25 stycznia 2021
The Centre of New Technologies organises webinars concerning various interdisciplinary topics related to biological, chemical and physical phenomena. Doctoral candidates are particularly welcome to join the meetings. The upcoming webinar will be held on 9th April.
The following meetings will take place:
- 9th April, 12:00 – Prof. Joanna Kargul, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw; Title: “Solar-driven fuel production: Fundamental science meets industry in a quest for a shift towards a circular economy”. Link to the event >>
- 15th April, 15:00 – Dr. Paweł K. Mazur, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA; Title: “Identification of oncogenic mechanisms driving lung squamous cell carcinoma development and progression”.
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- 18th June, 12:00 – Dr. Joanna Kowalska, Division of Biophysics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw; Title: “How mRNA vaccines work”.
More information >>
Past events:
- 29th January, 12:00 – Prof. Magdalena Dziembowska, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw; Title: “The physiology of synapse and its dysregulation in neurodevelopmental disorders”; Link to the event >>
- 5th February, 12:00 – Dr. Paweł Niewiadomski, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw; Title: “Hitchhiker’s guide to the primary cilium – how vesicles help soluble proteins reach their target organelle”;
- 12th February, 12:00 – Prof. Daniela Pollak, Professor for Behavioral Biology, Department for Neurophysiolgy and pharmacology, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna; Title: “STAT3 in the serotonergic system modulates emotional reactivity relevant to mood and psychotic disorders”;
- 26th February, 12:00 – Dr. Piotr Setny, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw; Title: “Structural determinants of influenza virus fusion peptide activity”;
- 12 March, 12:00 – Dr. Marcin Kałek, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw; Title: “Synthetic and mechanistic studies on reactions involving hypervalent iodine compounds”;
- 26th March, 12:00 – Prof. Krzysztof Woźniak, Dr. Tomasz Góral, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw; Title: “Cryomicroscopy and Electron Diffraction Core Facility at CeNT UW”.
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
21 stycznia 2021
Prof. Sławomir Żółtek, the University of Warsaw Vice-Rector for Students and Quality of Teaching, will clear up any doubts that might appear regarding the organisation of classes in the coming semester during an online meeting in February.
On 18th January, the UW Rector issued an ordinance regulating education in the summer semester (starting on 22nd February). The winter semester is coming to an end, followed by the examination session. The organisation of classes in the summer semester still raises many questions.
Prof. Slawomir Żółtek, the Vice-Rector for Students and Quality of Teaching, will strive to explain how education after the winter break will look.
The event which was supposed to take place on 29th January is postponed to February. It will be held on the UW profile on Facebook.
Students can submit their questions by filling in the form which is active until 26th January, at 18:00. Prof. Sławomir Żółtek will answer selected questions during the meeting.
The online meeting will be conducted in Polish. When it is finished, a full transcript of the broadcast in Polish and English will be available. More >>
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
19 stycznia 2021
Scholarships for a student in the research project OPUS 15 „Combination of the Rosetta method with the coarse-grained SURPASS model into a new multi-scale algorithm for modeling proteins and their complexes” financed by the National Science Center (NCN). Project leader: dr hab. Dominik Gront, prof. ucz. Deadline for applications: 27 January 2021. For more info see >> pdf
11 stycznia 2021
The Centre of New Technologies invites to a webinar by
Małgorzata Firczuk PhD,
Department of Immunology, Center of Biostructure, Medical University of Warsaw
Title: Novel, targeted therapy of B-cell malignancies with poor prognosis
Date: 15th January 2021 (Friday)
Time: 12:00 pm (Central European Time)
Host: prof. Marta B. Wiśniewska
Virtual seminar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86338374810
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Abstract:
B cell malignancies are a heterogeneous group of diseases derived from B cell precursors at various stages of B cell development and from mature B cells. We have established a multidisciplinary consortium to study novel therapeutic options for patients with B cell malignancies at preclinical stage. During the talk I will present results of our ongoing projects regarding novel therapeutic options that we develop against poorly-treated, high-risk subtypes of B cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. They include targeting enzymes involved in redox metabolism, the combination treatment composed of thioredoxin inhibitors and venetoclax, as well as novel immunotherapeutic options. I will also explain our in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo models, highlighting the crucial role of the close collaboration of our research team with clinicians.
