An announcement for post-doc position
14 maja 2021

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 (1) – Assistant in a group of research workers, operating in the field of exact and natural sciences. Deadline for applications: 13 June 2021. For more info see >> pdf

Seminar CeNT 14.05.2021
10 maja 2021

The Centre of New Technologies invites to a webinar by

 Jeff Palatini PhD,

head of Genomics Core Facility, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw

and

 Krzysztof Goryca PhD,

Genomics Core Facility, Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw

Title: „To Seq or Not to Seq: An Overview of RNA-based sequencing Informatics”

Date: 14th May 2021 (Friday)

Time: 12:00 pm (Central European Summer Time)

Host: prof. Joanna Trylska

Virtual seminar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86986269834

Meeting ID: 869 8626 9834

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Abstract: Next-generation RNA-sequencing has vastly replaced microarrays and other methods as the gold standard for genome-wide quantitative and qualitative analysis of RNA in studies. As a result, the coffers of publicly available RNA-seq data are larger than ever, yet they remain an under-utilized cache of experimental data that could significantly impact your next RNA-seq project. Here we will explore some tools for the analysis of RNA from sequencing data, including data mined entirely from public repositories, and offer some insight on designing RNA-based sequencing experiments based on results of public database queries. You may discover that your next RNA-seq project is already waiting for you, hiding in plain sight in a public database!

An announcement for PhD student positions

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: „Unorthodox concepts in olefin metathesis”, programme Maestro supported by National Science Centre positions: PhD student (2). Deadline for applications: 11 June 2021. For more info see >> pdf

An announcement for PhD student
06 maja 2021

The University of Warsaw Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Head of the project – Prof. Johannes Ehenfried Zschech is looking for candidates to work in a scientific project „Synthesis and characterization of novel 2D hybrid materials for supercapacitors”, Acronym: HYSUCAP, programme M-ERA.NET 2 Call 2019 supported by National Science Centre. Deadline for applications: 16 May 2021. For more info see >> pdf

Seminar CeNT 7.05.2021
30 kwietnia 2021

The Centre of New Technologies invites to a webinar by

Prof. Wojciech Grochala,

 Centre of New Technologies, University of Warsaw

Title: Electric current without paying a penny for your energy transmission bill.

Date: 7th May 2021 (Friday)

Time: 12:00 pm (Central European Summer Time)

Host: prof. Joanna Trylska

Virtual seminar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81736319167

Meeting ID: 817 3631 9167

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Abstract:

Metals exhibit resistance to transfer of electric current and heat is produced in process. On the other hand, superconductors have null resistance to direct current which leads to a number of important applications in science and technology. Moreover, superconductors exhibit so called perfect diamagnetism, an exotic phenomenon which may also be utilized in a daily life. Here, our own involvement in research on novel superconductors will be illustrated, particularly fluorides and hydrides. The talk will be concluded with the description of a new nanotechnological setup which enables doping and thus metallization of a huge range of elements and chemical compounds, some of which may become superconducting at room temperature.

New English-language study programmes at UW

The University of Warsaw offers over 100 study programmes in humanities, social, exact and natural sciences, as well as interdisciplinary ones. There are also degree programmes entirely conducted in English. This year, prospective students may choose from two new study programmes in English: Machine Learning, and Religions of Asia and Africa: Buddhism, Islam and Others.

Admissions for the first-cycle study programmes (undergraduate) and second-cycle study programmes (graduate) at the University of Warsaw will begin on 7th June. In 2021, candidates for studies can apply for new English-language study programmes: Machine Learning, and Religions of Asia and Africa: Buddhism, Islam and Others.

