Our discovery of TANGO1, a ubiquitously expressed, ER-exit-site-resident, transmembrane protein, has made the pathway of collagen secretion amenable to molecular analysis. TANGO1 acts as a scaffold to connect collagens in the lumen to COPII coats on the cytoplasmic side of the ER. However, the growth of the collagen containing mega transport carrier is not simply by accretion of a larger COPII-coated patch of ER membrane, but instead I propose that TANGO1 creates a tunnel for cargo transport between the ER and a post-ER compartment. This mechanism is conceptually different from the conventional model for carrier formation, which posits that membrane is derived entirely from a donor compartment. This proposal revises George Palade’s classical schema of carrier-mediated traffic in the secretory pathway. We have seen that TANGO1 rings the ER exit site and thus organizes a sub-compartment or „isolation chamber” within the ER. To assemble the ring, TANGO1 and its interactors mutually recruit, corral and organize each other. Most recently, we have identified the first TANGO1-associated syndromal disease in humans, which mainly manifests as a collagenopathy. Thus, in the short span of a decade, we have identified TANGO1, described a novel mechanism for its function in collagen secretion thereby proposing a radical revision of the classical views of the secretory pathway and now, we have identified a role of TANGO1 in a novel human collagenopathy.
On 17th February, a new semester will begin. About 370 of international students will start their education at the University of Warsaw. They came here for short-term Erasmus+ and other international exchange programmes. The UW International Relations Office organised a special meeting for them on 12th February.
Students could learn about how to use USOS or University Library’s resources, what formalities should be met to obtain a student card, as well as whom to ask for help in case of psychological, health and other problems.
The meeting was a part of the orientation week dedicated to students from 45 countries. During a whole orientation week, students participate in various meetings, visit the UW Main Campus, get acquainted with the materials about the university, Warsaw and Poland. Employees from the university units, e.g. the International Relations Office, Polonicum, University Library, Erasmus Student Network, UW Student Union offer assistance. UW students are also engaged in the orientation week, sharing their knowledge on accommodation at UW under the Mentor Programme.
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