The UW Digital Competence Centre UW (CKC), a unit experienced in providing remote education using digital technologies, prepared a guide to support students.
The Students’ Guide to distance learning is an e-course on the Kampus platform. It aims to support students during their online studies in the 2020-2021 semester, e.g. searching for courses.
It covers a variety of topics, including the information on:
- Tools that help participate in classes,
- Forms of distance learning (asynchronous and synchronous),
- Available platforms,
- Course types and their structure,
- Taking exams,
- Obtaining credits,
- Technical support.
To read the guide, log in to the Kampus platform.
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
09 stycznia 2021
Long-term international students are invited to the online workshops “Mindfulness in academic and everyday life”, organised on 21st-22nd January by the UW Welcome Point. The registration closes on 14th January.
According to the American Psychology Association Dictionary of Psychology, mindfulness is described as “awareness of one’s internal states and surroundings”. It is the concept of learning how to be fully present and engaged in a particular moment, and observe own thoughts, emotions without distraction or judgment.
During the event, UW students will learn how to apply mindfulness practice in their everyday life, especially at university and work.
The workshops are dedicated to:
- 2nd and 3rd-year students of the 1st cycle (Bachelor’s degree)
- 4th and 5th-year students of uniform Master studies
- students of the 2nd cycle (Master’s degree)
To register for the course, please fill in the form >>
Please apply by 14th January 2021, at noon.
The workshops will be held on 21st-22nd January 2021, 11:00 am-2:30 pm.
More information is available at www.welcome.uw.edu.pl.
Please also join our FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/3985763401517058/.
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
07 stycznia 2021
Position of post-doc in the OPUS project entitled „Development of a new protein-protein docking method based on the flexible docking of short peptide fragments” financed by the National Science Centre is open for application. Project leader: dr Mateusz Kurciński. Deadline for applications: 6 February 2021. For more info see >> pdf
05 stycznia 2021
What Polish word has attracted a great deal of interest over the last 12 months? Predictably, a COVID-19 pandemic vocabulary has dominated the year 2020. “Coronavirus” has been named the 2020 Word of the Year in Poland by both a panel of linguists and those who voted online.
This year saw the 10th edition of “Słowo Roku” (the Word of the Year), organised annually since 2011 by the University of Warsaw Institute of Polish Language and the Polish Language Foundation. Like in previous years, everyone could either choose a word or expression from the list published on the website sloworoku.uw.edu.pl or submit their proposals. The candidates for the Word of the Year could be nouns, adjectives, verbs, etc.
The results of the Word of the Year vote were announced a live stream on 5th January. This year, Internet users also had the opportunity to vote for the Word of the Decade.
Word of the Year for 2020
Among this year proposals were, e.g. “pandemia” (pandemic), “strefa” (zone), “wybory” (elections), “kwarantanna” (quarantine), “strajk” (strike), and “zdalny” (remote). “Koronawirus” (coronavirus) has been selected as 2020’s Word of the Year by the linguists and those who voted online. The most popular expression of the last ten years was “pięćset plus” (500+; Poland’s programme to support families and boost birth-rates; Under the programme parents can receive a tax-free benefit of PLN 500 per month for each child until they reach the age of 18).
Poll results
The word “koronawirus”, which took first place in an online poll, received 1,753 votes (9.8% of all votes). It was followed by “kobieta” (woman) gathering 1,516 votes (8.4%). The third place was secured by the word “apostazja” (apostasy), used most often by Polish dailies, that gathered 1454 votes (8.1%). In the top ten were also: “lockdown”, “Covid-19”, “pandemia”, “aborcja” (abortion), “strajk”, “kwarantanna” and “remote”.
The organisers did not take into account those words that were not in line with the regulations, i.e. surnames, first names, nicknames, local, party and organisational names, titles of books and films, and vulgar words reflecting hate speech.
