11 grudnia 2020
Just as every year, the Volunteer Centre of UW organises a special mission before Christmas. The UW community members can get involved and send online Christmas wishes which will be forwarded to ca. 90 seniors, staying in the Nursing Home of the Society of St. Francis de Sales in Warsaw. Especially during the Christmas season, every kind word addressed to seniors will be extremely important, as of mid-March their contact with the outside world is limited. That is why the mission matters.
How to get involved in the “Mission: Christmas Card”? There are two ways:
- One can send the text of wishes on wolontariat[at]uw.edu.pl. The VC team members will put them on an online Christmas card, and send to the Nursing Home.
- One can prepare an online Christmas card yourself and send on wolontariat[at]uw.edu.pl. Please remember to add your wishes.
It is advised to make the wishes more personal by beginning with greetings, e.g. Dear Senior, or signing them with your name. The wishes will be forwarded, read to seniors, and displayed on the screens in the Nursing Home so that they feel kindness and support during the Christmas season. One can send their wishes by 15 th December.
Who can take part in the mission? The action aims to involve the UW community members, namely:
- students
- doctoral candidates
- graduates
- employees
- pensioners
The main goal of the Volunteer Centre of the University of Warsaw is to activate the academic community and everyone who wants to develop within themselves a social and civic attitude in a conscious and responsible way. Details: www.wolontariat.uw.edu.pl/mission-2020.
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
07 grudnia 2020
The Centre of New Technologies invites to a webinar by
Prof. Beata Wielgus-Kutrowska,
Faculty of Physics, Department of Biophysics, University of Warsaw,
Title: Folding and refolding – two different routes to GFP fluorescence
Date: 11th December 2020 (Friday)
Time: 12:00 pm (Central European Time)
Host: prof. Joanna Trylska
Virtual seminar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81011696381
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Competition notice – Doctoral School, discipline: chemical sciences, project title: „Modelling of crystal and magnetic local structure in potential quantum spin liquid (QSL) alpha-RuCl3”. Principal Investigator: dr hab. Wojciech Sławiński. Registration in the Internet Registration of Candidates, referred to as „IRK”, submitting an application to the IRK: 04 Dec to 18 Dec 2020. More information >> pdf
05 grudnia 2020
As part of the implementation of the Excellence Initiative (IDUB) programme and Action I.3.4 – “Creation of three research teams that will initiate development of scientific networks conducting studies in the area of civilization diseases, emerging pollutants and circular economy”, the University of Warsaw hereby announces a competition to employ a researcher, whose task will be to create a new, interdisciplinary research team. This team leader will act as Project Leader, in accordance with Ordinance No. 115 of the Rector of the University of Warsaw, from 1 June 2020, on the implementation of the “Excellence Initiative – Research University” (IDUB) programme at the University of Warsaw (cf. Monitor UW, item 246).
The team, under the direction of the winner of this competition, will be obliged to carry out a project – proposed by the winner of the competition and accepted by the University of Warsaw – with breakthrough research in the area of „The circular economy – energy storage”.
Detailed research objectives:
- designing and prototyping electrochemical energy storage solutions;
- studying biological aspects of producing and storing energy;
- studying physical bases of processes occurring in modern electrode materials.
Deadline for applications: January 25th 2021
Announcement
More information: www.inicjatywadoskonalosci.uw.edu.pl
04 grudnia 2020
On 16th-17th December, UW long-term international students can join new online workshops regarding career planning. The closing date for applying is 7th December.
How to effectively search for a job? What are the expectations of employers? Current trends on the Polish labour market and other issues will be examined and presented by Dr. Joanna Jasińska. Participants of the event will get acquainted with, e.g. the rules for creating application documents (CV and cover letter). Also, they will have an opportunity to do self-presentation as a job interview simulation.
Who can take part?
- 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)
The workshops, organised by the University of Warsaw Welcome Point, will be held on 16th -17th December, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. To participate, please register >>
Application deadline: 7th December.
More information is available on the Welcome Point website >>
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
03 grudnia 2020
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: Post-Doc (1) – Assistant in a group of research workers, operating in the field of exact and natural sciences. Deadline for applications: 2 January 2021. For more info see >> pdf
30 listopada 2020
The Centre of New Technologies invites to a webinar by
Prof. Izabela Sitkiewicz,
director of the Population Diagnostics Center, Łukasiewicz Research Network – Polish Center for Technology Development, Wrocław
Title: Streptococcus anginosus – an unrecognized pathogen
Date: 4th December 2020 (Friday)
Time: 12:00 pm (Central European Time)
Host: prof. Joanna Trylska
Virtual seminar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81606321837
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24 listopada 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic may be overwhelming and cause strong emotions in us. Dr Dorota Kobylińska from the UW Faculty of Psychology will lead workshops for long-term international students entitled “Emotions management in an epidemic and post-epidemic world”. The event will take place on 10th-11th December, in an online format. Application deadline: 26th November.
Long-term students who study at the University of Warsaw can participate in online workshops, organised by the UW Welcome Point, and find out about strategies for regulating emotions, and ways of how to experience positive emotions more often through Polish culture.
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 26th November. The workshops will be held on 10th -11th December, 10:00 a.m.–1:15 p.m.
More information is available on the Welcome Point website >>
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
23 listopada 2020
The Centre of New Technologies invites to a webinar by
Prof. Jan Brezovsky,
Faculty of Biology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and the International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw,
Title: Ligand-transport pathways in proteins: structure, dynamics, function & modulation
Date: 27th November 2020 (Friday)
Time: 12:00 pm (Central European Time)
Host: prof. Joanna Trylska
Virtual seminar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83089886457
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Abstract: https://labbit.eu/
Enzymes are indispensable for the function of every living cell, catalyzing the efficient execution of a vast number of concurrent chemical reactions. These reactions take place in the enzymes’ active sites exposed on the protein surface or, very frequently, buried deep inside its core. Access of substrates and release of reaction products via molecular tunnels is essential for the function of the buried sites. Aside from enabling efficient catalysis, tunnels also constitute a structural basis of various regulatory mechanisms that are critical to the living cell like substrate inhibition and cooperativity. Despite their utmost importance, tunnels are rarely explicitly considered in protein research due to obtrusive challenges in their identification arising from their often fleeting nature. The ensuing knowledge gap precludes linking tunnel mutations to pathologies, targeting the ligand-transport process with tunnel inhibitors, and designing proficient enzymes with the buried active sites.
In this talk, we will review challenges connected with uncovering transient tunnels, their engineering, and functional impacts on enzyme function, and briefly outline future steps to be taken in order to narrow the knowledge gap to deliver necessary insights relevant to enzymology, precision medicine, drug discovery, and protein engineering.
18 listopada 2020
On 8 December at 15:00 SUNERGY will organize its first Industrial Webinar: Energy carriers and approaches towards a closed carbon-cycle. SUNERGY Industry Board members Maximilian Fleischer (Siemens Energy), Anastasios Perimenis (CO2 Value Europe) and Jan Mertens (Engie) will talk about energy carriers, including carbon-based ones, and give an overview about the technologies needed, energy transport and carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) strategies.
Their talks will provide a general overview of the challenges European companies are facing towards climate-neutrality and how SUNERGY initiative could help contributing with different approaches.
You can find more information and register for this webinar here. If you would like to invite colleagues via e-mail or social media you could use one of the suggested messages in the promotional kit.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to SUNERGY via contact@sunergy-initiative.eu
