26 listopada 2019
Position of post-doc (adiunkt) (a group of science positions) in the project entitled „Electrochemical systems with bipolar electrodes” financed by National Science Centre, Poland, is open for application. Project leader: prof. dr hab. Krzysztof Maksymiuk. Deadline for applications: 15 January 2020. For more info see >> pdf
25 listopada 2019
All members of the UW community are invited to take part in the 4EU+ information meeting, which will take place on 5th December in the Old Library building. Participants will find out about the possibilities for students, doctoral candidates, and employees.
The 4EU+ Alliance, with the University of Warsaw as its member, is among the consortia selected for funding in the first pilot ‘European Universities’ call for proposals, launched as part of the 2019 Erasmus+ programme. The European Commission announced the results in June this year. On 7th-8th November, in Brussels, the European University Initiative was officially launched. More information >>
The most important information regarding the 4EU+ Alliance, flagship programmes, and the European University Initiative will be presented during the meeting.
The event is open to everyone:
- Students and doctoral candidates who want to find out more about education projects and research-based education within 4EU+,
- UW employees who would like to work together with other 4EU+ universities in terms of education, research, and innovation.
The 4EU+ information meeting will take place on 5th December at 9:00-11:30 in the Old Library building (aula).
The idea of the European University, according to the European Commission, is to bring together a new generation of creative Europeans able to cooperate across languages, borders and disciplines to address societal challenges and skills shortages faced in Europe. European Universities are transnational alliances of higher education institutions from across the EU that share a long-term strategy and promote European values and identity.
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
The Centre of New Technologies invites to a seminar by
Paulina Kasperkiewicz-Wasilewska, PhD
Faculty of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Science and Technology
Title: New Methods For Imaging Serine Proteases Involved In Cell Death Induction
Date: November, 29th (Friday) 2019 at 12 p.m.
Venue: Lecture Hall 0142 (ground floor)
Host: Prof. Joanna Trylska
Abstract:
Growing interest in NK and CTLs in target killing has made it imperative to develop new tools to measure the early events in pathogen elimination and targeted cell death. So far selective and potent functional small chemical tools for granzymes had not been discovered and only antibody related techniques are used in Grzs investigation, however they label total protein amount and cannot distinguish between active and inactive form of enzyme.
To overcome these limitations, we have developed innovative Grzs chemical tools that can be used to find answers for important, questioned functions of Grzs, which still remain controversial. These tools were used for imaging of Granzyme A and Granzyme B, enzymes involved in cell death induction, monitoring of their location and changes upon stimulation.
18 listopada 2019
The Centre of New Technologies invites to a seminar by
Prof. Yuji Sugita
Chief Scientist at RIKEN Research Center in Tokyo, Japan
Title: Free-energy landscapes of protein-ligand bindings along the positional and orientational ligand coordinates
Date: November, 22nd (Friday), 2019 at 12 p.m.
Venue: Centre of New Technologies, Banacha 2C,
Lecture Hall 1130 (1st floor)
Host: Prof. Joanna Trylska
Abstract:
Protein-ligand binding is a slow process in solution and in a living cell. In the current study, we focus on the process between the encounter complex state and the canonical binding pose. Using all-atom MD simulations with enhanced conformational sampling algorithms, we could simulate the binding and unbinding events about hundred times. This simulation is sufficient to describe the free-energy landscape of protein-ligand binding processes. We observed the landscapes along the position coordinates as well as those along the ligand orientation coordinates. The former is a funnel like shape, while the latter is a more rugged „fork-shape” landscape. Based on the landscapes, we discuss molecular mechanisms for protein-ligand binding in solution.
08 listopada 2019
Position of postdoc (a research position) in the EURAMET (EMPIR) Project 18SIB04 „Towards quantum-based realizations of the pascal”, financed by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, is open for application. Project leader: Prof. dr. Bogumił Jeziorski. Deadline for applications: 8 December 2019. For more info see >> pdf
07 listopada 2019
On 13th-14th November the “Space International Information Day & Brokerage Event” will take place at the University of Warsaw. The aim of the event is to present the funding opportunities in Horizon 2020 Space and to provide first-hand information on the last Horizon 2020 Space Calls.
The “International Horizon 2020 Space Information Day and Brokerage Event” in Warsaw will be an opportunity to discuss with the authors of the Space Work Programme 2020 and get some important information concerning H2020 proposal writing.
The meeting is organised by the H2020 Space NCP Network – COSMOS2020plus, the National Contact Point for Research Programmes of the European Union in Poland and the University of Warsaw with the support of the European Commission.
There will also be a chance to take part in the international brokerage event, offering the possibility to conclude new international cooperation technology, business and research partnerships for the last SPACE Calls.
The “Space International Information Day & Brokerage Event” will take place on 13th-14th November in the Old Library building. The registration is open until 11th November.
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
04 listopada 2019
On 7th-8th November representatives of 4EU+ Alliance and other consortia, which were selected for funding in the first pilot ‘European Universities’ call for proposals, will meet in Brussels to launch this initiative. In June the European Commission selected 17 European University alliances, which will obtain funding for their projects to become the ‘European Universities’ of the future.
The 4EU+ mission is to develop a barrier-free and continuously deepening cooperation in education, research and innovation within the Alliance. Through this collaboration and working in partnerships, the Alliance serves society to the highest level with our core values, e.g. academic and research freedom, collaboration in an interdisciplinary approach, integrity, creativity and openness, and internationalisation. The 4EU+ Alliance is among the consortia selected for funding in the first pilot ‘European Universities’ call for proposals, launched as part of the 2019 Erasmus+ programme. Out of 54 proposals submitted in response to the call, the European Commission selected 17 European University alliances, which will obtain funding for their projects to become the ‘European Universities’ of the future.