Experts’ choice
The expert panel also chose “koronawirus” as their word of the year, followed by “kobiety” (women) and “pandemia” in third place. Other words picked by the linguists: “kwarantanna”, “LGBT”, “lockdown”, “medyk” (medic), “miękiszon”, “szczepionka” (vaccine), and “zdalny”.
The panel comprises Prof. Jerzy Bartmiński (Maria Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin), Prof. Jerzy Bralczyk (UW), Prof. Katarzyna Kłosińska (UW), Prof. Ewa Kołodziejek (the University of Szczecin), Prof. Marek Łaziński (UW), Prof. Andrzej Markowski (UW), Prof. Jan Miodek (the University of Wrocław), Prof. Renata Przybylska (the Jagiellonian University, Cracow) and Prof. Halina Zgółkowa (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań).
Word of the decade
This year, internet users chose the essential words of the last decade (2011-2020). The winner “pięćset plus” (the word of the year 2016). The abbreviation “LGBT” (the word of the year 2019) was in second place with 369 votes (10.7%). The third place was taken by “konstytucja” (constitution), the word of the year 2018 (366 votes, 10.6%). Other terms on the 10-strong list included “klimat” (climate), “dobra zmiana” (good change), “gender”, “feminatyw” (feminative), “protest” (protest), “niepodległość” (independence), “apostazja”.
Various dictionaries and language institutes have begun rolling out their Word of the Year lists, and no surprise, the vocabulary was related to COVID-19.
Words of the year 2020 in other countries:
- United Kingdom: “lockdown” (Collins Dictionary),
- USA: “Covid” (American Dialect Society), “pandemic” (Merriam Webster),
- Germany: “Corona-Pandemie”,
- Switzerland (German-speaking): “Systemrelevant” (systemically relevant),
- Switzerland (French-speaking): “Coronagraben” (corona divide),
- Austria: “Babyelefant” (baby elephant).
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
04 stycznia 2021
4EU+ academics can now submit their project proposals and receive funding to carry out educational activities that will involve students and doctoral candidates from the Alliance. All projects need to bring together at least three 4EU+ member universities and fall under one of the four 4EU+ flagship programmes.
The 4EU+ Alliance intends to build its shared approach to higher education by encouraging joint projects bringing together academics from the six 4EU+ member universities.
The projects can vary in form: from workshops and other short-term intensive learning experiences, through joint courses and modules, to core curricula and joint study programmes. The project proposals ought to reflect the following features:
- Innovative educational ideas and solutions, new designs or new activities that may attract students across the whole 4EU+ Alliance,
- Include an active involvement of students, both in the creation of educational activities and in their implementation,
- Be sustainable in long-term collaboration.
In the second call for educational proposals, applicants are encouraged to:
- Design activities and propose formats that will be devoted to BA students,
- Submit project proposals focused on Data Literacy (among other Flagship-related projects).
All projects need to:
- Involve at least three 4EU+ member universities (lead university + minimum two partner universities),
- Include educational activity/activities,
- Involve student mobility (physical, virtual, or blended),
- Be of thematic relevance to one of the four 4EU+ Flagships:
Project teams that received funding in the first call for educational proposals can submit another project proposal in the second call. Project teams whose project proposals were not accepted in the first call can resubmit their revised versions in the second call.
Procedure:
At first, project proposals need to be submitted via an online application form by the Project Coordinator (PI). Then Proposals will be evaluated in three phases by three different evaluator groups. The final list of selected projects will be approved by the Management Committee.
The local 4EU+ officers will inform the applicants about the outcome, alongside with further information.
Should you have any questions, please contact a local 4EU+ office (e.g. at UW: 4euplus@uw.edu.pl).
Important dates:
- Closing date for proposal submissions: 1st March 2021.
- The results of the call will be announced at the beginning of May 2021. Applicants will be informed about the selection outcomes by email.
- Funding period: 1st June 2021 – Autumn 2022
- Start of educational activities: educational activities of smaller scope, e.g. summer schools, workshops, etc.: 1st June 2021; courses, educational modules, joint programmes: winter or summer semester 2021/2022.
Detailed information regarding the second call for educational projects, an online application form, financial guidelines and other documents are available at www.4euplus.eu/4EU-190.html.
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