  • Machine Learning – an English-language graduate study programme at the Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics and Mechanics. Students will learn the basics of machine learning, the latest discoveries in maths and computer science, with particular emphasis on digital image processing and natural language processing. The programme includes a compulsory internship and a research project. Graduates of this field of study will be prepared to work as specialists in Data Science.
  • Religions of Asia and Africa: Buddhism, Islam and Others – an English-language graduate study programme at the Faculty of Oriental Studies. Students can learn about the most important Asian religions of the East. The emphasis is put on Buddhism and Islam – the history of their dissemination, the most important figures, fractions, religious literature, art and symbolism, terminology, contemporary problems and the spread of these religions in the West. To understand better Asian religions, students will learn one of the languages – Tibetan or Arabic. The programme also includes workshops conducted in cooperation with followers of Buddhism and Islam, aimed at the practical implementation of knowledge.

Undergraduate programmes in English:

Graduate programmes in English:

Long cycle – uniform Master’s studies

 

More information on the admissions process is available on the website of the UW Admissions Office.

 

Admissions Office
rekrutacja.uw.edu.pl/en
+48 22 55 24 043, +48 22 55 24 075, +48 22 55 24 048
admission(at)uw.edu.pl
Terms of studying
Admissions step by step

Welcome Point
central information service for international students
welcome.uw.edu.pl
(+48) 22 55 24 080, tel. (+48) 22 55 24 103
welcome(at)uw.edu.pl

Office for Student Affairs
enbss.uw.edu.pl
+48 22 55 24 022, +48 22 55 24 077,  +48 22 55 24 083, +48 22 55 20 424
bsstud(at)adm.uw.edu.pl

Online Recruitment
www.irk.oferta.uw.edu.pl/en-gb

 

Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl

Testing for COVID-19 until 30th September

Employees and doctoral candidates of the University of Warsaw can book free of charge COVID-19 RT-PCR tests until the end of September. UW employees and doctoral candidates can book a test, also those who got tested last year in the autumn.

Employees and doctoral candidates have an opportunity to undergo COVID-19 RT-PCR tests that detect active SARS-COV-2 infection.
Testing takes place on-site (on the campus in Ochota) following the registration.

SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR detects viral RNA. Diagnostic tests use a mucus sample from the nose or throat. Medical personnel take a swab which will get analysed by Warsaw Genomics.

Before getting tested:

At least half an hour before taking a swab for SARS-CoV-2 virus, one should not:

  •  drink,
  •  eat,
  •  smoke cigarettes,
  •  take medications,
  •  brush their teeth,
  •  rinse mouth and nose,
  •  chew gum.

 

Testing period: COVID-19 swab collection will continue until 30th September 2021.

 

How to book a test?

Step 1: Download a discount code

A discount code, which entitles employees and doctoral candidates of the University of Warsaw to get tested free of charge, can be downloaded from covid.uw.edu.pl.

Step 2: Register

After receiving the code, register at https://warsawgenomics.pl/badaniadlauw and arrange an appointment via the form at warsaw-genomics.reservio.com, choosing a specific date and time.

Step 3: Undergo a test

Taking a swab will take place on the campus in Ochota, in the building of the Sports and Recreation Centre, in a separate room with a separate entrance. Tests are organised and coordinated by the University of Warsaw. Swabs will be collected by medical professionals.

Warsaw Genomics team will offer tests from Monday to Friday: 8 am – 6 pm.

 

Please note: A person should come to the swab collection facility wearing a protective mask on, with their ID and test order number, which will be generated during registration.

 

Step 4: Get your results

The test results will be available to patients at https://wyniki.warsawgenomics.pl/. It can take up to three business days until the results will be given. One should enter their order number (from the e-mail confirming acceptance of the SARS-CoV-2 test) and their PESEL number (or their ID number if there is no PESEL number). It will be possible to download the signed and authorized test result.

Discount on RT-PCR test for family members of UW employees and doctoral candidates

UW employee and doctoral candidates who will get tested will receive a discount (PLN 89) from Warsaw Genomics on RT-PCR tests to be used by their family member. The cost of the test for a family member amounts PLN 350. Up to four people from the family can you the discount. Link to book a test: https://badamygeny.pl/zamow.