The official Erasmus+ “European Universities” kick-off event will start on 7th November in Brussels. Among attendants of the meeting there will be Rectors, Vice-Rectors and students representing universities from the selected consortia, as well as EU politicians responsible for the higher education area and Tibor Navracsics, EU Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport.
The 4EU+ Alliance will be represented by Rectors or members of Steering Committee from the alliance’s universities, as well as students representatives.
The meeting will be divided into two parts. The aim of the first one is to bring together the 17 selected European Universities to discuss the way forward for their European Universities and for the European Universities Initiative as a whole. The attendants will talk about the support they need from their Member States and the European Commission. The session will include interactive world-café style discussions on the transformative power of the European Universities initiative and how to lead these changes.
The second part of the meeting will be concentrated on the information session on the second call for proposals on the European Universities initiative, followed by panel discussions on the transformative role of the European Universities initiative for higher education.
On 8th November there will be a meeting of the managers of pilot “European Universities” projects and representatives of administrative staff of the universities who will be responsible for managing the projects.
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
Fifteen European associations of universities have joined efforts to call for an ambitious “Horizon Europe” budget that would invest in excellent, cross-border research, education and innovation. More than 300 universities, research centres and other organisations signed this call. One of them is the University of Warsaw.
“Seize our common future” is a call of European scientific institutions to strengthen the R&I investment at European level and urge them to raise the budget of the next EU Programme for R&I (2021-2027), “Horizon Europe”, to at least €120 billion. “Horizon Europe” is a planned 7-year European Union scientific research initiative. Among the aims of this programme there are: supporting the EU’s science and technology base, as well as the research area in Europe, enhancing the innovative capacity, and meeting citizens’ priorities.
As it’s written in the document, “even though a greater amount would be needed to solve the big challenges mentioned above and match the programme’s ambitions, this commitment would give the right signal to boost the public and private R&I investment in Europe. It would also demonstrate Europe’s leadership to rise to the challenges ahead. The European R&I community is fully committed in playing its part together with societal actors”.
More than 300 universities, research centres and other organizations have signed the call. One of the #EUInvestInKnowledge campaign’s participants is the University of Warsaw.
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
30 października 2019
The University of Warsaw received a grant in the first competition in the framework of the “Excellence initiative – research university” programme. Experts evaluating the UW application gave it the highest evaluation score.
The possibility of receiving the research university status was introduced by the new Law on Higher Education and Science. The Ministry of Science and Higher Education opened the call in March. Higher Education Institutions could submit their application from 15th May to 24th July. Out of 20 applications submitted in response to the call, the Ministry has selected 10 HEIs. The selected HEIs, including the University of Warsaw, will receive a state subsidy increased by 10% annually for 6 years (2020-2026).
The main objective of the programme is to identify HEIs in Poland that have the highest potential to improve their quality of research and teaching, strengthen international collaboration and develop management practices promoting scientific excellence.
“The excellence initiative complements other existing UW strategic activities that have been taking place at the university for a few years,” says Prof. Marcin Pałys, UW rector. “We develop our infrastructure within the multi-annual development plan ‘The University of Warsaw 2016-2025’, and modern education thanks to the University’s Integrated Development Programme (2018-2022). As a university, we participate in the 4EU+ Alliance that was selected as a European university. We are planning to create a federation with the Medical University of Warsaw. We are involved in developing projects that were awarded European Research Council grants and other international initiatives, e.g. Knowledge and Innovation Community,” he adds.
The UW application, selected by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, was widely consulted.
“We asked our scientists to indicate fields in which our university should develop and carry out research. They pointed out strategic areas on which we want to focus in the foreseen future. They represent both exact and natural sciences, as well as humanities and social sciences,” stresses Prof. Maciej Duszczyk, UW vice-rector.
Approximately 150 employees were working together on this proposal.
Thanks to the “Excellence initiative – research university” grant, UW will develop five priority research areas addressing main contemporary societal challenges.
Thanks to the grant, it will be possible to:
- set a scholarship programme for scientists that includes funds to create a research team after returning to the University of Warsaw;
- co-fund the costs of trips to conferences and schools for employees, doctoral candidates, and students;
- develop the existing internal grant programme at the university;
- provide soft skills training (e.g. writing articles, presenting scientific results, project management);
- set a programme for visiting professors;
- open new study programmes related to priority research areas;
- finance the scholarship system and research camps for the best candidates;
- open a kindergarten in Ochota and childcare centers in the city center.
UW strenghts
The University of Warsaw was highly evaluated among other HEIs taking part in the competition. Evaluators stressed the fact that UW has already been carrying out world-class research in areas considered as priority research areas. What is more, they tackle global challenges. Evaluators indicated strengths of the University of Warsaw, e.g. good research performance, international collaboration, promising potential, modern research infrastructure, and excellent location.The project that UW is planing will certainly have a positive impact.
Source: www.en.uw.edu.pl
21 października 2019
Position of postdoc in the EURAMET (EMPIR) Project 18SIB04 „Towards quantum-based realizations of the pascal”, financed by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, is open for application. Project leader: Prof. dr. Bogumił Jeziorski. Deadline for applications: 14 November 2019. For more info see >> pdf