How to get a discount code for family members?

The discount code will be sent by Warsaw Genomics by e-mail, confirming registration for the free RT-PCR test for active SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus infection.

More information (in Polish) >>

 

Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl

Happy Birthday, Wladek!
23 kwietnia 2021

Professor Wladek Minor

 

Professor Wladek Minor, affiliated professor at our Department, will celebrate his 75th birthday in May 2021. He was educated at our University, obtaining his M.Sc. degree in 1969 and his Ph.D. in 1977, both from the Department of Physics of the University of Warsaw. His scientific interests during that period were focused on solid state physics as he initially worked in the group of Professor Bronisław Buras. His “great American Dream” started in 1985, when he arrived in West Lafayette, Indiana, to take up a postdoctoral position at Physics Department of Purdue University. During his ten years there, Prof. Minor successfully collaborated with his younger colleague from Warsaw, Zbyszek Otwinowski  (currently professor of biochemistry at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas). At Purdue, prof. Minor started his biophysical and crystallographic interests working in famous group of prof. Martin Rossmann.

Since 1995, prof. Minor has been working at the University of Virginia. In the same year he and prof. Otwinowski founded HKL Research, Inc., which provides HKL program suites for protein crystallography – an excellent example of successful commercialization. Using this software many thousands of crystals structures of proteins and their complexes have been solved and refined. For a long time HKL was the most popular software used in structural biology.

Prof. Minor and a group of other Polish structural biologists and crystallographers ( for example Profs.: A. Wlodawer, Z. Dauter, A. Joachimiak, Z. Otwinowski, M. Jaskólski, Z. Derewenda, etc)  have created an extremally successful informal Polish research community in the USA, which has commonly been termed even by the Nobel Prize winners as “Polish crystallographic mafia”. This is a great example of collaboration and great scientific success of Polish researchers in the most competitive American conditions.

For many years now, Minor’s laboratory has been a meeting place of students and postdocs from Poland who worked at the University of Virginia. Out of almost 115 his alumni, 53 came from Polish research centers and 14 of them were affiliated with the University of Warsaw. Not fewer than 9 of them were related to our Department of Chemistry and 6 are currently employed at our Department. He collaborates with the groups of Prof. Koliński and Prof. Woźniak and is also a formal mentor in the Core Facility FNP project of Prof. Woźniak visiting our Department regularly within the last years with a small break for the pandemic time.

Wladek and his wife Iwona are wonderful hosts. Their house is not only a meeting place for the Polish and scientific communities but also quite often (long before Airbnb was established) a temporary shelter for people who have just arrived to Charlottesville to work at the University of Virginia. Hence, it is not uncommon for Professor Minor to serve as a “taxi service,” helping newcomers to find a place to live and get accustomed the city.

Professor Minor is one of the most successful Polish scientist. His papers have earned ca. 55000 citations (on average between 2000-3000 per year) and his H-index is equal to 57. He publishes  a dozen of significant papers per year and still works on many important projects. His successful career and great achievements are a true inspiration to others, especially for scientists of the younger generation,  a source of pride for us and all his coworkers, and  also for our Department and  for the whole Polish scientific community.

Happy Birthday Wladek. We all wish you well and I hope all you birthday wishes come true!

Prof. Andrzej Kudelski – the Dean of the Faculty
Prof. Andrzej Koliński
Prof. Krzysztof Woźniak

 

Prof. Minor is the 2018 Laurate of the University of Warsaw and the American Friends of the University of Warsaw Award. The annual UW-AFUW award is given to graduates of the University of Warsaw actively working for the development of Polish science in the USA.

 

 

PS. We thank Dan Addison (UVA Communications) for sharing photo of Prof. Minor with us and Joanna Macnar for her help in preparation of this information.

Photo contest for 4EU+ students and doctoral candidates
22 kwietnia 2021

Students and doctoral candidates of 4EU+ member universities, including the University of Warsaw, are invited to participate in a first-ever 4EU+ Student Photo Contest on Instagram. The key theme of the contest is Europeanness. The deadline for entry is 3rd May.

Europeanness is an umbrella theme for one of the four programmes of 4EU+ Alliance, Flagship 2: “Europe in a changing world: Understanding and engaging societies, economies, cultures and languages”. More information >>

4EU+ students and doctoral candidates can express what Europeanness and being European mean to them by posting a picture on Instagram with a short description (maximum three sentences). 

The following criteria will be taken into consideration:

  • Adherence to the contest’s theme,
  • The uniqueness of the concept and creative approach to the theme,
  • The overall quality of the picture,
  • Clarity of expression in the picture description (caption) and the overall message behind the photo.

The submitted works will be first assessed by a jury composed of five 4EU+ representatives from the Management Committee, Flagship 2 Programme Committee, Student Committee, and the 4EU+ Communications Working Group. The jury will select three finalists. In the second stage of the contest, the public will decide who will receive the first, second or third place. Winners will be offered free participation in a language course (Czech, French, German, Italian or Polish) at one of the 4EU+ member universities.

The exact date of public voting will be announced on the 4EU+ website and the 4EU+ Instagram account on 6th May.

The contest closes on 3rd May, 23:59.

How to take part in the Europeanness Photo Contest on Instagram:

  • Follow our 4EU+ account on Instagram (@4euplus_alliance).
  • Make sure your Instagram account is a public profile. If you do not want to use your private Instagram account, you can create a separate account just for the sake of the contest.
  • Post a picture addressing the theme of Europeanness/being European on Instagram. Photos depicting your art: graphic, illustration, drawing or a painting can also be submitted, as long as you are the author and own the copyright to the image used.
  • In the caption: Write in max. 3 sentences what Europeanness means to you; Don’t forget to tag @4EUplusAlliance and use the hashtags #4EUplusAlliance, #Flagship2 and #Europeanness
  • The posted picture must not have any inappropriate content, language or imagery (no violence, pornographic images, personal or political attacks on people or organisations, etc.).

Deailed information on the contest is available on the 4EU+ website >>

 

 

4EU+ website: https://4euplus.eu
4EU+ Twitter account: twitter.com/4EUplusAlliance
4EU+ Facebooku account: www.facebook.com/4EUplusAlliance
4EU+ Instagram account: @4euplus_alliance

 

 

Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl

Seminar CeNT 29.04.2021
21 kwietnia 2021

The Centre of New Technologies invites to a webinar by

Prof. Alexander Wlodawer,

Center for Structural Biology, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, USA

Title: One thousand structures of SARS-CoV-2 proteins, or how the Polish Crystallographic Mafia joined the fight against covid-19

Date: 29th April 2021 (Thursday!)

Time: 15:00 pm (Central European Summer Time)

Host: prof. Joanna Trylska

Virtual seminar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83926960355

Meeting ID: 839 2696 0355

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Abstract:

The response of the scientific community to the COVID-19 pandemic has been remarkable, with over 1000 structures related to SARS-CoV-2 submitted to the Protein Data Bank by mid-April 2021. With structural data obtained very rapidly by many groups using different techniques and varied experimental approaches, such efforts may lead to inevitable mistakes, errors, and interpretational problems. To help biomedical researchers, who may not be experts in structural biology, navigate through and absorb the flood of structural information, we have created an online resource, covid19.bioreproducibility.org, that aggregates expert-validated information about SARS-CoV-2-related macromolecular models. A number of protein complexes with inhibitors, which are most vital for drug design, were found to pose significant problems. Our critical analysis of a large number of protein structures that are potential or actual targets for drug design, all determined within less than a year using modern experimental tools, is important not only in a current medical emergency but should be also useful as a paradigm study for future projects of high interest to biomedical community.